Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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Instrumental Music • Denah Spongier i DEPARTMENT itM A T WORK Cowley ' s instrumental music depar- tment has come alive with a full sound and positive outlook . It is going to be real! said a very enthusiastic Leonard Barnhill. I ' m very eager to develop a first-rate in- strumental department, one that will perform 500 percent better than what Cowley ' s grown accustomed to over the past few years . That reputation is a thing of the past. said Barnhill. According to Barnhill, the program already showing improvement because of increased instrumentation. We have one of about everything. said Barnhill. The College purchased $22,000 worth of new equipment for us and that doubled the number of instruments we had. ' The jazz band is 15 members strong, and will play strictly jazz . They ' re going to swing, Barnhill said. The Concert band consists of 24 .which is a good size for an in- strumental rebirth here. The classes have written on the board a listing of songs to be worked on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. According to Barnhill, you can lay good odds that the pieces will be well executed before moving on. The students also gain skills through private lessons and individual practice, which allows more time in class for polishing. Some of the music can be read

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Watermelon Feed • Georgana Weigle Powerful pucker breaks record spit PUCKER UP- Chris Roberts unsuccessfully attempts to beat a 26 ' 5 seed spitting record. (Photo by Eric Buller) The Watermelon Feed marked the first social event of the year and proved to be a history-making event. Besides being able to witness the women ' s seed spitting record being broken, everyone could eat all they wanted of the 300 pounds of water- melon that were on hand. While those who were on hand just to eat, got sticky from the juicy melon, others were warming up for the seed spitting contests. Angie Dulohery, a freshman from Campus High School, turned out to be the best female seed spitter in the history of the College. She broke the record with a 26 ' 5 spit. That power- ful pucker was enough to take the title away from Linda Hargrove, director of admissions and women ' s basketball and volleyball coach. But Hargrove carried no grudge over the defeat. I ' m not heart broken. I didn ' t take great pride in holding the title and to be honest, I ' m glad to give it up. It seemed to carry a lot of pressure , Hargrove said. The female division of the contest included a large group of contestants and saw Nanny Mathias, Highland freshman, placing second. Debbie Davis, assistant women ' s basketball and volleyball coach, placed third. Competition was close in the female division with 15 women en- tering, said Brian Howell, vice- president of Student Government Association, the group which spon- sored the feed. I ' m glad a lot of people got involved. Brian Morris, Arkansas City sophomore, took the men ' s division with a spit of 30 ' 5 ' . But there was a battle for second place with the dif- ference being one inch. Jim Pellock, Parsons sophomore, ended up win- ning second place and Danny Snow, Burden freshman, receiving third. I think everyone had a good time at the Watermelon Feed, said Chuck Sigler, SGA president. I was glad to see so many student participate inthe seed spitting contest and I ap- preciated the amount of advertising we got in the Roar. Although the 1985 version of the Watermelon Feed was a historic event in terms of records being set, the tradition of Watermelon Feeds goes back a long time. It has become a tradition, said Pam Mattingly, dorm manager. They had it when I was a freshman at Cowley and I ' m sure it will stay around for a long time.

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through the first time, but for the most part Barnhill says he ' s tried to make it challenging, to create a desire for more. And it sounds as if it ' s paying off. I walk by there all the time on my way to classes and they sound like they ' re getting better all the time, said John Dalton, sophomore. I can really hear an improvement from last year. One target date for the pep band is Cowley ' s first basketball game. This should be where the hours of effort come together for a first, public per- formance. The pep band will partner with the pompon squad on a con- sistent basis for performances. In addition to performing at home athletic events, the bands have scheduled a concert band concert on Nov. 21 , and a jazz band concert Dec. 10. But Barnhill isn ' t content with large group performances. He hopes to have small ensembles available to perform for organziations and com- munity groups in Cowley County. We ' re out to build a reputation, said Barnhill. One way he intends to build the reputation is to get the students before the public. We hope to tour the surrounding areas this spring and recreate an in- terest in our program, he said. Eventually, Barnhill hopes to develop an instrumental program better than most two-year colleges ' . Adding a course in classical and American music history would help provide a solid background for any four-year school music transfer student, Barnhill said. And building the band to 50 in the next three years would be good, too. Vocal Music • Brian Reed ALL THAT JAZZ-Sophomores Tommy Spicer, Brad DeMoss and freshman Michelle Lantis are featured in The Suncatchers during a regular practice. The instrumental program has received a number of new instruments and music as they rebuild this year. SINGIN ' SWEETLY-The CCCC Choir practices on Tuesday and Thursday in preparation for up- coming concerts. The CowleyCo Singers, a select group of 19 members of the Choir are also working on choreographed numbers to be performed at Arkalalah, Oct. 25. (Photo by Chuck Sigler) High-spirited groups set for vocal presentations Five, six, seven, eight. ..As the beat of the music goes on, vocal music in- structor Kenneth Judd takes raw talent and uses his 30 years of ex- perience to shape it into the vocal department of Cowley. According to Judd, the choir is well balanced this fall with its 32 mem- bers. I think both the choir and CowleyCos are going to be quite good this year compared to what has been expected from years past, said Judd. The spirit in the groups this year is good. The group sings a wide range of music, from Latin to contemporary pop music. With Judd ' s years of experience, you can have faith that the quality performances will definitely abide, said sophomore Denah Spangler, choir and CowleyCo member. The 19 members of the Cowleycos are looking forward to their first per- formance at Arkalalah on Oct. 25. The most work we put in on a choreographed number is at Arkalalah because it ' s so soon after school starts, Spangler said. We really put in a lot of hours but it all falls together. The CowleyCos also perform for community organizations during the school year, which helps keep them busy. But most members look forward to the spring tour as a highlight of the year. The groups travel to area schools and perform selections of music learned throughout the year. I ' m really excited about working on choreography to add to the songs for Arkalalah coronation, but I ' m especially looking forward to per- forming on tour this year, said Larry Simpson, choir and CowleyCos mem- ber. Until then, both CowleyCos and choir will practice twice a week to come up with the songs and routines for the year. ' k • . 3 1 - ' J m w lr F V S i dm j± ■■■■f if .....,„ B (§Sf ' Y 1 K W IjJJJP ' ■ a W E£ i -wlr ULS