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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday. October 30,1967
Concert 'chief' tells his problems
By John Gillie Kansan Staff Reporter
Randy Corbet has two main problems when planning major campus events, finding a performer's agent and a date suitable for KU.
Corbet, Kirkwood, Mo., junior, has contacted more than 200 performers in connection with the Homecoming Concert since last April when he took the job of Student Union Activities (SUA) Special Events Chairman.
"Three agencies claim they are Bill Cosby's exclusive agent. One guy claimed he was Frank Sinatra's personal agent. I found out he was only a guy like myself trying to line up college concerts.
"The last person you want to talk to is the performer himself. People seem to think you can go to Frank Sinatra and talk him into performing. But he doesn't know what he's doing two weeks from now. He has people who take care of that," Corbet said.
Corbet has junked plans to have concerts on given dates or to have only two concerts, one in the spring and one in the fall. Only the date of the Homecoming Concert remains fixed, otherwise "anything goes" he said.
"Someone we want could be available for a Nov. 5 concert but not for Nov. 4." Cormet said. Another problem is securing Allen Field House on specific dates.
Most talent must be booked within a limited time of a "college tour."
Corbet remarked that college consent organizers are sometimes criticized by students who don't realize the problems and limitations a college group has in securing talent.
"One common misconception," Corbet said, "arises when one is sitting in the field house with 9,000 other people who have paid roughly $2 a ticket. It is easy to figure: $18,000.
"People think that for this kind of money anybody would come to play a concert at KU. But to someone who makes 10 times that much in a year, the cost and the problems of coming to do a one-night stand, when most of his earnings will go to the government and his agent, gives him little incentive to go out of his way for a college performance."
People often believe that the SUA makes a tremendous profit on its concerts.
"It is not uncommon for a performer to demand 70 per cent or the gate," Corbet said. "We just broke even last year. We may make a profit off a concert but it goes to pay for something else. That $2,000 I'm supposed to make from the concerts this year is already figured into the budget of another SUA program like forums or hospitality."
Corbet was hesitant to mention talent he has contacted for past and future performances. "Last year when people heard the rumor that we could have gotten Bill Cosby, nobody went to the Spring Concert. They felt we could have done better. The fact was that Cosby was not available."
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Director lauds bands at 24th performance
"Everything went just like clockwork!"
KU band director Russell Wiley
Study clinic registration set Tuesday
Enrollment for the reading and study skills clinic will begin Tuesday and continue through Friday in 102 Bailey, said Ted R. Garten, clinic director.
The clinic offers two free noncredit, six-week courses available to all students.
One course is a study skills course, meeting two times a week to help students learn how to schedule study time, take notes and take exams, Garten said.
The other course is a rapid reading course meeting three times a week and is designed to improve a student's reading speed through practice with machines and reading exercises, said Garden.
Classes will begin Nov 6 and continue to Christmas vacation.
was proud of the bands' performance Saturday for the 24th annual Band Day. "They all knew exactly what to do." he said.
Wiley said all 91 bands invited in August showed up for the performance.
Before the game Saturday, the bands rehearsed their formation for half an hour and practiced the songs for another half hour.
Wiley said he may invite fewer bands next year. He was planning on 75 to 80 bands this year, but "finally let in 90". He had to turn down 60 requests from bands because of lack of space.
Fine Arts recital opens Wednesday
Two KU students will be presented in the first Senior Recital in the School of Fine Arts at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Soprano Shirley Williams of Olathe will sing, accompanied on the piano by Thomas King of Kirkwood, Mo.
The recital is open to the public without admission charge.
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