Concert Poll Conducted: AM Stars Most Popular
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
OD The IDslde Aaron ties record .•• page 4 Letters ..• page 10 serving the notre dame - st. mary's community Vol. VIII, No. 6 Friday, April 5, 1974 Concert poll conducted: Tornadoes hit AM stars most popular southeast today by Jack D'Aurora we can do it here, for it's never been done here Staff Reporter before." By United Press International touched down in Virginia and In order to ascertain what performers the Donovan commented that he could get a lot of More tornadoes raked parts West Virginia, where a 3-year student body would prefer to see in concert and inexpensive bands that are goud and have cut an of the southeast Thursday, old girl died when her mobile what pricestheywould be willing to pay, Kenneth album, "But who would go to see an unknown?" bringing additional death and home collapsed. Lee, a marketing major and director of the . ND he asked. destruction to a nation already Local officials stopped count jazz festival, conducted a poll, compiling the reeling from the impact of the ing the number of injured, but results at the end of last semester. Rubble gum wins out worst twister disasters in 49 the figure was in the thousands. The questionairre contained six classification years. Damage estimates exceeded of music-jazz, rock-jazz, country-rock, pop , Donovan is pessimistic about the student body. By nightfall, the death toll one billion dollars. rock, and minority, comprising 60 different "We brought in a progressive group like the New stood at 339 persons in 12 states The National Weather Service groups- and asked the student if he would go to Riders, and a lot. of people were dissatisfied, and a Canadian border city. said 100 or more separate see each performer and at what price , It because they didn't know what to expect," he President Nixon declared twisters virtually wiped out also a'sked the student to list the eight groups explained. "A promoter told me that Joni Mit Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, small communities from Ok that he would most like to see and at what price. chell is one of the most popular acts in the nation, Tennessee and Indiana major lahoma to Michigan in the Finally the surve~ asked the student for his but she didn't do so well here either." disaster areas. north and Georgia in the south, reasons for not attending the Chuck Berry and At least two more deaths Alabama reported 73 deaths, New Riders concerts if he had not Walk-out at Santana were reported in the late hours Tennessee 58, Indiana 42, Ohio :~oo students polled of Thursday-one in Ohio and 41, Georgia 15, North Carolina He cited a similar example in last year's another in Virginia. five, Michigan three, Illinois Lee polled 300 students at random and Santana concert. '"'A lot of dissatisfied people Kentucky was hardest hit two, Virginia one, West Vir received a 60 per cent return, but had difficulty walked out because they didn't realize how with 89 deaths. Gov. Wendell ginia one and Oklahoma one. in accurately polling the minorities on campus. progressive Santana was.· They expected to bear Ford called it the blackest day Eight more persons died in "When I wen to the computer to get the names of stuff like Evil Ways, but the group only did one in the state's modern history. Windsor, Ont., just across the theh 300 students, I made sure 3 per cent of vacal. But elsewhere, as National border from Detroit, when high them were blacks to correspond to the number of "People who knew what to expect had a good Guardsmen rushed to join winds collapsed a wall on a blacks on campus. However, 3 per cent of the 300 time." rescue workers, the toll edged crowd at a curling arena. students is negligible," explained Lee. Another problem concerning the selection of upwards. The "savage spring" was the In addition, many people did not state their concerts is the University policy forbidding More tornado warnings went worst tornado disaster since 689 ethnic background as the questionaire concerts to coincide with athletic events. Two up in New York State, persons died in 1925 in a series requested. The survey, according to Lee , is 95 performances were lost because of hockey southeast Alabama, northwest of twisters that devastated percent accurate, which is as accurate as games. Florida and southern and parts of Missouri, Indiana· and possible." Athletics interfere central Georgia. -New twisters Illinois. "The poll reinforced what Rich Donovan, N.D. concert chairman, and I already knew," said The Loggins and Messina conccert was set for Lee. According to the two, most