<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023/1128-skidmania.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>A Skidmore musical tradition: Skidmania ’73</title><author>Catherine Hamilton ’25</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>11/28/2023 01:37:03 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>The Skidmore community celebrated a rich array of music from 50 years ago and the talent of student musicians while supporting local community organizations at Skidmania ’73.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2023/images/1128-skidmania-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Ali Hafez of  the band Ace performs “Dream On” by Aerosmith in the opening of Skidmania ’73. "/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2023/images/1128-skidmania-featured.jpg" alt="Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department Jeremy Day O’Connell, right, sings alongside  a rendition of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” performed by the Skidmaniacs featuring Charles DeVos ’25 at Skidmania.     "/></image><caption>Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department Jeremy Day O’Connell, right, sings alongside the Skidmaniacs in a rendition of Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” at Skidmania.</caption></item>