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Greetings LHAB!

I hope everyone had a great time atBand Day this year! Band Day 2005was a great success and I would like tothank all of the current and formerofficers, section leaders, drum majorsand other volunteers who gave theirtime and helped put together anotheroutstanding Blast from the Past.Thanks also to Dr. Carnochan and theLHB staff, TBS, KKY and all of themembers of LHB for all their assistanceand making the alumni feel welcome.

We had over 700 members participatingand many comments that the LHABsounded better than ever. Our tribute

to Mr. D went very well and both Mr.and Mrs. DiNino were very appreciativeof the honor.

We passed several milestones this pastyear with the 50th anniversary of thearrival of the DiNinos, Bertha andwomen in the band. We also finishedthe DiNino Chair, a majoraccomplishment by all of our membersand friends of LHB and LHAB.

Your LHAB officers have already metand are working hard on making nextyears Band Day even better. We arealso working on ways to makeregistration, spirit item sales, music andother activities run even smoother. The

date and game of Band Day 2006 isnot yet known. Whenever we find outthe date we will post it as soon aspossible so everyone can make plansto attend early.

For those in Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth,Houston and San Antonio, there will bea number of area playing opportunitiesthat will be coming up throughout theyear so look for messages from yourArea Representative and on the LHABwebsite. Your participation in suchevents is greatly appreciated. It earnsdonations to the scholarship fund andis also a lot of fun!

I am looking forward to serving asPresident of this fantastic organizationover the next year. We have a numberof exciting challenges and opportunitiesahead of us. Band Day 2006 will behere before we know it and throughoutthe upcoming year, your LHAB officersand I will work hard to build on the proudtradition that defines LHAB.

If you would like to volunteer your timeto the efforts of the officers or if you everhave any questions about the upcomingyears activities, please contact me orany of the other officers.

Have a wonderful holiday and a happynew year!

George MoxleyUTBAND1@aol.com2005-2006 PresidentLonghorn Alumni Band

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were married in Maui, Hawaii, andrather than transport us all out there,she offered to hire us to perform at areception at her house in Lexington.As Coral and Jim rode up in a horse-drawn carriage, our small (butenthusiastic!) group played TexasFight and Grandioso. We continuedon with March of the Longhorns whilethe horses eyed us nervously. Coralreports, I dont know if you could seethem, but when yall played March ofthe Longhorns, all 30 of our longhornsstarted stampeding towards the barn!IT WAS PERFECT!!!! When I get thepictures developed, I will definitelyupload some onto the website. Wefinished up with The Eyes and anotherrendition of Texas Fight. Afterwards,we submitted to photos with andwithout the happy couple, thenproceeded to eat, drink (non-alcoholicbeverages), and be merry, then droveback to town. Coral and her familywere very pleased and Coralpresented us with a nice $150.00donation. Thanks to those who madethe trip to Lexington, and especiallyto Moton Crockett for conducting andchauffeuring.

October 14: UT Club Pep Rally forColorado. Our third pep rally before ahome game. We had a good turnout,and an enthusiastic crowd. Our BassDrum section increased by 100%, asboth J.P. Kirksey and Dr. CoralNoonan-Terry were there to providethe heartbeat. Thanks to JohnFleming for conducting.

October 15: UT Alumni Center. Theunveiling of the Fetzer sculpture tookplace on Saturday, October 15, at theUT Alumni Center. We had about 15people show up for the event, whichis a good turnout. We playedGrandioso and Wabash as the peoplecame outside, and then played TheEyes and Taps after the unveiling. Wethen played Grandioso, March of theLonghorns, and Taps as the crowddispersed. Thanks to Bill Haehnel andJohn Fleming for conducting.

October 21: UT Club Pep Rally forTexas Tech. Our fourth pep rallybefore a home game. We had around

Austin Area Rep Report

Fall 2005

Since the last report, the Austin-areaLHAB members have supported thefollowing activities:

June 11: Cheryl Haber Birthday. JimHaber asked us to do another surprisebirthday performance for his wife,Cheryl. We gathered in a nearby parkand wandered over to their house. Jimtold his wife there was someone at thedoor for her, and when she came out,we launched into Texas Fight. Weproceeded to butcher Grandioso,March of the Longhorns, The Eyes,and Texas Fight. A number ofneighbors emerged to see what all theruckus was about, and one them whowas a Cornhusker even did the HookEm gesture! Cheryl was touched andpleased, and Jim gave us a nice$225.00 donation. Thanks to MotonCrockett for conducting the great folkswho turned out for this.

