BY ANNA ZALOKOSTAS

In print | Published February 28, 2008

Due to the cost of last semester’s LSE, the Large-Scale Event committee has decided to combine this semester’s event with Worthstock. “Based on the size of our budget, we thought that it would be the best use of our resources to combine the rest of our LSE money with Worthstock. If we combine them, then we only need to pay for tech costs once, as opposed to twice,” head of the LSE committee Emily Sun ’09 said. Though the details are still being worked out, the combined event is scheduled for May 3, the day after classes end.

Sun explained that using money that is left in the LSE budget toward Worthstock would allow the committee to book bands bigger than those that Worthstock has typically seen in the past for a music festival similar to Princeton’s Spring Weekend or Haverford’s Haverfest.

“Considering that it’s pretty hard to book any good or relevant rock acts on a small budget, getting a few smaller, but very quality acts to headline Worthstock seems like a great idea,” Olde Clube booking director Madalyn Baldanzi ’08 said.

“For Olde Club I often get a lot of requests for bands that are maybe a little too big for Olde Club, but much too small for an LSE, and this is a great way to fill that gap,” she added. “While I think that the great diversity of the acts usually present at Worthstock is a really important niche to fill, I also think that there is a large demand for slightly more popular bands, but who are on the indie side of the spectrum.”

Sun stated that this year’s combined LSE/Worthstock event is not setting a precedent for future years; it’s a one-time deal that’s only being arranged because of this semester’s low LSE budget.

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