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year's band can live up to the name of "The Solid Gold Sound".
Solid Gold Sound'' Celebrates UCLA's Golden Anniversary
A huge band means more work for Psi and Epsilon Kappa Chapters. We are off to a fine start and are attempting to make this year the best year for our chapters and the entire band program. We began our band camp activities by providing each member of the band with name plates. This served the purpose of getting the band members and band staff acquainted . We also held our annual KK'IJFTBL band barbecue, which was a great success. Everyone was quite satisfied. Believe me, it isn't easy to feed three hundred hungry band members! Other activities for this year include many special gigs. We often perform for clubs and parties of celebrities. This is not only an easy way to earn money, but a good way to represent the UCLA band as a whole . Both Psi and Epsilon Kappa are in the process of forming pledge classes and enthusiasm is contagious. By being enthusiastic in serving the band we are able to attract many candidates. This is evidenced by the considerable growth of our chapter memberships in the past few years. Public appearances for the UCLA band include its annual trip to the San Francisco Bay. There it will perform at both the UCLA-Stanford game and at a San Francisco 49' ers football.game. This will be followed by an appearance at a Los Angeles Ram game. There is no other appearance, however, that would satisfy "The Solid Gold Sound" than a trip to the Rose Bowl on Tanuary 1. It would be most fitting for UCLA's golden year.
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by Steve Watanabe It is perhaps fitting that on UCLA's 50th anniversary "The Solid Gold Sound" of the UCLA band is at its very best. It is certainly the largest band in the school's fifty year history. In 1929, a southern branch of the University of California was founded here in Los Angeles. In its 50 years here, UCLA has grown considerably both in size and prestige. The fifty year history of UCLA has also seen the growth of one of the finest band programs. The golden anniversary celebration began in late spring. With many dignitaries on hand , the band participated in the flag raising ceremony of the golden year flag. Activities resumed in the fall with a special evening outdoor presentation of UCLA's fifty year history integrated with a spectacular light show. The band was present to perform at the presentation. This was all followed up by a fireworks display. The band also took part in a 50 year "monster piano extravaganza". Twelve pianos were set up on the Royce
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Hall stage and forty of the nation's finest pianists were here to perform. The band joined the pianists in the finale, marching on stage playing "Stars and Stripes Forever" . The highlight of our summer was an appearance at the annual nationwide Chili Cook-off which was held on Santa Catalina Island, a resort island located off the southern California coast. We not only enjoyed the festivities , but we were able to sample some of the fine chili. Mmmm. Our band camp concluded in late September. We have over 120 new band members, which means we are now 300 strong. 306 to be exact. This is by far the largest band in our school's history. The popularity of the band has increased tremendously due to its frequent appearances on and off-campus. The band is also the main catalyst in drumming up school spirit. The biggest challenge of operating a band this large is getting it to p lay and perform smoothly. Because of the fine leadetship of Director Kelly Jam ~s and Assistant Director Brian Goforth this
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To the Brotherhood by Dr. David L. Oakley KK'I!r National Vice-President
We have recently _concluded a very satisfying national convention. The house is in order and the fraternity is solvent in fiscal and operational matters and seems unified in its goals. The Vice President is charged with expansion. Not only does this mean new chapters, but it means trying to re-colonize at schools where the chapters have gone defunct. It means a great deal of work for a lot of persons who must be dedicated to the purposes of Kappa Kappa Psi and who can visualize beyond tradition to new roles that the Fratetnity can assume. One of these new roles, that of alumni chapters, began to crystalize into a workable form at the past
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convention. At UCLA we began to ask the definition of a band and at Georgia Tech we asked what an active is. In short whom does Kappa Kappa Psi serve and to what end? It was my pleasure as your SecretaryTreasurer to see the indebtedness disappear under the skillful national office management of Tom Sirridge. Now as the Vice-President, whose concern is expansion, I would like to see the reactivation of inactive chapters and the development of new chapters. But first we've got to do a little market research. We must understand the factors that seem to accompany strong chapters and try to identify the factors that seem to be associated with weak chapters. Accordingly, I began with a questionnaire -which was sent to your -10-
chapter with the Newsnotes from National. It will be very important to the expansion program if we can get as much data as possible. Please, Brother Chapter President, make sure you return your form. It is a measuring device that can be most helpful in guiding me, the dis· trier governors, and each of you when we come to the task of understanding the potential a school may have for a chap· ter of Kappa Kappa Psi. To each of you I wish a most produc· rive and enjoyable biennium. Fraternally, Dr. David L. Oakley National Vice-President, Kappa Kappa Psi
