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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1982)
Sunday, February 7th TWO SHOWS 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. -TICKETS $8.00 and $7.00 RESERVED Tickets available EMU Main Desk Emerald Valiev Forrest Inn Creswell Mazama Sporting Goods Valley River next to Bi-Mart Round-Tu-lt Gilts Cottage Grove Lights lor Music Springfield THE EMERALD VALEEV FORREST IXX nagf)a DA nr Kt \ I R () Al) j l( k i: s " f; i. i , o k i- t, o \ s _I_H » 5 - 2 1 4 7 MB-B7M8El'GENE SPR1XGF1EU ••••••••I •COME EARLY—HAVE DINNER reservations recommended EMU Cultural Forum & theUO Dept, of Dance present of Seattle the Northwest Dancers with a National Reputation I V\0 DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES: FRIDAY, FEB. IM • SA FI RI)AY, FEB. 20 • X p.m. 354 < icrlingct Annex Dmighcrtv Dunce Theatre Student1. S'llO/Gencral Public SO.00 I WO MASTER CLASSES: Musical Cornells Thursdav, I eh. IS 3:30 p.m. 350 (ierlinger Annex Int./Adv. Mixlern Saturday, Feb. 20 10:30 a.m. 353 (ierlinger Annex l O Students 53.00/General Public 54.50 Observers 51.00 FREE LECTURE/ DEMONSTRATION: Friday, Feb. 10 1 1.30 a.m. 354 (ierlinger Annex Tickets available at the I.Ml Main Desk and at llaekstage Da nee wear I his residents is made possible in parr In the Oregon Arts C ommission and the \\ extern Slates Arts Foundation with funds from the National l.ndowmcnr for the Arts. Forum brings them here University promoters command respect for professionalism By Brenda Thornton Of tt>» Emerald In a one-room office in the EMU, three noisy phone con versations tangle with a budge tary disagreement between two administrators An elderly woman tries persistantly to re serve a room for her senior ci tizens’ entertainment group She just can t understand that it has already been booked Welcome to the EMU Cultural Forum office Welcome to mayhem Somewhere in the confusion lies a student-run organization with a reputation for its profes sional attitude in putting on events, large and small Listen to Peter Afterman, promoter for the Greg Kihn Band, which played in the EMU Ballroom last Friday night The people with the EMU Cultural Forum know what they're doing From the adver tising and box office to setting up the sound equipment and keeping security tight, they wur*eu ime proiessionais And Afterman has had exper iences dealing with college promoters "Schools often see setting up and working a concert as a prestigious thing, kind of glamorous,” he says "They don't realize the hard work that's involved and they don’t have the basic knowledge to run it." Laurie Jacoby, student coor dinator of popular concerts, says that professional image is vital to the program Without the reputation, promoters may hesistate to ask the Cultural Fo rum to handle another show Maintaining that image can be as hard as putting on the actual event. Jacoby says A promoter may throw the whole show into the Cultural Forum's hands, trusting it to handle everything from local publicity to moving the equipment out after the gig is up "If we can’t do a show cor rectly. we won't take the show," Jacoby says Promoters offer far more shows than the Forum can pos sibly schedule, says Frank Geltner, a University program consultant There are so many con siderations." Geltner says The Forum has to question how well the program will go over and whether it will fulfill the needs of students And there are the practical considerations of space and timing For example. Geltner says MacArthur Court was originally built as a gym, not a concert hall Unfortunately, the roof cannot be trusted to support most bands fly sound systems which hang from the ceiling to project sound in all directions As a result, many acts have to be turned away from campus, but not necessarily from the Cultural Forum "We had to turn down Dizzy Gillespie due to schedule con siderations,'' Geltner says "However, we called the Forest Inn and they booked him In return, tickets for the perfor mance will be sold on campus Unlike professional organiza tions, profit holds little bearing on programming decisions Geltner stresses that the Forum is not a profit-making ven ture ” Incidental fees support the organization "Out of 10 popular concerts, maybe two or three make a few dollars," he says "We take that extra money, and apply it to a Emorald photo The Pat Matheney group was one of the acts booked by the Cultural Forum. less profitable program or show So what was made on one con cert supports another, perhaps smaller, production " Next year many of those smaller shows will be taken away from the University by the new Performing Arts Center The ballroom shows like Greg Kihn and Pat Metheny. are likely to be hit the hardest But MacArthur Court will remain the major venue or hall in Eugene The Performing Arts Center just can't match its 6500 to 7000 seating capacity Geltner says Beginning in February the Forum will begin its interviewing process to fill eight student po sitions on the committee Geltner emphasizes that the entire student body has the op portunity to apply for a position "We don't search for exper ienced people A person with experience may not gain as much from the position as a student with a lot of potential for growth and development, he says "So credentials are not the main emphasis We take into consideration the organization al and personal skills an ap plicant could gain from working with the group We do it tough, " Jacoby says with a smile RENNIE’S LANDING Announcing the Rennie’s Landing Great Pinball Giveaway Four weekly High Scores playoff at the end of the month and the winner takes the Pinball Machine ‘‘KISS” home!!!
