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March 2014
Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau
Singers Up!
Emporia State Student Foundation
celebrates ‘Right Now’
EMPORIA, KAN. — It’s become
the anthem of Hornet Nation, the
creation of two Emporia State
University students who wanted to
inspire a culture of optimism and
pride.
Performing as Ten2One, Gabe
Andrews and Benny Bowden
debuted their hype song, “Right
Now,” more than a year ago at
a back-to-school event for fellow
students. Now, the duo has
premiered the video version of the
song.
The Feb. 20 “Celebrate Right
Now: Dance Party and Video
Release” filled downtown Emporia’s
Granada Theatre with a party
atmosphere reminiscent of the
time last fall when a video crew
spent a day recording Andrews,
Bowden, and a campus full of
students recruited as extras for the
performance.
Judging by Twitter responses to
the video during its premiere, the
crowd thinks it’s a hit.
“#RightNow I’ve never been
more proud to be a Hornet! @
Ten2OneMusic you guys rocked!”
tweeted one student. “One of the
coolest things ESU has ever done!”
another posted.
Along with kicking off the “Right
Now” music video release, the
dance party was a fundraiser
for the Emporia State Student
Foundation which sponsored the
event. Ten2One performed other
songs and mixed additional music
to set the evening’s party theme.
“This is a huge day for us, and
we want to thank everyone who
helped make it happen,” said
Bowden.
“You’ve inspired us all,” said Dr.
Michael D. Shonrock, president,
at a reception prior to the video’s
premiere. Shonrock makes a cameo
appearance in the video, which
brought a loud round of cheers and
applause when the scene flashed
on the screen Thursday night.
“What we’re trying to do is
promote our Hornet Nation,”
said DenaSue Potestio, president
and CEO of the Emporia State
Foundation, which sponsored
production of the “Right Now”
music video as a musical tie to
Now & Forever: The Campaign for
Emporia State University.
“We want this to become not
only a theme of our Now and
Forever campaign, but also a kind
of video record of the energy and
enthusiasm that is driving Emporia
State towa rd a very bright future,”
she said.
Andrews, a senior business
marketing major, and Bowden, a
senior majoring in digital audio
recording, are both from El Dorado.
“Ever since we started making
music, we’ve been talking about
doing a song for the college we
go to,” said Bowden in an earlier
interview. “We would always see
kids from D-1 schools making songs
that go viral, and we noticed how
well the students at those schools
responded to the songs.”