Guard presented the colors for the national anthem before each home football game and marched with the band in the three local parades. Leading the group was Senior Airman Geoff Hodges of the Arkansas Air National Guard . Geoff was assisted by Petty Officer 3rd Class Doug Dougherty and Seaman Don Starks of the Naval and Marine Reserve Center in Little Rock. Dormant during most of the fall semester , the Concert Band began its season with the traditional Christmas concert on December 5. The thirtyminute , open-air concert consisted of secular Christmas favorites that included " Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer ," "White Christmas" and the medlies "Wonderland" and "Home for Christmas ." February 18-21 were the dates marked for the Concert Band's Spring Tour. Travelling northeast from Searcy , the band made stops in Tennessee and Missouri. Back on campus, the tour was official\y ended with the annual Spring Concert on February 23 . The annual Outdoor Pops concert, scheduled for the first Tuesday of April , provided students an opportunity to demonstrate ski1ls learned in Dr. Baggett's Instrumental Conducting class. The informal concert was held on the steps of the Administration Building. As was traditional, the final concert of the year, called the Musicale, featured the A Cappel\a Chorus, Chorale, the Academy A Cappella and the Concert Band. 1. JUNIOR drum major Mark Hudson leads the Bison Marching Band in the Homecoming parade. 2. HONOR GUARD. Dougherty , Hodges , Starks. 3. DRUM MAJOR Mickey Cox enthusiastically directs the band in a number during its "Music of the Space Age" halftime presentation. 4 . FRESHMAN MAJORETTE Tana Kirkland stands at attention for playing of the "Star Spangled Banner. ". 5. STOPPING at parade rest, junior Diana Floyd marks a pause between numbers at a halftime show. 6. MARCHING BAND. Front row: Wooten , Chalenburg, Sheridan , Griffin , Mc - Collough , Young , Fleener , McDaniel , Simpson , Arnold. Second row: Anthony , Fonville, Helms , S. Cox, A. Ritchie, Pritchett , E . Smith, H. Smith, Freeman , Dodgin , Pullberg, Romine , Bruce, Gastelum , Russell, Hutcherson. Third row: Yates, Street, Hickingbottom , Wilson , Stone, Williams , Owens, Pierce, Mowrer, Wideman, Barnhart, Price, Williams , Presley, Hayes, Mathes, Redding, Hogan , Bastin, Ragland, Solley . Fourth row: Duer, McNeal , T. Ritchie, /senburg, Bishop , Lockwood, Sykes, M. Jones , Gilbert, Willett, Hodges, Perkins . Back row : Kirkland, Mott, Wix , Jackson, Stormes , Brown, Wileman, Kimery, Thannisch , Hankins, M. Cox, Finley, Rusk, Allen, Bloss, Wallis, Tindle, Gentry, Baker, North, Hester, Knight, Conolty, Waugh, Talbott, Brown, Alkire, Hudson, Swartwood, Jewett, Tucker, Hall, McCabe, Lamm, Floyd , Murphy , Floyd . 7. RECRUITING new members for the "Thundering Herd" (the Bison Marching Band), drum majors Mickey Cox and Mark Hudson, following the fall chapel program. S. PERFECTION describes the line formed by Becky Swartwood, Beverly Kimery, Tami Tucker «nd Vanessa Stormes. 9. FROM HIS vantage point atop his platform, Dr. George E. Baggett directs the Bison band during the Winner's Circle . 9 g band .. mardiing Sana ~ marching tiana .. marching band .. marchil!9. band .. marching balld .. marchin9...b~nd Marching Band" 99
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