The remaining $20,000, according to Lewis, will pay for expenses like sound, lighting and transportation.
The commission found funding in a myriad of different places.
The council gave $5,000, and after some hesitation, the administration agreed to match that figure on Jan. 18.
"The administration wouldn't give us approval to hold the concert until we could show that we could pull it off financially," Lewis says.
Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71, who handles student activities, says his main concern was ensuring the commission would not lose money on the concert.
"I asked them to show me a budget in which expenses and projected revenues balanced," Illingworth says. "I also asked them to show me evidence that the contributions they expected were more than projections and had actually been received."
Once he had these assurances, Illingworth says he was happy to support the commission with a $5,000 stipend.
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