MSU musicians: band By MARTY SOMMERNESS > At 3:30 p.m. last whatsoever. Be that State News Band Writer Friday, six as it may, ethnocentric Spartan bias a- The band was correct in their back - firing band - the Head 'em up and move 'em transporting trip was a gas. gainst anything Irish, the mu¬ belief. MSU buses left East out. Let's saddle Lansing Luggage for the bandsmen's sicians actually believed that The outcome of the halftime up boys, it's and trundled their time to ride. merry way Friday night stay in Portage, ". . . Spartan teams are bound battle of the bands also was toward the University of Notre Mich., uniform bags, instru¬ to win ." The band actually Traveling with the 250 - . . Dame, while I vainly tried to ment cases and assorted food never a question in the minds of member believed the MSU football the Spartan Marching scribble down notes in containers were strewn inside Spartan musicians (inclu¬ Band to an away football my squad that had been humiliated game reporter's notebook of what a the lurching bus loaded with ding the cynical cranium of this is in the season opener against a hybrid cross between a band trip is like. "MSU Fight Song" - trumpet - toting journalist.) Cook's tour "cattle drive" and a singing Ohio State could beat the tradi¬ As far as the Spartan musi¬ It's hard to take notes in a students. tion and talent laden Irish cians were concerned, raiding expedition with a hard - bouncing moving vehicle that The band members did not - any band core clan of musicians. athletes who haunt South Bend, that wears blue uniforms could has no suspension just sing the song. With system an Ind. (continued on page 5) evPv" POP ENTERTAINMENT * 1975 tiri& October 20th... COMING XJIE=>: THE tim SPINNERS weisberg isro"v 13 oct. 15 SISOd 1VOO 3H1 NMOQ ON1HV31 MSU bond strides (continued from page 5) makes you feel part of some¬ The raiding party to Notre another formances with vocal groups, high school football with chanted (ignored) re¬ thing — you're not like all the Dame was not the Spartan game and stay the night in the dividing into mini - bands for other freshmen on campus," Band's only trip this season. homes of townspeople. The each portion of the stadium and quests for the driver to stop at a beer store. Whenever the Brown said. "Being a freshman Earlier in the year, the musi¬ next day, the band will ride to broadcasting special pre - re¬ vehicle would swerve around a band member you go through a cians traveled to Eaton Rapids corded music over the sta¬ Minneapolis, Minn., to perform corner, the would - be football lot of hell, but I think it's worth where they performed at a high at the MSU - Minnesota game. dium's public address system it." school football game. Sunday, have all been used in perfor¬ players collapsed into a tangled mess of arms, legs and heads. The well - worn bus, with its the band will go to Pontiac to Win, lose or draw on the mances at Spartan Stadium and The celebrating band - jocks satiated occupants, seemed to perform at the halftime of the football field, the Spartan Band away games. were a diverse group with one backfire a sigh of relief as it Detroit Lions — Chicago Bears always provides the best possi¬ Before or after providing the thing in common: an intense parked in front of the Music contest. After the appearance ble in halftime entertainment. best in halftime entertainment, loyalty to the Spartan Band. Building about 9:30 p.m. Satur¬ at the Pontiac Metropolitan Refusing to be stifled by the the entertainers entertain "I love it," said drummer day. stadium is completed, the mechanics of an ordinary mar¬ themselves in novel manners on Pete Turkus, 28, who first As people collected their be¬ group will help dedicate a new ching band, the directors of the the buses. As I said, the trip entered the band in 1965. longings and trudged off into high school auditorium in Troy. Spartan Band in the past have was a gas. Turkus, who left MSU in 1967 the dark to continue their cele¬ The musicians will travel to experimented with new ways Go state, beat Michigan — I for a stint in the U.S.Air Force, bration, an upperclassman bar¬ Clear Lake, Iowa Oct. 17, to entertain the crowds — want to take a trip (with the rejoined the band in 1970 after ked out an order to the bus's where they will perform at band) to the Rose Bowl. synthesizers, rock bands, per¬ his military service. He has younger riders: "Freshmen — been kick - stepping with the either you clean this bus or best ever since. we'll clean you in the river!" "I have extended my college The bus was cleaned. career as long as is inhumanly possible in order to extend my fall terms," he said. If he was independently wealthy, Turkus said he would do nothing but be a continuous member of the marching band. 