ISU Alumni Band

SPRING 2016

D A T E S T O Homecoming 2015 Wrap Up REMEMBER

 June 2-9 Greetings! everyone who got a ticket Our first try for electronic was able to get it voided. elections was a learning ISUCF’V’MB Travel to I want to thank everyone Let's hope for less rain experience for everyone France who attended the 35th next year! The board is involved. At our meeting reunion last year. We had working on some ideas on on January 2, the board  Sept. 11 our gathering at the newly how to get word out decided to continue 8th Annual Golf expanded Johnny's in faster to everyone to electronic voting, but Tournament Hilton again. It was a great minimize future issues. improve publicity and have crowd, good food, and an paper ballots available on  Oct. 29 excellent surprise visit Now on to the fun - for Saturday. We want to be Homecoming 2016 vs from the Varsity Band. I the second year we were sure everyone has a Kansas State plan to have more board situated in the stadium chance to participate. If and presidents pins for seats, but there was a lot anyone has any questions

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: people who weren't able more stadium this time! about running for office, to get them this year at In 2016, we will try to responsibilities of board A note from the 2 next year’s event. streamline the play list in positions, or homecoming President the stands. Our show was comments and feedback I'll get bad part out of the perfect as always, and the feel free to reach out to ISUCF’V’MB to 3 way first - game day combined band was able to Erin or myself. travel to France parking. It was out of our produce enough sound to th 8th Annual ISU 3 control, and we as a group probably cause hearing Remember, October 29 , Alumni Band Golf adapted well on the fly. damage in the lower part 2016 for our 36th reunion! Tournament The miscommunication of the stadium. A shut out Socks for Seniors 3 was addressed with the of Texas was icing on the Go Cyclones! State Center staff and cake for a day perfect Pep Band Recap 4 should not be an issue for weather in our brand new -Chris Colvin, President future events. Hopefully stadium. 2015-2016 Alumni 4 Band Board P A G E 2 A note from the President

Which Big XII Alumni announcement of a July date. started, but it has been Band not only had a perfect This will be our second time fun and informative so score marching at with the summer rehearsal, so far Homecoming, but also had if anyone has further an excellent Pep Band comments from last year's  Watch for a survey of Season?! please let me know. The 8th the whole membership Annual Golf Tournament is to gather information Iowa State!, Iowa State! scheduled for the Sunday after about expectations for the victory over Iowa, so also both support of the Thank you all for a great 2015! mark that on your calendars. varsity band as well as Our first board meeting of our own ongoing fun 2016 was held on January 2nd Homecoming 2016 will be following the Twister Sister October 29 against Kansas  An updated victory and pep band season State. The board is hard at constitution will be closer. I want to thank the work lining up venues and submitted for approval board all for their hard work President-Elect Erin Kalkwarf at the Homecoming and would like to welcome our is chairing the Friday Night business meeting and it new members. committee. We will be will be published in the working together to fall newsletter for There still is no news on a coordinate our Saturday review prior to voting at replacement for the VEISHEA schedule with the Music parade, but President Leath’s Department as soon as Please feel free to spring semester message kickoff is announced. We have contact me with questions included approval of the a list of lessons learned from or ideas. Posting the Alumni parade returning in the next 2015, but remember, we don't Band Facebook group has academic year. We will keep control the turned out to be a great way an eye for future details as they weather or kick off time. to quickly communicate with are released and keep you a large portion of the informed. A few other updates. membership as well as share  Creation of forum with photos and videos. Our next event will be a the our fellow Big XII summer pep band practice/ Alumni Bands so we can Go Cyclones! potluck/ board meeting this exchange information on summer. We are coordinating challenges and help each -Chris Colvin the exact date with the Music other out. We've just [email protected] Department, but look for an 2015-2017 President

ISU ALUMNI BAND SPRING 2016 P A G E 3 ISUCF’V’MB to travel to France

This summer, select members of have been posted to our website. the Cyclone Marching Band will be The dates for the trip are June 2nd in Normandy, serving as the lead - June 9th, with a London exten- ensemble for the D-Day sion from June 9-12. If this is commemorative events. something you want to be in- volved in, please check out the The band received this invitation information here. from the U.S. Director of the D-Day Victory Parade. The band is If you have questions regarding the humbled and grateful to be hon- trip, please direct them to the ored this opportunity, through Opportunity to join them in travel agent indicated in the which the students will witness a France - To anyone interested in information. The travel agency will sacred place in our country's the Families/Guests trip to France, be able to handle any inquiries you history. the information and registration may have. Save the date! 8th Annual Golf Tournament

When: September 11, 2016  Individual $60, each Register online now or Where: Veenker Memorial watch for registration form Golf Course, Ames  Team $240 to sign up by mail.

