Band entertains small crowd 
By HEIDI HAUSMANN
Contributing Editor 

The show did go on. 

It may have been postponed until 5:30 p.m., but Rearview Mirror still 
managed to impress the handful of people who showed up to the concert 
in the Student Center, Main Floor. 

"It didn't go over like we'd hoped," Barry Morales, director of student 
development, said. 

"It wasn't KLPI's fault or Louisiana Tech's fault. It was just an unfortunate, 
horrible situation."

Rearview Mirror was originally scheduled to play at noon in Centennial Plaza. 
Due to the band's scheduling problems, the outdoor concert was not possible.

The band did not seem deterred by the mishap. They took the stage and played 
with an intensity that almost made up for the lack of an audience.

"I thought it was a lot of fun," Cecily Guillot, a freshman English major, said.

"They were really the kind of band people are into, and they'd have been a 
big hit if people had known about it."

Poor advertisement of the event seemed to be the major cause for poor attendance.

"It was a shame it wasn't better advertised, and more people didn't come and see 
it," Tracy Watkins, a freshman theater major, said.

Chet Maynard, a junior mechanical engineering major, said he agrees with Watkins. 

"It was a good show, but it was horribly advertised," Maynard said.

Morales responded to these statements by pointing out that KLPI only had a couple 
of hours to print out fliers with the revised schedule. 

"We didn't get the new fliers up until a few hours before the show, but the 
outdoor concert itself was very well advertised," Morales said. "We want to 
start bringing more outdoor concerts to the university." 

The audience might have been sparse, but there was nothing halfhearted about 
Rearview Mirror's performance. The group maintained its energy throughout the show, 
and the musicians showed nothing but passion for what they do.

Talented musicians combined with a capable vocalist proved Rearview Mirror has 
a place reserved for them in the hearts of rock fans.

"We try not to be cheese-ball metal or cheese-ball pop," 
Matt Olson, Rearview Mirror guitarist, said. 

"We're just trying to write good songs with good melody, and 
hopefully everybody has a good time at our shows.