Musical acts hard to find, expensive
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers how Spring Fair organizers raised money, booked musical acts and sold tickets.
- The News-Letter reported that the committee sought funding with several campus groups and received a $10,000 Dean Boswell Entertainment Grant; Christopher Gregg said, "Basically, you get money wherever you can."
- The paper reported that band choices depended on schedules and sponsor preferences; Megan McCann described the process as "a lot of back and forth with whose schedule fits who."
- The article says booking agent Adam Tobey sought bids from groups including Jurassic 5, Common, George Clinton, Blackalicious and Pharcyde.
- The reporter writes that a New York school's $40,000 counterbid caused Jurassic 5 to be dropped after the group had been considered for $30,000.
- According to the article, Blackalicious was secured in early March and Pharcyde followed several weeks later, after high prices and uncertain schedules complicated the process.
- The report adds that tickets cost $5 for students or $1 with a Hopkins entertainment pass, with sales planned at dining halls, the breezeway and the Athletic Center.