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Spring 2005 en re UPCOMING EVENTS a Message from the Director of Bands 2005 ALUMNI BAND FALL REUNION Saturday, September 10, 2005 Game Time: 12:00 p.m. (Subject to change. Please check the alumni band web site, or your local paper the week of the game, and adjust this schedule accordingly.) 7:00–7:45 a.m. Registration (IM West) 8:00 a.m. Rehearsal starts 9:00 a.m. Drill rehearsal (Dem Hall Field) 9:50 a.m. LUNCH 10:50 a.m. Run-through on Adams Field (formerly Landon Field) 11:10 a.m. March to the stadium 11:20 p.m. Enter tunnel with pass (go to seats) 12:00 p.m. Kickoff Public parking is available in the westmost lot at the corner of Kalamazoo and Harrison. For further parking Having announced my retirement as MSU Director of Bands in the spring of 2006, it is information visit: http://www.homefootball.msu.edu/. with a thoroughly different perspective that I now communicate with the MSU Alumni Band faithful. This event will mark the conclusion of 41 years of teaching; with the first 16 years being 2005 ALUMNI BAND DINNER in the public schools of Michigan, and the last 25 years at the university level. As MSU Friday, September 9, 2005 Director of Bands from 1993–2006, I have enjoyed the opportunity of working with Time: 6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. School of Music Director James Forger, the School of Music faculty, and the spectacular Place: Hannah Community Center alumni of this great institution. I have also loved every minute of the time I have been able See page 5 for details. to spend in the music-making process with some of the most talented and highly motivated students in the world. To become part of the MSU Band FAMILY, in the legacy of Leonard Falcone and Kenneth Bloomquist, is something I will treasure forever, and I would like to 2005 ALUMNI BAND GOLF OUTING take this opportunity to thank all of the Alumni Band who have been so extraordinarily gracious in making Carole and me feel at home during our years in East Lansing. Friday, September 9, 2005 I still cannot imagine my good fortune to have the opportunity to serve on the faculty at Time: 9:00 a.m. MSU! This continues to be a surreal experience! Place: Oak Lane Golf Course Carole and I have no specific plans for retirement at this time, other than spending more See insert for details. time together and with family. I look forward to many years of continued collaboration and contact with the MSU Alumni Band and am eager to continue to be of service in every possible way to our great FOR THE LATEST NEWS AND alumni. GO GREEN!!!! INFORMATION, VISIT: WWW.MSU.EDU/~ALUMBAND John L. Whitwell MSU Director of Bands 2 :|| MSU Alumni Band Association a Message from the President 413 Lancer Lane As this Memorial Day ends, thoughts turn to summer and the holidays we will be having. Lansing, MI 48906 The MSU Alumni Band Association continues to meet and make plans for the coming fall. (517) 484-1899 This past spring, we held a very successful Alumni Band Spring Concert with the MSU [email protected] Wind Symphony. There were approximately 90 alums returning to perform, including www.msu.edu/~alumband Dean Winters of Grand Rapids, being 93 years young. Thanks to all who were able to join us! President Another successful activity this past winter was the Holiday Spartan Brass. Manned by Gerry Spry alums, the Holiday Spartan Brass performed at games for the hockey team, and the men and women’s basketball teams. It was great to see so many individuals involved. Vice President Plans are now being made for this coming fall. There is the Alumni Band Golf Outing on Terry McKenney Person Friday, September 9th. Plan now to attend. Fill out the enclosed form and return it as soon as Secretary possible. It is a great time together. That evening we will also host our third annual Alumni Lynn Borenius Brown Band Dinner. See the article on page 5 and make your plans now to attend. It is a good, Treasurer relaxing time. Bring your children; I hear that Sparty will be there. John Kostoff Lastly, mark your calendar for the Alumni Band Fall Reunion with the Spartan Marching Past President Band on Saturday, September 10th. See the enclosed form and make your plans now. Let’s Jim McCaffrey see if we can get 400 to return and march. Member Relations Finally, in my first note in September, I encouraged all of you to get involved. It makes for Beryl Falcone a stronger organization. Participation has been good. Let’s see if we can top it this year: more (517) 484-1899 for the Alumni Band Golf Outing, more for the Friday evening Alumni Band Dinner, and of [email protected] course, Saturday’s football game. Go Green! Director of Bands John Whitwell Gerald Spry MSU Alumni