By David Dyck
Fall concert takes shape
An estimated budget was brought to board by Morgan Blake of Public Transit Co. last week for the upcoming “Welcome Back” concert that will take place this fall. The expected expense for the event is $120,250, while the expected revenue is $148,000.
Blake was on hand to field questions from board members regarding security, transit, and other details. He also outlined a rough idea of how the day would progress, with festivities starting in the morning around Convocation Mall and culminating in the concert in the evening.
Some of the proposed headliners were the electronic group MSTRKRFT from Toronto (one half of whom also plays as the rock group Death from Above 1979) Team Canada DJs out of Montreal, and Chromeo were all mentioned.
One guest to the board meeting asked how this event would be different from the failed K’naan concert that was attempted in 2010. “The biggest difference between that event and this event was that this is being done by the student society itself, that was done by . . . a student-run club,” responded Humza Khan, the member services officer. “We have the resources, we have the manpower, we have more outreach into the student community, we have professionals who are working for us that advise us. As far as the production side, the legal side, and all of the technical aspects of the event are concerned, we’re much better covered than the K’naan event.”
“The key difference is that the board isn’t running it,” added president Lorenz Yeung. “We’re bringing a third party professional to plan it for us, and we can focus on the liability issues, as well as the student interest. . . . In the past, students would be doing all the production.”