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Lansing (Across from Union) 9:00-5:30 3326517 t\V.it!!i*«iU»UUUlSU A 76-yard dash i (continued from page 3) team's morale I went right through the line. cloud-high, like sedated. ers, Wilson was pulled from the made it in so nothing else could, Wilson said. "I just did not college ball. Spencer, Cobb and Croxton did get the bench to meet the action once Along with lifting the morale, breaks," Wilson said without again. "Tony Dorset, Mike Jones, an excellent job on the line, Wilson's confidence defeat. they all made it. Now I feel like emerged However, he still "Denny was Duffy's assistant holding Notre Dame. Then I like a solid jet stream that I'm up there with them ran and ran," Wilson said. managed to total 256 running when I was recruited, and he again," never before sliced the the 6-foot sky. yards that year despite the always said he knew I could do running back said. Wilson ran and ran, and ran Except for his winning touch¬ breaks that never showed up. it. He had patience. I've come more. Until Bradley nabbed down in MSU's triumph over In the off-season, him Last year Wilson was listed a long way back," Wilson said. "Ty" plays forcing him out of bounds Syracuse in 1973, he could claim as a probable starter a lot of pick-up basketball at the at the four. but a "And these past two weeks I've no other achievement in his Men's I.M., likes to pulled hamstring and thigh got it all together. But I'm only get into "I caught a glimpse of Brad¬ good card games and Spartan career. muscle again added tedious at three-fourths of just ley at the ten. He was there, Freshman year Wilson was a irritation to a man who should my poten¬ placidly cruise around. and my legs would not run tial That run was only a start." any disappointed man, having to sit be in top physical shape. more, and I went down," Wil¬ out because he failed to take Running 199 yards total in "I like going places by my¬ Wilson played little last year, the last two games, Wilson son recalled. the Scholastic self, places that other people Achievement while Stolz played go "But I knew I had done younger looks like a probable starter for with a bunch of tests and a few other red tape backs in his place. the remainder of the season. people. And something good. We all wanted turmoil. sometimes I just like to watch Due to player after player Of his entire high school to win that game so bad," the movies on T.V. and be His sophomore year Wilson peace¬ being injured in practice or Ail-American team, Wilson said ful," the grinning back said, drawing out suffered two sprained ankles carted off the field easy-going athlete the "so" slowly. on stretch¬ he was the only one who hadn't said. and other minor but irritating Winning the game lifted the injuries that kept his spirits YOUR RED CARPET OADE'S PARTY STORE STAY ON THE Rt&HT When you think of M.S.U., you think of Beaumont 3EK Tower, homework, people, parties...and Oade'si Oade's is your Red Carpet for the party but the Party Store with everything people. At M.S.U., Oade's is in synonmous with parties, we've been students for 35 years with our the taking care of outstanding service and largest coolers in town! Come in and get it together for your game day! Copy courtesy WVIC radio. 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The ious to the green pastures golden dome." show caused the bandsmen to victory march after the game The bus trip back to East chant "Hail Mary, full of very thought of such a defeat beside the still waters of the when it high - stepped across grace, was a heinous crime. After all, Red Cedar River without en¬ Lansing was a continuous par¬ Notre Dame ain't the place." how else could the bandsmen campus to a reception given by ty. Drink and food containers countering any violence. Pandemonium reigned in the the Irish band. During the covered the floor, victorious justify their hours of blood, The entire time the Spartan march, the band celebrated the party-on-wheels bus. People sweat and tears spent on the Band was in South Bend, whe¬ whoops of joy filled the air and swung from seat to seat by Landon Field drill area if they victory by playing the "MSU ecstatic band members ther enroute to a concert, a staged a hanging from ceiling handrails. did not consider their Fight Song" within sight of the reenactment of the game in the "The Victors" was product meal or in performance at golden dome. The musicians aisle of the bus. sung with top - notch? Notre Dame Stadium, police also readied themselves for nonsense words in 3/4 time. To reinforce their beliefs in The outcome of the game and Pleas for the bus officers on foot, in patrol cars their next contest by chanting - driver to the Irish audience's favorable drive faster were yelled, Spartan supremacy, the band or on motorcycles provided "Go state, beat Michigan." along members in the bus I was escort reception of the Saturday mor¬ (continued on page 6) protection. The long - After mingling with the lo¬ riding, often sang peculiar ver¬ time MSU - Notre Dame rivalry sions of "The Notre Dame is one that has produced violent sers, we hopped aboard our buses and headed for home. Victory March," 'The Victors" PRIME RIB side effects from time to time. - A bandsman, chortling as he and "Buckeye Battlecry" — Luckily, the violence remained changed from his sweat soak¬ - versions with lyrics which were on the football field, enabling ed uniform into a t - shirt and somewhat derogatory to those the Spartans to hand the Irish a blue jeans, summed