The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 30, 1978, Image 5

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By LORI SHULER
Battalion Reporter
It’s 5 p.m. of an autumn weekday on the south side of the Texas
A&M University campus. The air is filled with the sounds of the
nstruments of Texas Aggie Band members who are marching, beat-
ngand blowing in preparation for Saturday’s half-time performance.
On the fourth floor of Dorm 11, in the corner window that faces the
Irill field, stands a man who watches and listens intently. Sometime
luring the practice he says over a loud speaker in a slow, sincere
mice comparable to that of Santa Claus or Grandpa, “It looks like a
’OCIETlii nillion bucks, men.”
The man in the window is Lt. Col. Joe Tom Haney and the many
acets of his life extend far beyond overseeing the daily band practice.
"Colonel Haney,” as he is called by the Aggie Band members,
ierves as operations officer on the staff of the Texas State Guard, and
it r Kmmposes music in addition to being director of Texas A&M’s all-male
Haney, who has been director since 1973, says his responsiblities
-winery andQ <j director of the Aggie Band are of an administrative nature. He is in
ludder Hieati; jharge of the Fighting Texas Aggie Band, the TAMU Concert Band,
he Aggieland Orchestra, and travel arrangements, budgets and
wards for these groups.
Haney said he leaves leadership and discipline aspects of command
ip the the band officers.
“I come in when there is a problem, ” he said. “The commanding
officers run the administration of the band as an outfit in the corps. I
^ty of Teas i lC t a s supervisor. ”
Haney came to Texas A&M in 1972 to be associate director of the
iversityCalm lgg' e Band. Before then, he was a high school band director for 22
ears, 16 of them in Mexia.
Becoming director of the Aggie Band “had been in the back of my
nind,” said Haney who was an Aggie Band trombone player from
944-45 before going into the army in the summer of 1945.
He received his bachelor’s degree in music in 1950 from Southern
pswillbek dethodist University, having gone there because he wanted a music
legree which he couldn’t get at Texas A&M. Haney also has a mas-
by tickett! ers degree from Sam Houston State University.
The marching band practices one hour per day Monday through
[Friday and on Saturday mornings for an hour the day of a home game,
laney said this small amount of time is sufficient because “we try to
iractice smarter, not harder. ”
Haney said the thing he enjoys most about his job is “preparing a
vest T watching it take shape. I enjoy seeing members execute it to
P I C , terfection and then watching it unfold on Saturday.”
“You know, I get excited when the band performs,” Haney said,
but I’m sure nervous at the first of the week.”
Haney added that he also enjoys being associated with “the fine
' hobert Ac ien of the Aggie^Band. ”
ii..:. {j anc j me mbers are all intensely dedicated to the task at
and,” Haney said.
He said they often help out with what he calls one of his biggest
hallenges, that of obtaining creative ideas for band half-time drills.
"It’s hard to come up with original maneuvers every week. The
ien in the band often offer ideas that we can use,” Haney said.
Haney said another challenge of his job is recruiting “to keep num-
ers and to keep quality as well as quantity.” He said this year there
it presentss as been both an increase in the quality and the quantity of Aggie
ter. TbeSiti | an( j members.
Ticket: H e attributes the increase in quality to the outstanding quality of
gh school bands and the musicians they are turning out. -
The band started the year with 303 members and now has 285.
laney called this “the best retention ever” and gives credit for this to
le upperclassmen in the band.
He said the scholastic officer has done an outstanding job control-
ng freshman study time. The juniors and seniors have given better
pervision and the sophomores have worked harder and more
losely with the freshmen.
Outside of his duties as Aggie Band director, Haney is also in
ian andthel barge of operations for the Texas State Guard which takes much of
in Room) iis free time.
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Pom Setter and Kelley Novak of the Texas Aggie Band.
Battalion photo by Michelle Scudder
“At one time I was spending almost every free weekend of the
year...with the State Guard,” Haney said. The State Guard has now
cut down on his responsibilities although he said it still keeps him
busy.
One top of all of his other activities, Haney is also an accomplished
composer and arranger of music. Haney wrote a Texas A&M student
body favorite, “Noble Men of Kyle,” which is dedicated to the band.
He also wrote “Brasso Brillante” which is dedicated to the brass
section of the band. “March Furioso,” “Blue-Grey Medley” and a
new tune the band hasn’t played yet entitled “Silver Sabre.”
“The Spirit of Aggieland, ” the school song, and “The Twelfth Man”
were arranged by Haney as they are played today.
Haney also likes to spend time with his wife, Mary, play golf, fish
and hunt quail.
“And I’ve just got one problem,” Haney said sadly, “I’ve just got
one good (hunting) dog and it’s buggin’ me to death.”
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