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Show The Tfuinderbird Monday, April 16, 1984 Page 13 SUSC seeks funds for band hats An anonymous donor has agreed to match any donation to the uniform fund for SUSCs planned ceremonial band, and, as a result, the college is seeking 60 people willing to donate $150 each to finish outfitting the band. The band,Nscheduled to make British-styl- e its campus debut next year under the direction of Professor Dennis Bacon, will be patterned after the famed ceremonial bands of Great Britain, complete with scarlet tunics and black trousers with gold trim. But a major stumbling block (which threatened to put the band out of business before it got started) is the need to complete the uniform with the traditional bearskin hat a necessity if the band is to be regarded as authentic and be accepted into the first rank of ceremonial the British-typ- e bands, the aim of the college. We searched throughout the United States for bearskin hats and found they are not available in this country at all, states David Nyman, head of the music department. There are some synthetic bearskin hats but they are obviously imitations, not nearly as attractive or durable as the real bearskins, and it is the real bearskin hat the seperates the bands from being authentic and not authentic. We wanted our new band to be among the elite band corps from its bery beginning since it will make it s easier to recruit the musicians the band will require. Without an American source for the hats, we were forced to communicate with British manufacturers and were shocked to learn that bearskin caps in England sell for $800 each. Of course we could never have justified such an expenditure, Nyman adds. We were very disappointed because the hats are essential to our creating a first-rat- e band, one that would compare to its British counterparts in every way, Nyman says. But we told the manufacturers we would be unable to obtain funding for so expensive a hand accessory. They then suggested we consider purchasing restored bearskin hats that cost about half what the new hats costs, but that was even too much. But then we received this offer from a donor interested in seeing us develop such a band of special caliber at SUSC. He said he would pay for half the cost of each hat if we could raise the money for the other half. So that put us back in business. SUSC Department of Theatre and Dance presents a new comedy by A.R. Gurney, Jr. Directed by Douglas H. Baker Costumes and Sets by S. Stiglinski Lights by Todd D. Ross first-clas- 1904 0:00 p.m. SUSC Auditorium Box office open 5 p.m. now as seating weekdays or phone fjLpril 17-2- 1, 1-- Make your reservations is limited for this funny and moving play. THE DINING ROOM is presented by special permission with Dramatist Play Service Inc. 001 586-707- 6 SUSC Students free wI.D. |