Word: springfests
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last band to perform at Springfest, the Verve Pipe, was paid $15,000 in 2002. Still running on the fumes of their minor hit from 1996, “The Freshman,” the Verve Pipe understandably failed to please many students...
...also the first year that University President Lawrence H. Summers co-sponsored Springfest. At the time, controversy arose over whether Summers had limited the council’s choices to family-friendly artists...
...think [the Verve Pipe] was what he would allow from the available choices,” McCambridge says. “Which is fine. It was his first entry into Springfest and we completely understand his hesitance, but it’s evolved from there...
Last year, the council decided to forego bringing a band to Springfest altogether, opting to put student bands on stage...
Holding the concert separately from the actual Springfest this year allowed the organizers a wider range of selections...