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Vol. 91, Issue 42 | March 25 - March 27, 2013
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THE MIAMI HURRICANE
CAYLA NIMMO// PHOTO EDITOR WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER: Joshua Gonzalez, 17, dances to the music during Steve Aoki’s set on day three of Ultra Music Festival’s weekend one, which took place on March 17.
MUSIC
UMF celebrates 15-year anniversary Festival grows to include second weekend, extensive array of performances STEPHANIE PARRA NEWS EDITOR
Ultra Music Festival (UMF) started fifteen years ago. Before the festival came together, though, festival organizers held warehouse parties for electronic music. According to Joe Risolia, who handles new business development for UMF, the producers wanted to do a larger event on the beach in lieu of the warehouse parties.
UMF first began in 1999, as a small celebration of music. But, when nearly 10,000 people showed up during the event’s first year, the creators of the festival felt that they had started something huge. “The producers were hoping for maybe two to three thousand people, but the first year, nearly 10,000 people showed up,” said Joe Risolia, who has been with UMF from the start and can be considered one of the festival’s found-
ing fathers. “The first year I helped my friend raise money. I’ve helped with everything, but I mostly do new business development and sponsorships.” Throughout the years, the festival has hosted different bands ranging from The Cure to Duran Duran, and has had cameo appearances from Madonna and Slash, Guns N’ Roses’ former lead guitarist. SEE UMF ‘13, PAGE 8
SUGAR AND SPICE SUGARCANES LEND A HAND PAGE 4
BEAM ME UP CAZZETTE SITS DOWN FOR Q&A, TALKS FUTURE PAGE 7
TENNIS TALENT VENEZUELAN STAR SHINES ON COURT PAGE 11