They are not sure what to expect from a “proper” Harvard show.
“We’re afraid you guys are going to make fun of us,” Rosenworcel jokes.
Overall, he says the band was “really looking forward to the show. We’ve played every school in Boston I can think of a lot except Harvard...I hope they like us.”
Looking Forward
With one successful concert under their belt, the HCC hopes to bring two major shows to campus a year. After Sunday, the Council will begin planning for a spring hip-hop show in Bright Hockey Center. There are a number of issues the HCC would still like to resolve, including the administration’s insistence that shows be restricted to members of the Harvard community and their guests, and the possibility of subsidies from the University to help pay for shows.
However, both the Council and the administration see this fall’s success as a significant step forward.
“We have all learned a great deal from the experience,” Kidd says.
She says both the HCC and the Dean’s Office will use the information to draw up handbooks on what steps to take in planning future events. Chopra agrees that the trials of the past six months will facilitate further concerts.
“Once it’s happened once,” he says, “it should be easy to do it again and again.”