September 2: UT Club Pep Rally forU La-La. We resumed playing for thepep rallies at the UT Club the Fridaybefore each home game. We had areally good turnout - there must havebeen four trombones, which is prettymuch unheard-of. We sequencedthrough Taps, Grandioso, March of theLonghorns, Wabash, The Eyes, andTaps again. Thanks to Moton Crockettfor conducting.

September 17: UT Club Pep Rally forRice. Our second pep rally before ahome game. Turnout was a little less,due to the Alumni Band Meeting at theBand Hall at the same time, but wehad a decent turnout and made a lotof noise doing the traditionals. Thanksagain to Moton Crockett forconducting.

September 18, 2005: Lexington,Texas: Reception for Dr. CoralNoonan and her husband. CoralNoonan was the featured twirler for theLHB for 8 full years, as she workedher way through the academic systemto earn her Ph.D degree in EducationalAdminstration. She and her husband

25 folks (3 trombones and 7 trumpets!)turn out to chat, eat and drink for thisevent. We cycled through thetraditionals and repaired to the tablefor more chatting, eating, and drinking(responsibly, of course). Thanks toMoton Crockett for conducting.

November 11: UT Club Pep Rally forthe Kansas game. This was our lastpep rally this season, and we had agood turnout. There was plenty ofnoise and everyone seemed to enjoythemselves. Well almost certainly bedoing this again next fall, so mark yourcalendars. Thanks again to MotonCrockett for conducting.

Upcoming Events:

December 12: Tower Band. This willbe the 22nd year of Tower Band, andwe expect a good turnout for this one.We will go up to the observation deckof the Tower and play Christmas carolsfrom each corner, finishing off with TheEyes. Come on out if you can!

As always, Thank You! to everyonewho participated and supported us forthese events. A big Thank You!!! toMoton Crockett (Our Fearless Leader)and John Fleming (with assistancefrom Bill Haehnel) for directing us atthese activities. Id like to encourageanyone who can to come and playthese events if at all possible. Most ofour activities result in donations to theScholarship Fund, so it is important tohave a strong showing whenever wecan.

Please note: if you are not receivingour e-mails about these events (andyou would like to receive them), sendan e-mail message to GeorgeMoxley (utband1@aol.com) or me(dkjones@austin.rr.com) with yourcurrent/preferred e-mail addressand we will modify our list or addyou to it.

Hook em!

David JonesAustin Area Representative

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Photos taken by Kent Kostka.

Thanks from the DiNinos

Back in 1999, the DiNinos askedDirector of Bands, Jerry Junkin, whatspecial way we could help and assistthe University Band Program. Aftermuch analysis and consultation, hesuggested that we consider theestablishment of a Chair for Bands.To our knowledge in all the 50 statesno college or university had everreceived such a special endowment.Chairs have been established forindividual professors, researchers,symphony orchestras, collegepresidents as well as for coaches andathletic programs. We, Jane and I,decided to establish a Chair forUniversity of Texas Bands! As a firstof its kind, it is intended to financiallyenhance and support the bands anddirectors in areas not covered by TheUniversity budget or scholarshipprograms. To establish a Chair aminimum of one million dollars isnecessary! This Jane and I werewilling to fund! However after anumber of former banders asked to bepart of this we agreed to guarantee$500,000 dollars with the othermatching funds to establish the BandEndowment. Former Longhorn BandPresident and trombonist, TommyCowan and former Longhorn BandBass Clarinetist and twirler, Emma Lea

Mayton agreed to head up this massivefund drive to be completed by 2006.Indeed they spent untold hours,personal funds. numerous letters, phonecalls, and personal persuasion insuccessfully completing thismission!!!...and ahead of schedule!Amen!!!!!

This Gift to the University and its Bandsis one that we can all be very, very proudof! I want you all to know of our abidingPride and Love for all you have given tothis wonderful and unique joint Gift toUT. Once again TOGETHER we haveproduced a memorablePERFORMANCE!

