Students paused and craned their necks as they were greeted with live music while fil­ing into The Rock on Valentine’s Day.

Many stu­dents were not aware that their evening meal would be accom­pa­nied by a live per­for­mance from a tal­ented musi­cian. Kurt Scobie, a Michigan native, set a roman­tic mood with a com­bi­na­tion of orig­i­nal songs and cover songs by musi­cians such as John Mayer and Jack Johnson.

Scobie has been play­ing piano for 20 years, and has been in the pro­fes­sional music indus­try since 2008. This was his first time per­form­ing at Ferris, but he said he would def­i­nitely be will­ing to per­form here again. “It has been really pleas­ant,” Scobie said. “Everybody here made me feel really welcome.”

There was an over­whelm­ingly pos­i­tive response to his per­for­mance. Most stu­dents said they did not come because of the music, but were pleas­antly sur­prised by the live enter­tain­ment. The audi­ence was engaged and respon­sive. “The audi­ence was great,” Scobie said. “They sang along; over­all they were a really fun crowd. I could feel they were really attentive.”

Emily Rohdy, FSU sopho­more in pro­fes­sional golf man­age­ment, was at The Rock for a group Valentine’s Day din­ner. She and her friends liked the added hol­i­day bonus of a per­for­mance with their meal. “We got lucky that they had din­ner and a show,” Rhody said.

The major­ity of view­ers in atten­dance attended by them­selves or with their friends; there were only a few cou­ples. Some stu­dents, such as David Rowse, FSU junior in facil­ity man­age­ment, said he would not take a date out to a Valentine’s din­ner at The Rock, even if there was live entertainment.

However, Stephen Weiland, FSU senior in ele­men­tary edu­ca­tion, liked the idea of an afford­able meal with live enter­tain­ment for Valentine’s Day. When asked if he would bring a date to The Rock on Valentine’s Day, Weiland replied with a laugh, “If I had one. If it were the reg­u­lar Rock, prob­a­bly not, but for some­thing like this, probably.”

One cou­ple in atten­dance was Kurt Kaufman, FSU senior in auto­mo­tive man­age­ment, and his wife Sharon. Kaufman and his wife were at The Rock cel­e­brat­ing their 21^st anniversary.

Grayson Fuller, FSU fresh­man in sta­tis­tics, was there with his girl­friend Shelby Meyer, FSU fresh­man in infor­ma­tion secu­rity. Although Fuller said he would not use an event at The Rock to replace his Valentine’s Day plans, he did enjoy the free enter­tain­ment. “Honestly, we just came for the food,” Fuller said, “but the music seems good so far.”