About 20 students gathered together Wednesday evening for Café House’s open-mic and karaoke event.

Jared Powelson, Café House committee chairman, opened the event with an acoustic cover of Trent Reznor's Hurt.

As he began to play, he muttered, “This isn’t a Johnny Cash song.”

Powelson followed the cover with four original songs, all bearing the heavy influence of bands like A Perfect Circle and Staind.

After Powelson stepped off-stage, members of the audience stood up to sing karaoke.

Franklin Moya, a student from Venezuela, chose La Bamba. The rest of the evening, excluding Powelson’s closing songs on guitar, was largely spent in lively karaoke-ing, singing stock favorites like Friends in Low Places, Lady Marmelade and Pretty Woman.

Mike Sargeant broke up a long string of karaoke with his performance of the Christian band Third Day’s Always Loved You.

“I’m glad we had a lot of people come out to participate,” Powelson said.