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Show Entertainment Marching Band winds up season I ; t . : - r ' 't " rr,,"f"f ' The University Marching Band performed for Uie last time this season at Saturday's game with BYU, thus finishing what has been a successful but difficult season. The band is conducted by Dr. Forrest Stoll and Loel Hepworth, both of the Music Department, and is made up of 108 musicians, over half of whom are freshmen this year. Budget Cut In an interview last week Dr. Stoll explained the many reasons why this has been a hard year for the band, one or two of which are mentioned here. Just before the start of the school year the administration admin-istration cut off most of the band's funds in order to assimilate the 2 percent budget cut from the State Legislature. This meant that there would be no out of state trips for the band for the first time in many years. As it turned out, this was especially unfortunate unfor-tunate since Utah's game with Arizona State was televised regionally on ABC. "This is the first time I can ever remember a University's football team being televised and not having hav-ing its band there to perform at halftime," Dr. Stoll said. He went on to say that he was called by a representative of General Motors during the week before the game and told that the band was going to be judged as part of a national competition, the winning band to be invited to perform at the annual an-nual East-West Shrine game in December. Band Myth "I simply had to tell him we wouldn't be there," said Dr. Stoll. One myth about the band is that students are breaking down doors to get in and partake of all the glory. The truth is that the two directors spent a long summer recruiting new people, some of whom were not too enthusiastic, at least at first. Also, there is a lot of work involved in band work and very little glory. Dr. Stoll said that the band practices every day , n, MteaftJ . - ' .. . - Members of the Marching Band must put in they end up a successful but difficult season in many hard hours of practice to perfect their great form. marching style. Here at last Saturday's BYU game Photo by Steve Ford appreciate the contribution the band makes at games although most do not realize the amount of work involved. "We need student support," said Dr. Sloll, "we need to know tli at people want us to be there. We have an excellent band but it would be better if we got the support and cooperation we need". at 12:05 on the field near the dorms that the football team uses. This means that some students have to come to the Music Hall, lug a heavy tuba or other instrument instru-ment up to the field, practice and memorize patterns for a few minutes, min-utes, and then lug the instrument back to the Music Hall and go to ... ,1 TM J 11 tneir next ciass. iney uo mis every day all quarter, rain or shine, just for die chance to play approximately 9 minutes of music at four football games. This plus the fact that no one seems to care whether the band performs or not makes one wonder whether or not it is worth the trouble. Actually, most students do |