Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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DON ' T WORRY, BE HOPPY. A frog offers a popular theme for Homecoming parade watchers. (Photo by Carol Schryer) SING AND SHOUT- Blind Date lead singer J.D, Hart, Hays freshman, entertains for the Homecoming concert. Blind Date was the opening band for Kingdom Come. (Photo by Aaron Ferguson) A REAL SMASH UP. A Fort Hays State fan takes his after-game frustration out on a car supplied by the Tan Kappa Epsilon frater- nity, (Photo by Aaron Ferguson) GOING FOR THE GOLD. The Alpha Kappa Lam da fraternity depicts the outcome of the Homecoming game with its float in the pa- rade. (Photo by Todd Sutcliffe) Campus Life 15

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Parades, parties football, friends build lasting memories of Homecoming I omecoming . H Faces changed. For alumni , some of those 1 faces bore a few more wrinkles. Crow ' s-feet crinkled about the eyes. The hair was a bit grayer — or not at all. It was a time for re- membering. For the students, Homecoming was a time to create memories, memo- ries of Oktoberfest, the parade, the football game, the rock concert. The festivities started with the tra- ditional parade at 10 a.m. on Satur- day, Oct. 1. Tom Nelson, chairman of the parade committee, said 110 entries and 25 marching bands trekked down Main Street. The theme, “Go for the Gold,” was amplified in many of the entries, but the sweepstakes award was given to the International Student Union, Numerous dignitaries rode on floats, or in new cars or restored antiques. Familiar faces included author Mickey Spillane; Coach Alex Francis and his 1968 NAIA champi- onship cross country team; and Maxine Cole, adjunct associate pro- fessor of art at Columbia University, New York, who received the Distin- guished Alumni Achievement Award. The football game began with the usual cannon blast that still made even the suspecting heart skip a beat. But victory against Missouri Southern was not to be. The Tigers not only lost the game 21-10 but lost Luke Claar, a junior offensive line- man from Cimarron; Milt McGriggs, a junior quarterback from Harvey, 111.; and Tyrone Tracy, a sophomore slotback from Indianapolis, Ind., to game-ending injuries. Tracy, who sustained a bruised wristin the game, said he was pushed into the goal post, which caused an incomplete pass. “I was mad. Otherwise, we would have had a touchdown. “We should have won, but we had too many hurt. Some of them played hurt,” Tracy said. Darcey Deines, WaKeeney senior, faired better than the Tigers and was crowned queen at halftime. Her court included Stacey Addison, Cimarron senior; Marcy Andrews, Cheney senior; Stacy Hornung, Spearville senior; and Krissy Bell, Douglass junior. Deines was backed by the Panhellenic Council. Deines said, “I was shocked. Usu- ally the McMindes or Wiest Hall candidate won. I think if had been 10 years since anyone else had won.” Jennie Straight QUEEN DARCEY Darcey Deines, WaKeeney senior, smiles In disbelief as she is annou nc ed Homecoming queen. Deines was escorted by Jim Wallace, Garden City junior. (Photos by Aaron Ferguson) OUT NUMBERED. No. 62, Brian Jones, Se- attle, Wash., sophomore, and No. 20, David Lemons, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, slam into the Missouri Western defense. 14 Homecoming

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Concert gopher goes for look Backstage Working backstage at the Kingdom Come con- cert was not all glamour and glitz. It seems people have a natural draw to the back- stage area. I found fans wandering around back- stage, Some went in and out of the coliseum to get a glimpse of the band mem- bers or watch the stage crew finish setting the stage, I caught a group of five high-school students tryi n g to sneak i n, an d th ey offered me $60 to let them look around backstage. Before the concert, I was never really certain which people were band mem- bers or people traveling with the band. Eight be- fore the show began, sev- eral ducked into their backstage dressing room to get ready for the con- cert. Other band members worked along side the stage crew, setting up the equipment. The drummer asked for help cleaning his drum set from the previous night ' s performance. Somehow flour had been tossed around stage, I had a variety of chores that day. I made a run for gray duct tape and guarded a trunk of King- dom Come T-shirts, I num- bered chairs, papered windows to the backstage area and roped off sections for seating. I had a chance to talk with different people in- cl u di ng li gh ti ng de si gn er s, road managers, agency representatives and even band members, “by Lisa Storer, guest writer HOMECOMING HEADLINE. Rick Steier, bass guitarist for Kingdom Come, plays to a crowd of 1,200 people during the group ' s first headline performance. A Hays band, Blind Date, opened the concert, (Photo by Laura Johnson, hand -colored by Todd Sutcliffe) 16 Campus Life