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1 This Week in USC History April 9, 1985— 20th Century Fox formally announced plans to donate the movietonews film library to USC. music FESTIVAL COLUMBIA. SOUIN CAROL IRA Aaron Hark/The Gamecock Lead singer J. T. Taylor of Kool & The Gang performs at 3 Rivers Music Festival on Friday night Legendary and rookie performers entertain the masses at annual Columbia musical event by Erin O’Neal The Gamecock Woodstock had three days of peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll — the Vista in Columbia had three days of intense traffic, overpriced food and prompt police, who ended Tonic’s Saturday night performance exactly at midnight. The Columbia Police Department told Tonic to cut its encore short after they finished playing “You Waited More.” “We wanna play another [song] for you, but we’ve just been informed by the police department to turn off,” said Emerson Hart, Tonic’s lead singer. “I’ve been in these jails, and I don’t wanna do it again, so sorry.” Tonic managed to get a good mix of both old and new songs, including “Mean To Me” and “If You Could Only See,” which was met with lavish cheers and applause from the audience. The band made sure to thank people for coming out and showing their appreciation for the music. “[To] the people who are willing to come out of their houses, get drunk, party and fell down, thank you for supporting music,” Hart said. “We’re very fortunate to do what we do and play with who we play with.” Saturday was especially momentous ior uravin Melon, which gave its final Columbia performance earlier that evening on the Alternative Rock Stage. “Thank y’all for showing up and sayinggootfcye,” Doug Jones, Cravin’ Melon’s lead singer, said. “Wfe’ve got a lot of friends here tonight. Who knows, maybe we’ll make some more.” Jones announced his intentions of quitting to the rest of the band after a Charleston show in January. He said money issues and the lack of radio play of their recent songs were his reasons. Despite a few technical difficulties, the group members seemed to enjoy themselves. Neither the band nor the audience allowed the knowledge that this was one of Cravin’ Melon’s last performances to dampen the mood. Better Than Ezra took the stage 15 minutes later and kicked things up a notch with the opener, “King of New Orleans.” The group even previewed “Extraordinary,” a cut off its not-yet released album, Early In the Morning. Ezra played some fen favorites, and a good portion of its performance involved audience participation. They even picked someone out of the crowd to perform “This Time of Year” on stage with the band. Meanwhile, at the Classic Rock and Country Stage, John Michael Montgomery made his way to the stage on crutches with a broken leg. “I had choreographed this whole show tonight, but I’m just going to have to stand up here and sing,” Montgomery said. Tho rrnu/H phpprpH lnnHpr at thp Classic Rock and Country Stage than at the Alternative Rock Stage, singing along to every song, often drowning out Montgomery. However, the main draw of the evening was Ray Charles, who performed with the 3 Rivers Orchestra at the Rhythm and Blues Stage. There was little walking room between the hundreds of fans sitting in their portable chairs and rocking to the vocals of one of the biggest names in Rhythm and Blues history. Charles’ music sent old and young to their feet in a standing ovation as Charles ended his performance. The festival began Friday with groups such as Kool & The Gang, Three Dog Night, Gov’t Mule and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Though Kool & The Gang drew the largest crowd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd put on an impressive performance. “He’s just so young, and to be able to play that well is just great,” graduate student Denise Golden said. “The whole festival itself was great ... the setup was really good.” The spotlight desk can be reached at gamecockspotlight@hotmail.com Aaron Hark/The Gamecock Danny Hutton, lead singer of Three Dog Night, performs on the WOLQ/Dick Dyer Pepsi/Publix stage. 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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sent a letter to the Hollywood Wax Museum asking that it remove a replica of an Oscar statue from its wax figure of Roberts. Museum spokesman John Blanchette said the fake Oscar came from a souvenir shop next door. The statue was placed in the wax figure’s arms March 23 in anticipation of Roberts’ best-actress win for Erin Brockovich at the Oscar ceremony two days later. Such use of an Oscar replica violated the academy’s trademark rights, said spokeswoman Leslie Unger. “The statuette is our copyrighted property, and it is not something available for use in any context that somebody else might think to use it in,” Unger said. The wax museum agreed to remove the fake Oscar. “We have complied, but we felt bullied, and the wax figure isn’t happy either,” Blanchette said. Digital art project to be directed by Harvard president CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Life after Harvard for outgoing president Neil L. Rudenstine will combine his lifelong passion for art with technology in a project designed to bring digital images to students, teachers and scholars. Rudenstine, who leaves Harvard in June, will head a new project to create a digital collection of images of art, architecture and other objects. A scholar of Renaissance literature, Rudenstine will serve as chairman of the new nonprofit organization ArtSTOR. The project is sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “This is an exciting new undertaking that holds great promise for enhancing the study of the arts and humanities around the world,” Rudenstine told The Boston Globe. He will lead an advisory group within the organization to determine the archive’s content and the way the database will be designed. Plans call for an early phase of the project to include about 250,000 images that would be used in university art history classes. Other parts of the plan include digitizing more obscure artwork and creating standards for cataloging such work. Universities, museums and others users will be asked to subscribe to the service, but the price structure and date of availability haven’t been set. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is the next Harvard president. National musicians to hold concert for South Africa LONDON (AP) — Nelson Mandela is expected to be in the audience when R.E.M., Spice Girl Mel B and The Corrs from Ireland perform at a concert this month to celebrate South Africa Freedom Day. The event is set for April 29 at Trafalgar Square, outside the South tv African High Commission. The four hour concert will benefit the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and The Prince’s Trust, a charity Prince Charles established. Other stars on the bill include Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hugh Masekela and Atomic Kitten. South African High Commissioner Cheryl Carolus said the celebration had been in the planning stages for two years, but permission to seal off Trafalgar Square didn’t come until Wednesday. “All the artists are giving their services for free. For all of them, it’s for nothing and for the love of South Africa. I’m not sure what the commercial value is, but it’s huge when you think of the artist lineup,” Carolus said.