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Wednesday, December 11,1985mie Battalion/Page 3 State and Local 2*4 Boone touches lives of Singing Cadets iroug nes. Evenanuckif op them. That's I ot going to saveus': Texas Indians may return to U.S. authority Associated Press |. AUSTIN — Two longtime po litical leaders urged Texas con gressmen Tuesday to back a bill mat would return the state’s two Indian tribes to federal jurisdic tion. |§The batde was sparked by a 1983 state attorney general’s opinion saying state aid to the In dians violates the ban on special treatment based on race or na tionality. : Former Gov. Price Daniel and former Sen. Ralph Yarborough said, “Due to recent actions by Texas officials, all trust responsi bilities of the state have been ter minated.” I, The U.S. House is expected to vote this week on a bill that would put the tribes back under Bureau of Indian Affairs jurisdiction. K “This is a matter of survivial for the tribe,” Alabama-Cou- shatta Chief Fulton Batiste said at a Capitol news conference. h. The tribal jurisdiction squabble has been complicated by Comp troller Bob Bullock’s fear that the Indians might be able to run un regulated bingo games if placed under federal authority. By LAURIE MATUSEK Reporter After 25 years, Robert “Bob” Boone still touches the lives of the Texas A&M Singing Cadets as they make beautiful music together. Boone, director of the Singing Ca dets, took on the position in Septem ber 1960 and celebrated his 25th an niversary Oct. 12. “The Association of Former Sing ing Cadets holds a banquet annually, and this year I was the honoree,” Boone said. “It was like ‘This Is Your Life, Bob Boone.’ “Former members came up to me behind a partition and recalled events from when they were in the Singing Cadets. I didn’t remember all of their names but I never forgot a face.” Boone said several things have changed since he first came to Col lege Station. “When I first came to the commu nity, I was a public school teacher at A&M Consolidated High School,” Boone said. “I was teaching theater, band and choir before and after school, and it was very hectic.” Seven years later, Boone was hired as the music coordinator of the Memorial Student Center. Part of the job as music coordinator called for Boone to serve as director of the Singing Cadets. “When I first started working as director, the Singing Cadets only performed 12 times a year,” he said. “For the last 10 years, we have aver- Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER Robert Boone, director of the Singing Cadets, sits in his office. aged 50 performances a year.” Giving 50 performances a year can be time consuming, but, in the long run, Boone said it is worth ev ery bit of the hard work. “We work hard at it, but it’s fun,” he said. “I’m doing what I love — working with enthusiastic, invigorat ing people.” Mike Montana, president of the Singing Cadets, said Boone touches the lives of every member in a very special way. “His knowledge of music, his drive for perfection and his ability to motivate others brings out the best in every member,” Montana said. “The success we have today can be wholly attributed to the 25 years he has spent as director of the organiza tion.” Vice President Scott Hamilton agreed with Montana that perfection is what Boone expects in every per formance. “He’s a disciplinarian,” Hamilton said. “He rarely compliments us, not because he doesn’t think we do a good job, but because an excellent performance is always expected. “He expects us to do our best and nothing less. 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Reach out and touch someone.® operated as a community® orial Board or the a_- faculty oi the Board of V* I tdents in reporting, ediw/^'U n/r Texas A&M regularf . :* $16.75 per semester,™*'* r vest. . g. 'I exus A&M University 0 ™ ^ I AT&T " The right choice. Have you seen those good-looking flattops? Think "Jim Norris" at Redmann Terrace Barber Shop. Open Monday-Friday 8-6 1408 Texas Ave, College Station Singing Cadet Sam Martens said Boone expects the members to do outside work and learn their notes before they come to rehearsal. “The hour he spends in rehearsal is the time when he puts all of our outside work together,” Martens said. Rehearsals are usually fun, the members agreed. However, Mon tana said there are times when Boone is not exactly pleased with the way a rehearsal is going. Then he reprimands the members without discouraging them, Montana said. “When he’s upset with the group, he will ask us to sing a particular part of the song denoted by various let ters of the alphabet,” Montana said. “He will shout, ‘Start at‘T’ for terri ble, ‘F’ as in feeble’ or ‘V’ as in vom it.’ ” Boone said he considers all the members to be disciplined and highly flexible. “Together we work hard to help each member grow as a person as well as a musician,” Boone said. “Music is secondary. “Our primary purpose is to serve as a public relations tool for Texas A&M, and music is our tool. “Many of the guys are service- oriented people. Others are more laid back, but those individuals are encouraged to be leaders in a com munity.” Singing Cadet Andy Turner ex pressed his admiration for Boone. 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