Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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lust grin and bear it 52-I4 -Uncommonlg gond Any day con be brightened with sparkly eyes and a sunny smile from a Ball State coed. Jenni- fer Norris grins as she explains her reasoning to a friend. This score reflected on the board as the final gun sounded in Boll States first home football game ofthe season. The Cardinals overwhelm- ing victory over Butler was the reason for much celebration by BSU fans that evening. E:-15 ow -' Q .- o T I M E f - s- ' - LH ,592 TA'l:E ' ,li 145, rs' x- -iff OUA ER fi l ' ',bi 5 W- it 31 Lf Eiiilffil we ' X1 W ' ' 4 f 3 1' 1

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8-4 H 0 Ov-4 id ull 0 01-i O 01-l Q W Z 'Pride of Nlid-America' hosted 39 high school bands in annual Band Day game Cards beat Butler 52-14- Music by the masses engulfed the audience during the pre-game cere- monies and at the halftime of the BSU-Butler football confrontation. Thirty-nine Indiana high school bands, plus our own marching squad, com- bined to infiltrate the atmosphere with plenty of excitement. Trombone Spectacular Band Day began early in the morning as over 4,000 high school band members poured into the football stadium to compete in the annual event. Each school was iudged in a parade route routine and listed as either a Class A or Class B band according to size. While iudges tallied the scores of the performing bands, the high school students watched as the Cardinals pushed to an impressive 35-6 half- time lead over the Butler Bulldogs. The strong running Ball State squad scored their first touchdown of the day after only six minutes had elapsed from the game's opening. The Card's other four touchdowns in the half came on fine efforts by halfback Tony Schmid, second string quarterback Rick Scott, Prinest Pas- chal and quarterback Art Yaroch. A series of BSU miscues gave Butler good enough field position to add six points of their own before halftime. Besides awaiting the iudges scores at the half, the bands also put an quite a show for the crowd. After their individual routines had been giv- en in the morning, all of the bands had met under the direction of BSU Band Director Roger McConnell to practice for the game show. The pol- ish half-time product included Amer- With eyes and binoculars poised on the various facets ofa football game, many Band Day fans express mixed emotions about the surrounding happenings. ica, the Beautiful, which brought most of the capacity crowd to their feet singing. After the performance announce- ments of the morning's competition were then given. Pulling aff top hon- ors for their presentations were York- town, for Class A, and Daleville, for Class B. Yorktown's Selections from the Wizard of Oz was deemed most creative by most of the iudges. Featured trombonist Tom Gustin solos during Band Day's halftime show, the Trombone Ex- travaganza, that massed the 39 high school's trombone sections together with Ball State's Pride of Mid-America. Placekicker Paul Mills lets go his third consecu- tive point-after boot to put the host Cardinals ahead 21-0 in the second quarter against the downhearted Bulldogs. W D . F N l r ll. .mln .iQMQf:f wif 11-Qitll .-Q, xi ' -i -U: .. .. ,sy - .- ...ag rx .5 f ,jf 1--f 0?,j3 1'f9'wf:-X , 3' '- W -if..-fx - ,g ,Q '1,.'f',2'?I-5.S+x-'ix 1 , I .,,m.i,. . Q. l , C- -.1 . , -T-: if M - Ig f'3-t.-R..-N. ,H i . ,f . , v .wt -,rt , , , -Ji-