According to Jessica Chiang, club co-president and senior, Global Giving has rescheduled its benefit concert, which was originally planned for March 21, to April 18. Instead, the club is planning a dance jam for March 21 in the varsity gym from 6 to 8 p.m.

Chiang said, “We have three judges coming in from Indianapolis to help us judge and they’re the exact same judges who came for Carmel’s Best Dance Crew, so we do know them. We also have three people who are doing all-styles judging, and they’re just college kids who actually used to be alums of Carmel High School.”

According to Chiang, those who want to be a part of the battle can submit their name through Facebook or to senior Linsu Han or junior Alex Yu. The cost of participating in the event is $5, and the cost to attend the event is also $5. All of the Global Giving members and Hip-Hop club members are selling tickets during school, and they can also be bought at the door. According to club sponsor Ryan Ringenberg, the money raised from this event will be split in half and donated to Ronald McDonald House and Operation Smiles.

“This is the first year we’re doing this event. We’ve never done anything with individual battles before, so I’m excited to see how this goes. I know we’ve been lacking on our events this year, so I hope we bring in a lot of money for those charities,” Chiang said.

The benefit concert that Global Giving will have in April is another first-time event for the club, according to Chiang.

“We basically have all the details worked out,” Chiang said. “We’re deciding whether to have tickets at all or have them at a really low price, like $2. We’ll provide some light snacks and it’ll be in the Freshman Performing Arts room. My singing group, Quintessence, an a cappella group, is going to perform. We’re also looking for other small instrumental or vocal groups or individuals who would like to perform also.”

Ringenberg said he hopes the club can work out the event with the administrators because there has been problems in the past with the administration approving benefit concerts. He encourages people to attend both events because they support a great cause and they are two different kinds of events.

Ringenberg said, “The benefit concert will be more of a showcase of bands and musicians playing rather than a dance competition. Even though they’re both first-time events, I’m hoping for a great turnout so we can donate a lot of money to the charities.”