Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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• Band groups. Two other bands pro- vide excellent training for music stu- dents. The Brass band is formed from the marching band of members of the brass sections. The concert band per- forms one hundred strong at all col- lege convocations and formal concerts of its own, and makes a tour of area high schools each spring. Fun, too. Band members give two formal banquets a year and this year began a Friday night bowling league of nine teams. But being a member of this group involves much work, too. To perfect the rhythm routines per- formed on the field, they practice five days a week—only five hours and they give an outstanding showing. A formation takes five hours to perfect. in the Red Raider Band 21

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Band in Stereo The time is a warm fall afternoon. The setting is a football field during halftime. From the north end of the field comes one half of the high- stepping band and from the south end the other half advances. To the fan sitting in the stadium the effect is one of merging sound--giant economy size stereo! This stereo formation was the idea of Dean Killion, band director. Not only making a spectacular perform- ance but it is a quick new way of getting the 186-member Red Raider band on the field at once. Called the marching band, it is Tech ' s showpiece that marches at all home games and most out-of-town games. RICHARD TOLLEY Brass KEITH McCARTY Woodwinds There ' s A New Sound 20

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KAPPA KAPPA PSI ROW ONE: B. Almond, P. Anthony, C. Bates, R. Breckenridge, K. Briden. ROW TWO: R. Buie, M. Burrow, J. Fair- child, H. Germer, R. Gray. ROW THREE: G. Hankins, J. Morgan, M. Mauldin, B. McDowell, C. Riley. ROW FOUR: W. Robinson, H. Struve, F. Washburn, R. Warner. Almost a Legend A dilapidated old blue school bus is the especial charge (and headache) of Kappa Kappa Psi, band fraternity. Affectionately called the Blue Goose, when it decides to run, it carries members back and forth on band jaunts across the countryside. This honorary band frat is a service organization performing small jobs for the Tech band. It provides water for the band at football games, helps librarians with the music and loads instruments on the bus. Blue Goose. But its major bution, by far, involves the Blue Goose. In order to interest high school students in Tech ' s band gram, Kappa Kappa Psi compiles and distributes brochures to the high schools. And to comb the area more thoroughly the Goose takes the bers on tours to meet the students. Financing its many projects is solved by selling Tech Band jackets and sweaters. Concessions for the band on out-of-town trips are also set up by the members. Activity An active cial calendar finds fraternity members co-sponsoring the annual Christmas Dinner Dance and the spring Club Finale with Tau Beta Sigma, woman sorority. The fraternity sors the Homecoming Banquet for former bandsmen. THE FRATERNITY ' S BUS, THE BLUE GOOSE, TOTES MEMBERS AND IN- STRUMENTS AROUND THE COUN- TRYSIDE. 22