Tufts' Melodesiac, The Slip (whose guitarist Brad Barr is pictured performing), Guster and Blackalicious rocked out on the President's Lawn for this year's Spring Fling.
"The entire show just ran so smoothly," said Concert Board Co-Chair Devra Bergman, a sophomore. "I was absolutely terrified, but it went off without a hitch. All of the workers were fabulous, everything worked out, the weather was beautiful. Everyone seemed to be having fun."
Bergman said that Concert Board sold approximately 4,000 tickets, on the higher end of the typical Spring Fling turnout of 3,500 - 4,000
Approximately 55 volunteers helped with the show, some of whom put in 13-hour days to help the show go smoothly.
"We met at 6:30 in the morning, and there were people who helped out until 7:30 at night," she said.
That effort was particularly key with the fast clean-up following Guster's act, as the band also needed to play at Amherst College later that evening.
Guster didn't just perform. The band brought a cause: the Campus Consciousness Tour, an initiative to help spread environmental consciousness at concert locations. The Tour was launched with the help of Guster singer/guitarist Adam Gardner and his wife Lauren Sullivan, who founded a non-profit environmental organization called Reverb.
At each of Guster's performance, students receive tips on "green living" - and
enjoy free giveaways of natural products including Luna and Cliff bars. A food drive also takes place.
"The Campus Consciousness Tour serves to raise awareness to social and environmental issues for students who are often too busy to think about these issues on a daily basis," said Amanda Fencl, a Tufts Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO) Board Member who helped coordinate the Tour at Tufts.
