"It has been a long and arduous journey, full of ups and downs, but the Campus Chaos Concert is almost here!
The Student Activities Council and the Concerts Committee have been working diligently on preparations for Night Chaos since January!
Before I get into the nitty gritty of planning, I wanted to take this oportunity to remind you about the concert and the general event information!
The concert is THIS SATURDAY, April 21st!
The doors open at 6:00PM and the first act starts playing at 7:00PM.
The last act will finish up at 12:00AM.
Performances will take place on four stages set up throughout Webb Center.
Tickets are $5 for students and $15 for general admission and they can be picked up at the Webb Information Desk and here HERE.
The following artists will be there:
Carolina Liar, Theophilus London, Brett Eldredge, Flosstradamus, Bison, Audistrobelight, Nickelus F., Russell Dickerson, DJ Ben Egan, PicUp Kids, Back to Normal, Ara Vega, Joe Moorhead, Alex Mcginnis, Conscious Kane, Skye Zentz and Def Beach Society!
Spend some time on YouTube if you don't recognize some of their names, there is something for everyone!
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To tell you all of the specific and intricate details of planning a concert would be a bit much, but I aim to shed some light on the approach that we take to programming such large shows.
Artists are selected based on student surveys, recommendations for the Student Activities Council's contracted agent, Student Activities Council Executive Council decisions, and Concerts Committee suggestions!
Many artists showcased in this festival are very well known; whether globally, in Hampton Roads or at Old Dominion! Professional, local and student performers come out in force for this event; a whopping 18 artists!
We brainstormed, surveyed, did research and voted on which artists would perform this year, and we are confident that we've got everybody's favorite genre of music covered!
We have been working with our middle agent for our professional acts, and SAC members have been working with artists from ODU and Hampton Roads.
In booking and getting artists to agree to perform, we receive what is called a rider from them. A rider is a contract that includes technical specifications, lodging information, and hospitality requirements that the artist or agency needs to secure for the performance. So we go through each rider and make cuts based on what we can provide for them, and get them approved by the artist.
Once all of the booking is done, comes the contracts and what is called "advance". An advance is a meeting or communication to coordinate all last minute and day-of-show details so that both the artist(s) and us can prepare and make sure that they show goes as smooth as possible.
Topics covered by advancing are set times and locations, parking, travel, meals, equipment load in, backstage passes, and other important logistics for each artist.
Security, marketing, radio rental, volunteers and other arrangements were able to be made far in advance of the show, but are critical to the success of the show!
The day of show... Well for this show has not happened yet!
But we are so excited for the show, and to see you all there!
I hope that this was informative and interesting for you all!
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