2008 Woodie Awards
Jurassic 5 to take the stage for April concert
Thomas C. Drescher
Issue date: 3/9/06 Section: News
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The Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) recently confirmed that it has booked Los Angeles-based hip-hop group Jurassic 5 as the featured act for this year's spring concert, scheduled for Saturday, April 29 in Kenyon Arena. MCAB is also currently working to a secure another big-name artist/group in an effort to transform the annual event into an unprecedented double bill show.
"I think Jurassic 5 is one of the more prominent acts we've brought to Middlebury in recent years," said MCAB President David Jackson '06. "We looked at a variety of artists and genres, and after examining the available talent we felt that Jurassic 5 would be the most appealing choice to the entire student body."
Jackson said that the e-mail surveys sent out periodically to solicit student body input regarding concert possibilities were a new development this year, and that they factored prominently in MCAB's decision to invite Jurassic 5. "The music industry is a difficult business to predict," Jackson noted, "but we did our best to allocate MCAB's funds and efforts toward the choices made clear by the student body. [Students] should know that the preferences and information they provided were appreciated and invaluable, and by no means were they ignored - the selection of Jurassic 5 was no mistake."
"The surveys were really invaluable tools in getting some idea of where the student body stands on concerts," added MCAB Concert Committee Chair Caroline Brewer '06. "We used the results to gauge what kinds of acts we should be focusing on to please the campus, and we specifically tried to acquire acts that reflected the survey results."
"Unfortunately...certain bands/groups, or combinations thereof, were either unwilling or unavailable to come to campus once we made offers directly following the survey, despite extensive preliminary research," lamented Jackson.
Brewer said MCAB policy prevents her from disclosing the cost of the act, which is covered by the organization's annual budget. She was also unable to reveal the identities of other spring concert candidates. Neither Brewer nor Jackson was willing to comment on the particulars of MCAB's quest to secure an opening act, but Brewer did say a decision will be finalized in the coming weeks.
"I think Jurassic 5 is one of the more prominent acts we've brought to Middlebury in recent years," said MCAB President David Jackson '06. "We looked at a variety of artists and genres, and after examining the available talent we felt that Jurassic 5 would be the most appealing choice to the entire student body."
Jackson said that the e-mail surveys sent out periodically to solicit student body input regarding concert possibilities were a new development this year, and that they factored prominently in MCAB's decision to invite Jurassic 5. "The music industry is a difficult business to predict," Jackson noted, "but we did our best to allocate MCAB's funds and efforts toward the choices made clear by the student body. [Students] should know that the preferences and information they provided were appreciated and invaluable, and by no means were they ignored - the selection of Jurassic 5 was no mistake."
"The surveys were really invaluable tools in getting some idea of where the student body stands on concerts," added MCAB Concert Committee Chair Caroline Brewer '06. "We used the results to gauge what kinds of acts we should be focusing on to please the campus, and we specifically tried to acquire acts that reflected the survey results."
"Unfortunately...certain bands/groups, or combinations thereof, were either unwilling or unavailable to come to campus once we made offers directly following the survey, despite extensive preliminary research," lamented Jackson.
Brewer said MCAB policy prevents her from disclosing the cost of the act, which is covered by the organization's annual budget. She was also unable to reveal the identities of other spring concert candidates. Neither Brewer nor Jackson was willing to comment on the particulars of MCAB's quest to secure an opening act, but Brewer did say a decision will be finalized in the coming weeks.