"'Q ~ stage band ~pep band ~ stage band ~ pep band ~ stage band ~ pep ban<l ~ stage band ~ pep band ~ stage bal c ~ "The Stage Band gives us a chance to playa different style of music by backing up the Spring Sing hosts. There is a type of maturing with it. It really helps round out your musical m9.turity." - Dale Fonville Two auxiliary instrumental groups of the Harding Band are the Pep and Stage Bands. Members . being selected by audition early in the fall semester, the Pep Band numbered 24 and the Stage Band had 20 members . Present at all home basketball games, the Pep Band was available for non-athletic programs as well . This year, the Bison Pep Band was invited to act as the official pep band for the District 17, NAIA basketball tournament at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock. Ron Duer was selected by members of the group to serve as Student 3 . 0/ ' L..;...~........:,.-,-;l.' t " THUNDERING H~ \ i I I ,I 'I I I@ - 7The Stage Band performs music from the Big Band repertoire. Selections ranged from easy listening to soft rock. The band has become the official backup group for the Spring Sing Hosts and Hostesses. Performing between the various club productions in Spring Sing, the Stage Band featured serveral solo performances and songs arranged by band members. For high school instrumentalists the Stage Band held a number of clinics aiding technique and quality in the playing of instruments. Director Dr. George Baggett appointed Mickey Cox to be Student Director for the 1978-79 school year. Of the Pep Band Duer said, "We're different from most college pep bands in that we are more than just a few people who decide to play at a basketball game. We are familiar with the music and don't just sight read at the games. That helps us achieve our goal of coupling a quality sound with accomplishing our task of adding spirit to the team and the crowd ." 1. STAGE BAND. Front row: Lapp, Fonville, Anthony, Smith . Second row: Ritchie, Street , Hickenbottom, Isenburg, McNeal, Finley , North, Hudson , Shalenburg. Back row: Wilson, Russell, Hankins , Talbot, Cox, Waugh , Alkire, Duer, Baker, Hester. 2. HELPING boost the basketball team to victory , Paul Mowrer adds his trombone's sound to the Pep Band's . 3. PRACTICING a Spring Sing host's number, Tim Waugh refines his drumming rhythm. 4. PEP BAND. Ragland, Pullberg, McDaniel, Arnold, Dodgin, Bruce . Second row: Anthony, Fonville, Smith , Hutchison, . ' ~Gastilum , Gilbert, Hudson . Third row: Hickenbottom, McNeal, Isenberg. Fourth row: . Duer, Wideman, Mowrer, Cox. Back row: Hester, Sykes , Alkire, Baker, Jones , North . 100 ~ Pep and Stage Bands
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