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Show to honor Tech victims criticized: Spokesman for some families says event would be 'exploitative'.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
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August 3, 2007
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Byline: Rex Bowman
Aug. 3--An upcoming concert at Virginia Tech has angered some families of the victims of the April massacre, according to a security specialist who says he speaks for the families.
The Sept. 6 "Concert for Virginia Tech" is promoted by the Dave Matthews Band as a way to help the Tech community recover from the shooting rampage that left 33 dead on the Blacksburg campus. But Vincent Bove of New Jersey said it appears to the families that Tech is exploiting the death of their loved ones to gain publicity.
"Tech's position is, 'Let's turn this into a vaudeville show,'" Bove said yesterday. "And the families are saying, 'Why are we continuing to be ...