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|. 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. And he always tells us
where the door is if we can’t live up
to our reputation.”
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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.
Turner said, “He’s our director,
father away from home, friend and
disciplinarian.”
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