On The Beat in Byram July 30, 1995 - Daily Record by Jim Nelson The Debate Over Rock Concerts at Waterloo Village "It was the worst concert I've seen in 20-some years from the point of view of safety precautions and crowd control", said retired Byram Police Chief "Skip" Danielson. But chief, how was the band? It was bizarre to follow last week's hearings in Superior Court on the rock concerts held at Waterloo Village. The town of Byram tried, unsuccessfully, to convince Judge Reginald Stanton to halt the Aug. 11 HORDE festival concert, arguing that the audience behaves like - well, kids at a rock 'n' roll show. Describing last month's Phish concert, Chief Danielson told shocking tales of public displays of affection, marijuana consumption, disorderly fans and inadequate parking. This was no Lincoln Center crowd; these kids were behaving just like their parents used to at Grateful Dead shows. Also opposed to the HORDE festival is an anti-drug group called Drug Watch International, which maintains that the featured acts - the Black Crowes, Blues Traveler and Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers - must all be on drugs or something. OK, so Pat Boone couldn't be booked. Are these people for real? Waterloo Village has been hosting open air summer concerts for years. Are Byram officials just now noticing? When things go wrong, as they did at last month's Phish concert when too many people showed up, concert promoters should learn from their mistakes and improve planning. But the Art Linkletter routine has got to go.