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MESQUITE BAND
SOF COMING
For the past couple of Sundays, homeowners near Mesquite
High School have heard the shuffling of 135 pairs of feet,
along with pounding drums, shrill whistles, brassy trumpets
and other sounds that wail from instruments carried by theMesquite High School Band. No one is complaining.
As a
matter of fact, the band is Mesquitets pride and joy, and
the town has raised 13 thousand dollars to send the group
to California,
The band, led by Bill Hooper, is. the only high school band
in Texas invited to march in the Rose Bowl parade at Pass.
dena January lt. The parade, which covers eight miles
and lasts three hours, is something of an endurance march.
To make certain the members are in shape, Hooper has been
drilling them for two Sundays, and marches are scheduled
every day this week. During the Rose Bowl hike, the stu-
dents will have their feet sprayed with a chemical tough
ener, then wrapped with tape, an idea borrowed from foot.
ball players. The practice sessions last two hours and
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Mesquite band], script, December 17, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc978097/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.