SPRING 2004 THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MARCHING BAND AND THE CAL BAND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Bowling for Cal: An Alumni Band Day is September 11th Insight Bowl Diary NTE Staff Alumni Band Day is on September 11, 2004 at the Cal vs. New Mexico Cal Band senior and Ellsworth Memorial State football game. All Cal Band alumni are invited to attend with their Spirit Award winner Eddie D. Kim families for a day of reminiscing, playing, marching, and (hopefully) win- (clarinet ‘00) kept a journal during the ning! This year’s alumni halftime show will commemorate 50 years of Cal Band’s recent trip to the Insight Bowl high step in the Cal Band, and will feature a countermarch performed in Phoenix, Arizona. The following are to a popular well-known march (come to the alumni band’s July 4th selected excerpts from Eddie’s journal. parade in Sausalito to find out the name of this march). Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Call time is tentatively set for 8:00 a.m. at Maxwell (formerly Klee- 12:30 PM berger) Field, located adjacent to Memorial Stadium. In honor of this Wow, only one more final to take. I still can’t believe that we’re actually year’s anniversary, the CBAA plans to field an alumni band of at least going to a bowl game. Maybe reality will hit once I take my last final 100 people. Participants are encouraged to bring along several of their tomorrow morning. Why am I in old band friends. If you have lost contact with a fellow band member, the office helping STUNT poop What the heck is poop? you can contact Erin Proudfoot at (510) 642-0227 and she will help the show instead of studying for you locate them. my final? (continued on page 7) If some of the language Eddie uses in his Insight Bowl Sunday, December 21, 2003 journal confuses you, you are 9:00 AM A Call for Scores not alone! I had to ask Eddie Late to the TA meeting! For Andrea Bianco, Trombone ‘01 logistical purposes, we’re only what he meant by many of the words in his article so I The University of California Band is requesting submissions for a new going to use a couple of TAs each spirit song. Although we have one of the largest marching band music day. Today is my day! I can’t wait. could follow along. Hard to remember when we all used to libraries, comprising over 100 I’m really glad that it didn’t end years of Cal tradition, the Cal with just Big Game. talk this way! Eddie’s answers have been compiled into a Band has decided to add another song to our col- glossary of terms, which can 1:30 PM lection! The Cal Band is be found on page 6. - Editor So, we just finished learning accepting submissions for pregame. We used the pregame songs to be used in this fall’s show performed in the 1993 season. It was an easy show to learn, so pregame performance. most people already have their spots memorized. I enjoy pacing, so The new song will join the I’m glad that the opportunity came up again. Bob was talking to all of ranks of those heard by Cal us before rehearsal, and he told us to remember that this is our reward fans throughout the world, for all of our hard work. (continued on page 6) some of which have even been played for Cal Alumni ABD Postgame Reception astronauts orbiting earth! Even if you don’t march a step or play a note you can reunite A $2,000 prize will be with your band friends, and possibly make new ones, at awarded to the winner, who will also have a the Alumni Band Day post-game reception. Join us at chance to conduct their original song at its world Senior Hall, located just east of the Faculty Club (see the premiere on September 11, 2004 as the Golden Berkeley campus map at http://www.berkeley.edu/map). The Bears take on New Mexico State. If you’re inter- reception starts 15 minutes after the game ends, and is open ested in attending this year’s Northern California to ALL Cal Band Alumni and their families, whether they Benefit on September 10, 2004, you just might get participated in Alumni Band Day or not. Snacks, beer, and a sneak preview of the new composition. soft drinks will be available. Come relax with your friends, The idea for this song competition began when hopefully after a Cal victory! our Drum Major, Zach Morrison, met with his com- mittee to choose the third song in the upcoming Photo: Batman (Zachary Bernstein, tenor sax ‘03) confers with fall pregame show, which by tradition, has been DM Bryan Blythe (trumpet, ‘00) prior to the Cal v. Arizona Game left open to choice. In 2002, the third song we on October 25, 2003. Later