On the evening of the Union's grand opening, the Sacramento band Mumbo Gumbo played a free concert to hundreds of empty chairs in the University Ballroom.

The turn out, a couple hundred people, was a big disappointment to Dean Sorenson, the program advisor for UNIQUE, the student union's event-planning club.

Even with the small turnout, Mumbo Gumbo rose to the occasion. Those that did attend, seemed to enjoy themselves as they danced on a rented dance floor that looked like a black Hefty trash bag taped down-- complete with ripples for people to trip over.

Normally Mumbo Gumbo draws hundreds of people when they play in Sacramento; they normally pack a dance floor. They normally don't have a fire alarm going off before they play.

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