Middlebury College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Middlebury, VT)

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7 r i;iTr r ■ ' i .61 ■ ? s qra tta jS 3 Midd. o P , Score 22 Colby 21 12 Williams 33 7 Tufts 10 14 Trinity 28 23 Bowdoin 19 19 Hamilton 53 Union 13 24 Norwich 14 Won — 5, Lost — 3 26 PERFORMANCE

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The thing I remember most about playing in the school band when I was a kid is that we always spent what seemed like a thousand times more hours rehearsing for a concert than we spent play- ing the concert itself, and no matter how we played when the big night finally came — whether we sounded like the New York Symphony or like a New York subway — our parents always came backstage afterward and took our hands and said my, what a marvelous performance it had been. After a while I reached the point where I was more excited about the rehearsals than the concerts, because I knew in rehearsals that I couldn ' t expect somebody to walk up to me automatically after I finished playing and say, Gee, that was marvel- ous. When I came to college, I thought things would be different. I figured college people would be more critical and mOre honest about things like that. I guess they are a little. But it ' s still basically the same story, only now it ' s classmates instead of parents, and the language is changed. You guys were excellent. I loved it. So rehearsals are still my favorite part. PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE 25

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Football The Panthers were expected to take it all in 1978. The 1976 and 1977 campaigns had led to Division 111 National Rankings, and even Sports Illustrated was predicting success. The team produced a record of five wins and three losses, but to term the season unsuc- cessful would be inaccurate. An opening day, come-from-behind thriller over Colby set what was thought to be the winning pace, but successive losses to Wil- liams, Tufts and Trinity placed the Panthers in their worst slump in over six years, and people were beginning to wonder. A victory over Bowdoin on Parents ' Weekend started off a chain of Panther triumphs. Hamilton was the next victim, and after an annihilation of Union, the Panthers ' record stood at four wins and three losses, with the final game against Norwich to decide the Ver- mont State Championship. Led by co-captains Matt Winslow and Skip D ' Aliso, Middlebury drove to victory and salvaged what could have been a disastrous season. It was pride and poise that held the team together during the downfalls of the 1978 season. The Panthers ' performance showed them as a group determined to win and to maintain a sterling tradi- tion, one that is sure to continue. PERFORMANCE 27