Chapter News Steinbrenner Donates to New Ohio State Band Complex by Brian Clark ΚΚΨ Eta Chapter Ohio State University
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he Ohio State University Marching Band as well as the Eta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and the Chi Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma ended the year 8999 receiving excellent news Ohio State had been working on a :EL million stadium renovation includ3 ing a F million band room for the marching and athletic bands The athletic department which has long been a supporter of the band contributed nearly 8 million to the project enough to build the outer shell to house the band It fell to the College of the Arts and the marching band along with our chapters alumni and “good friends” of the band to raise the rest of the money and to cover any cost overruns At our pregame Skull Session on November :E the OSUMB introduced its : F million benefactor to the public: “The Boss ” George Steinbrenner George Steinbrenner’s New York Yankees have their AAA affiliate the Clippers in Columbus and he has a box in OSU’s Schottenstein Center Steinbrenner made the donation in the name of his wife Joan Zieg Steinbrenner a graduate of OSU who grew up in Co3 lumbus The facility now officially the Joan Zieg Steinbrenner Band Center is expected to be completed early this year It will feature 88 999 square feet on two floors and the actual re3 hearsal room size will be more than doubled from 8 899 square feet to F 999 square feet Joan Zieg Steinbrenner has long been a fan of the band and music program at Ohio State Eta and Chi both presented the Steinbrenners with several gifts including a marching band jacket several sets of practice grays and other OSU band merchandise Eta and Chi will each have a small space for storage in the new complex and space for display in the complex as well They and the band expect to move into the new facility by the end of the school year
est service projects that the chapter has ever had But this was not a project that was only worked on for one week by the chapter Iota Pi’s involvement in WASBE started one year prior to the conference Chapter members attended meetings of the San Luis Obispo WASBE Organizing Committee in order to work as closely as possibly with the school and the community in mak3 ing this international conference a major success Iota Pi also worked closely with their sponsor and past president of WASBE William V Johnson This allowed for greater involvement in the conference and the opportunity for chapter members to meet the legendary musicians of wind music Iota Pi also ex3 tended its involvement in the university and the community by playing a major role in this conference Iota Pi kept themselves extremely busy throughout the week They opened the week by hosting a beach barbecue for the California State University Intercollegiate Wind Orchestra with the help of brothers and sisters from CSU Fresno (Iota Alpha KKPsi Eta Omega TBS) After the fun evening of food bon3 fires games and socializing the work had to begin The week became a time of set changes and hosting which were vital to the smooth operations of an international conference The two biggest undertakings that Iota Pi had was to be the overall host to each of the sixteen bands and ensembles that were visiting Cal Poly Each performing group had their own setup instrumentation and needs for their performance (along with their own language!) and Iota Pi was there for them Chap3 ter members set up residence and considered the band office a second home (isn’t it always?!) that week to make sure that operations were running smoothly and that the bands had ev3 erything they needed Due to the dedication of these brothers the city of San Luis Obispo and thousands of visitors were to hear some of the greatest music ever written for wind bands Now that WASBE is WASbe Iota Pi looks back on one of the most wonderful crazy busy stressful and fun weeks that the chapter has ever had and knows that every moment was worth it Iota Pi was able to extend their band service to a whole new level and by participating extended the reaches the goals and the ideals of the fraternity to band members throughout the world
Iota Pi Helps Make WASBE a Success
Celebrating LF Years of Broth3 erhood
by Alissa “Bueller” Aune ΚΚΨ Iota Pi Chapter California Polytechnic State University
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lfred Reed Frederick Fennell These are the big names of our passion our livelihood our fun and our music These two men along with hundreds of other composers educators and musicians were on hand for the ninth international confer3 ence of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and En3 sembles (WASBE) The conference took place from July F to July :: in San Luis Obispo California The majority of the con3 ference took place at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo So who else would they call on for help but the brothers of Iota Pi 3 Kappa Kappa Psi? Brothers returned from their summer vacations to face one of the larg3
28—The PODIUM, Spring 2001
by Amy Wells and Sara Patrick University of Michigan
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n :P8F the United State’s economy was riding high the Great Depression had not yet begun World War I was still the war to end all wars and the trial of the century was State of Ten3 nessee vs Scopes for teaching evolution in the classroom On June :8 :P8F under the direction of Robert Campbell twenty dedicated band members at the University of Michigan founded the thirteenth chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi: Nu Since the be3 ginning Nu has continued to grow in brotherhood and share the love of music through service The year 8999 commemo3 rated Nu’s seventy3fifth year as a chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi
