The Orange Baton: Winter 2017

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WINTER2017

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Band Banquet Planning with Maria Rivera JANIE ANDERSON

In January, I attended my second Marching Band Banquet.

This year, I had the pleasure of knowing the coordinator of the banquet. As with any event, there has to be nearly a full month of planning that goes into the event before the event itself. Nearly a full month of planning went into the event. Being a hands-on person, I like to try and help people if they need it. While the band banquet was running, I constantly asked Maria if she needed help, but she always said she had everything under control.

The planning for this year’s band banquet originally started in Fall term, 2016. However, due to the marching band taking a trip to Stanford and the Civil War being hosted at OSU this year, there was not enough time for the planning to happen for the banquet. Maria and Mr. Hannum both agreed to move the banquet to the following term.

Maria told me that one of the most difficult things about planning for this banquet was the fact that she was juggling people, and not work. Being the head of the banquet planning committee meant that she had to delegate work to the other members of the committee, rather than complete all the tasks herself. The week before the actual event, there was a lot of messaging going on between the other members of the committee and Maria. The Banquet Planning Committee consisted of other members of Kappa Kappa Psi; this year, Kappa Kappa Psi played a huge role in running the banquet and most of the preparations for the banquet.

At my first band banquet last year, I was told to “dress formally” for the banquet, so that my section (the tenor saxes) might win an award for “best dressed section.” I didn’t take them very seriously, but put some effort into what I wore. However, once I arrived, I immediately felt underdressed. Nearly everyone at the banquet was wearing prom style dresses and suits and ties! This year, I planned way further ahead and bought my band banquet dress in June, before the next marching band season had even started! Our section is hoping for a theme for next year’s banquet, but that doesn’t seem to be high on the priority list of things that need to happen for the banquet.

Overall, the band banquet was seen as a success, both from the participants perspective and from the perspective of the staff and band banquet planning committee.

Maria said that the banquet was an “experience worth having.” There was a lot of work that went into planning for the event, but watching it all unfold was so satisfying. I can’t wait to see what Maria has in store for us next year.

Was it the Golden Globes or the Oregon State Band Banquet?

CORINNE WALTERS

Olin Hannum just recently finished his first season as the Director of Athletic Bands here at Oregon State University. To celebrate the end of the marching band season, a formal band banquet was held, including awards, a catered dinner, and various speeches. Because the banquet is an important OSUMB tradition, I took some time to interview Olin about his thoughts on the process and final product of the band banquet.

When asked about his impression of the banquet as a whole, Olin revealed that he “didn’t realize it was going to be so classy.” He actually ran into a member of the marching band in the music hall on the day of the banquet, and after seeing her so dressed up, he went home and changed into nicer clothing. Despite having to wear formal attire, Olin was impressed with the way Kappa Kappa Psi tackled the planning of the banquet:

“Maria [the service chair] sat in my office one time and asked what I wanted on the program. I said that we should watch the marching shows, have awards, do something for Phil [the retiring photographer], and hear speeches from myself and Chapman.

After that initial meeting, Maria and the band banquet committee took care of everything. To sum up his thoughts on the planning process, Olin stated: “I didn’t have to do much. It was awesome, and Maria is awesome.”

Olin Hunnum Director of Athletic Bands

UP NEXT: AN INTERVIEW W/ OLIN HANNUM ->

An interview with...

OLIN HANNUM

IF YOU COULD HAVE TITLED/THEMED THE BAND BANQUET, WHAT THEME WOULD YOU HAVE GIVEN IT?

You know, back at Davis, one of the weirder things was the awards dinner was themed every year and the student officers all ressed up as something. It was sometimes dumb and sometimes hilarious - mostly dumb. Like one year it was Toys R Us and someone dressed up as a GI Joe and someone was a Hungry Hungry Hippo...and the theme one year was Captains and so people were Captain Picard and Captain Crunch. The way we did it here was very Golden Globes. The Oscars are in a theater with everybody facing forward. At the Golden Globes, they serve food and everyone is at tables. It felt kind of like that and was kind of cool. I didn’t realize it was going to be that classy.

I was not going to wear a suit, and then that day, Olivia from the trombone section was in here [Benton] doing something, and she was like full make-up, full dress...so I went home and changed.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE KAPPA KAPPA PSI’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLANNING AND PRODUCTION OF THE BANQUET?

I mean...wide-reaching. It was kind of great actually...Maria volunteered to take it one as the service chair for KKPsi and put together a team and said what can we use? For instance, we can only use that one catering company becuase rules and contracts. It ended up being fine. Effectively, all we had to... Baylor and I came up with the gift ideas... As far as KKPsi, that committee did everything. Maria sat in here one time and said what do you want on the pgram and I said you know, we shoudl watch the [marching] shows and have awards and fun awards and a thing for Phil [the retiring photographer] and I should say something and Chapman shoyuld say something. But then she said oaky this is the order we are doing it in, send me the shows that you want...I didn’t have to do much. It was awesome, and Maria is awesome.

I KNOW YOU READ THROUGH ALL OF THE AWARD IDEAS PEOPLE CAME UP WITH. DID YOU HAVE A FAVORITE, EVEN IF IT WASN’T CHOSEN? Dave Manela filled out the entire form, voting for me, with my name spelled wrong, for every award. There were multiple people who put Jedd for every category, inlcuding best new female marcher.

WHAT WERE YOUR EXPECTATIONS, IF YOU HAD ANY, OF KKPSI’S INVOLVEMENT IN MARCHING BAND BEFORE YOU CAME TO OREGON STATE?

A little bit. The KKPsi chapter here was pretty new and only restarted again in 2009. So I was able to sort of see what it looked like then but it was pretty new then. They were only on their second class, so it was still kind of being hsaped and kind of figuring out what people wnayed it to look like, but at the Athletic Band Conference I got to every year...the KKPsi national president and vice president are always there. So I get to talk to them and they hold sessions. They lead a few discussions on usually not specifically KKPsi, so I end up being able to see them and talk to them. I know what it’s supposed to be all about.

HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF KKPSI CHANGED AFTER MAKING IT THROUGH A WHOLE SEASON OF BAND?

This year ahs been highly educational for me, for a number of reasons, this being one of them. I rememebr half way through the season, Kathy and Dave came up to me and they were like ‘Hey so youhavent really given us anything to do, so we are just kind of sitting here. So what do you want us to do?’ I was so used to not having staff or a KKPsi chapter or anything really, so I didn’t have any expectations at all going in. Like I said, it was very nice to be able to count on Brian and Robin to always ahve that speaker system set up. I never had to worry aboout that once. And that is really handy. There is a lot of stuff like that. Being able to have Janie who...uniform manafer is a one person job, but the work days are not, so having her be able to ask the chapter for some help and just instantly have ten people be able to help her out really keeps the wheels turning.

SO BASICALLY, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD, BUT LIKE A CLASSY VERSION BECAUSE IT’S A BANQUET?

Oh man. I’m glad you say classy version. *laughs* Um, I’m a cookies person. So there would be lots of cookies. I was trying to make a cheesecake for Katrhy’s superbowl party thats crust is rice krispy treats. It turns out its hard to do.

I’m a big Indian food fan. I would also be down with an all sushi banquet - that would be excellent.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MEME?

I remember the first meme. Back in the 1900’s, memes were exclusively like the colors around the sides and a face in the middle with text. It started with advice dog. Advice dog was legitimately the first one, as far as I can tell anyways. I’m a big fan of the Picard facepalm meme. I’m a pretty big fan of the good form from Hook meme. Thats good music - we should do a Hook show.

ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BAND BANQUET?

I mean I don’t really have reference to compare it to. I feel like we could use some more year-to-year awards. Back at Davis, we had memorial awards, four of them. Three from bandsmen who passed away when they were in school...plus one named after the founder of the band. They were plaques on the wall with a name per year. We also had stupid awards passed down. We had the Mobiest Strip Award for someone who doesnt make any sense. I got that when I was an undergrad. It’s a whole thing. The person who got it last year gives it the next year. There is an award for the most annoying, outgoing a-hole award, that was given out every year. Dumb stuff like that - I’m all about dumb stuff... I would like to start a Captain Beard Award for the founder or something like that.

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING ASSISTANT POSITIONS FOR THOSE POSITIONS?

So Maria is service chair and is a sophomore. If next year, there is an elected assistant service chair, it splits up the work a little bit, but the main idea would be that the assistant becomes the chair the next year. Then you always get someone coming into that role that has seen it and been aware that they are going to be doing that in the future, so they are paying attention.

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GO BEAVS.

I also asked Olin about his thoughts on the marching season as a whole. He explained that having people from Kappa Kappa Psi volunteer so readily to help, no matter what the task, was a huge help.

Olin supported his thoughts by giving a couple examples of outstanding KKPsi band members. First he spoke about the people who helped set up at every single rehearsal: “It was very nice to be able to count on Brian and Robin to always have that speaker system set up. I never had to worry about that once.” He also spoke about our awesome uniform manager, Janie Anderson: “Uniform manager is a one person job, but the work days are not, so having her be able to ask the chapter for some help and just instantly have ten people be able to help her out really keeps the wheels turning.” It was encouraging to hear that within one season at Oregon State University, Olin had experienced Kappa Kappa Psi and the service and music centered value we uphold.

Coming into the season, Olin did not have many expectations about what Kappa Kappa Psi would be doing, simply because the college he taught at before - University of California, Davis - does not have an active chapter. He described his first year here at Oregon State University as highly educational and a great learning experience. I finished up the interview by asking Olin for possible improvements to be made for future band banquets. Chuckling, he declared that he is a cookie person; therefore, “there should be lots of cookies.”

Hey! Don’t forget to read a little bit about how our history was found!

History Findings . . .

ALEXANDRA WALCHLI

On Wednesday, February 15th, I had the pleasure to attend a history committee meeting in SCARC. There I was able to take a look at the precautions necessary for analyzing the documents and photos that have been stored in OSU’s Special Collections. The most notable piece we discovered that day would be a large print containing different pictures of the OSU Marching Band on their trip to Tokyo, Japan. The band traveled throughout the city and visited different monuments. In Benton Hall, there is a poster hanging on a cork board of OSU playing at a game in Japan, and being able to see more of that event was fantastic.

Rifling through boxes of collected pieces can sometimes be a needle in a haystack. Going through a box on my own, I found that a majority of what is brought out for Kappa Kappa Psi to look at was irrelevant to the bands.

But it was still fun to go through these documents and photos, we found an original piece of the newspaper printing process headlining President Kennedy’s death.

Seeing that was a new experience for me. Unlike exhibits in museums we are able to hold these bits of history, and take a closer look at them.

The history committee is upholding the excellent practice of Kappa Kappa Psi, allowing us to hold on to our past by continuing towards the future. Being able to go through the history of our co-ed fraternity allows us to keep striving for the highest.

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LUCY HUFFMAN Bruckner’s Eighth Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble/Wind Symphony

Bruckner’s Eighth The Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra took Corvallis by storm on February 22nd, 2017. They performed Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in full—with no breaks. Janie Anderson, oboe, describes the importance of this piece. The piece performed is actually a re-write. The original conception of the Eighth Symphony took Bruckner from 1884-1887; Bruckner meant for his friend Hermann Levi to conduct it. But Janie describes the interaction as such: “But when Bruckner sent it to Levi, he was like ‘no this is terrible, I’m not going to do it.’ And then Bruckner got really offended, so he was like, ‘well I guess I need to redo it.’ He then took two years to rewrite the symphony... eventually the Vienna Philharmonic decided to play it.” Despite getting quite positive reviews from the masses when it was first performed, a well-known critic essentially said, in Janie’s words, it was “garbage.” The significance lies in the controversial nature of the piece. It was also only performed twice before Bruckner’s death is 1896, marking the last complete symphony that he wrote. Hidden inside this tremendous work is four movements.

Janie and Eric Russell, horn, stated that they hoped that the audience found the Fourth Movement as powerful as they did and were able to pick up on the summarizing themes. The movement alone takes 45 minutes, yet no matter whether a musician is playing on it or not, Janie says they are never bored. “The combination of orchestration, melodies in it, make it a quality movement.” It is important that music is constantly engaging since musicians always want to be creating different emotions throughout the piece, or even movement in this case.

The big production, as Eric stated it, also included the renting out and playing of eight Wagner tubas (tubins). “It’s not something typically done at all, so it is something unique and special.” Not only were there tubins, there were also an additional eight regular horn players as well. Janie says there is an importance of having a large brass section for this concert since “you need a big orchestra to play [Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8], and that it is something that has to be done by itself.”

The magic of the Symphony filled up the LaSells Stewart Center with a full-bodied sound. People ranging from the very front row to the last row on the balcony got the full experience of an impressive symphony presenting an impressive work.

Chamber Orchestra When people say orchestra, most people think of large symphony orchestras. But just like band, there are in fact, other types of orchestras too. Janie Anderson, oboe, describes a chamber orchestra as a small ensemble that originally started out as just string players. Today, the orchestra includes wind players and focuses on playing music specifically for chamber groups, a subset of classical. It is more for those old-timey ladies having tea rather than presenting in front of a large concert hall. The OSU Chamber Orchestra also gives wind players a chance to read music that is written for strings; doubling the part can increase the power of a part, but also presents the challenge of blending in as a string player if you are blowing air through a reed or mouthpiece.

