Word: concertizing
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Instead of curling up in bed to write a paper or study for next week’s final, many students would have preferred to spend the night unwinding at a concert. A week ago, that seemed likely—Undergraduate Council President Sujean S. Lee ’03 announced that Wyclef Jean and Jurassic 5 were going to perform this evening at the Bright Hockey Center for a crowd of over 3,000 people...
...last Thursday, Lee regretfully announced that the concert would not happen. The University administration cancelled the event amid concern that the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) could not sell the 3,000 tickets in such a short time frame—which was compressed when Harvard’s Office of the General Counsel became occupied reviewing the contract’s details. Aborting the concert only days before it was scheduled to happen was unfair given HCC’s persistent work in bringing popular talent to campus. In retrospect, however, the administration and HCC were both unprepared to carry...
...should have given the University far more time to review and approve the plans for the concert. At the same time, however, the contract should have been finalized earlier, and if the concert was in jeopardy, the administrators should have indicated as much...
Though the budget, production and hospitality had already been finalized when HCC began to publicize the concert, it should have waited to release information about the event until the contract had been approved. Expectations were high for the performance, and it is obviously disappointing that they were not realized...
After organizing the successful Dispatch concert in late October, HCC proved itself capable of attracting students to live professional concerts. The commission should start searching now for fall performers in order to avoid the difficulties that plagued the plans for tonight’s concert...