Band Association President Associate Director of Bands and Director, MSU Spartan Marching Band John Madden Assistant Director of Bands MSU Bands Display at the MSU Museum Wesley Broadnax Retired Associate Director, MSU School of Music In conjunction with the MSU Sesquicentennial celebration, Val Berryman, curator for the and Former Director, Spartan Marching Band MSU Museum, has created over thirty presentations entitled “Memories of Michigan State.” Dave Catron Most exhibits are in the MSU Museum, including one of the largest, portraying the history of the MAC, MSC, and MSU Bands. Most of the displays, showing the many facets of Michigan Director of Bands, Emeritus Ken Bloomquist State history, are on the main floor of the museum. Others are located in the Union Building. The entire project is superbly done—plan to spend a good hour viewing everything. Director, MSU School of Music The band presentation will certainly bring back memories, and you might even find yourself James Forger in one of the many pictures. The exhibit runs until December 30, 2005. The museum hours MSU College of Arts and Letters are: Mon.–Fri., 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sat., 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sun., 1:00 p.m. to Patrick McConeghy, Ph.D., Acting Dean 5:00 p.m. Admission to the museum is free; there is a suggested donation of $4.00 for adults. Encore Newsletter Jack Nelson, Henry Nelson, and Ed Spink, alumni band members, aided in the preparation MSU Alumni Band Association with help from Dave Catron and John Madden. For more information call (517) 355-7474 William Sachs, Editor or visit www.museum.msu.edu/Exhibitions/Current/Sesquicentennial.html or msu150.msu.edu/ Kimberly Hopkins, Graphic Artist MSU Band Office (517) 355-7650 MSU Switchboard (517) 355-1855 MSU Alumni Association (517) 355-8314 MSU Alumni Band (517) 484-1899 MSU Alumni Band web site: The MSU Alumni Band performs at the 2004 Alumni Band Fall Reunion. www.msu.edu/~alumband/ (Photo courtesy of Wolfgang Bauer, Prof & Chair of the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at MSU.) 3 :|| Jeff and Diana Glass Endowed Scholarship Special Honor Jeff Glass graduated from Michigan State University in The MSU Alumni Band Association 1983 with a B.S. degree in Computer Science. Jeff has extends special congratulations to Mr. always been an enthusiastic musician. He played tuba in William Stansell (MSU School of Music, the Spartan Marching Band for five years, and also 1954), recipient of the 2005 spring semester played in the Spartan Brass, the Concert Band and the College of Arts and Letters Distinguished Symphonic Band. In 2000, Jeff and his wife Diana decided Alumni Award. Mr. Stansell is founder and to establish The Jeff and Diana Glass Endowed president of the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Scholarship in appreciation of the positive experiences Twin Lake, Michigan. and support he received as a student at MSU. The scholarship was established to encourage and assist musically-inclined and academically-gifted students 2005 Homecoming Parade attending MSU. Recipients must participate in at least Band coordinator Jack Nelson announced one of the following bands: the Spartan Marching Band, that the Alumni Band has already been asked the Concert Band, or the Symphonic Band. They must to participate in next year’s parade, which also be members of the Honors College. will be on Saturday, October 8, 2005. This is a bye weekend for the football team. In lieu Contributions to the MSU Bands can be made directly to MSU Development. Checks should of the usual Homecoming Parade, MSU be made out to Michigan State University with the name of the endowment clearly noted on officials are planning a major Sesquicentennial the memo portion of your check. Send your contribution to: Kristin Peterson, Assistant Director Parade as part of MSU’s celebration of its of Development, MSU Bands, Michigan State University, 102 Linton Hall, East Lansing, MI 150th anniversary. The parade route will 48824-1044. Phone: 517-353.4725; email: [email protected]. Need more information? start in Lansing at the State Capitol and Contact Kristin Peterson at the address above. will end at MSU. The band will be riding in the parade on a large flatbed truck. 20th annual Leonard Falcone MSU Bands International Euphonium and Tuba Festival Commissioning Project 2005 marks the 20th annual The MSU Alumni Band Board started a Leonard Falcone International project to support ongoing commissioning Euphonium and Tuba Festival. projects by MSU University Bands. A pledge This internationally renowned was made by the board for 2004 and an competition is held in honor of amount will be added each year.