University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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LEFT: Beautiful weather, a big win, and a cranked-up band contributed to an ideal Homecoming. BELOW: For the first time in years, the band got the chance to participate in a Homecom- ing parade through downtown Monticello. Band 137

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RIGHT: One of the many faces of the band—a select few from the jazz ensemble. : BELOW: A band is just that—a collection of B AN D pieces. No marching band would be complete without the drum section, though. 136 Band

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138 Choir CHOIR While other departments’ programs suffer as money gets tight and the axe falls, the choir seems to retain a quality show. John Dougherty, head of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, characterized this year’s choir as “outstanding — really exceeding all expectations.” Just as an experienced sports team faces a ‘rebuilding’ year, the choir was expected to take a turn for the worst. ‘“They’re a young choir,” said Dougherty, “and difficult to teach, at first.” The 55 member choir maintained the excellence that has come to be associated them in past years, not only in their tour, but in their special programs. This year they performed their annual Christmas program which included a contata and selections from ‘The Messiah’. Their first semester show was an opera, ‘Street Scenes’, which basically concerned a man’s murder of his wife and the milkman with whom she was having an affair. The show was not as simple as this (Db