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The Music Recital Hall could have used a velvet rope and bouncer as it welcomed a full house and waiting guests for the fourth annual Songwriter Showcase held Thursday. An overwhelmingly large audience turned out to watch student performers show off their talents through their original songs in a concert that raises money for students in the Music Industry Studies program.

“It’s nothing like Road House, there’s no Patrick Swayzes,” says Ted Washington, who divides his time as a bouncer between Winstons in Ocean Beach and at the Casbah in Middletown. Other bouncers have a different take on this particular vocation.