While Chamber Orchestra is taught by Dr. Marlan Carlson, the concert on March 3 was conducted by Dawn Davis, the high strings instructor, and two music education majors, Tad Biggs and Rolly Toribio. Davis conducted “Palladio” by Karl Jenkins. 90s kids might remember the piece for its usage in the DeBeers Diamonds commercial. Holst, another name people recognize, had the Fourth Movement of his Second Suite for Military Band conducted by Tad Biggs. An important distinction for this concert is that these two pieces are more dance-like; Davis was actually worried that Dr. Carlson was not going to let the Chamber Orchestra perform “Palladio” due to the “pop” nature of piece.

Chamber Orchestra’s performance at Music A La Carte was delightfully refreshing, as the concert was midday at noon. Janie described the environment and audience as more diverse as there is more of a relaxed feel at the venue. More passersby and less reverberation contribute as well. In the moment, I really did feel like a lady at high tea as I sipped away at my coffee and listened to the orchestra play.

Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble Concert February 27th saw the OSU Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble perform in their most natural habitat—LaSells Stewart Center. Wind Symphony went first with Mr. Hannum walking onto the stage with a smile. While most people know him at the Director of Athletic Bands at Oregon State University, only students know his duality between conductor and coach. Miranda Raw, piccolo, was not able to be in the 2016 OSUMB season, but she likes having Mr. Hannum as a director. “He is the most relaxed and relatable directors I have ever played under,” she says. Trumpet player Oskar Peterson is in many athletic bands as well as Wind Symphony. He echoes Miranda’s statement and adds that in spending so much time under the direction of Hannum, he “thinks of [Hannum] as a friend.”

This term, Hannum has surprised Miranda with the variety of music. According to her, “All of the pieces comprised were by well-known composers... and had blends... that could give you goosebumps.” Her favorite song was “Poeme de Feu” by Ida Gotkovsky because she liked that it was challenging. Hannum led up to the piece saying it’s a band standard. Oskar found his favorite to be “Holst, all three movements, it’s so fun.” By Holst, he means the “First Suite in E-Flat.” When questioned further about his favorite movement, he said he liked the second. “It is melodic and fast, compared to the first which is slow and melodic and the third which is more fast than melodic.”

After a brief intermission Dr. Chapman and the Wind Ensemble played their first piece, “Luminescence,” composed

by David Biedenbender. It was not until the end that they played “Song of Myself” by Jim Stephenson. It featured Amy Hansen as a soprano voice. For many musicians in the ensemble, it was their favorite to play. Garrett Rose, percussion, liked Hansen’s delivery of a high note during a real impact point. He thought “it would blow people’s pants off,” and trust me it did. (Still searching for my pants to this day.) Even though having a vocalist perform with the group is different for him, he embraced the different sound and liked how it blended during the rehearsal before the concert. Garrett also included a nice background to the piece and how it was written. Written in 2015, it is a tribute farewell to all the students Stephenson has taught, as his career would not be the same without them.

Another percussionist, Brooke Rose, also liked the Stephenson piece. She said that “[Amy] Hansen was truly inspiring to perform with... It was challenging to play, but the return when we played it almost perfectly that night was amazing.” Indeed, the return, rather the mass applause after Chapman signaled the end to a beautiful night of music, was spectacular.

WIND SYMPHONY WIND ENSEMBLE

CONCERT Looking back on the entire concert, I would agree with what Brooke said about the score order: “With all interesting pieces to listen to, I feel like that kept the audience engaged during the performance.”

UP NEXT FOR THE WIND ENSEMBLE...

Next term audiences are in for a treat when they are able to sit down and witness David Maslanka’s “Mass.” According to Brooke, the it has only been performed three other times. Garrett adds that “it will be interesting,” as Maslanka himself will attend the OSU premier of the piece.

THE OSU WIND SYMPHONY WITH OLIN HANNUM

THE OSU WIND ENSEMBLE WITH DR. CHRIS CHAPMAN

Music A La Carte TORI PUOCI

A unique scene can be observed each Friday at noon in the Memorial Union main lounge. Music lovers from all walks of life gather together to enjoy and celebrate the universal language of music. An OSU tradition since 1969, Music `a la Carte is a OSU Department of Music and Memorial Union joint sponsored event which brings free, public concerts to campus each week. Student, faculty, and guest musicians stand tall before the fireplace and share their art with the eager crowd.

Last fall, I stumbled upon a performance entitled Judith Walls Freeman Song Cycles. The world premiere of this song cycle included not only music, but poetry as well. Freeman had composed a series of short songs for piano, violin, and bass violin that accompanied the poetic works of Gerry Custer and Roger Weaver. Prior to the performance, Freeman shared her history and the connection she shares with Oregon State University and the Memorial Union. She spoke of holiday parties she attended as a child in the very lounge where she would soon debut her latest works. After experiencing this blend of history and the arts, I could not stay away from the Memorial Union lounge; I was eager to discover the stories of the next performers.

Winter term has presented some darker tonalities to fit with the cold months. A recent performance, Music for Trombone, featured Carson Keeble on trombone with accompanists Lauren and David Servias. Keeble holds a dual role as the trombone instructor for both Oregon State University and Willamette University. Dr. Davis Servias has been a member of the Oregon State University music faculty since 2010 while Lauren Servias earned her Master’s in Music from University of Oregon and has performed with numerous PNW operas. Following Keeble’s performance, the OSU Trombone Choir took the stage, where they performed pieces ranging from Herlich thut mich verlangen

by Johann Sebastian Bach, to the Westworld Opening Credits by Ramin Djawadi and arranged by OSU student Kevin Rooney. This blend of classical and modern compositions kept all audience members engaged throughout the performance.

If you find yourself wandering the halls of the Memorial Union on a Friday afternoon, take the time to stop by Music `a la Carte and discover the unique musical community at Oregon State University. Upcoming events for Winter Term include the OSU Chamber Winds (2/24), OSU Chamber Orchestra (3/3), and the OSU Campus Band (3/10).A full schedule of Music `a la Carte events can be found on the College of Liberal Arts/School of Arts & Communication website. Go Beavs.

IN ACTION WITH

THE BEAVS

FEATURING THE OREGON STATE RHYTHM & BEAVS AND

BASKETBALL BAND

The Feeling Is Like No Other ANONYMOUS

I will never forget the chills that crawl down my spine as the crowd cheers on the Beavs in Gill Coliseum. The crowd makes noise and chants “GO BEAVS!” The team makes a terrific shot and the crowd goes wild!

The feeling is like no other.

I will never forget the excitement that erupts when we play a fun chart at a time out. The enthusiasm is greater when we’re winning. Sometimes I’m so excited that it’s hard to play. I find it fun to look at the crowd dance with anticipation to the music, while we wait to start up the clock.

The feeling is like no other.

I will never forget the silence that comes before a free throw.

Everyone’s arms are up in support to quiet down the crowd. We all wait with bated breath--They make the shot! The crowd explodes in applause and shouts.

The feeling is like no other.

I will never forget the moment they sound the buzzer and the score is just what we wanted. The team screams and shouts, as does the crowd. The band gets the honor to play the fight song after another win.

The feeling is like no other.

I will never forget when we play the fight song as the team leaves the court in victory. Not one Beaver in Gill Coliseum isn’t standing up or clapping for the Beavs!

The feeling is like no other.

BASKETBALL BAND CORINNE WALTERS The Oregon State band is well-known for their performances in Reser Stadium during football season.

However, the band’s passionate school spirit does not stop with the end of the Civil War game. The bandsmen continue to play during the winter season at both men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as with the alumni band at gymnastics meets.

On top of performing at games and meets in Gill Coliseum, there are two audition-based travel bands that accompany the men’s and women’s basketball teams to their end-of-season tournaments. Together, the two bands are called Rhythm and Beavs and separately they are known as Black Band and Orange Band, with Black Band accompanying the women’s team and Orange Band performing for the men’s games.

I talked to Jensen Amens and Oskar Peterson about their experiences and expectations when travelling with the band. Before leaving for Las Vegas with the men’s basketball team, I asked them what they were looking forward to most about travelling to Nevada.

They both said that they were excited to travel with so many of their friends and to make lasting memories as well as have the opportunity to cheer on the Beavs.

When asked why he originally decided to join Rhythm and Beavs, Oskar replied: “I’ve done a lot of travelling with my family over the years and I love band, so doing both at once sounded really fun.” Oskar ended up having a great time in Vegas and was able to photograph much of his trip and immortalize the memories that came with it.

Jensen is known for her Beaver spirit, and when asked to name the one item she never travels without, she answered: “My Beaver school spirit. When I went to Honduras, I exclusively wore beaver gear the entire trip and that was just with my family, not even with the band.” The trip to Las Vegas gave Jensen the opportunity to support her Beavers men’s basketball team in a venue other than Corvallis. Although Oskar’s love of basketball and Jensen’s school spirit didn’t help the Beaver men win, they sure helped to make the excursion an exciting, memorable trip for the whole band. Overall, the many members of the two audition-based pep bands enjoyed spending time with some of their closest friends travelling to a different state and supporting our Oregon State University basketball teams.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST ABOUT TRAVELLING TO VEGAS?

OSKAR: The travelling - flying in a plane with band people and just hanging out with them. We are going to do a zipline in Vegas, eat at buffets, and just explore the strip in general. There is also a rollercoaster which sounds super fun!

JENSEN: If we’re being honest, I’m excited to get out of Corvallis for a couple days and watch our men’s basketball team play. I’m excited to make a lot of memories with my fellow band kids.

AS A BAND MEMBER WHO TRAVELLED LAST YEAR, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS FOR THE TRIP? OSKAR: I expect that I will have less time than I hope for: less free time. A lot of travel time.

WHAT ORIGINALLY MADE YOU INTERESTED IN AUDITIONING FOR TRAVEL BAND? OSKAR: I’ve done a lot of travelling with my family over the years and I love band, so doing both at once sounded really fun. I also love basketball.

JENSEN: I really wanted the experience to be able to travel as a part of the band. I really love playing for the different basketball teams, so this was another opportunity to be able to do so, other than basketball band.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU NEVER TRAVEL WITHOUT?

OSKAR: My camera because I love taking pictures. It’s a really good way to bring memories with you. I can remember events vaguely, but when I see a picture, it brings all the details of the trip or people back into my mind.

JENSEN: My Beaver school spirit. When I went to Honduras I exclusively wore beaver gear the entire trip and that was just with my family, not with the band.

GO BEAVS? GO BEAVS.

Basketball Band with Jensen Amens KYLIE BOETTCHER

Recently I got the chance to talk to the one and only Jensen Amens over dinner about basketball band. For those of you who don’t know, basketball band is just like marching band except instead of playing at a football game in Reser, you’re playing at a basketball game in Gill Coliseum.

While enjoying a nice dinner with Jensen, I was able to ask her a couple of questions. As some of you may know, Jensen is very vocal with her cheers and Beaver Spirit at basketball games, taking after her big, Shannon Webb. When asked why she gets so excited at games Jensen responded, “I personally enjoy playing the full songs, and cheering for the Beavs, especially when we are winning. I just love the environment and the crowd.” During the basketball games we tend to have more time to play full charts, rather than playing our short stand tunes at football games. It’s always much more fun to cheer on our team with the crowd than be the only ones cheering.

With Tres Tinkle recovering from an injury, the men’s team has definitely suffered this season. On the other hand, the women’s team has totally dominated the court with 24 wins. I asked Jensen what team she preferred to watch, as she does go to games even when her band isn’t playing. Jensen replied, “Both for separate reasons. I like watching the women because they play very well, but I love watching the men because they are beautiful.”

Like most people who enjoy playing sports we all have at least one favorite player, Jensen on the other hand has three!

Tres Tinkle, Sydney Wiese, and Kolbie Orum. I asked her if she had any interesting experiences when meeting them, “I saw him [Tres] at West once, and I asked to take a picture with him. Later at a game, he recognized me and we talked for a bit. Sydney Wiese recognized me at a volleyball game and asked me about band. She said that the band was her favorite part of the basketball games. Then Kolbie ordered a drink at Starbucks and she recognized me and told me how much she loved the band.”

Since you are required to have been in marching band to be a part of the basketball band, I asked Jensen which sport she preferred to watch. Jensen said, “Football is my favorite sport, and I love marching band. But I like basketball because its warm inside.” I couldn’t agree with Jensen more on this. Marching band was an amazing experience for me for my first time here at OSU. The community is always welcoming and I’ve met a lot of friends. I don’t have a preference when it comes to basketball or football, I just enjoy the fact that I get to continue to be a part of this awesome group of people throughout the year.

Basketball is a lot of fun and truly a great experience, but most of us wouldn’t go to any of the games if our band wasn’t scheduled to. Jensen, on the other hand, when I asked her if she wasn’t in basketball band would she go to the games she replied, “Heck yeah! Because I go the ones that my band aren’t playing at.” Now that’s dedication!

Near the end of marching band season I was sad because I thought I wouldn’t be able to see any of my band friends until next season. Then some people in my section asked me if I was going to join basketball band which immediately cheered me up because I would not only get to continue playing with my section mates but also support our teams in the upcoming basketball season. I asked Jensen if she would recommend playing in basketball band to freshman and she said, “Of course! It’s a lot more fun and you get to keep playing with your friends.”

I’ve already made some great memories during basketball band and hope to make more! One of Jensen’s favorite memories at a basketball game is when she got to meet Tres Tinkle and talk to him for a bit after he recognized her from West.

This was my first year doing basketball band and I can say that it has truly been a wonderful experience getting to play with such a talented and diverse group of people. And I would like to end this article the way we always seem to do as band kids: Go Beavs!

Brian Johnstone: Tenor Sax LUCY HUFFMAN

Not only is he Theta Chapter’s vice president, he is known throughout the Pac-12 as an avid Beaver fan. After finding fame on the Pac-12 Twitter, Brian does not let it get to his head. He says he’s just having fun. The funky dance feel has been with him since his high school jazz band years, and now he just enjoys the fact that other people are joining. The fact that the band gets featured is simply bonus publicity. Clearly OSUMB is no stranger to dancing. Last year Jedidiah Wallace Courage, AKA “Jedd the Dancing Trumpet Guy”, took the Pac-12 by storm with his hips (that don’t lie). When asked about starting a tradition of dancers, Brian really thought it was more about encouraging others to lose themselves to the excitement. He wants to create a safe environment for people to let band be their “outlet to be crazy.” It provides entertainment for not only other bandsmen, but for the fans as well. “The band is there for the fans.” We are there as part of the atmosphere of Gill Coliseum. When it comes to visibility, every little bit counts. Brian made a point to say that in the midst of college acceptances and trying to figure out where to go, even hearing a small clip of a song can help someone decide. It helps fans decide what kind of band OSUMB is; if they like the kind of music we play, it may encourage them to “look into this.”

As a big Fall Out Boy fan, he likes to play Light ‘Em Up (My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark). He is also a fan of Thrift Shop/Can’t Hold Us and Uptown Funk. In fact, he “just loves all of [the songs]” that are in the folder. Brian find it his civic duty to support the team, whether we are winning or losing, and that is what gets him pumped up at games. Especially in close games and even at games we are likely going to lose, it is still important to bring the energy because “these games can change like that.” (Quote does include a fierce snap from Brian.) He also likes it when other people join him in the excitement. Not only feeding off that energy, Brian likes to see the domino effect it has. Cheering can be an infectious disease that spreads through the energy of the crowd. Before Gill knows it, there is an entire crowd shouting at the others team’s offense while they are trying to think of something. Just like magic, the mystical force of Beaver engagement prevents the other team of thinking of a play. In fact, the force can even motivate the team to “give an extra 10%.”

Brian even spilled the beans on his Jar Jar Binks mask (and no, he is not trying to imitate the greatest Sith Lord in the Star Wars franchise). He got the mask from Kyle Miller, another OSUMB member. Kyle apparently saw Brian on TV wearing Dave Manela’s horse mask and offered up Jar Jar for the rest of the season. In response to having an entire band of mask-wearing-free-throw-distractions, Brian just wants it to be fun. “You do it because it’s fun,” is what he said. He is there to break barriers and wants other people behind the hoop with him as well.

Finally, when asked if he can “shoot it from there,” he answered as Thomas the Tank Engine: “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can--” train motion included.

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Given his enthusiastic support of the OSU athletic bands, it may be surprising that Dave Manela grew up in Eugene.

His mother played harp and piano and taught lessons, and he started playing tenor sax in sixth grade. Before coming to OSU he played in the concert and jazz bands at South Salem High School and played in the orchestra pit at several musicals in the Albany Civic Theater.

Dave came to OSU to study computer engineering, and he joined Basketball Band but not Marching Band his first year. As Dave explained, “Back then you didn’t have to be in one to do the other. Actually you tried out for Wind Ensemble at the same time as you tried out for Basketball Band.”

A Basketball Band member convinced Dave to join the Marching Band his second year. While Basketball Band was “small but competitive,” Marching Band was “so small that you couldn’t say no to anybody, student or otherwise” and thus Dave marched an extra year after graduating.

After Dave graduated he saw an opening for an IT consultant job at the Valley Library. He expected that he would move on quickly from the position, but he still has it. “I figured, I could do that for a year or two and then go into engineering, and ended up just staying here.”

Dave said that after getting his IT job, “it was hard to guarantee I could always be there for [marching] rehearsal.”

Since there were no GTAs at that time, Dave was invited to work as a band assistant so he could still be involved but have more flexible hours.

Before KKPsi was reinstated, Dave was the uniform manager. He quipped, “I found out later that a lot of people were like ‘when I first met you I thought you were really mean’ and I was like, ‘when did you meet me?’ ‘Well in the middle of uniform checkout.’ I was like ‘oh yeah, well that... that might be why.’

Currently Dave does office work for the band, coordinates timing with Marketing in order to have “as little dead air as possible” at Basketball Games, conducts Bar Band and at various games, and is in charge of keeping in contact with band alumni and developing plans to expand the alumni program.

When asked about his favorite memories with the band, Dave said “there’s not necessarily one thing that sticks out, but the trips are always a lot of fun.” He recalled from his first band trip, “this guy [a Cal fan] walked by our band with a sign that said ‘We’re the better 0 and 4 team’ and I just thought that was absolutely hilarious at the time, and he turned out to be right.” Dave said he cherishes memories of Bowl trips and friendships he developed in band.

Why has Dave remained so involved in music? As he succinctly said, “it’s fun.”

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This is for KKPsi? Fancy.

—Dave Manela

WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP? WHERE DID YOU GROW UP?

Grew up in Eugene, went to South Eugene High School. They did not have pep band or marching band or any of that stuff. When I came to school here I got into basketball band my first year. Back then you didn’t have to be in one to do the other. Actually you tried out for Wind Ensemble at the same time as you tried out for Basketball Band.

Anyway, I got into basketball band, not so much wind ensemble, eh, whatcha gonna do? [laugh.] A girl in there convinced me to do marching band the next year. She’s long gone, I’m still here, go figure. [laugh]

WHAT’S YOU STUDY IN COLLEGE?

Computer engineering. [makes sense] What I do here isn’t directly related, but it’s, you know, tangentially related, so [laugh] it works.

DID YOU GET THIS JOB STRAIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE?

