Bands play in honor of Jake Stewart and Caroline Bagwell
Katelyn Hebert
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Campus News
In honor of two GCSU students killed last year, Jake Stewart and Caroline Bagwell, Kappa Sigma and Delta Zeta held their first Remembrance Jam at Capital City Thursday, April 23.
Opening for the concert was The Macchios, a band comprised of brothers of Kappa Sigma. Junior rhetoric major and band member Alex Jones was involved in a lot of the planning of the Jam including getting the bands together.
"Jake always bugged me to start a band and that he'd be the singer; sadly we started up a band right after his passing," Jones said. "Each member of our band are members of Kappa Sigma, and we all loved Jake dearly. It was only fitting that we played at the event; it's what Jake would have wanted."
The Maccios have played in Milledgeville almost 30 times and wanted to open the concert in honor of Stewart.
Also performing at the concert was a band based out of Athens called Mama's Love.
"They are an extremely popular band from Athens who have played at big venues and festivals throughout the Southeast. I was deeply honored and excited when they agreed to come,"
Jones said. "These guys are going to be the next big jam band out of Athens, so it was very cool that they came down and helped us out."
The president of Delta Zeta, Anette Torres, worked with Jones to organize and publicize the event.
"Delta Zeta and Kappa Sigma both knew that we wanted to do something for Jake and Caroline and we decided to team up and do something that both Jake and Caroline would love," Torres said.
DZ and Kappa Sig decided to team up together on behalf of Bagwell and Stewart to make the concert an even bigger hit.
"Seeing as how we both came together as a fraternity and a sorority who both lost a beloved member of their organization to a car accident, we wouldn't want it any other way then to team up with Kappa Sig," Torres said. "We were there for them and they were especially there for us when both accidents happened and we couldn't ask for a better group of men to join up with."
Opening for the concert was The Macchios, a band comprised of brothers of Kappa Sigma. Junior rhetoric major and band member Alex Jones was involved in a lot of the planning of the Jam including getting the bands together.
"Jake always bugged me to start a band and that he'd be the singer; sadly we started up a band right after his passing," Jones said. "Each member of our band are members of Kappa Sigma, and we all loved Jake dearly. It was only fitting that we played at the event; it's what Jake would have wanted."
The Maccios have played in Milledgeville almost 30 times and wanted to open the concert in honor of Stewart.
Also performing at the concert was a band based out of Athens called Mama's Love.
"They are an extremely popular band from Athens who have played at big venues and festivals throughout the Southeast. I was deeply honored and excited when they agreed to come,"
Jones said. "These guys are going to be the next big jam band out of Athens, so it was very cool that they came down and helped us out."
The president of Delta Zeta, Anette Torres, worked with Jones to organize and publicize the event.
"Delta Zeta and Kappa Sigma both knew that we wanted to do something for Jake and Caroline and we decided to team up and do something that both Jake and Caroline would love," Torres said.
DZ and Kappa Sig decided to team up together on behalf of Bagwell and Stewart to make the concert an even bigger hit.
"Seeing as how we both came together as a fraternity and a sorority who both lost a beloved member of their organization to a car accident, we wouldn't want it any other way then to team up with Kappa Sig," Torres said. "We were there for them and they were especially there for us when both accidents happened and we couldn't ask for a better group of men to join up with."
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