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
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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!!!