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Show .AT) 7 Tennis swatted by SUU Special needs people play ball with premed students sports page : 6 features page 7 Lwisie jFesi unique to BY EMILY FISHER fiVOICEOFDIXIE I emilyfishernews lli DIXIESUNriEWS.COM WHAT'S INSIDE PiNews. F I 1 j ! .1 Opinion 4 Sports 6 Features 8 ,'i hip-ho- I hip-ho- CONTACT NEWS TIPS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DixieSunDixie.edu Jennings room 134 225 S. 700 E. St. George, UT 84770 435-652-78- 18 ADVERTISING jJ DixieSunAdsDixie.edu w r A unique venue and multiple artists are some of the things you can look forward to if you attend Dixie Fest 2016. The concert changes venues from year to year, but the event will return to the old airport March 18. The headlining act will p artist Kid Ink, with adbe ditional performances from local p dance crew Kalamity and disc jockey Marcus Wing. Sarah Ramaker, a senior dance major from Midland, Michigan, and Dixie State University Student Association vice president of student life, said she and other members of DSUSA are excited for the concert because it is different from other concerts in the area. Dixie Fest is unique because of the venue, the timing, and the artist, Ramaker said. Being up at the old airport above the city is 435-414-00- 96 fax. 435-656-4- 9 so exhilarating. Planning for Dixie Fest 2016 began last summer, Ramaker said. After narrowing it down to a few artists DSUSA felt the students would love, Ramaker said it sampled a diverse popula- - OCD Moosh and Twist perform at Dixie Fest 201 5 held at the old airport March 1 8 tion of the student body and some community members for more feedback. Ramaker said DSUSA cannot officially confirm that the new mascot will be announced at the concert. Patrick OBoyle, a sophomore theater major from Pasadena, California, said he hopes Dixie Fest will have more of a festival feel with multiple groups perform-- ' ing and food trucks. I remember seeing awesome artists like Yellowcard, Hip-ho- p artist Kid Ink will be headlining this year's Andy Grammer, Macklemore and American Authors come to Dixie, O'Boyle said. I think Kid Ink will be an awesome artist for the event. Even Stevens, a local sandwich shop, will be sponsoring the event. Ramaker said there are no plans for other food trucks to attend the event. McKenzie Dunford, a freshman art major from Herriman, said p although there have been two groups in a row, DSUSA has done a good job of mixing up the hip-ho- Dixie Fest, which will be genres of visiting artists. Everyone says that its a lot of fun and worth the money, Dun-for- d said. The Dixie Fest tradition began in 2013 when Macklemore and Ryan Lewis headlined the event. Although community members spoke out about the rowdy nature' of the concert, DSUSA has continued to invite an artist to perform at Dixie Fest every year since then. Tickets for Dixie Fest are being sold for $20 at the bookstore or $25 online at SmithsTix.com. -- |