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Spring is finally here, at least for the other 49 states. Here at the University of Maine, we shrug off the still-chilly temperatures and the mud for our annual music festival, Bumstock.
The show is marred with student speculation each year. Obviously, it is impossible to please 10,000 music fans. Unfortunately, this year’s committee was forced to start its planning a semester late. But Bumstock director Cortlynn Hepler hopes the committee’s hard work and some organizational restructuring will make this and future shows some of the best Bumstock weekends yet.
Some changes were definitely in order. In past years, members of the planning committee were selected.
“This year, membership in the committee was left open to the entire student body. All they had to do was attend weekly meetings,” Hepler said.
The committee also drew up new bylaws that will delegate some of the Bumstock director’s responsibilities to six officers.
“It will help alleviate some of the setbacks associated with having a new director just about every year,” he said.
And some changes are still to come.
“If time had not been a factor this year, a survey would have been quite useful, and it is something that needs to be done in the future,” Hepler said.
One of the biggest obstacles of the year was band selection.
“There is a lot of talent … narrowing it down to 23 local and regional acts was a major challenge. For criteria, we looked for bands that would please a diverse crowd and perform the best live,” Hepler said. Chief Music Officer Erin Smith agreed.
“The biggest challenge for me this year has been getting the contracts ready to go…arranging set times,” Smith said. “[It] has been quite the hassle.”
Twenty-six bands will perform at Bumstock, including headliners Fat Joe, Hed Pe and Systematic.
The weekend will also be more than musical acts. Hepler said he was still negotiating to get a 20-foot climbing wall, a bungee run inflatable game and a henna tattoo artist free for students and included in the ticket price for others.
Not everyone is completely happy with the new arrangements, members of the Bumstock staff said. But Hepler and Smith, as well as the majority of the committee, said they are optimistic about this year’s show and the new design for planning Bumstock. Citing a diverse lineup, an opportunity to break the monotony of college life and tradition, Hepler presented his main goal for Bumstock: “Simply for students to have a good time.”
Bumstock set list:
FRIDAY April 25, 2003
4 p.m. GATES OPEN
4:30-5 Green & Bosse
5-5:30 Lowfive
5:30-6:30 Rocktopus
6:30-7:30 Big D & The Kid’s Table
7:30-8:30 Seeking Homer
8:30-9 The Naturals
9-10 6Gig
10-10:45 Systematic
10:45-12 Hed Pe
SATURDAY – April 26, 2003
1:30 p.m. GATES OPEN
2-2:30 Green Bikes
2:30-3 Sophomore Owls Band
3-3:30 New Rome
3:30-4 MP (Casey Sprogis)
4-4:30 Pawnshop Caddies
4:30-5 Stream
5-5:30 Trailor
5:30-6 Manifest Nexto Me
6-6:30 Emptyhead
6:30-7 Gravity (Rickey White)
7-7:45 Dr. Radical
7:45-8:30 Junction 18
8:30-9 Headstart
9-9:30 The Funkizon
9:30-10:30 Paranoid Social Club
10:30-11:15 Little Egypt
11:15-12 Fat Joe
