12C HOMECOMING
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,2007
BAND
Marching Jayhawks excited to perform with alumni
BY ADAM VOSSEN editor@kansan.com
For their homecoming performance, the Marching Jayhawks are including alumni. This includes playing the songs "Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Carwash." According
to its Web site, the marching band has been in existence for more than 100 years, so there should be no shortage of alumni to participate.
Current marching band members look forward to the performance and interacting with their predecessors.
"I think it'll be cool. I'm excited to
Members of the Marching Jayhawks prepare for pregame and halftime performances before every Kansas home football game. The band is known for running down the stadium steps onto the field to begin its pregame performance.
Photos by Jon Goering/KANSAN
meet the alumni and hear their stories about when they were Marching Jayawacks," said Mo., freshman Taylor Smith.
At the Homecoming Parade, which starts at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, will also feature the Marching Jayhawks. Band members are as excited for the parade as they are for the normal game day activities.
"Being in the Marching Jayhawks is a rewarding part of the game day traditions," said Columbia, Mo., freshman Laura Thompson.
Practice goes into the preparation of homecoming, as it does for any
game the band is present at.
"We practice Monday, Wednesday and Friday for two hours," said Kelsie Lange, Lawrence freshman. "On game days, we go to the stadium early in the morning to work pregame and some of the halftime show. To get ready for homecoming, we've been reviewing 'Carwash' especially."
The marching band is under the direction of David Clemmer, the Director of Athletic Bands and Assistant Director of Bands.
Edited by Luke Morris
CAMPUS
Groups compete to create best chalk design
Participants make murals for this year's homecoming theme
BY ADAM VOSSEN
editor@kansan.com
Amidst the clouds of dust on Wescoe today, groups gather hoping
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to garner more points for the homecompetition. Wescoe Beach is going to be covered in the chalk designs from groups participating in Chalk N' Rock.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., groups will decorate their pre-assigned square in a way that coordinates with the Homecoming Week theme Jayhawk Nation. The designs are being judged at 2 p.m. Judging criteria is based on the observance of the theme, creativity, which includes imagination, humor and creativity in planning and executing, and
appearance, meaning attention to detail, decoration quality, and overall look. The designs must be in good taste and appropriate for a public audience. The judges are secret
place is worth 75 points, and third place is worth 50 points. The groups that do not place in the competition will receive 25 points for participation. Groups are required to supply their own chalk. In case of bad weather, Chalk N' Rock will be moved to tomorrow.
The Chalk N' Rock competition is nothing new to homecoming, said daily events co-chairwoman Morgan Shirley, Overland Park senior.
"[It is one] of our traditional events because we're working with the Alumni Association, so we like to have consistency."
MORGAN SHIRLEY Daily events co-chairwoman
until the time of judging.
“[It is one] of our traditional events because we're working with the A l u m n i Association, so we like to have some consistency," she said.
First place in the competition is worth 100 points, second
However, Shirley said that students hadn't tired of participating in this event, regarding with the A l u m n i Association, so we like to have some consistency," she said.
less of its longevity in homecoming.
“[It is one] of our most popular
and most competitive events," she said.
So when you hear the aggressive cries on Wescoe Beach of the participants in the Chalk N' Rock contest, stay back, unless you want to be covered in chalk.
All groups who applied for the Chalk N' Rock are participating. Those groups are Gamma Phi and Triangle, Association of University Residence Halls, All Scholarship Hall Council, Alpha Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta, Black Student Union, Pi Beta Phi and Phi Kappa Psi, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Kappa and Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Delta Tau, Chi Omega and Delta Upsilon, Kappa Delta and Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Alpha Chi Omega and Theta Chi, Alpha Delta Chi and Kappa Sigma, Delta Gamma and Sig Chi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Delta Delta.
Edited by Kaitlyn Syring