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E NEW SGA PRESIDENT
TERRY WIMMER
THE NEW OFFICERS
LABAR VICKI WARD
BERG PATRICE NELSON
AND SENATORS
RVEY BROWN
FRANK DULISSE
IKE FERRAZZANO
DENNIS HASSLER
EIL MADONICK
JERRY SCALEN
lANCY SWIFT
LEN THOMPSON
"All The News That Fits .... We Print"
CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA
Rock Festival
THERE'S SOMETHIN'
HAPPENIN' HERE!
by Lee Nell
You can bet your cookies
there is. And what it is, is clearly
going to be a great rock festival
to be held on May 16th at noon.
And it’s going to be here-on
campus. And it’s going to be
free,
A group of Capitol Campus
students, Goodpeople
Productions, has announced that
at least nine groups plus Anne
Ferrino and Company will
supply about 12 hours of music.
At this writing GPP is awaiting
reply to their invitations to the
Magnificent Men and the
Hydraulic Peach—two groups of
some prominence in this area.
Rented from Big City Music
Band (who toured with Redbone
and the James Gang,) the 400
watt sound system will most
certainly help to make Capitol
Campus a nice place to be on
Sunday afternoon.
The impressive list of groups
who definitely will be
performing, and charging no fee,
includes:
1. Big City Music Band
2. Shanghai
3. Molly McGuires
4. Locust Grove (with our
own Matt Racey)
5. Shades of Doubt
6. September Morn
7. Hard Times
8. Willow Mill Park
9. November
Goodpeople Productions was
forced to refuse Three Dog
Night’s offer to play 30 minutes
for $2,000.00. However, those
listed should be sufficient to
blow us away.
Howie Weitz, a co-chairman
of GPP, notes that all of the
problems in planning this festival
have not been unpleasant. “We
have been submerged with calls
from people who know groups
and from groups who want to
play,” he says happily. “Groups
have been bugging us to let them
play—and for free. We’ve had
enough talent offered to us for
two complete days of music.”
But due to school schedules,
the event is limited to Sunday.
And a grand Sunday it should
be. The Social Committee plans
to set up a concession stand to
sell refreshments and other
goodies. And there will be Head
Shop volunteers around if
anyone needs assistance. Student
marshalls will provide some
direction for parking and,
hopefully, if everyone
co-operates, we can convince
any police that they are not
needed.
Goodpeople Productions has
been busy spreading the news to
other campuses. About 15
colleges within a 50 mile radius
have been notified, and
advertising is planned for
newspapers and radio. Howie
admits to being optimistic but
states, “If the weather is good
and we get our advertising
completed on schedule, we may
get from one to five thousand
people here.”
Wednesday, May 12, 1971
“I’d like to see a good
turnout from Capitol. Central
Pennsylvania needs a rock
festival and Capitol Campus
needs some recognition. We’re
relatively new here and I ’ d like
to let people from other schools
know we’re here.”
And now the cast. These
“goodpeople” have been
working very hard the last few
weeks to get this thing going.
They are: Howie Weitz and Mike
Beckner, Co-Chairmen; Mike
Bower, College Publicity; Don
Lewis, Area Publicity; Phil
Wexler, Radio and Newspaper
Publicity; Gary Hoffman,
Technical Coordinator; Mark
Chanin, Equipment; Ed, Walt,
Dave, Chas., John, Dave, Vick,
and Jim. Despite many problems
and delays, they are convinced
that the festival is going to come
off beautifully. Based on the
work they’ve done, it’s got to be
good.
Last year, however, some of
this group tried to organize a
smaller festival. Things went
rather well until the weather
finked on them. I have just been
appointed weather coordinator
and can assure you all that it’s
going to be a glorious day. An
old Indian friend of mine, who
lives in the woods behind
Dillsburg and is wise in the ways
of nature, has notified me that
the temperature should be
between 73 and 84 degrees with
a slight (2 to 6 mph) breeze
from the west. That is, if WGAL
can be trusted. Oh well, sorry.
Howie wanted to make sure
that some of the help which
they have received did not go
unnoticed. “We’ve gotten great
cooperation from the
administration even though
they’ve had some reservations.
We’d like to thank especially Mr.
South, Mr. Millman and Miss
Murphy for their assistance.”
In a rather philosophical
mood, Howie noted, “Music
does bring people together. We
hope to get all the people from
this area together and just have a
fucking good festival.” All I can
add to that is, come out and see
this one. It sounds like a good
one and if you miss it-you lose.
So get together, bring your
friends, family, dogs, cats, and
have a good day on campus for a
change. And be goodpeople.”
Happenings
Tonight—“ Wait Until Dark”,
shown at 8:30 p.m. in the
auditorium.
Saturday—“ The Heart is a
Lonely Hunter”, to be shown in
the auditorium, 9:00 p.m.
Sunday-Harrisburg Rock
Festival, on campus
grounds-featuring the Big City
Music Band, Shanghai, Mollie
Maguires, The Shades of Doubt,
Locust Grove, November,
September Morn, Hard Times,
and Willow Mill Park. Sponsored
by Good People Productions. Be
there!