Percussionists drop ice-cold beats with frozen slabs in Moorhead The hardest thing was making the ice hard enough so it wouldn’t shatter once I touched it. Written By: C.S. Hagen | ×
Ryan Bredeson, a senior at Minnesota State University Moorhead, ends an ice percussion concert on Wednesday, Feb. 17, by smashing an ice slab. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
MOORHEAD While the nation deals with rolling blackouts due to extreme cold, the frigid temperatures were perfect for aspiring musicians to perform an ice percussion concert at Minnesota State University Moorhead on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Ticking away on thick slabs of pure ice with plastic-tipped drumsticks, professor of percussion Kenyon Williams and his students drew a crowd of about 50 people. Snowflakes dancing in the air, the timing couldn’t have been better, Williams said. Temperatures held steady throughout the day at about 5 degrees.