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staff writer BRYAN ALEXANDER
The music scene of Columbia has
entered a state of transition. This is
made grossly apparent with the demise
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its denizens with an artistic outlet
as a musical venue, Rockafellas.
About the time that Rockafellas
opened, in 1984, the Elbow Room on
Harden Street made its first steps toward
its evolution into a musical venue.
With the acquisition of The Breakfast
Club in 1988, it acquired more space
and began toying with the idea of booking
shows.
"They (the management) would hold
shows, before the fall of'94 only on days
of special events, like the (Carolina)
Cup, a Clemson/Carolina game or something
like that" recalls Alex Curran El
bow Room manager.
Everything changed when he started
booking shows on Wednesday nights
there.
"We started booking shows on
Wednesday nights in the fall of
1994...with that success we added more
nights with performances until the fall
of 1995. We were having shows four
nights a week"
Now the Elbow Room is in the
process of evolving once again. The renovation
involves big changes, but most
noticeable to the general public is the
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to "The Elbow Room Music Hall."
The addition of the words "Music
Hall" to the name is much more significant
than a change of logo on paper
products and getting a new sign on the
outside of the building. It is a solid commitment
to providing Columbia great
music every week, within a club laid
out for the sole purpose of having performances
for a long time to comer
The sound booth has been moved to
the back of the room and the old, waist
high dividing wall separating the bar
from the show area is gone, thus opening
up the club and giving more
"quality" room for the people to watch
the show.
No longer will people be forced to
watch a packed show from the dark pit
behind the sound booth, where deciding
when to make a break for couch
space or the bathroom was as important
as watching the shows.
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next to it (in the Breakfast Club side of
the bar)," Curran said.
The entrance to the music venue
will be moved to the original entrance
of the bar.
"There will be a ticket window
and a person scanning tickets as you
go inside," Curran said.
In addition to building upgrades the
sound system is being upgraded.
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series. He also played in the top-rated television
mini-series Lonesome Dove.
Justice, who grew up in Florence, S.C., has
been acting and directing for more than 30 years.
His one-man show about King, "Prophesy in
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weekly in the U.S. and Africa.
"An Evening with Langston and Martin" is
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