Spring Daze committee to ask for $37k

Monday, Student Senate will be asking for an allocation of  $37,000 for a festival event, Spring Daze, April 28-30. Student Senate President Katrina Hurley said that this allocation will leave enough money in the account for the events planned the rest of the year.

Open forums for the allocation are scheduled for 4-5 p.m. today and 3-4 p.m. Monday.

Last night at a forum no students showed up except members of the Spring Daze planning board.

The annual Nearly Naked Mile is on April 28 and the Spring Daze committee will be handing out “swag” at the event and the NNM shirts will feature the Spring Daze logo.

The Party at the Pavilion, which was originally planned for last semester but was canceled to unexpected weather problems, will be at the Rangeland Center from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. April 29.

The big Spring Daze event will be on April 30 where six bands and a multitude of booths and activities will be featured.

Spring Daze used to be a big event on campus and Senate is trying to bring the tradition back so students will have an interest in CSC because there are fun events happening on campus.

Senate plans to earn about 60 percent of the funds back in sponsorships, sales, and selling swag items to the public. Swag items include T-shirts, tank tops, bro-tanks, sunglasses, hats, and rubber bracelets and will be free to students. Students will be asked to select either a T-shirt or tank top and one of the other items.

Other than in Chadron, Spring Daze will be advertised in Scottsbluff, Alliance, Hemingford, Rushville, Crawford, and Rapid City, South Dakota. They are advertising in the surrounding areas because they want to draw in more of the general public.

The budget for activities is: $350 for the dunk tank, $750 for bubble soccer, $500 for sumo suits, and $1,000 for the barbeque for a total of $2,600. The hayrack ride, inflatable obstacle course, rock wall, and petting zoo are free. Other activities include an art show, dance exhibition, mechanical bull, mini larping, and adult and child bouncy castles.

The budget for swag items is: $772.72 for 200 mesh trucker caps, $2,106.49 for 300 men’s tank tops, $2,485.16 for 300 women’s racerback tanks, $1,295.45 for 200 tagless T-shirts, $587.97 for 50 staff tagless T-shirts, $593 for 300 pairs of retro sunglasses, and $380 for 1,000 1/2” debossed painted wristbands for a total of $8,220.79.

The bands will perform beginning at 11 a.m. April 30 until 1 a.m. May 1. The Birds will perform 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Blue Street from 1-3 p.m., Backroads from 3-5 p.m., Funk Nasty from 5-7 p.m., Cruisr from 7-9 p.m., New Beat Fund from 9-11 p.m., and Cheat Codes will begin at 11 p.m.

The budget for bands is: $100 for Birds, $1,000 for Blue Street, $5,000 for Cruisr, $600 for Back Roads, $800 for Funk Nasty, $3,000 for New Beat Fund, and $3,000 for Cheat Codes for a total of $13,500. The stage trailer is $10,000. The CSC jazz bands will also perform before the first band at 11 a.m.

The budget for advertising is: $120 for two banners and $325 for 500 posters for a total of $445. The budget for newspapers is: $664 for eight weeks in the Chadron Record and $1,400 for eight weeks in the Scottsbluff Star Herald for a total of $2,064.

The budget for booths is $670. Booths include henna tattoos, tie dye bracelets, karaoke, potato sack races, pie in the face, slip n slide, carnival games, photo booth, volleyball tournament, life-size chess, and dunk tank.

The committee has 22 businesses for sponsorships so far and they include Mavericks, Crawford Coffee Canteen, car dealerships, CAPSTONE of  NE, Doves, Big Bats, Wal-mart, ACE Hardware, and Pump and Pantry.