(Photo taken without permission from www.Free-Times.com and courtesy of P. Wall, If I need to take it down let me know and I will happily replace it with this picture.)
Sumter Street Storage is currentley appleaing the Richland County Fire Marshall ruling prohibiting band practice at Sumter Street Storage. The results of the appeal will be in around Thanksgiving on whether or not bands can practice in the sheds after midnight November 30th.
This appeal should have been made at the time the decision was made to shut down the shed, not after “our support and calls to the media prompted the decision.” These 20 bands that practice in the sheds are a large source of revenue that will be gone if bands are kicked out. This $3,000 or so dollars a month should have been fought a little bit harder for off the bat.
What this appeal does is doing is quieting the concert that is being planned and effectively ending the idea of having a blowout party at the end of the month. Since the decision won’t be until so late bands will have to “do what they got to do” to get by.
I truely hope the sheds stay open. Not only do I think it is a great place for bands to practice near campus, but I think the reason behind the sheds being closed down is bull shit in the first place. I just hope it all isn’t too little, too late.