that day the Cal Band entertained performed was “Stanfurd Jonah.” As you may fans at halftime with the ‘Batman Show.’ remember, in November of that year, Cal won Photo © 2003 Duc Bieu Pham www.ducbieupham.com (continued on page 4) http://www.calband.berkeley.edu Page 1 Page 2 The North Tunnel Echo LaBatt (trombone ’92, PRD ’95), Yuval Oren that his son, Mike, graduated from UCSC in (trumpet ’90), Erin (Vidali) Proudfoot (clarinet June 2003 with a B.S. in Information Systems ’92, DM ’95), Mark Proudfoot (trombone ’92), Management, and started work for Progressive Jason Roberts (bass ’96), Erik Rosenquist (alto Insurance Company two weeks after he graduated ’79, StuD ’82), and Molly Wood (picc/trom- as an Auto Claims Adjuster. Mike is also going to Eliot Smyrl (trumpet ‘83, StuD ‘87) and Laura bone/bass ’89). San Jose State nights for his MBA, and married Money (alto sax ‘82) are pleased to announce Alice Yang, a UCLA ‘02 graduate in December of the arrival of their third boy, Asa, on Dec 2, 2003. Ken Molles (trombone ‘89) reports: “I am 2002. Alice is in her second year at Santa Clara Asa joins older brothers Josiah and Matthias in currently employed as a tutor at the Community University’s Law School. Needless to say both preparing to play for the Cal Football team so College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. I will Mark and wife Maureen (Cal ‘72) are extremely they can “rip those guys’ heads off” when they be pursuing a teacher’s license in Las Vegas.” proud of son Mike’s accomplishments! go to Cal (a quote from Josiah at last year’s Big Game!). Look for Eliot’s name in the credits of Dan Steigelman (bass Big Game Reunion E. James Lieber- the Pixar film “Cars” (due late 2005), but not “The ‘99) transferred to the Air man (flute/piccolo ’51, Incredibles” (hitting theaters Nov. 2004). Force after marrying a stu- What could be better the night announcer ’54) reports: dent at USUHS (Uniformed before a Cal Big Game victory “I’m gradually retiring Erin (Vidali) Proudfoot (clarinet ‘92, DM ‘95) Services University of the than getting together with fellow from psychiatric practice recently joined the ranks of the California Alumni Health Sciences, Bethesda, Band alumni? Join your friends in Washington DC, still Association as Homecoming and Reunions MD). “My wife’s name is on November 19 at Spenger’s teaching family therapy at Coordinator, working for CAA Executive Director Megan and she is now in a Seafood in Berkeley! The George Washington Uni- Randy Parent (mello ‘73, SM 76). She is excited general surgery residency. I party starts at 6:00 with no-host versity. My main instrument to be a part of the Cal campus again and looks graduated medical school in cocktails. Buffet dinner follows. is cello, but got back to forward to spending all her years there - look for May 2004 and am starting a All are invited! Invitations and flute in order to play duets her getting you to come to your class reunion pediatrics residency in June dinner details to come. with Carol, my wife, who soon! She is also looking forward to leading you in San Antonio, Texas.” recently began to play. I’ve at another great Alumni Band Day! set up a web site for my Ian Bell (mello ‘92) married sweetheart Laura virtual mentor, psychologist Otto Rank: www. Antonia Lau (alto ’91, ExSec ’94) was part Lapinski in August of 2003 at a home on a hill ottorank.com).” of a large contingent of Cal Band alumni that overlooking the Salinas Valley. There were many traveled to beautiful Brazil in October 2003 for Cal Band alumni in the wedding party, including Richard Nelson (clarinet ‘93) writes: “Just a tour with the California Repercussions. Joining best man Chris Ferejohn (trumpet ‘91), Dorothy wanted to pass on an update from my life after her on the trip were Matt “Harpo” (McCormick) (Chou) Proudfoot (baritone ‘92), John Sugden band. I got married on September 6th, 2003 to Bjork (bass ’87), Dennis Gamban (trumpet ’81), (alto ‘91), Tom Proudfoot (alto ‘90), and Gar- my lovely wife, Ann Dehaene-Nelson in Lindsay, Nancy Geimer (percussion ’85), Norm Geimer rick “Gurk” Meeker (mello ‘92). The wedding CA (near Buttonwillow). We’re both living in San (trumpet ’83), Arne Hillesland (tenor ’77), Gary included a performance by a solo bagpiper, and Francisco and I’m currently working at a start-up Hsueh (bass ‘95), Ron Keimach (alto ’79), Andy the happy couple ate their dinner under a rubber company on an online virtual world called Second LaBatt (tenor ’90, StuD ‘93), Sara (Ferejohn) chicken - a good luck charm for the bride! Life.