Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Doug Talbott, band director Band members travel Music is the universal language, someone once said. Whether it ' s true or not doesn ' t really matter to the BCCC College Band. They ' ll make themselves known to anyone who will stop to listen — regardless of any notion about their music being universal. Any music sounds good to them. Anytime, anywhere. The band, under the direction of Doug Talbott, was on the move. Many performaces are on the calender year after year for the Grizzly Band; none of them was ignored. The band traveled to every foot- ball game, except for the one in Garden City, and made the special trip to Ranger, Tex. to play for the football team and fans at the Roaring Ranger Bowl. At homecoming, the band mem- bers put their imaginative minds together and produced the winning float for the festivities. The Jazz Band, also a department of the College Band, then won the talent show with a skit that combined the Twilight Zone and the Peanuts comic strip. Band members celebrated their win at Aunt Nancy ' s, a local 18 tavern, with a closed party. During basketball season, the band played for every home game and often accompanied Terri Maness, Butler ' s twirler, at half- time. The band brought spirit to the home basketball game with their up-beat music of rounds of the Griz- zly Victory March and its own special ' ' Spirit Beat. In addition to moonlighting as a Pep Band, concerts were given by the band members. Three different concerts were given by the band during the year — one at Christ- mas, one in March and one at the end of the year. The Jazz portion of the band also put in many extra hours to raise money for its trip to New Orleans in March. The Jazz members went caroling at Christmas, sold candy, and had a car wash to raise enough funds to take the trip to the Worlds Fair in New Orleans. So, the next time you hear — Mr. Music please — stop and think about how much work goes in to the making of music. Many en- thusiastic music majors and non- music majors spend a lot of their time to make the football and basketball games more enjoyable, all for only one credit hour toward their degree. Be it jazz, rock or pop, the music they play is the music they give to you. 28 Bands Jazz Band members include (front row from left) Kevin Fox, Scott Snow, Brian Davidson, Kevin Lawrence, Paul Hake, Brian Ellis, Chuck Combow, Jane Baugh. Second row, Mark Hughes, Monte McKee, Dale Reschke, Bill Olson, Rick Herb, Doug Hiebert, John Shell, Mark Goldsmith, Candi Vogt, John Blickenstaff, Stan Miller, Floyd Ray, Lale Capps, Ann Ridgway, Chrissy Ziba, Kris Blank, Debbie Gray, Tina Mies, Angel Townson, Richie Herrman, Bill Henn, and Kevin Stich.

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Groups help meet special needs If you have problems adjusting to campus life, need some moral support, want to get in on a carpool or babysitting co-op this is the place. These words appeared in a pam- phlet that was distributed on cam- pus by members of a very new and a very unique group, Students Older Than Average or SOT A. SOTA was created to help meet some of the special needs of the students over 25 years of age here atBCCC. Starting college can be stressfrul for anyone but what is it like for the older student returning to school after raising a family or perhaps starting school for the first time amoung all the kids? In his column written early in the fall semester, Walter Anderson, staff writer for The Lantern, sum- med up the feelings experienced by an older student like this, It is like being put in a tub full of ice water, with lots of ice. It is a real culture shock. It was in fact Anderson ' s column and a letter to the editor written in response to that column that led to the formation of SOTA. In her letter to the Lantern editor, Sharon Castleberry of El Dorado said that she had returned to college at UT after raising three children and had come into contact with a group of people in the same situation as herself, members of a group called Students Older Than Average. After reading Castleberry ' s let- ter several people on campus decided that there was a need for just such an organization at Butler. A computer printout concluded that the average age of the students at BCCC was 25 years old, and soon posters appeared announcing that SOTA ' s first meeting would be Oct. 24 and all students over the age of 25 were invited to attend. Seven people attended that first meeting and there they had a chan- ce to brainstorm and discuss their concerns. After that, SOTA met once a month but unlike traditional organizations they met at different times so they could cover a wider range of students. Judy Strain, faculty advisor for SOTA said, This group is not traditional in that they don ' t have elected officers, they are really just a support group. One of Sota ' s activities was the Recovery Room set up in the In- dependent Study Center for those students suffering from the trauma of enrollment. At the Recovery Room stricken students could find comfort in doughnuts and coffee and a sympathetic ear to listen to their problems. Another important activity was to provide emergency transportation to school for the members if it was needed. A baby sitting co-op was also organized. The members of SOTA now have a representative on the Student Ac- tivity Council to try to insure that the concerns and interests of the older students are given the same considedrations as the interests of the younger students. SOTAmembers and guests visit informally around a table in the CIS since they have no regular meeting place. They are (from left) Jetta Lee, Kevin Vail, Hank Choens, Dr. Jerilee Moser, Billye Foster, Steve King, Karla Knaussman, Judy Strain (faculty adviser), Betty Simecka-Pappas. Groups 27

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jazz band pep band concert band jazz band pep band concert band Doug Talbott works with the saxaphone sections of the band.