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...November, the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC), a subsidiary body of the UC, cancelled its planned fall concert featuring hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean because of insufficient ticket sales, costing the UC between $25,000 and $30,000 in sunk costs. And the UC’s Springfest Afterparty last year cost $16,000 but drew fewer than 200 people...
Facing serious failures with Wyclef and last year’s Snoop Dogg concerts, the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) has taken much criticism and fielded questions about its competence for a good while. This weekend, however, the commission proved that, under the right conditions—and with collaboration—it can deliver on its promises. Saturday night’s Comedy for a Cause event, which was sponsored by the HCC and the Earthquake Relief Coalition (ERC) to raise funds for October’s earthquake in Pakistan, was a resounding success. Not only was the event enjoyable...
...crowded Sanders Theatre echoed with laughter as comedians hailing from Saturday Night Live, the Tonight Show, and Curb Your Enthusiasm performed in Comedy for a Cause Saturday night, raising almost $10,000 for earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan.The show was sponsored by the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) and the Earthquake Relief Coalition. Tyler O’Brien ’07, one of the shows’s co-producers and member of the HCC, said that the HCC and the Coalition worked well together.“[The Coalition would] use their infrastructure and fund-raising capabilities to motivate...
Perhaps the best thing to come of the failed Wyclef concert is its replacement—“Comedy for a Cause 2005,” a Harvard Concert Commission (HCC)-organized benefit show to aid victims of the Oct. 8 earthquake in South Asia. The event, which will be at Sanders Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m., will feature seven comedians, and is open to the general public. The HCC is aiming to raise $5,000 for “money, tents, clothes, and food” for the winter. Oh, but enough with the mushy...
...every Dylan, there’s been a Wyclef. The HCC and the UC admit the problem. “Our biggest challenge in the past has been gauging student interest,” says HCC Vice-Chair of Production Samantha H. Fink ’08. Nevertheless, a few successful events could restore the student body’s faith in university-sponsored social programming...