Students looking forward to this year’s annual Freeman Spring Concert don’t have to wait until April 14 to participate. Even though the big event is still months away, the Freeman Alumni Committee is already looking for student support.

The concert, which is in its third year of production, is one of many live music events during the spring. This event is free to students and is held in the Forker Building parking lot, so it is accessible to students living on campus.

Since the event is directed toward students, the committee seeks out the opinions of the students on what type of music they would like to hear or what specific bands they want to see, said Jared Wilson, junior in agronomy and Freeman Alumni Committee vice president.

“At ClubFest we had people fill out surveys on who they would like to see. We always value student input because that’s who we are doing this for,” he said.

Thomas Shaw, Freeman Alumni Committee talent chairman and senior in mechanical engineering, also said that students are more involved in the selection process than they may be aware.

“I check to see students’ interest in all potential bands by searching for their popularity on Facebook,” Shaw said.

So what bands will be performing this year? That’s still a mystery. However, previous years have brought local bands such as Sweet Afton, Stuck with Arthur and Famous by July, in addition to mainstream acts such as Lucky Boys Confusion, Motion City Soundtrack and Plain White T’s.

Showing support for the performers isn’t the only way students can get involved in the Freeman Spring Concert right now. The committee has already started taking names for volunteers and is still looking for students to fill positions, said Andrew Wake, senior in interdisciplinary studies and president of the Freeman Alumni Committee.

Volunteers would be able to fill numerous jobs. Some of the jobs Wilson mentioned included helping design fliers, running errands and specific concert day tasks.

“Advertising really is the big one. We might just have people go to Welch and hand out fliers,” Wilson said.

As for the jobs that volunteers may be assigned for the day of the concert, they can expect to help set up, tear down, act as security and as band liaisons, he said.

“Band liaisons are assigned one specific band and are responsible for getting them whatever they want and making sure the band is taken care of,” Wilson said.

Wake, who is one of the committee members responsible for security, said volunteers who want to help with security can expect to grab crowd surfers, help with crowd maintenance or work backstage. He also said volunteers for security detail are required to attend security training.

Students who would like to voice their opinions about the bands or type of music they would like to hear can send their comments to [email protected]. Anybody interested in volunteering can do so by sending an e-mail to [email protected].