Donations push band
toward new uniforms
By Jolayne Houtz
Of Ike Emerald
The Fighting Duck Marching
Band received nearly $20,000
from alumni during the past
year and will use the money to
buy new uniforms for band
members, says band director
Steven Paul.
The band’s fundraising drive
began late last year and will
conclude in December, says
Hope Pressman, special pro
grams director for the Universi
ty Foundation. Donations
generally have ranged from $25
to $2,500, with one gift totalling
$5,000, Pressman says.
Contributions have come
from California, Idaho and
Oklahoma, with fundraising
now beginning in the Eugene
area under the direction of
University alumnus Mary Gerl
inger. Most of the donations
have come from Salem,
Pressman adds.
“There has been lots of
positive response from friends
and alumni of the University,”
Gerlinger says. "The music
department is so gifted and has
such quality. Now all they need
is nice, new uniforms.”
Gerlinger and two other
Salem residents, Bob and Bever
ly McKellar. have raised the
money through parties for
friends and area alumni.
Approximately $60,000 is
needed to replace the old, worn
uniforms, which Gerlinger
estimates are 15 years old and
were bought when the band
reassembled in the late 1960’s.
New uniforms will be purchas
ed this winter for next fall’s
marching season.
A local company will make
the uniforms after a professional
designer comes up with a “rain
proof design,’’ Paul says.
The band has three sources of
income, he says. The Incidental
Fee Committee allocated
$32,318 after receiving the go
ahead from student voters in
April. Other money will come
from the athletic department
and donations.
Enthusiasm for the band is
growing, Paul says. He at
tributes this to increased pride
in band performance and being
able to travel this year to the
football game against the
University of Washington. “It
(traveling) is definitely a
recruiting incentive.”
The band has 150 members
this year, 50 more than last
year. The average member
works about seven hours a
week, spending about IV2
weeks to completely learn each
eight-minute drill.
“I’ve taken a different ap
proach with the music and in
cluded Broadway show tunes,
contemporary rock and jazz,”
says Paul, who also
choreographs the band drills.
“I think the band is getting a
lot better, and the better it is the
more pride there is,” he says.
“Like any creative process, it’s
great to see it finally happen on
the field.”
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