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UNC selects
two acts for
Homecoming
Va. Coalition, Em ma Gibbs Band play
BY ADAM ZELSDORF
STAFF WRITER
After organizers last year failed
to include a band as part of
Homecoming festivities, the
Carolina Athletic Association and
the General Alumni Association
have scheduled two concerts for
Homecoming week.
CAA looked at more than 50
local and regional bands, varying
in style from rap to reggae to blue
grass and even heavy metal, before
choosing the pop-rock band
Virginia Coalition.
Virginia Coalition will headline
the first concert of the week Oct. 15
with opening local act
SpencerAcuff.
Virginia Coalition, which has
played with groups such as Dave
Matthews Band, Ben Folds Five
and 0.A.R., was voted the best
band in Washington, D.C., in
2000, according to the band’s Web
site.
The CAA hopes Virginia
Coalition will live up to that repu
tation for UNC students.
“We w'ould like to have as many
good events as possible,” said CAA
President Sherrell McMillan. “A
reason we decided on Virginia
Coalition was diversity; they have
appeal that crosses over to many
different students.”
Last year, CAA did not schedule
a Homecoming concert for the first
time in recent history, mainly due
to a lack of available venues and
construction on campus, McMillan
said.
This year’s show will be held at
7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the George
Watts Hill Alumni Center.
With the center’s capacity rang
ing from 900 to 1,000 students,
the CAA and GAA are looking for
w'ard to a large student turnout at
the new venue.
“We wanted to get a venue that
had a large capacity and still had
good acoustics for the students,”
said Ginny Franks, CAA
Homecoming chairwoman.
In addition to the concert, the
GAA, along with the Carolina Inn,
arranged a post-game party during
‘Virginia Coalition
is a really fun
band. They’re
always great to
experience live.”
MASON HURLEY, sophomore
Alumni Weekend that will feature
the Emma Gibbs Band from
Winston-Salem.
“We like the bluegrass sound of
the band and their jam sessions,”
said Sallie Hutton, coordinator of
Alumni Weekend and
Homecoming for the GAA.
“We also chose the Emma Gibbs
Band because they are attractive to
both students and alumni."
The post-game party will take
place on the the Carolina Inn’s
front lawn Oct. 18, the same loca
tion the event has been held the
past four years.
Although Franks began plan
ning the concerts in March, budg
et constraints and a lack of venue
availability limited the band selec
tion to local and regional groups.
Although the final cost is not
set, it could cost as much as
$3,000 to bring Virginia Coalition.
“It was easier working through
regional bands to get the informa
tion that we needed,” Franks said.
General admission tickets will
be $lO.
Tickets for the Emma Gibbs
Band post-game show are on sale
at the alumni reunions Web site,
http://alumni.unc.edu/reunions,
for SB. For both events, tickets for
GAA student and alumni members
are $5.
Enthusiasm for the two conceits
is starting to spread through the
student body.
“Virginia Coalition is a really fun
band,” sophomore business major
Mason Hurley said.
“They’re always great to experi
ence live.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@une.edu.
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