By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor

Students who submitted applications for Sing Song 2010 co-chairs last week began interviewing for the positions Monday.

Tom Craig, director of Student Productions, said the goal is to announce the results

Thursday.

Sing Song co-chairs traditionally coordinate “all aspects” of Sing Song, from creative and production planning to marketing details, Craig said.

“They’re the ones that kind of serve as the glue to kind of pull it together and hold it together,” he said.

This year, nine students submitted applications to be co-chairs. Over the past few years, Craig said the number of applicants has increased, and usually, eight to 12 students turn in applications.

“We’ve been able to actually grow that number,” Craig said. “A lot of that is through just making students aware of it.”

While in the past the number of co-chairs has fluctuated between three and four, Craig said he expects four to be appointed this year, which helps spread the responsibilities of the position more manageably.

“Taking the amount of responsibility and dividing that among four people instead of a smaller number makes it a much more palatable responsibility,” Craig said.

Given the amount of responsibility awarded Sing Song co-chairs, Craig said applicants must exhibit quality communication skills and management skills.

“Serving as a co-chair is working with people from all different groups and organizations,” Craig said. “You have to bring them together in one cohesive effort.”

Sydney North, senior marketing major from Bedford, served as a Sing Song co-chair for the 2009 production. After being involved in Sing Song 2008, North said she remembers being excited to learn she had been named a co-chair for the 2009 production.

Primarily working with the marketing aspects of the show, North said she enjoyed her experience.

“I was expecting a lot more pressure through the whole thing, and I never got too overwhelmed by it,” North said. “It was time-consuming, but I never thought it was a drag. It was all a lot of fun.”

For those considering applying to serve as a future Sing Song co-chair, North said commitment is key.

“Make sure that you’re really dedicated to it and that’s what you want to do, that you set the time aside for it,” North said. “What you put into it is what you’re going to get out of it.”