Wildcat Marching Band
‘The 1978 University of Kentucky “Wildcat” March-
jing Band numbers some 270 members from almost
every college of the University. The members come
from each geographical area of Kentucky and from
the states of Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Michigan, West Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, New
Jersey and Indiana.
Except for the two directors, the band is largely
student run, with group leaders and a section leader
for each instrument, a group of some twenty marching
assistants, a head flag, head mojorette, a percussion
head and coordinator, and on Executive Board of
elected officers.
The band began its rehearsals on August 20 with a
‘week of intensive practice of 9-10 hours per day, re-
verting when school began to a one hour rehearsal
each day at five o'clock,
— PREGAME —
The music for Pregame includes "People," “Another
Opening, Another Show”” and one of the marches
"Semper Fidelis” or ‘Band of America”, Pregame
also includes the traditional Marching “’K" and “On,
On, U of K”.
— HALFTIME —
The “Wildcat” Band draws from a variety of musical
idioms for its opening show of the year. The entrance
is Clifton William's “Fanfare and Allegro!’ from the
‘concert band literature. Chuck Mangione’s jazz-rock
hit “Feels So Good’ and a concert number of Earth,
Wind and Fire's, “Fantasy,” represent music in a more
popular vein. The exit music, drawn from the orches-
tral literature, is excerpts from the Scherzo and Finale
of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This particular show
will also be performed next week at the UK vs. Mary-
land game at College Park, Maryland.
Bond Staff
Director W. Harry Clarke
Assistant Director Gordon Henderson
Senior Assistant Owen Saylor
rum Major David Powell
Librarian Pet Dunnigan
Uniform Chairman Bab Abraham
Equipment Manager Jim Taylor
Field Manager ‘Michele Richardson
Head Majorette Leslie Burrus
Head Flagbearer Chan Shearer
President Joe Flanigan
VP for Alumni Eddie Willams
VP for History Jan Rose
VP for Social Affairs Loris Froedge
Treasurer “Tom Gravely
Secretary Debbie Shelton