up the Spartan opponents. The musicians did not leave their victory - to - be to chance. is f he Word Just before the buses left MSU, changes in pre - game and half - time show music and routines were announced, in order to conform to time limitations. AT Enroute to Portage, where the band would perform at a high school football game, band members noted the chan¬ the it's Superb! ges in routines by writing the changes in their music and then singing through the tunes se¬ veral times to make certain everyone understood where the new routines started and stop¬ TWO SIDES OF ped. sal While the in was - transit rehear¬ being conducted, fresh¬ GOOD VISION men band members performed At CO-OPTICAL. For the best in optical care, frames, lenses, 6810 S.Cedar their traditional chores of sup¬ & contacts, see us today. There are two sides ph. 694-8144 of good vision. at 1-96 plying upperclassmen with Reservations Wow in Brookfield Plaza. munchies and polishing veteran Welcome marchers' shoes to Mon. SThurs. high - gloss Dr. James Nixon, 30 I AM -4PM. 5PM-8:30PM shines. Optometrist To»s.,W«d.f Fri. The band stayed overnight 9AM 1 PM, 2-5PM - 351-5330 Sat., 9 AM to Noon Friday with families in Portage after performances that wowed the high school football fans into several standing ovations. Saturday morning, following a hurried drill, the Spartan horde departed for Notre Dame, with freshmen repolishing shoes CATCH ALL THE GAMES dirtied the night before. When the bus I was riding entered the valley of the sha¬ dow of the golden dome, the ACTION OVER AND OVER band members feared no evil. Since Sparty was their shep¬ WITH FILM herd, they prepared a perfor¬ mance in the presence of their BY enemies by flinging open the bus windows and singing the KODAK "MSU Fight Song" until they FUJI AGFA ILF0RD Tyrone still a r By PEGGY GOSSETT career where he said televsion State News Sports Writer and media moguls were after When it comes right down to him quite a lot for interviews. his running—a phenomenal 76- Duffy Daugherty finally co¬ yard dash on Notre Dame turf erced Wilson to come to MSU last Saturday—Tyrone Wilson and hopefully the retired MSU maintains he is still the same imp of a coach was watching dedicated fullback that he was Saturday to see his recruit at 11 years old. mark off 76 yards to set up the It's not the sudden glory, the winning play of the game. wearing of the hero's shoes Though 59,000 fans wit¬ (with cleats), or gaining 50,000 nessed Wilson's spurt, he never overnight friends that puts the even heard the roaring crowds. giggling glint-in Tyrone's big "No, man, I just ran. It's brown eyes. It's feeling that his something in my body that padlocked potential for fantas¬ makes me run. Sort of an tic football is beginning to instinct that excelerates me, a emerge, that sitting out his feeling that I've known as a freshman year and riding the running back since I started CREDITS tides of his sophomore and playing at 11 years old," Wilson Photos: cover, p. 3 and 7 junior years was finally worth carefully explained. it. "I'm still the same guy. I'm Wilson said that he just did not run out of gas at the four by Robert Kozloff; Kaye. p. 2 by Bob I would also like to thank the BURGH _ „ A„ always going to be," the 209- pound MSU-t-shirted athlete said. "I got a lot of telegrams yardline, but that Dame's Luther Bradley caught his tail. Notre people who made this issue possible: our advertising de¬ partment (it was their idea), KING SATURDAY ® after the game, a lot of publicity "I outran the first bunch of Jerry Dunn and the people who but that doesn't make me (Notre Dame) linemen," Wilson any pasted it together and especial¬ different." said, explaining that he cut ly the people who wrote the Have It Being The Most Valuable straight through a hole in the stories. Thank-you Marty Som- Player in all of Pennsylvania, line, then cut right to the merness for your look at the and an All-American in high school, Tyrone said he got used sideline. "You have to watch the offensive linemen to tell band, Peggy Gossett for talking to Tyrone Wilson and Ellen Your Way to the attention that being a where to run. The key is the Sponseller for your wonderful winner brings. 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"I think one girl got a other ways than tearing down The they would only use in an falling iron goal post would be concussion and a broken arm winning touchdown is the stadium. emergency. scored just as the last precious "Those posts just extremely dangerous to anyone two years ago from a falling aren't on the field. seconds on the clock run out. made to climb on," said Gene The posts are aluminum be¬ goal post. The fans are clapping and "I guess the fans don't care Kenney, MSU asst. athletic cause ones made out of iron "Really, the aluminum ones who a goal post hits as long as it yelling in the aisles. The director in charge of facilities. would require a derrick to lift are dangerous enough," Ken¬ isn't them," Kenney said. players are smiling and patting 'They're not going to stand up each other on the back as under 50 people hanging onto they trot off the field. Everyone is the 