University Board got this one right. Some people have been skeptical of the board for bringing such acts as Everclear, Howie Day and Counting Crows to campus in past semesters.

Some were skeptical of bringing Creedence Clearwater Revisited Saturday for Family Weekend. Like many, I questioned if the band was going to be as good as it once was with only two original members in Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford.

But mine and others’ skepticism was soon gone after a couple songs while attending the first of two shows at Lantz Arena.

UB couldn’t have done much better in bringing the band here and making sure the show went as planned.

As a moderate fan at most, I watched people both young and old sing, clap and dance through the entire show.

Though there were only about 4,500 tickets sold from the combined shows, which is much fewer than what UB sold last year for Wayne Brady.

Though Brady put on a decent show, CCR was even better in this year’s version of Family Weekend.

It didn’t matter if it was John Fogerty or new lead vocalist John Tristao. Tristao belted out tunes with the same big lungs Fogerty once did in the 60s and 70s.

This was probably the most difficult thing to get over for people who were avid fans before the band resurfaced in 1995, but Tristao and the rest of the band had a near flawless performance.

It didn’t matter if the concert-goer was 6-years-old or 60-years-old because everyone was having a good time.

As I watched a young girl in floor seating dance in the aisle next to her family members, there was an older couple dancing just a few rows in front of me to the same song.

A mom and daughter moved their arms in a rolling direction as “Proud Mary” was performed during the middle of the show.

It didn’t matter if people had no clue what the name of the song was that they were listening to because most everyone recognized the lyrics and were able to sing along.

My sister, who didn’t even know the name of the band she was seeing, on several occasions turned to me and said, ‘hey I know this one.’

My girlfriend didn’t recognize any of the song titles but as the music was played recognized all but a few.

My mom, who drove four hours that same day from Northern Illinois to see me, got to listen to music she listened to when she was my age. All of it was great.

This shows the music doesn’t die from generation to generation. This shows the song is still sung the same whether there is a Revival or a Revisited at the end of the band’s name.

All of this shows that University Board had an understanding of what students, parents and other family members would enjoy.

Family Weekend is meant to be a time for people of all ages to engage in, and this surely was one of them.