students prefer November 16, which Donovan had been told was to see the famous performers who have a lot of open. "We were ready to sign the contracts 42 dead in Indiana AM hits.: Moody Blues, Chicago, Elton John., when I got a call from Mr. Sassano, managing Seals and Crofts, etc. director of the ACC who told me that he had just "There were only a few surprising things in the received the hockey schedule and, because there INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPI) Indiana State Police, Indiana poll," continued Lee. Duke Elington, who drew a was a game slated for November 16, we couldn't - Gov. Otis Bowen viewed Civil Defense, and a check of poor crowd in Stepan two years ago was the hold the concert." from a helicopter Thursday the local authorities and news eighteenth most popular performer in the poll. Seals and Croft had an opening in their tour for devastation carved by tor media representatives through 50 percent of those polled said they would go see February 22, and could have performed here bad nadoes in areas of Indiana that out the stricken area showed at him. it not been for a hockey game scheduled for the killed 42 persons and injured least 42 fatalities and nearly 800 same night, according to Donovan. hundreds more. injuries. Financial problems "With the University policy and the other The storms, worst in Indiana More than 750 guardsmen activites scheduled in the ACC, we have a finite since the Palm Sunday twisters were on duty around the state The same percentage said they would also go number of weekends to choose from," explained of April 11, 1965, left a trail of helping with manpower and to see the Grateful Dead, "a group much like the Donovan. "Athletics hasn't been a problem up to debris and damage estimated equipment. New Riders on whom we lost money," said Lee. now, but Digger is trying to get more Saturday by state officials at $70 million Before he left Indianapolis, One of the frequently given reasons for not afternoon games, and we can't have a concert or more. attending the Chuck Berry and New Riders after a game because there's not enough time to At least 15 counties counted the governor called the White House and asked presidential concerts was that the concerts were held at in set up. That's why we lost the Bob Dylan con deaths. Damage was wide convenient times. Lee Questioned, "What's cert," he pointed out. spread from Monticello, which aides for a declaration of the stricken Indiana communities more convenient than Friday or Saturday Donovan has been talking to Fr. David was virtually wiped out, to the night'?" Schlaver, director of student activities, in the southeastern quarter of the as disaster areas. A few hours later, word came According to Donovan the only way to afford hope of changing the policy. Donovan says he state where three of the most of the big name bands is to charge $6.00 per understands the University's position, but with tornado lines were drawn. back that President Nixon had· done so. ticket and to sell out the , ACC. "Although other the current policy, "8,000 students can be A compilation of deaths from places charge $6.00 for every ticket, I don't think deprived of a concert that may only come once." PER CENT WHO WOULD I. RANK BY POPULARLITY GO TO A CONCERT 1 Crosby, Stills, Nash, & young 61.6 2 Moody Blues 61.0 3 Seals and Crofts 59.4 4 Chicago 59.0 5 Elton John 58.8 6 George Harrison 57.8 7 Allman Brothers 56.02 8 Who 56.0 9 Led Zeppelin 55.8 10 Paul McCartney 55.5 11 Jethro Tull 55.5 12 Beach Boys 55.3 13 Carly Simon 54.9 14 America 54.8 15 carole King 54.8 II. MUSICAL TYPES Percentage Folk ROck 42.2 Rock 23.7 Jazz-Rock 17.7 Father Wiskirchen and'&thers discuss the upcoming Collegiate Jazz Festival to be held this Jazz 7.0 weekend in Stephan Center (StaH photo by Paul Joyce) Pop 4.4 Soui-R&B 5.6 _j -~----- -...-----~----~------- -~-- --------~- 2 the observer Fr!dly. APril 5, 1974 Pair to lecture THE ROMA warld on old science welcomes our Notre Clime & St. Mary's friends of soul travel your host, FRANK ANASTASIO j by Terry Keeney *PIZZA* IT ALIA~_ FO.OD *LIQUOR I Pat Henderson and Sally Appearing this weekend for your dancing briefs. Johnstone, two advocates of pleasure: "Pleasant Street Band."' Live music 4 ECKANKAR, the ancient science nites a week. We're open until 4 a.m. on LONDON UPI- Five more charges were filed Thursday against of soel travel, will lecture on the weekends ( {Qr late nite munchies). Ian Ball, 26, the man accused of trying to kidnap Princess Anne meaning of their lifestyle this For deliveries call ~-3258 March 20, and the government said his trial could begin next week.