'U'. They'll just turn on nodding and saying what a good their side and bend if everyone game it was as they head is pulling on them." toward the exits. Kenney said he did not know Now the real fun begins. exactly how much goal posts Ah, the challenge of dashing <: s-ot cost these days, but that they , past the field security guards to probably run between $3000 to the tall goal posts that reach to $5000 for a pair. the sky. The breathless leap to MSU has not had to buy any grasp the smooth white surface new goal posts in the last few and stay up while thousands of years, even though rambunc¬ desperados try to cling to your tious students assaulted goal \ pants leg and pull you off the posts two years in a row-ifter summit into the screaming tasting Ohio State blood. masses! The deep thrill that Thrifty MSU officials welded shudders down to your toes as and rebuilt the posts and stuck * the post, groaning under the them back on the field. weight of tangled bodies, bends "We just pieced them togeth¬ slowly to the ground amid er and made two good goal cheers and cries of victory! posts out of the four bad ones," Almost as exciting as the Kenney said. game, huh? Early goal posts were made Well, there are probably out of wood and shaped like an cheaper — and safer — ways to "H", with two poles supporting vent your ecstasy after we win the frame. Modern posts are on Saturday then bending the usually shaped like a "U" with goal posts, hoping to grab a only one pole supporting the souvenir piece of aluminum to frame. show your grandchildren. Spartan Stadium also has the And MSU officials would more old-fashioned "H" posts in Lesson 1: The tape medium possesses many High-quality advantages over phonograph records. Tape VU meter cassettes ore at least as convenient to use and store as records. And, unlike records, they don't easily collect dust, get scratched, or The 5- Heavy-duty transport mechanism otherwise lose sound quality. Fast forward Usson 2: With a cassette deck and relatively course in Tape bias equalization swit equally fast rewind I inexpensive blank cassettes, it's easy to make your own recordings. From FM broadcasts, from your friends' records, even from live performances. In a very short time, savings in cassette record purchases olone may permit you to recoup your initial investment in cassette equipment. decks. Dolby in-out switch/ Lesson 3: With cassettes, it is now possible to obtain sound that has as wide a frequency Umo" 6= cassette decks now on the range, and is as low in tope hiss or other market were intentionally made complicated extraneous noise as what you'd expect from an look'n9in the belief that such appearance Lessen 9: Some cassette recorders are far" open reel tape deck. would increase their sales appeal. The Advent more rugged and dependable than others. The 201, on the other hand, is devoid of needless Advent 201, made entirely in the United Lesson 4: The first cassette deck capable of gadgetry. It not only looks simple to use, it is States, is one of the most dependable audio delivering such performance is the Advent extremely simple to use. Lesson 7 is a prime devices we know of. In addition, since 201. Today the Advent 201 delivers sound instanceofthis. introducing it. Advent has consistently made that is virtually indistinguishable from live lesson 7: The Advent 201 has Volkswagen type improvements in the 201, to sources, FM broadcasts, phonograph records, a superior make it still 201 more reliable even easier and more or from the sound delivered by far more metering system. Much easier to use than fun to use. Leu on 12: You can, of course, use) expensive cassette decks. conventional systems. It monitors both stereo Advent 201 to play the large existing library of" channels at once-measures the higher of the Lesson 10: One of the problems with cassette great recorded music now on the market. Lesson 5: The Advent 201 is the first cassette ,wo s,ereo ""P0*5 so 0510 immediately detect recording has been the jamming of cassettes. deck to employ integrated Dolby B noise an overload before it can ruin what The Advent 201 feotures complete mechanical you're Tour final exam is a single essay question, reduction circuitry. But this is not the only recording disengagement in the event of a jammed What is the simplest, most ungadgety, most reason for its superlative cassette. This prevents tope spillage than can ' rugged and most reliable, best sounding performance. The 201 also uses the new ultro-wide Lesson I: There are now cassette decks on the turn an otherwise frequency salvageable cassette into a cassette tape recorder on the market today? chromium dioxide tapes developed in market costing as much as SI ,000 and more, hopeless mess. conjunction with Advent by DuPont. And the Nonetheless, it is virtually impossible to detect Congratulations. Here's your diploma. Bring it 201 has been so thoughtfully designed that it differences between the performance of the Lesson 11: One of our HI Fl BUYS audio experts into any Sound of Music store listed below, for is virtually impossible to moke bad recordings $339. 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