More than 2,500 people attended Students on Target’s annual “Groovin’ on the Grounds” on Saturday to see artists Prom Date, Big Boi and headliner Shinedown.Students on Target moved the concert from the Parade Ground to the PMAC because of weather concerns.Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch called performing in the same place that has hosted bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd an honor.”Hopefully people will look back and say that’s the place Shinedown played as well,” Kerch said.Shinedown lead guitarist Zach Myers said the band likes the fact that Groovin’ is a free show.”School’s expensive, so the fact they get to come to a free show is good,” Myers said. “We like that, and it’s a positive message.”Groovin’s message of “a good time not wasted” appealed to lead singer Brent Smith.”Shows like this are honestly what will separate you from actually being a good band or not being a good band because there are no substances involved,” Smith said.These shows keep the band members on their toes, he said.”You basically better bring your A-game because all these students out there. They’re gonna be completely sober, so you better perform really, really well,” Smith said.But Kerch didn’t share the frontman’s enthusiasm for the anti-binge drinking message. He not only said his post-performance plans included “the things this concert doesn’t promote,” but his Twitter account, @BKerchofficial, was also updated hours before the concert with the message, “College campuses have become too PC. Really! I plan on changing this.” The tweet also included a link to a picture of Kerch and a second man on stage in the PMAC. Both appear to be drinking from liquor bottles while Kerch holds a University sign reading “Alchol and drug free zone.”Former Outkast member Big Boi said the positive message of the concert fits his lifestyle of “good vibrations.””I don’t too much deal with negativity in my life,” Big Boi said. “I’m about spreading good vibes. It’s all about this funk music.”Big Boi is currently promoting his new album, “Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.””I’m definitely a soul funk crusader,” Big Boi said. “I got a good presentation to put on. Just to get out here and jam. That’s what it’s about.”The doors opened at 5:30 p.m., and about 200 students were in line before the concert. Nolton Richard, chemical engineering sophomore, was first in line and ready to get inside.”I don’t really know Shinedown that well,” Richard said. “I know Big Boi is a good choice.”Logan Hall, architecture junior,  was right next to the stage and said Groovin’ was one of the best concerts he’s seen. A Shinedown member handed him the paper set list after their last song. “I met them at the Varsity, and I talked to them for three hours so I think they recognized me,” Hall said.Melissa Brown, kinesiology junior,  said she’s been to Groovin’ every year, and Wyclef Jean was the “best ever.””I don’t really like either of the groups, but I’m here for the celebrity,” Brown said. “I like Andre 3000 better than Big Boi, but he’s pretty good. I like ‘The Way You Move.'”Brown said she likes how SOT changes the lineup each year.”They made it more diverse because you’re reaching different audiences with Big Boi and Shinedown,” Brown said. “You’re reaching two different audiences.”Melissa Guidry, SG director of student involvement said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille she didn’t think the concert could have gone any better. “The acts were phenomenal,” Guidry said. “The students looked like they had a great time, and that is what it is all about.”Guidry said her committee did a great job planning and putting together the concert. “The overall feel of the environment was great,” she said. “It was truly a great time not wasted.”—-Contact Catherine Threlkeld at [email protected].