Yeah. I graduated right when the economy took a bit of a nosedive and I saw this job on campus, and figured, I could do that for a year or two and then go into engineering, and ended up just staying here [laugh.]

DID YOU JOIN THE BAND STAFF AROUND THE SAME TIME?

Yeah, so I graduated and actually I ran into the old director somewhere in Corvallis (I don’t remember where) and he was like, “yeah, come march if you don’t have anything to do (cause back then it was really tiny: they needed everyone they could) so, I did that, for a year, and then (I guess that was the old, old, ... old? Band director now?

That was Norfleet. He left and then Doc came in and Doc was like “Yeah! Come march!” but at that point I had gotten this job so it was hard to guarantee I could always be there for rehearsal, so at that point we didn’t have any GTAs, so he said “well, come do what a gta would do” and that way, you know, if you have to go take care of work, or something, it’s not, you know, a big deal, and... Here I am. [laugh.]

WHAT’S THE ORIGIN STORY OF THE FOAM FINGER?

I just saw it at a football game (someone had one) and thought, I need that. There isn’t anything more, you know, there isn’t some really exciting story behind that, I just thought it was funny, so I got one, and then it seemed like a good idea to start waggling it around during the free throws... and fouls. It just kinda became a thing. A lot of the silly things Kathy and I do, we just sorta jokingly did and then people thought it was funny, so there ya go. [laugh].

HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE BAND FOR A LONG TIME?

Yeah, Kathy came in after me, and I don’t remember how many years after me now, but it’s been a long time now. I think I was Doc’s first official staff assistant person.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES WITH THE BAND?

One of my earliest memories was my first year in the band, (this is back when the football team still was horrible (well, the first time around (don’t type that up)), but like legitly bad), we went down to cal. It was my very first band trip, and cal was bad too and this guy walked by our band with a sign that said (we’re the better 0 and 4 team) and I just thought that was absolutely hilarious at the time, and he turned out to be right [laugh].

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ALL ABOUT THAT

DAVE [MANELA] (continued) Hmm. There’s been a lot of great memories over the years. Bowl trips, you know. There’s not necessarily one thing that sticks out, but the trips are always a lot of fun. And the friendships and all that. Its kinda a special thing.

WHAT DO YOU DO AS A BAND STAFF [MEMBER]? DO YOU DO BEHIND-THE SCENES STUFF TOO?

I do whatever needs to be done. Pre-KKPsi being around I was in charge of all the uniform checkout and stuff. On my own... Which was fun. I found out later that a lot of people were like “when I first met you I thought you were really mean” and I was like, “when did you meet me?” “well in the middle of uniform checkout” I was like “oh yeah, well that... that might be why.”

I help with planning stuff, help with whatever needs to be done. Theres a lot of office stuff I do. I take care of...

I’m also the main person that emails the alumni band and takes care of the alumni band. That’s been an ongoing project, regrowing and rebuilding the alumni program into something big like it should be, like most Universities have. When the program was cancelled in the late 80s early 90s, that kinda also killed, you know, it created a break with the alumni. Later also ehwn Norfleet came in, he was brought in to kinda modernize the band, and the alumni didn’t really like that. He got rid of high-stepping, and changed a lot of the songs and stuff like that. To the alumni that were still around...they’ll still complain about it. [laugh].

I came in right when Lewis took it over, so I never had to do that [high-stepping] (thank God.)

WHAT STUFF DO YOU DO HERE?

My day job I am an IT consultant for the library. I do all the public computer desktop support and also specialty station stuff, so, learning commons out there, the electronic classrooms, the scan to email stations, behind the scenes the scanning stations for interlibrary loan, I do backup server support. That’s the bulk of what I do. I’m in charge of purchasing for most of the computers in the building.

As part of that I do not just the hardware, but the software images and all that.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?

Sometimes I also conduct groups (volleyball, some basketball games, Bar Band). I kinda just do whateve needs getting done. And when I’m not conducting at the games, Kathy and I trade off being on radio with marketing, so, everything is timed down to the second, so we’re ins constant comm with the marketing desk that’s cuing everything you see happen, and so.. we’re always “how long is the video, how long is the cheer music?” So then whoevers conducting can pick an appropriate length song. We always try to time it out to hit the 2nd buzzer. The goal is as little dead air as possible.

I put in a request with athletics to paint the headsets to match the football helmets. Orange sparkly, you know.

WHY DO YOU LIKE BEING INVOLVED IN MUSIC?

It’s fun..? I’ve always been exposed to it. My mom played harp and piano, and taught lessons. I was in orch pits all the time, so I grew up around music and theater, so it’s always been a part of my life.

SO YOU DID ORCHESTRA PIT STUFF IN HIGH SCHOOL?

Yeah. I played in it a couple times for musicals. I played in the pit at ACT out in Albany, when Doc was in the producers.

WHAT DID YOU PLAY IN THE PIT? I played tenor sax in the pit.

WHEN DID YOU START TENOR SAX?

I started tenor sax in sixth grade, that’s what I started on.

WHAT DID YOU PLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL? Mostly general concert band some jazz band.

Lots of private lessons. I took lesson from one of the founding members of the Cherry-Popping Daddies. Maybe that’s where my bizarre sense of humor comes from growing up around that.

WHAT BAND WERE YOU INVOLVED IN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE?

Concert bands. Like I said my high school didn’t have pep band so here, I’m in Basketball, Concert, and Marching Band, Jazz Band here for a year or two. They didn’t have Wind Symphony until a few years ago.

Back then there was only about 40 in the basketball band. It was a separate thing from marching band.

ABOUT WHEN DID THEY MERGE TOGETHER?

I think that was something Doc did when he came in. Back then the group [Marching Band] was so small that you couldn’t say no to anybody, student or otherwise. The basketball band was small but competitive. Back then the women’s games were volunteer and I don’t think they did volleyball back then at all. Things have grown. A lot. The gymnastics band has been around the whole time I’ve been here. It used to be that basketball band practice was on Fridays and it used to be also that all the gym meets were on Fridays, so on our Fridays with a gym meet we just practiced gymnastics music and then everybody would just get up and go down, go do the gymnastics meets.

Back then. Which someday I will get everyone doing it again.

COULD YOU ELABORATE YOUR WORK WITH THE ALUMNI PROGRAM?

