E-Weeks, the celebration of everything Engineering at Columbia, concluded tonight with a Battle of the Bands and a Mr. and Ms. SEAS pageant, featuring performances by The Folk, Charlie Foxtrot, The Shake, Party for Mojo, and DJ Tanner.  In the running for Mr. SEAS were Sumeet Shah, Nat Gale, Robert Sokola, and Robert Frawley while Tamsin Davies, Sarah Clarke (returning champion), Tani Othanoski, and Shella Bakke competed for the women’s title.  Bwog reporter Steven Thomas sat through the three-hour event. His highlights follow.

• Charlie Foxtrot’s cover of “I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5, dedicated to Zvi Galil. (The idea of begging Dean Galil, “Darling, I was blind to let you go,” is amusing).
• Tani Othanoski’s Cow Costume/Reference to the Zvi-mail – “This is actually a dolphin.  If you see anything different, you may be under too much stress.”
• Same contestant, when asked “Why is SEAS better than CC?” completely crashed upon being asked such an obvious question and could only come out with, “Because engineers kick ass.”
• Shella Bakke’s reply to “If Zvi were a boyband, which would he be?”  “He’d be N*SYNC because he’s going
  

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• Nat Gale’s choice of\n costume: hairnet, apron, spatula, and frying pan as a tribute to Wilma

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• Robert Frawley’s costume\n selection: colorful balloons taped to his jacket. When asked to\n describe his outfit, he paused, collected himself, then whispered into the\n microphone, “I’m a rainbow.”

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And then things got a little bit weird.

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• Tamsin Davies’s talent: A\n monologue from the iconic 90’s film Clueless. Total time: 20\n seconds.

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• Tani Othanoski’s\n interpretation of the dance from Little Miss Sunshine. The hilarity\n in the movie comes from the fact that it is a 7-year-old child performing classic\n provocative dances. Somehow, not as funny when a college freshman\n does it.

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• Shella Bakke’s confession\n after the first half of her African Dance: “Sorry guys, my feet are\n kind of sweaty.”

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• Party for Mojo’s lead\n singer was detained due to a family emergency. But as they say, the\n show must go on! And it did, sort of. They performed a new\n song that the remaining band members only knew the chorus to, leading to\n minute-long stretches of guitar broken up by the same 2 lines repeated 3\n or 4 times. (Also the invention of a new band-position: backup lead\n singer.) “,1]
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• Nat Gale’s choice of costume: hairnet, apron, spatula, and frying pan as a tribute to Wilma
• Robert Frawley’s costume selection: colorful balloons taped to his jacket.  When asked to describe his outfit, he paused, collected himself, then whispered into the microphone, “I’m a rainbow.”

And then things got a little bit weird.

• Tamsin Davies’s talent: A monologue from the iconic 90’s film “Clueless”.  Total time: 20 seconds.
• Tani Othanoski’s interpretation of the dance from “Little Miss Sunshine.”  The hilarity in the movie comes from the fact that it is a 7-year-old child performing classic provocative dances.  Somehow, not as funny when a college freshman does it.
• Shella Bakke’s confession after the first half of her African Dance: “Sorry guys, my feet are kind of sweaty.”
• Party for Mojo’s lead singer was detained due to a family emergency.  But as they say, the show must go on!  And it did, sort of.  They performed a new song that the remaining band members only knew the chorus to, leading to minute-long stretches of guitar broken up by the same 2 lines repeated 3 or 4 times.  (Also the invention of a new band-position: backup lead singer.)
  

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• This was followed by an attempt\n at a crowd-participation chant that garnered the support of about only one\n person.

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• Still Party for Mojo: Begging\n members of other bands to come up and perform their final song. There\n were rumors of a key-tar being used during the performance, but the only\n documented evidence is several blurry pictures.

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• Sumeet’s a capella rendition\n of “Zvi’s Lost that Lovin’ Feeling”

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• Robert Sokola’s costume\n (White Power Ranger) and talent (air guitar) combined beautifully in the\n one phrase: “Sometimes, as a Power Ranger, you don’t need a\n sword. You need an AXE!!!”

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• Robert Frawley’s\n masterful performance on the tiny-recorder gathered laughs from the\n audience and one left-handed compliment from the female judge, “With\n such a small recorder, you did a pretty good job.” (Crowd cry\n for Free Bird was particularly hilarious.)

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• DJ Tanner’s performance\n was the only one that got any portion of crowd on its feet (granted it was\n all frat brothers). Notable lyrics include:

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• “I came out of the womb,\n beatboxin’ to the doctor.”

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• “Straight from the\n projects” (I think they mean science fair projects.)”,1]
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• This was followed by an attempt at a crowd-participation chant that garnered the support of about only one person.
• Still Party for Mojo: Begging members of other bands to come up and perform their final song.  There were rumors of a key-tar being used during the performance, but the only documented evidence is several blurry pictures.
• Sumeet’s a capella rendition of “Zvi’s Lost that Lovin’ Feeling”
• Robert Sokola’s costume (White Power Ranger) and talent (air guitar) combined beautifully in the one phrase: “Sometimes, as a Power Ranger, you don’t need a sword.  You need an AXE!!!”
• Robert Frawley’s masterful performance on the tiny-recorder gathered laughs from the audience and one left-handed compliment from the female judge, “With such a small recorder, you did a pretty good job.”  (Crowd cry for Free Bird was particularly hilarious.)
• DJ Tanner’s performance was the only one that got any portion of crowd on its feet (granted it was all frat brothers).  Notable lyrics include:

• “I came out of the womb, beatboxin’ to the doctor.”
• “Straight from the projects” (I think they mean science fair projects.)
  

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• And their memorable spelling\n of their own name: “D to the J to the Motha-Fuckin’ Tanner”

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Attached (Cutout of Zvi, Cow? Dolphin?, The Rainbow, Big\nMiss Sunshine, A PowerRanger and his Axe, DJ Tanner)

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After all the pomp and circumstance, a winner had to be\ncrowned and awarded their $50 gift certificate to Radio Perfecto. Those\nreceiving the honors (?) of Mr. and Mrs. SEAS were, respectively, Rob Sokolov\nand Shella Bakke. Tying for winner of the Battle of the Bands was The Shake and DJ\nTanner.

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The new First Couple of SEAS? Rob Sokolov and Shella Bakke, who may or may not spend their $50 Radio Perfecto gift certificates together.  Band honors went to The Shake and DJ Tanner.