12:15pm Registration and  Current ISUCF’V’MB Registration Deadline: Lunch; 1:00pm Shotgun Start Member $45, each August 31, 2016

4 Person 18-Hole Best Ball,  Current ISUCF'V'MB Hope to see you there! Lunch and Cart Team $180

Open to everyone!  Hole Sponsorship $50 -Kelli Huser and Liz Juchems

Socks for Seniors 2015 Sunday, November 22nd, but “travel the Lady Braves 91-41. problems” prevented the Privateers from Pep Band Recap making the trip to Ames. The game was The final (and very well attended by the not rescheduled. pep band) men’s game was against Coppin (still not a) State. While it was a The 2015-16 Alumni Pep Band season Our first men’s contest of the season for tad crowded in the percussion section, was another fun one! It started off very we still were able to work in a early this year with a summer practice the Alumni Pep Band was against the Chattanooga (“Choo, Choo!”) Mocs, as four-drummer rotation, which included a session! What do you mean “we don’t part of the Emerald Coast Classic. The song or two with Steven Smyth at the need no steenkin’ practice”? That may set. As far as the game went, ISU jumped be true as an individual, but it’s hard to ECC was a tournament the Cyclone eventually won in Destin, Florida. What’s out to an early double-digit lead, led by add new music as a group without it! 16 at the half, broke the 100-point a Moc you ask? Check out this link to answer that interesting question. While barrier for the second time in the regular So we got together for an hour and a half season and cruised to a 104-84 victory practice session on July 18th and coupled the Cyclones were never able to completely derail UTC, they still worked over the Eagles. Fan favorite Stuart that with a potluck lunch. It was a great “Stuuuuuuu” Nezlek even got into the time, gave us an opportunity to start to hard for an 83-63 win. action with two points. A good win for include some recent varsity alums in the the Cyclones! group and set the stage for adding a few The schedule tweaked again when the VB match against Baylor was moved up to songs to our repertoire. In fact, some of th The ISU Alumni Pep Band closed out that music is available online. November the 24 . But that didn’t faze the pep band or the Cyclones as we another perfect season with the January 2nd women’s conference game against The music is in the Pep Band folder and were able to send three very successful seniors out on a high note (rim shot) Oklahoma State. Points were hard to the password to log in is gocyclones! We come by, but thanks to “Kidd” encourage you to go online, check out with a 3-1 win over the Lady Bears. Again, it was a strong Blaskowsky playing lock-down “D” on the music and let’s try and add these to OSU’s top scorer Brittney Martin, the the books for next year! performance by the band, despite the small numbers participating. Cyclones earned a hard-fought 49-42 decision. The win marked the first time The first event of the year was a VB The first post-Thanksgiving game was on the Cyclones had beaten the Cowgirls match on the same day as the TCU foot- after losing the four previous contests. ball game as the Cyclones also took on 12/20 and was a women’s basketball game against Alcorn State. (When did we the Horned Frogs at the net. Since the We encourage you to be on the lookout Varsity Band had another engagement add Alcorn as a state?) With the postponement of the New Orleans game, for information regarding another that same day, the Alumni Band was summer practice and hope you can help asked to fill their shoes. Despite being this was the first opportunity for the pep band to experience the new four-quarter keep the ISU Alumni Pep Band playing at few in numbers, we still played well and by participation in our cheered them on to a not-too-tough 3-1 women’s game format. The change-up in the foul counting and the addition of two fun times! victory! more opportunities to play “ISU Fights” between quarters didn’t throw us too GO CYCLONES! The next game was supposed to be a WBB tilt against the New Orleans on much, and in the end we were able to help “Celebrate” a Cyclone victory over -Jay Chapman

President — Chris Colvin, ‘02, ‘05 2015-2016 ISU Alumni President Elect — Erin Kalkwarf, ‘05 Band Board Members Immediate Past President — Donna Drefke, ‘87 Secretary — Nikki Barbee, 08 Treasurer — Kevin Beichley, ‘09, ‘10 Director At Large, 1st Year — Jim Wilcox, ‘80 Andrew Denner, ‘08 Mark Halverson, ‘79 Director At Large, 2nd Year — Dean Brand, ‘73 Chris Davidson, ‘09 Jessica Denner, ‘08 Ryan Schnackel, ‘03 Public Relations — Sarah Roltgen, ‘14 Joe Waters, ‘10 Newsletter — Emily Worthington, ‘11 Newsletter, Special Projects-Golf — Liz Juchems, ‘11 www.isualumniband.org Special Projects - Golf — Kelli Huser, ‘09 Special Projects - Pep Band — Jay Chapman, ‘90 ISUCF'V'MB Alumni Band Director of Bands — Michael Golemo