[Not recorded at first]... So everything got put on hold. Once the seasons done I want to sit down (cuz I was having meetings with the head of the Alumni Association and all that) but once Olin’s actually survived his first whole season, sit down with—get him in the room with them again and kinda start rehashing out plans. I had a core group of people that wanted to be a kind of steering committee, a kinda ting to help start setting stuff up. The Ohio State Band they’ve got the Hyperactive Group, whcch is a small group that’s always available to play, and then they’ve got the active group that’s the thousands that come do the script Ohio, you know, stuff like that. But whenever you get a request for a wedding or a business opening, or something like that, it’s that group, and it’s $500 if you want em there and it goes straight to scholarships. We could be doing stuff like that. I’ve identified some people up in Portland tat would love to be contacts there that are music teachers cuz there... since the bulk of the alumni are up there, that there’s certainly gigs up there we could be doing. There was some groundwork laid, but now we gotta start fresh due to, yeah. You’re well aware.

WHAT SLACK CHANNELS DO YOU HAVE? [I NOTICED HE HAD SLACK OPEN ON HIS WORK COMPUTER] A few of us techie friends and a whole bunch of IT at OSU.

TALKIN’ WITH THE

BIGS and

LITTLES! WITH

ROBIN and SARAY JANIE and ALDER CORINNE and TARAH

ROBIN

WATSON AND SARAY

VALDEZ Robin and I have gotten to know each other pretty well. I have plenty of times made her cry, mostly from laughter I think, and it’s been a good ride. When I first met her, I didn’t know what to expect because we were complete strangers, and here she was about to stab a pin on me. The more I’ve got to know her however, the more I aspire to take on all of her positive qualities. She is very brave, funny, and caring and I can see why she would take on the role of being a big. Here are some Q and A’s that we got together and talked about :)

ROBIN WATSON AND SARAY VALDEZ WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE IN A BIG/LITTLE RELATIONSHIP? BIG: I think there are a lot of important values but the most important is by far for a big to not see themselves above anyone but to be there for anything that their little needs. Their little should always be able to come to them and be a good example for them to constantly strive for the highest. You want your little to feel included and know that they have a place within the chapter.

You also want them to know that everyone is unique and that means not everyone has the same roles within the chapter.

WHAT HAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH BAND BEEN? BIG: So, in fourth grade I started out on the recorder, following clarinet in fifth grade. It was love at first squeak.

As the years went on, I found myself in marching band at Sherwood high school as a freshman and felt so nervous to be in a whole new school. This was because I was now the youngest and I was scared since I didn’t know anyone. After the first day of band camp at my high school though, I felt a sense of family within my band program which has continued here in KKPsi. My senior year of high school is my most memorable musical experience, was when I was drum major. Hearing my band’s last notes at our competition I began tearing up and being so proud of all the kids in the band and seeing how much band has impacted our lives. Band has changed me so much and even though it’s not my major I never want to let go because I don’t want that feeling to end.

LITTLE: Being a Little is honestly a pretty easy job in my opinion. One of the most important qualities to obtain as a Little though is to constantly remain curious. Constantly asking questions not only about KKPsi but my Big’s life as well made my connection with her so natural, because I love learning.

LITTLE: I started band in fifth grade and not going to lie, I wanted to quit a lot of times. Growing up in the Salem-Keizer community, band, and actually the music community as a whole, was always extremely competitive. Although it did cause me stress at times, as a result of me being in sometimes 5 bands at the same time, I would do it all over again. The rush and pride I gain through every performance that I know I worked hard towards makes it all worth it. Not to mention the amazing friends that I have gained through being a part of an ensemble, even coming into college, my best friends here are also in band. It is a part of who I am and I love every part of it.

JANIEANDERSON

ALDERKOOL

JANIE ANDERSON AND ALDER KOOL BY

ALDER KOOL

You may think you know Janie Anderson, but do you REALLY? You are going to find out!

Janie Anderson. How do I even begin to describe her? Janie Anderson is flawless. She has two oboes AND a bari sax. (and a bunch of others but I can’t list them here because it’ll mess up the quote). I hear her lungs are insured for $10,000. I hear she does uniform ­­­­­ check-ins... at OSU. Her favorite color combination is green, white, pink, and purple. One time she saw Olin at band practice, and he told her great job. I hear her favorite movie is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (all versions). One time she made a meme... it was great.

Janie Anderson is my big, and it is awesome! She is a BIG supporter in my life. Ha. Cuz she’s my big. And I’m her little. It’s pretty neat. She hopes to become a high school music teacher in the future, because she wants people to be able to have as great of an experience with band as she did. I think this really speaks for how she is as a person, because she wants to share her love with music with everyone. She plays roughly every instrument ever imagined, including the oboe, tenor sax, trombone, euphonium, flute, clarinet, and bari sax, and she was also the drum major in her high school marching band. Her favorite part of marching band is when we perform songs that the crowd knows, because then the band is feeding off the crowd’s energy and the crowd feeds off the band’s energy. Although she doesn’t have much free time, she does have her fair share of hobbies. She loves making reeds for her oboes, something I can’t relate to as a trumpet player. The closest I have ever come to playing a woodwind instrument is playing “Ode to Joy” on a recorder (it was lit and I still remember most of it, btw). Her other hobbies include petting dogs, something I can definitely relate to on a personal level. Doggos are the best. She also enjoys being a meme, which seems pretty dank as well. Netflix also ranks pretty high up there, along with sleeping. She also remembered just in the brink of time that she LOVES reading! College really has screwed us up with the whole lack of free time thing, which is a bummer.

We could all use a little more time petting doggos and being memes. Because she is a NERD (self-diagnosed), her favorite types of music are classical and jazz. Her Instagram username (jazzoboe113) now makes sense.

She is now talking about Music a la Carte, something I would recommend everyone come see sometime!

That’s all for now, so how well did you REALLY know Janie Anderson? If this article isn’t satisfactory and you still think you know nothing about Janie, you can slide right into her DM’s and ask her a few questions yourself! I will close with one of her favorite sayings: “Swag.”

BY

JANIE ANDERSON

When I first met Alder, I was super nervous to be her big. Alder has a personality that radiates self-confidence, and I wanted to give her the best experience possible as a PM for Kappa Kappa Psi. After First Degree, we got to know each other better, since we had never met before First Degree. Alder’s a pretty rad gal, and loves to watch Netflix while she’s running at the gym. Her other favorite activities correspond with mine which are sleeping and eating food.

Alder says she joined Kappa Kappa Psi because she wanted a way to make friends better through band and to stick with band through college. Alder is a Human Development and Family Sciences major. Favorite color? Red. Bam. Animal? Fennec Fox. Bam. Her favorite instrument is the ukelele and her favorite music artist are the group Bowling for Soup. I hadn’t heard of the Fennec Fox until she told me about them, and wowzers, they are super cute. Just like my little. Alder Kool. What a gal.

Alder isn’t a native of Oregon - she’s technically from Oregon, but moved to Illinois when she was young.

