Spring Fair budget cut, no headliner band
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Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on a new Spring Fair music plan, its funding and the lack of a headliner band.
- The News-Letter reported that the Nov. 30 meeting covered a plan to replace one famous-artist concert with three campus stages and about 52 performances by local and up-and-coming artists.
- The paper reported that last year’s fair was estimated to be $15,000 over budget, while Mark Dirzulaitis said, “Every year they run in the red.”
- The article says Wyatt Larkin reported that the administration would not fund a headliner, while Dirzulaitis said, “We came in asking for $30,000 and we got promised $30,000 plus an advertising budget.”
- The reporter writes that one-third of the budget would pay for more prominent up-and-coming artists, with $5,000 to $10,000 set aside for advertising and outreach.
- The article adds that Larkin cited a lack of a large enough campus venue for a profitable concert, and Dirzulaitis said, “It was between nothing and this. Personally, I love this idea.”