With ticket sales for students beginning Monday, students still have plenty of time to decide on whether or not they want to attend the spring concert this year – Thompson Square.

However, students like Jasmine Stults, a sophomore family and consumer sciences major, have already made up their mind on if they’re going.

“Definitely not,” she said. “Country really isn’t my thing.” Stults said she thought the country duo and current American Country Music Vocal Duo of the Year winners would attract other students.

“I think most people my age like the newer type of country,” she said.

Julian Moore, a graduate biological sciences student, disagreed.

“We’re a little bit more diverse here,” Moore said. “I’m not too sure if country will go over as well.”

Chris Owens, a sophomore communication studies major, said while he knows of a few friends that enjoy Thompson Square and country music in general, he would not be attending, despite the concert being in late April.

“A couple of friends I know go for it,” he said. “I just can’t see myself there.”

Nisha Pierce, a sophomore kinesiology and sports studies major, believes the concert will attract music majors the most. Although she has not attended a spring concert – last year’s concert featured “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips – she has gone to several concerts at the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

“There’s a general interest (in country music) from the community,” she said. “It’ll draw in the music group.”

Drew Shore, a sophomore biological sciences major, agreed, and said he thought Thompson Square performing would go over well with the surrounding community of Charleston.

“A good amount of people around here like country music,” he said. “Definitely a decent amount.” Shore added he hears the genre on the radio more than anything else.

Dialla Burrage, a freshman health studies major, said she would not be attending the concert – simply because she did not know who the artists were.

“I have no idea who they are,” she said, laughing. “I don’t think anybody listens to country music around here. At least I don’t know of anybody.”

Caitlin Mahoney, a freshman sociology major, said she would not go because she had not heard of the artists either. However, this was not the deciding factor. It all came down to the genre.

“I like EDM (electronic dance music) more than country,” she said. “I don’t know if people listen to country music around here.”

Tickets for Thompson Square go on sale for students Monday at the Ticket Office in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Tickets are $20 for students. The general public will be able to purchase tickets on March 31 for $23.

Thompson Square will perform at 8 p.m. April 25 in Lantz Arena.

Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].