University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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JAX is spelled by U-M's show-stopping band at the Gator Bowl extravaganza. FRED McCALL, U-M bandmaster. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HURRICANETTES: D. Carver. B. Morse. A. Bushong. E. Nobles. J. Newman. R. Whitten. M. Love. G. Wilson. J. Smith. P. Harshbarger. DRESS REHEARSAL of a Band of the Hour precision drill for an Orango Bowl half-time show is performed on the practice field.

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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Symphonic band inaugurated weekly twilight Pop Concerts this year and toured the state of Florida. Hand of the Hour Features Striking Half-Time Shows Spectacular half-time shows which capture the fairy-hook spirit of fantasy have become a tradition with the I'niversity's “Band of the Hour. Under the exacting direction of Fred McCall, the 121 members present intricate and imaginative patterns that have received national attention. No two shows are the same. The lighted” shows have become most popular with many Orange Bowl spectators. In the half-time | erform-once at the Nebraska game the band carried out the theme of a gypsy festival with gayly-colorcd lights implanted against a blackened gridiron. Another of the most popular presentations was the band's interpretation of A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody,” in which the Hurricancttes twirled their batons in the shifting focus of pastel lights. Wherever there is a turn-out of students, the U-M band is usually there. This year they played at several sporting events such ns boxing and basketball and arc always an im|H rtant part of pep rallies, parades and commencement. Their agenda also includes a full schedule of campus concerts. Following the style of many long-established schools, hi-monthly twilight concerts were started in the second semester. Approximately JMM) students attended each outdoor concert, and mam others listened from the Student Club patio. In April the symphonic hand went on a week’s concert tour throughout Florida. Besides evening concerts they also played at several high school assemblies. Henry Fillmore, nationally known composer-conductor, and Al Fennel, win sang tiic lead in the King theatre production Finian’s Rainbow,” were guest artists on the tour. Next year, the University will Ik- host to the American Band Master's Association, an honor which has been given to only three other universities.

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Shirley Dunlop Jack Bohlen Ann Loc Caitleman Ed Dick WHO’S WHO In American Colleges and Universities Thirty I -M senior? wore honored with acceptance into the 1951 52 ranks of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Selected on the basis of a four-point program, the honored students represented most of the fields of campus endeavor: ranging from drama, student government and law school to publications and athletics. The seniors were nominated l ccausc of their service to the school, leadership abilities. scholarship, and promise of future usefulness to business and society. The students elected to Who’s ho. w hich lists America's most outstanding college students, received mention in the book which is sent to lending companies throughout the nation. Not pictured are Walter Mensching. Wilfred Stolk. Jerry Wedekind, and Kill Gibson. Katherine Hughe Marian Siroto Eleanor Sfarkttoin William Stockham Ed Storin