WAC still looking for entertainer in spring

By Emily Gummelt

As the spring 2010 semester begins, students are buzzing about this year’s spring concert and the Western Activities Council is delving into the searching process.

Sandy Rogers, co-adviser of WAC, said the committee is far enough into the process that they have been conversing with the middle agent, but have not found an entertainer just yet.

“The ones we’ve talked about are either out of our price range or unavailable for the date we need,” Rogers said.

She said that she, Don Willis—the student engagement director—and the rest of WAC, have been working on the project since October or November. As far as money goes, WAC is not looking to spend any certain amount.

“We have a figure that we can’t go beyond,” Rogers said. “We have a ceiling that we can’t exceed.”

An announcement date cannot be predicted, but this is not necessarily bad news.

“It will depend on how quickly things move; it could be two weeks from now … It could be in March,” Rogers said.

“We wish we could say the minute (an artist is decided).”

However, nothing can be announced until contracts are signed and the details are worked out.

This year’s rotation of genres is rock.

“We have looked at a lot. We’ve had students giving us suggestions. The students have been very involved—which is how it should be,” Rogers said.

She added that even more suggestions were made by students over Christmas break, which WAC is taking into consideration.

“The last rock (performer) we had was ‘Switchfoot.’ They were really popular,” Rogers said.

Students are excited for this year’s concert, whether they are incoming freshman or seniors.

Freshmen Heather Martin and Erin Jackson said they will most likely attend.

“We like going to concerts,” Martin said.

Jackson was glad to hear that this year’s performer will be of the ‘rock’ genre.

“That’s the kind of music we listen to,” Jackson said.

Seniors Kelsey Wear and Stacy Saythany are excited about this year’s genre rotation as well.

“We went to ‘Switchfoot’ freshman year. It was fun. If it could be anybody (this year), I think it would be cool if we could get ‘Muse’, but it’s pretty much impossible,” Wear said, making the point that it would be pretty expensive.Last year’s concert performer was Blake Shelton.

“That was our most successful concert to date. So, we’ll try to get this year to top it,” Rogers said.