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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1977
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Battalion photo by Ken Herrera
Band members practice marching to the sound of their own
special music.
By MARGIE SANTAMARIA
It was once stud that the Texas
Aggie Band has never lost a halftime
performance. Agree or disagree but
the fact remains that a lot of work-
goes on before they perform on that
gridiron-sized stage.
“All the work you go through pays
off on those Saturdays when the an
nouncer says. Now forming at the
north end of Kyle Field... the
Fight’n Texas Aggie Band,” Mark
Rand, a sophomore drummer said.
“The biggest thrill is if a freshman
can stay past the first game and hear
40,000 people yell at the top of their
voices and know that some of them
are yelling for you,” Rand said.
Being in the Aggie Band is like
going through boot camp and trying
to go to college at the same time,
Rand said. In order to be successful
in both areas (band and school)
you’ve got to have discipline, he
said.
“We really don’t have as much
time to goof around as some people
think, Charles Fields, alto
saxophonist, said. Bandsmen drill
from 5-6 p.m. five days before the
game and at 7:30 a.m. on the morn
ing of the game. Fields said. Some
times the band drills during an off
week, he added.
Lt. Col. Joe T. Haney, director of
the band, has written about 30 drills
during his six years with the Aggie
Band. A drill has never been used
twice, Haney said.
“It is tradition for each of the
three drum majors to write one half
time drill,” Bruce Hamilton, head
drum major, said.
Once a drill is written the band
tries it out, Hamilton said. First
they march without their instru
ments, then add the drums, and fi-
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nally drill with all the instruments.
“We usually learn the drill in one
or two days,” Hamilton said. The
following day the associate band di
rector, Major Joe K. McMullen, and
the assistant band director, Jim
Ramsey, help Haney polish the
drill,” Hamilton said.
When the band travels to other
campuses it is usually well received,
but there are some exceptions,
Rodney Boehm, commanding offi
cer of the artillery band said.
“For example, during our recent
visit to Lubbock we were booed so
loud we could hardly hear our own
commands,” he said.
“Every bandsman is here because
he wants to be,” Haney said. “There
is no music school at A&M and I
would assume this is why there has
never been money appropriated for
band scholarships.”
Once a student enters the band
he is placed by the three band direc
tors according to musical ability,
Haney said. Members must become
members of the Coips of Cadets and
have had some high school band ex
perience, Haney said.
There are approximately 320 stu
dents in the band, including alter
nates.
Most Aggies are familiar with the
term “B.Q.” but probably don’t
know where it came from. Years ago
the band was combined with the
corps instead of having their own
outfit like they do now, Rand said.
He explained that conflicts evolved
when band members couldn t par
ticipate in their outfits’ functions
due to band obligations. The term
“B.Q.’’ or “band queer came
mostly from sarcasm because
bandsmen got out of corps activities
and replaced thCm with band ac
tivities.
They started calling us “B.Q.s
and we started calling them “corps
turds” or “C.T.s,” Rand said.
Upperclassmen in the band have
privileges that are denied to
freshmen and sophomores. For
example, during a football game it is
not an underclassman’s privilege to
watch the Opposing team’s cheer
leaders. Also, about five minutes be
fore the band leaves the stands for
half time, freshmen and sophomores
are required to concentrate on the
drill with their heads down.
Upholding the Aggie tradition is
generally not a problem for band
members but there is one excep
tion. Kissing your date after a
touchdown is not always easy, Rod
ney Boehm, artillery band senior
commanding officer, said.
“Band dates have it hard,” he
said.
“If the Aggies score while we re at
the end of the field before half time,
our dates have to wait until after half
time to be kissed.
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