The council rented machines to make shaved ice, popcorn and cotton candy--though Kleyman said the $1,000 needed to rent equipment to make last year's popular fried dough wasn't worth it.
And council members said they were pleased with the final results.
"We ended up having a cheaper Springfest with more people," said Kleyman, who pointed out that the $15,000 the council spent on Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was $8,000 less than it took to lure the Violent Femmes to campus last year.
Some claimed it may have been the best-attended Springfest ever.
Many council members argued that there were more people yesterday than at last year's event--and no one can remember a Springfest that drew more students than last year's.
Driskell said she thought more than 3,500 students made appearances at some point during the afternoon.
CLC Co-Chair Stephen N. Smith '02 said there were some good reasons for the large turnout: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's swing act was well-suited to live performance, the increase in student bands from two to five drew more friends of performers, some prefrosh were still on campus and, of course, it didn't rain.
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