THE CAPITOLIST
Vol. VII, No. 8
Harrisburg Rock Festival II
With the lapse of a week and a
half since Harrisburg Rock
Festival 11, no ong should be
unaware of its success.
Those of Capitol who were
there know all about it. Those
who did not attend undoubtedly
have received numerous
accounts of the day's events.
Yet, for the sake of redundancy,
read on, it was such a significant
event the highlight of the
year.
After a week's delay due to
the wet weather conditions, the
Rock Festival HAPPENED on
May 21. But the preparations for
the festival began long before
the music started. The all-out
celebration of May 13 left
members of the staff of THE
CAPITOLIST so "wasted" that
they were out of their heads for
several days.
The party of that Saturday
was a joyous occasion, to say the
least. Despite the warnings from
the federal Weather Bureau,
everybody involved with
Goodpeople Productions was
optimistic about the Festival
being held as scheduled. On that
Saturday, with the influx of tons
of people to attend the concert,
Capitol Campus saw its most
lively Saturday night in history.
The residence population
swelled, people spilling over into
the Ravine. With the
contribution of party favors
from guests, the result was
inevitable.
Visitors were impressed with
the night life of the campus.
Little did they know that the
night was truly an exception.
Reports varied (in direct
proportion to the coherence of
the reporters), but the consensus
is the activities lasted until
dawn.
But Sunday, May 14, turned
out to be a depressing day. IT
RAINED! Although the sky
cleared in the afternoon, the
ground was too wet for the
spectators. Resigned to their
fate, the students of Capitol
Campus psyched themselves for
the concert raindate. It was the
second consecutive year the
Rock Festival was postponed
because of inclement weather.
On Thursday, May 19, the
Meade Heights String Band, an
impromptu group comprised of
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celebrating softball players,
some of them notable campus
faces, serenaded Meade Heights
residents. "Roll Out the Barrel"
was a favorite selection of the
crew. One member was reported
to have come down with a
terrible cold due to trapsing
through the wet grass without
shoes.
On Saturday, May 20,
optimism again gripped the
campus party-goers. Yet one
could feel a sense of
apprehension among the
participants. Everyone realized
that the next day was
now-or-never for the Harrisburg
Rock Festival 11. Everyone
enjoyed themselves immensely,
trying to shove any pessimism
about the weather into the back
of their minds. The celebration
actually matched the quality of
the one held the week before.
But WOW* the morning of
May 21 dawned with overcast
skies and cool weather. The
uncertain weather conditions did
not deter loyal festival fans, as
several gathered on the concert
grounds hours before the
inception of the Festivdi. At
about Noon, the cloud cover
began to break, and sunshine
prevailed. If you wish to see how
well the sun prevailed, stop by
the office of THE CAPITOLIST
and see Geronimo.
With the beautiful weather,
more spectators than expected
came to listen to the music.
Estimates of the crowd size
varied between 25,000 and
35,000 persons. It is a wonder
where the marshalls for
Goodpeople Productions placed
all the cars. Parking lots were
filled in the back lot, Fruehauf,
the Placement Office and the
playing fields, roadsides all the
way down to Olmsted Plaza.
As the day passed, there was
little trouble from the huge
throng which packed the front
lawn of Capitol Campus. There
were no disturbances as
everyone came to enjoy himself.
However, there is substantial
evidence that some arrests, made
by the Lower Swatara Police,
were made. Most of the
violations concerned under-age
drinking. The arrests took place
in mid-afternoon, at the height
of the hugh influx of vehicles.
Big City Music Band returned,
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CAPITOL CAMPUS - MIDDLETOWN, PA.
donating much of its sound
equipment for use during the
Festival. Big City played at 6
o'clock, when the crowd size
was at its peak. Big City's
blaring, psychotic music aroused
the entire crowd, everyone
standing and clapping keeping
time with the music.
The groups came to
Middletown from Philadelphia
and Washington, as well as
Central Pennsylvania. Among
the groups were: Big City, High
Gate, High Tension Acres, Mark,
Eden, The Elvis Davis Band,
Legends, Shanghi, Willow Mill
Park and Beloved.
Big City presented a well
rehearsed program of funky rock
and roll songs. Another of the
daytime standouts was Mark,
which did an acoustic set of fine
folk music.
The highlight of the Festival
began at sunset. World Control
Studios, under the auspices of
the Capitol Campus Social
Committee, presented a
light-show, displaying a never
ending variety of color slides,
films and blobs of color.
Eden, featuring Capitol
Campus student Ed Wambach,
was probably the most talented
and most popular group of the
Festival. Unfortunately, the
program was running behind
schedule, consequently, the
group had to relinguish its
encore to assure the remainder
of the performers adequate time
to present their program.
Appropriately, one of the
better groups Legends, ended
the Harrisburg Rock Festival 11.
It is unfortunate that Legends
could also not do an encore, due
to lack of time.
The Festival was an
exhilarting experience, one
which may not be forgotten.
Included in this issue, is a
collection of memorable
photographs of the concert. See
you at Harrisburg Rock Festival
HI if there will be one.
All-Athletic
On Sunday, June 11, the
Social Committee will sponsor
an Athletic Activities Picnic, to
be held at Jednota Farm.
The affair will run from 2:00
p.m. to 7 o'clock. The purpose
of the picnic is to honor athletes
who participated in campus
varsity sports as well as the
cheerleaders. Awards will be
presented to those individuals.
All students and faculty are
invited to participate. Some
food will be provided, and
admission is free. No alcoholic
beverages will be permitted at
the picnic.
Sports activities available at
the feat include: tennis,
volleyball, basketball, baseball,
bobbin' for apples, sack races,
girl-boy games, and swimming.
Lifeguards are needed for
swimming activities. No
beachouse facilities will be
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Picnic
Senate Run-Off Election
TODAY, June 1, a special
run-off election for the
remaining at-large SGA senate
seats will be held. The polls are
in the Student Government
office, W-104.
The candidates are Evon
Golphin of Social Science and
Judith LePere of Elementary
Education. Golphin and LePere
tied at 33 votes in the SGA
General Election on May 18.
New executive officers and
senior senators were elected at
that time. Mike Dini was elected
President and Max Brady
Special Run— Off Election
For Senate at-large Seat
TODAY
Candidates
Evon Golphin Judith LePere
Poll SGA Office
Thursday, June 1, 1972
Vice-President. Debra Young is
the new corresponding secretary
and Bernie Boyle the recording
secretary. Tom Dixon was
elected Treasurer.
Ron Edwards was elected
Social Science senator. Bonnie
McSweeny and Ron Snyder,
from Humanities and
Engineering, respectively, won
uncontested races for their seats.
The new at-large senators are
Robert Thompson, Joe Kubiak
and Elyse Paul. Joe Perretta will
represent the Business program
and Jim Quill, Elementary
Education.