No orange juice? No show.

Hundreds of students gathered outside the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house to hear the music of rap artist Young Buck one April night in 2005. While the crowd was listening to the concert’s opening acts, members of the fraternity were scrambling to meet one final demand from the headliner.\n“Young Buck wanted a specific type of orange juice that we didn’t know about until five minutes before he went on,” said senior and Alpha Tau Omega’s Director of Special Events A.J. Rich. “His manager threatened he wouldn’t go on without it.”\nMembers of the fraternity saved the concert when they found the orange juice Young Buck wanted at a gas station near their house.\nStories of near disasters like this have not stopped Alpha Tau Omega and other fraternities from continuing to bring nationally known artists to campus during the weeklong celebration of Little 500.\n“It’s probably the most memorable week students have while at IU,” said sophomore and Alpha Tau Omega President Doug Rosenstein.\nAlpha Tau Omega has paired with Acacia to bring the band Yellowcard to IU the night of April 20 for this year’s Little 500. Rosenstein said he hopes this year’s concert goes well so that next year his fraternity can get an even bigger band, which could be a difficult task.\n“A lot of bands doubt a frat can put on a successful event,” Rosenstein said. “You have to show the band and their managers that your fraternity can.”\nBefore any tickets are sold, fraternities begin shelling out cash to bring the artists to Bloomington. Junior and Delta Upsilon Vice President of External Relations Chris Toomey said his house has already made several down payments to get rap artist Jibbs to perform at their Little 500 concert.\n“First, they wanted $1,000 up front to make sure we were serious about getting him,” Toomey said. “Then they asked for half of what he costs.”\nThe rest of the money will be paid the night of the concert, which is at 7 p.m. April 16.\nMoney from ticket sales will help make back a lot of the money Delta Upsilon has spent on the concert and help with philanthropy efforts as well.\n“The house is not receiving anything,” Toomey said. “A portion of proceeds will go to the Boys and Girls Club.”\nToomey predicts a crowd of 1,500 to 2,000 people will gather in the front yard of his fraternity house for the concert. To host an event this large, Delta Upsilon had to obtain special permits from the University and Bloomington, Toomey said. The fraternity must also provide a certain number of portable toilets based on the number of people they are expecting.\nSafety is another issue fraternities must address when planning an event with a large amount of people.\n“Security is going to have to be tight,” sophomore and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity member Jonathan Wolf said of his fraternity’s Three 6 Mafia concert. “The band requires it.”\nAlpha Epsilon Pi has not yet contracted with a security company for this year’s concert, but they did employ Graham’s Security and Patrol and several off-duty cops for last year’s Bubba Sparxxx concert.\nThe Bubba Sparxxx concert was a learning experience for Wolf, who helped plan the event as a freshman. Wolf said security members had to hold back the crowd when Bubba Sparxxx was hanging out before and after the concert.\n“There’s so many people in a small area and everybody wants to see this one person,” Wolf said. “That’s why it’s so important to have good security.”\nThree 6 Mafia has no obligation to hang out before or after the concert, but Wolf said he would like them to.\n“There are rumors that they’re hanging out at the after party,” Wolf said.\nWolf said his biggest concern right now is not the after party, but the performance itself, which is “going to be a quality show.”\n“In my opinion we have some of the hottest rappers in the game right now,” Wolf said. “They’re really on the rise in their career.”\nThree 6 Mafia has a new CD coming out next month, and the first episode of their new MTV show called “Adventures in Hollyhood” will premiere April 5. The third episode of the season will air April 19, the night of their concert at Alpha Epsilon Pi.\n“We’ll get to watch them on TV and then see them perform in our backyard,” Wolf said. “It doesn’t get any better than that.”