On Wednesday, March 9, the Adopt-A-Heart organization hosted their first annual "Go DJ" Battle in the Olson Auditorium.
Playing to a capacity crowd, DJ Yeti, Thoed Off, Super Jay, and Kickflip battled it out through five rounds of competition for the title of "Best DJ at Sam Houston State."
The competition was centered around raising funds for Mariano Thomas, an Adopt-A-Heart candidate that the Sam Houston State chapter is currently sponsoring.
"Our organization has been around for five years," Allyssa Bogan, junior and president of the organization, said. "Each year, we elect a critically ill candidate and spend the entire school year raising funds for that individual – as well as raise awareness for the student body."
Five rounds were set in place for the competing DJ's, who were challenged with building mixes around genres such as old school beats, h-town songs, and then given five minutes to perform their set in front of the estimated 350 students in attendance.
Anticipations ran high among the competitors.
"My thought on all of this is to go at it like I usually do" said DJ Thoed Off. "Just gotta go out there and give it my all."
By the end of the night, DJ Kickflip, aka sophomore Colton Cornett, came out on top as the winner of the contest.
Nearly $1000 was raised from the competition – a major success for the program.
DJ Yeti said it best, "For Adopt-a-Heart to give us this opportunity to DJ for this cause – well this is definitely a great thing."
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