Snow cancels Krzyzewskiville concert for second consecutive year

For the second year in a row, the personal checks concert in Krzyzewskiville has been canceled due to inclement weather.

Duke University Union announced the cancellation around noon Monday, per instruction from several University administrators. The hip-hop group Atmosphere was originally scheduled to perform, and another appearance cannot be rescheduled at this time.

“We had to cancel the concert because of the weather,” said senior Harli Grant, the DUU committee chair for campus concerts. “The buses won’t be running, so there would be no way for students to get there, plus we didn’t want them standing out in the cold.”

She emphasized that the administration, not DUU, made the final decision.

Last year's concert, which was set to feature Chance the Rapper, was also canceled due to weather.

The concert usually takes place at the same time as personal checks—a period of time when tenters must be in K-ville in order to pass three out of five checks conducted by line monitors. In previous years, the concert happened during personal checks, to entertain students who were tenting. This year, however, the concert was scheduled after personal checks, during the walk-up line period.

Grant said the goal is always to have the concert a few days before the game, which this year placed it during the walk-up line period rather than during p-checks.

At the moment, the concert is entirely cancelled.

“In a perfect world, we would reschedule, but historically, this just hasn’t worked out,” Grant said.

Grant said that rescheduling would not be possible because moving the concert to an indoor location would require them to reserve the location months in advance, before the committee begins to plan the dates of the concert.

Many tenters were disappointed when they received the news.

"I felt like the concert was a rite of passage and a reward that comes with tenting, so it seems unfair that we ended up without a concert," freshman Olivia Deitcher said.

Freshman Megan Moore said that although she was looking forward to the K-ville concert, she was also glad it did not take place with Monday's low temperatures.

"I was really excited because it was going to be my first K-ville concert," freshman Megan Moore said. "But it was really cold."