Matt Cassidy, come on down.

This spring break, Cassidy (junior-chemical engineering), a member of the Penn State Glee Club, hit a high note when he won $10,000 on the game show The Price is Right.

"When they called my name, I was shocked," he said. "If it hadn't been for people pulling me out [of the stands], I wouldn't have gone."

While some Penn State students were basking in the sunlight of more exotic locations, 25 members of the Glee Club were shining under studio lights. The Price is Right episode the Glee Club attended is scheduled to air April 6.

Steven Pierce, Glee Club tour co-manager, said member Jon Badalamenti, a devoted fan of Bob Barker's game show, saw an opportunity for the Glee Club to visit a place other than the musical stage when the group traveled to California to perform.

The club was picked to be part of the studio audience and given 25 seats for its members.

While waiting in line to get into studio, the members sang a few songs to the rest of the waiting crowd.

Once they were ushered into the studio, a producer gave each of the members 15 to 20 second interviews to determine whether or not they would get picked to be a contestant on the show.

"After the interview ... I was 97 percent sure I wasn't going to be picked," Cassidy said.

However, when he was picked Cassidy said "it was chaos in the glee club section."

Audience member and Glee Club president Trung Truong (senior-management information systems) agreed with Cassidy.

"We were absolutely ecstatic," he said. "We basically went nuts."

By playing "The Grand Game," Cassidy collected $10,000.

In the game, a contestant is asked to guess which of six household items are under the target amount.

For Cassidy, the amount of the item was $4.50.

Cassidy laughed when he thought about what he wanted to do with the money.

"That's the question of the day," he said. "I have no idea."

Although taxes will claim a portion of the check, Cassidy said he was going to save most of his winnings.

The rest of the members in the stands were invited to sing "Fight on State" for Barker and the studio audience on stage during a commercial break.

Before they sang, the group members had the opportunity to meet the host of the long-running game show.

"[Bob Barker] has the softest hands, like a pillow, but real firm," Cassidy said.

After the show ended, the members heartily greeted their victorious peer.

"We pretty much tackled him," Ben Wenk (junior-agroecology) said.

Now that the club has gotten national exposure, Penn State alumnus Micah-Payson Lewis, a member of Glee Club for four years, said the club will have the opportunity to go to more places and participate in more activities all over the country.