It started as a coffeehouse and immediately became a magnet for live music it evolved as a performance venue that served food and morphed into a live-and-work commune - a hybrid almost unique to the ’70s. Amazingrace was certainly unique at Northwestern in the 1970s: an unexpected bastion of hippiedom at one of the most conservative Midwestern campuses.Īmazingrace took shape in the basement of Scott Hall a year and a half later, when it moved into the comparatively upscale digs of a decades-old wooden shack - where the pipes sometimes froze but the kitchen usually worked - it had become an integral component of campus life. The amazing race offers you so much flexibility in that it can start and finish in any location and all activities are varied and provide a good mix of problem solving activities and fun recreational style challenges to ensure maximum participation and engagement.Within another two years, for a brief period in the mid-’70s, Amazingrace stood as the most important music venue in Chicago - except, of course, for the fact that it was actually in Evanston.Īnd I got to watch the whole thing. This race uses our very own Amazing Race Smartphone app that guides teams around to GPS activated checkpoints. This means that although you may cross the line first, another team may ultimately win the race.

Each checkpoint will require teams to complete a team challenge that may see them rewarded with time credits which will be deducted from their end finish time. Whilst the race is a timed event, it’s not as simple as crossing the finish line first.

Teams will need to out-smart and out-race their fellow competitors across a predetermined route that will see them stopping at numerous checkpoints with the ultimate goal of getting to the finish line in the quickest net time.

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