{"66301":{"#nid":"66301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students Go Behind the Scenes at Bon Jovi Concert","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students in the English Composition class taught by Phil Auslander, a Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, spent a day with Bon Jovi\u0027s technical crew as they prepared for the veteran rock act\u0027s concert on May 14th at Phillips Arena. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAuslander\u0027s students were invited to participate in\u0026nbsp;the Bon Jovi Student Experience (BJSE) which is reaching out to selected universities on\u0026nbsp;tour stops. The\u0026nbsp;students spent the day with Bon Jovi\u0027s technical crew as they\u0026nbsp;prepared for the\u0026nbsp;concert on May 14th. Student Emily Bibek told\u0026nbsp;TV\u0027s 11Alive which covered the BJSE, \u0022We got to see it from the beginning where there\u0027s absolutely nothing in the arena, to where everything\u0027s built up, to where they\u0027re going to perform.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBon Jovi, named by Billboard as the #1 worldwide touring act of 2010, performs with an elaborate stage show that requires a day of feverish technical preparations.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The students toured the backstage area, met and interviewed crew members, learned about ticketing and management tactics\u0026nbsp;and the sound board and the video equipment, geared toward understanding how a production of such magnitude can be mounted in less than 12 hours.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Bon Jovi Student Experience was just one part of Professor Auslander\u0027s focus on show business for his class. \u0022Because [the BJSE] focuses on showing the students many of the technical procedures and much of the high-tech equipment Bon Jovi uses in concert, it should also provide Tech students with a good look at a particular realm that is relevant, in one way or another, to a vast array of our majors,\u0022 said Auslander.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents in the English Composition classs taught by Phil Auslander, a Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, spent a day with Bon Jovi\u0027s technical crew as they prepared Phillips Arena for the veteran rock act\u0027s concert on May 14th. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27192","created_gmt":"2011-05-25 14:30:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:45","author":"Benjamin Chapman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66302":{"id":"66302","type":"image","title":"LCC Students at Bon Jovi (11Alive)","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"LCC Students at Bon Jovi (11Alive)","file":{"fid":"192511","name":"lcc_students_at_bon_jovi.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lcc_students_at_bon_jovi_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lcc_students_at_bon_jovi_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":394744,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lcc_students_at_bon_jovi_0.png?itok=YHPBqfMR"}}},"media_ids":["66302"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13273","name":"Bon Jovi"},{"id":"13319","name":"english composition"},{"id":"13272","name":"Phil Auslander"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane - 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}