Alder’s sister went to Oregon State, so Alder followed suit. The school Alder went to in Illinois was a small school, and Alder wanted to go to a big school so she could do big things. As Alder’s big, I know she will succeed in Kappa Kappa Psi and everywhere she goes! To end with one of my favorite sayings, “Swag.”

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GO BEAVS.

CORINNE WALTERS KAPPA CLASS LITTLE: TARAH GUSTAFSON

TARAH

GUSTAFSON LAMBDA CLASS

BIG: CORINNE WALTERS

TARAH GUSTAFSON...

A little bit of a BIG DEAL She has a sister named Sage, plays french horn beautifully, and is my beloved little, but what else is there to know about Tarah Gustafson? What are her untold secrets from the past and her hopes for the future?

To begin with, Tarah is a huge Harry Potter fan. When asked who her favorite character is, she immediately responded, “My favorite is Luna, but if I could be someone, I’d be Ginny.” Another loveable fact about Tarah is her love of crepes. She describes the reasoning behind her choice of favorite foods with a simple statement: “Breakfast crepes, lunch crepes, dinner crepes, dessert crepes they’re all good.” After getting to know Tarah, I would venture to say that her versatility as a student and friend is comparable to the versatility of crepes as a food - vast and profound.

In this exclusive interview, I talked with my little, Tarah, about her new initiation into Kappa Kappa Psi as well as her experiences in band throughout her life. She started off playing piano when she was six and continued playing until her senior year of high school. However, somewhere along the way she decided her life was a little too quiet, so she began learning the drums. Shortly before beginning middle school, she ultimately decided that she wanted to play french horn and now plays in the Wind Symphony at OSU. Tarah would be the first to admit that she is very nerdy when it comes to band; but then again, the little doesn’t fall far from the KKPsi family tree. Her favorite parts of the education process were memorizing the Greek alphabet and learning about the symbolism behind the values we share as brothers.

An intelligent and hardworking student, Tarah articulates her opinions and stories very well. Overall, when asked about how she has enjoyed Oregon State so far - including marching band, pep band, concert ensemble, and Kappa Kappa Psi - she replied with a simple, but profound thought: “I like it.”

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BAND MEMORY?

One time in band, we were playing Incantation and Dance, there is this part where some instruments have a funky melody and my band director walked back and whispered to one of the percussionists and told him to put a funk beat to the song. But no one knew that he said that so we started playing and it was so funny. We couldn’t play because we were laughing so hard.

One time, at WIBC, a group of my band was waiting for a bus that our director was driving and we gave everyone a part in Harry Potter puppet pals and we performed the whole thing for him on the bus. He didn’t even comment on it.

HOW WAS IT HEARING ABOUT KKPSI FROM YOUR SISTER AND NOW BEING IN THE FRATERNITY YOURSELF?

It was exciting because she couldn’t tell me that much, so I was intrigued by it. Actually being in it outdid my expectations because she couldn’t tell me everything.

HOW HAVE YOU ENJOYED YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR SO FAR? I like it.

FAVORITE EDUCATION CLASS?

I really liked learning the Greek alphabet, and learning about the symbology behind the different values we share as brothers.

FAVORITE FOOD?

At the current moment, crepes. Breakfast crepes, lunch crepes, dinner crepes, dessert crepes - they’re all good.

SPIRIT ANIMAL?

Um, probably, a...shoot...okay so, the reason...spinner dolphin.

EMBARRASSING (BAND) MEMORY?

For AP music theory, we wrote a composition and had our band play it. I didn’t really think about people actually playing it, but hadn’t had anyone look over the woodwind parts, and i had written staccato 16th notes for the oboe part.

I was the drum major and I was in front of the band and had a mic so I could hear the band director and talk to the percussions. Mine stopped working and it clipped to my uniform and I was wearing a shirt underneath. Our uniforms zipped in the back. My band director reached in my uniform to get the mic and it was in front of like 300 people at the parade.. It wasn’t weird until I thought about it later and he told my mom to not be concerned if she had people telling her that my band director reached down my shirt.

WHEN DID YOU START PLAYING FRENCH HORN? WAS IT YOUR FIRST INSTRUMENT?

I played piano from when I was 6 or 7 to 12th grade, and then I played percussion (drumset) from when I was 9 until I was in 5th grade, so like a year. Then I started playing french horn in 6th grade. I wanted to play trombone for a super long time and then about 2 weeks before I had to pick, I played both and decided to play french horn.

FAVORITE HARRY POTTER CHARACTER? Favorite - Luna. If I could be one, I’d be Ginny.

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The brass family dominates membership with over 55% initiates? That’s like... quite jaw-dropping, you know.

OF COURSE...

There is some love being represented by both woodwinds and percussion sections!

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DID YOU KNOW...

In addition to the majority of initiates being brass players, many are also freshman too!

What Year Are YOU?

BUT... DID YOU KNOW...

That you can also become part of KKPsi at any time in your college career? We welcome many who have a sincere passion for music and service—any age, any time.

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DID YOU KNOW...

It’s quite amazing to know that not all members of the Theta chapter are necessarily music majors per say; in fact, many of our members are into many different disciplines!

ALL MAJORS OF INITIATES

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HEY! DON’T FORGET STATES TOO! Not everyone who is in KKPsi is from Corvallis (or Oregon), you know....

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KNOW A FELLOW BAND MEMBER COMING TO OREGON STATE? Don’t forget to tell them all about KKPsi!

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Now while we’re on the subject of what’s your major, what’s your year, etc., let’s talk about our favorite animals!

Go Beavs!

FAVORITE ANIMALS

Now of course, not everyone’s favorite animal is a beaver, and that’s okay.

But hey, Go Beavs?

ONE MORE THING...

THE SONG OF A JOURNEY JOSEPH DANTES

Who knew I would become so attached to music, that I would make so many relationships with so many different people through it. Even though this is only my first year here a freshman, I’ve had more fun than I’ve ever had in band, and was able to meet some very awesome people, not only in my section but just all over the band. Music has helped me out so much in life, whether that be getting me pumped in the locker room before a football game, relax after a long day, be an idiot with my friends and do this thing we think is “dancing”, and make relationships that will last a lifetime. The funny thing about all of this is, I didn’t even think I was going to love it this much; back in 5th grade I think I chose it because my school didn’t really have anything else and it sounded like fun (I originally wanted to play trumpet, saxophone, or tuba, because those were the only ones I knew). My band director decided to put me on trombone instead, but that was the turning point for me. Ever since then music has been the most essential part of my life, and even though I’m not the most musically inclined, talented, or even know all this stuff about it as music majors/professional musicians do, I still love it, I still live it, it makes me feel, it makes me think, it makes me happy.

Who knew I would become so attached to music?

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