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New director tunes musicians into competitive form

By Nicole Bostwick basketball games there were two
The consequence for showing pep bands, A and B. Usually one
I wasn't football or track, but band. bands also travel. Duringthesum-
would play but they both did at
up late for practice was pushups,
big, important games.
ten for every minute late! No, this
Besides playing at school, the
Just one way for new band director
mer of 89' they went to Disney
Shane Macklin to assure that band
World in Florida said Dusek. Two
students were on time for 7 a.m.
bus loads of band members rode
practices during marching season.
The idea definitely worked Sen­
all the way to Florida for a week's
ior Brian Dusek said. In his eighth
stoppi ng few ti mes to eat Soph more
year in band playing trumpet and
his fifth year at Ralston, Dusek had stay, sleeping on the buses and
Paul Pleskach said. They marched
seen his share of band instructors. through the Disney Parade and
Dusek said Macklin really pushed then had the rest of the day to i
the kids to do the best and nothing themselves. They also competed i
but the best. Macklin strived for in state at UNO and brought home i
excellence and pushed band an excellent rating which is band's
members to want it too. first in six years. Dusek said that it
Ralston had a number of bands is really hard to play and march at
I separated into seasons. There was the same time so doing well at state
the marching band for the fall sea­
made them very proud and deter­
son and playing fight songs for the mined to do even better.
football crowds. Also there was Freshman Band Member Julie
the symphony band which played Gibbs said she thinks they did so
for the remainder of the year. For well at state because of the new
director and the effort the band put
into their playingthrough hard work
with Macklin.

COLOR GUARD
Front Row: Jenny Jedlicka, Angie
Gutschewski, Juliane Gibbs,
Christy Weis, Carry Findeis Back
Row: Kim Eilers, Traci Grindle, Jill
Blacketer, Stacie Whitley