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Tuesday, October 12, 1971
University Daily Kansan
"Band Attention." With these words, Robert Foster, KU band director, starts each afternoon practice session of the Marching Jayhawks. The team travels 45 miles on foot and two speaker sound system mounted on a 40-foot
tower, two faculty and one student assistant aid Foster at the practices. Right—Randy McQuinn, Kingman junior, left, and Jack Meyer, Norton junior participate in the X-0 drill. Each participant
is designated either an X or an O. To work effectively, the drill requires that the participants either march in the same direction or at right angles to one another.
Above- Bill Winer, Prairie Village Junior, Right—George Welling left, Paradise sophomore, and Kent Sundre, Hugonot sophomore. During practice, each member carries several sheets of instructions that tell him exactly where he is supposed to be at each point during the game. J and numbering each person within the rank from 1-12. Each practice session usually takes an hour and a half.
Photos by Richard Verhage
Practice, Practice And More Practice
Left-Ralph Lee, Shawnee Mission, freshman. On dates of home games, each member is assigned a time to the Omaha aquatinten at 12:15 p.m. from there, the hand marches to the stadium for its performance. This is the last weekend took a total of 1,900 man hours of practice, a total of 800 man hours of performances. This does not include the time spent in planning for the performance. The plans first put on paper in late July.
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