Hookem Horns!God Bless!Vincent and Jane DiNino

DiNino Chair Established

Thanks to 292 orange-bloodedLonghorn Band supporters, the Janeand Vincent DiNino Endowed

Chair in the UT College of Fine

Arts is a reality! For those of youwho attended Band Day 2005, youknow that the chair was announcedduring the halftime show celebratingMr. and Mrs. D and the fact thatthey came to UT 50 years ago.

The idea to establish a Chair tosupport UT band programs beganwhen Mr. and Mrs. DiNino offered tocontribute $500,000 and challengedothers who love the Longhorn Bandto match their gift. With additionalcontributions in August from many ofyou, as well as from Bettye and BillNowlin, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Tillerson andthe Exxonmobil Foundation, and theD. Harold Byrd Partnership, wereached the $1,000,000 goal! Thanksto all of you who gave generously tosupport this effort. It not only honorsMr. and Mrs. D, but will support UTband students for many years to come.

Tommy Cowan & Emma Lea Mayton,Co-Chairs DiNino Chair Committee

LHAB has made a generouscontribution to our adopted school,Widen Elementary. The donation will beused by the music teacher to purchasevarious wind instruments for thestudents to use as part of their study ofcultures. Widens music teacher, BrianBoyd, sends his thanks and appreciationto LHAB for the wonderful gift. Allstudents at Widen will benefit from thisdonation.

Bill Lewis

2006 Will Be Another Historical Year

In 1956 the LHB became intergrated -with females - and the 2006 LHABBand Day will be a celebration of thisoccasion. We need everyones help.We need to locate some of thesefemales who were in the first class -Linda Milam, Elizabeth Rowell,Patricia Ward, Karen Ekdahl, GaylonGillean, Lucy McCowen, and MaryAnn Prasatik. Leah Raye Sexton,Yvonne Templin, Linda Bray, andDonna Beth McCormick are notamong the missing. Jody Turpin isdeceased. We are going to work withEx-Students and unfortunately do notknow of other last names for themissing first females.

Contact Donna Beth McCormick atdbmc@texas.net.

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The LHAB officers for the upcoming year are listed below.If you have any questions or comments feel free to contactthem.

LHAB Officers for 2005-2006

President George MoxleyPresident-elect Donna Beth McCormickPast President Karissa HortonChaplain John CravensVP Treasurer Nick SchroederVP Communications Dr. Coral Noonan-TerryVP Secretary Nefertiti WilliamsVP Librarian Karen HansonVP Technology Ben Lee SchneiderVP Registrar Janice McKennonVP KKY Liaison Edward MartinezVP Equipment Chris SanchezVP Archives Kent KostkaVP Adopt a School James Lewis IIIAustin Area Rep David JonesCorpus Christi Rep Jay WhelessDallas Area Rep Joseph MolinaHouston Area Rep Andre SylvesterSan Antonio Area Rep Casey Magnuson

Board of Directors

Allan AdelmanGeorge GreeneLucas HortonJP KirkseyHeidi ProctorBen Lee Schneider

Board of Trustees

Thomas EdwardsLinda McDavittLinda NeeleyJames TurpinJeanne Yturri

DVD Update

By now everyone who ordered DVDs should be aware ofthe unfortunate problems we had with them.

Kent Kostka has been working very hard with the companyto get the problems resolved. The company has apparentlyfound what the problem was and is in the process ofredoing the bad DVDs.

Hopefully they should be ready to ship again around mid-December.

Thanks to all who emailed the problem years and gaveKent the feedback needed to take care of the problem.We have had only one or two dissatisfied customers whohave received a refund.

For those of you waiting we appreciate your patience andsupport in this massive undertaking. As someone saidthis project has been 50 years in the making, waiting afew more weeks wont be that bad.

Thanks again to Kent for all the time and work he has putin to making this project a reality.

We will send out a mass email to let everyone know whenthe redone DVDs are mailed so you will be able to lookfor them in the mail.

Hook EmGeorge

UTBAND1@aol.com

Thanks in part to the support LHAB members gave to ourDVD film restoration project, LHAB is proud to announcethat it will be able to make a donation to the Judson DavisMemorial Scholarship Fund that will complete theendowment and make the scholarship fully funded. Thescholarship fund was completed due to the generouscontributions of LHB student organizations as well asLHABs contribution. Thank you to all who contributed tothis scholarship and the film restoration project.