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University Daily Kansan, September 28, 1961
Damages may cut fund-raiser profits
Two Greek houses which sponsored the 'Wheat Meet' charity fund-raiser last weekend may have to pay $700 of their profits to a Lawrence sound company for ruined sound equipment.
James Waller, president of Pyramid sounds, 1134 Kentucky St., said equipment used at Saturday's "Wheat Meet" party at the Satellite Union was damaged when electrical power was cut off too early.
Waller said Facilities Operations personnel had cut power to the equipment, causing damage. He also said the equipment was damaged by not having enough power supplied to it during the party.
"Enough power was supplied to turn all the equipment on." Waller said, "but not to support it."
Thomas Anderson, director of Facilities Operations, said the party sponsors, Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity and Chi Omega sorority, knew they had a certain time limit to their use of the electrical power.
He said he instructed Facilities Operations employees to turn off the power when that time was up.
"This happens quite frequently," Anderson said. "The bands press their luck because they play up until
the cutoff time. They should be trying to protect their equipment."
Anderson said that when fraternities and sororites requested to have parties, they were warned that they should stop when their time was up. Anderson said that he thought everyone at the party was having fun when they tended to get carried away and did not stop on time.
Jeff Sharp, Wheat Meet chairman,
said participants would be disappointed if any of the $3,500 in profits have to be used to pay for damages.
"I can't understand why they have to pull the plug on the power and cause so much damage for Pyramid Sounds." Sharp said. "I think it will hurt a lot, but big parties on the campus if nobody will sponsor them because of this."
Sharp said that if the Facilities Operations people would have allowed the power to stay on about 10 miles to stay on, the damages would not have occurred.
Waller said his company's equipment suffered similar damage at last spring's "hawkstock" attack, by the Interfraternity Council.
Janetta Slifer (left photo), a member of the Eudora High School Band, awaits her school's turn in the Band Day parade held Saturday. Above photo shows bands filing along Massachusetts near Ninth street.
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69 high schools participate Music, heat accent Band Day
By EILEEN MARKEY
Staff Reporte
Staff Reporter
They came from schools all over Kansas and western Missouri outfitted in brightly contrasting uniforms of gold and purple, blue and red, green and white and even fluorescent orange and black.
Equipped with various instruments and enthusiasm, more than 5,000 students from 69 regional high schools arrived in Lawrence on school buses and participated in KU's 34th annual Band Day.
"It was super--that's the biggest crowd that's ever been in downtown Lawrence," Robert Foster, KU band director, said.
The bands marched through downtown early Saturday morning playing a wide variety of instrumentals and high school fight songs.
"They could do anything they wanted to," as they did not slow down. "Foster said."
"The parade started at 9 a.m. simu-
and at 10:05, the last band was moving out. We sent a band out every 55 seconds."
HIGH SCHOOL BANDS from Kansas and Missouri send applications to participate in Band Day and receive a program with the halftime songs.
"Yeah, we practiced these songs for the past few weeks," said one Inman High School student. "It's all we've been doing."
In the past, KU has had more than 100 bands show up for a single Ran Day. But last fall, KU's performance
"The smallest band was from Melvern," Foster said. "It was the
Marais des Cygnes high school. We reserved 25 seats for them."
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Foster said Lawrence High School was almost always the largest band position.
The high schoolers ended their downtown march at South Park, but for the day's events, they attended
Tired, hot and sweating, their enthusiasm faltered somewhat when they reassembled at Memorial Stadium to watch their halftime show with the KU band.
"Look sharp now," a man with a megaphone said. "Somebody's gonna take your picture. You don't want your picture, you married unarranged when she sees your picture."
AFTER A SHORT practice, band members were ready to rest, but for most, the stadium seats in sweltering sun offered no respite.
"Coke! Coke boy! Over here,
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had his black trousers rolled up.
had his black trousers rolled up."
Students stripped off warm woolen sweaters, and sat drinking Coke and Gatorade. Some even removed shoes more enthusiastically than before.
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"This is the first year I've come here, but it's great," she said. "KU's band is very good. I liked warming up for the halftime show with them."
"A lot of them are not eating or drinking enough." Beverly Holmes, a KU student and assistant medic, said. "Their directors don't think to bring water or water coolers, and Coke doesn't quench thirst."
"Hey, did you hear one guy got stung by the Kingman Eagles band member asked helix?
"You know, I heard the KU band
HOLMES WAS MANNING a gallon jug of water and holding a walkie-talkie. All medical personnel wore white and helped serious heat victims to a station on the west side of the stadium.
Meanwhile, medics scurried about,
administering first aid, water and
food.
can't take off any of their stuff," said his classmate who was busy removing his suspenders.
Pam Isle, a Waverly High School flag bearer, was cool and relaxed in a short-sleeved shirt and a skirt.
"The game hasn't even started yet." "The game hasn't even started yet," they'll be dropping like fire.
"He's the only high school teacher in
the area who hasn't missed a Band
Day."
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Batsky had insisted on sitting with his band, so Foster had to pull him aside to explain what was going to happen before the presentation.
"I wanted it to be a surprise," Poster
said. "But he said, 'Nope, I'm gonna
be here.'"
Foster said the students drank 2,000 gallons of Gatorade by the end of the first quarter.
Foster gave Ed Batsky, Olathe's band coordinator, an award,
The performance was interrupted to commemorate a band director who had attended all 34 KU Band Days.
But by the time Kentucky scored its second-quarter touchdown, ban members were revived and ready to go Dressing themselves and reassemble their gear, they prepared for a five song halftime show that included "Trr a Jayhawk" and Glenn Miller" "Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand."
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"When I finally told him, he got real quiet and a big tear came in his eyes. He was on a super loyal KU graduate and has had a good band program for years.
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