The Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 13, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 26, 2007 Page: 12 of 12
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April 26 2007 Yellow Jacket 13
Page 12
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HP band's flag and rifle camp was a first in Texas
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Each year as we begin
to wind down the semester
the thoughts of the faculty
and students turn to summer
vacation summer research
or a summer job. But the
thoughts of many Howard
Payne staff turn to prepar-
ing for the numerous sum-
mer camps scheduled to be
hosted on campus during
June and July. In addition to
the numerous church camps
HPU routinely hosts the Air
Force Junior ROTC statewide
camp and for 33 years the
Band Camp.
Beginning in the summer of
1974 HPU hosted a training
camp for high school band
flag and rifle corps. Originally
begun by Greg Berry HPU
Band Director from 1968-
1977 Chuck Christian con-
tinued the annual camp when
he became band director.
He was assisted by Buddy
Strickland a 1973 Howard
Payne graduate.
HPU's flag and rifle camp
was the first of its kind in
Texas and by the mid-1980s
the scope of the camp had
been expanded to include the
training of drum majors as
well. Not only do students
who attend benefit from the
training and experience the
HPU Band receives the pro-
ceeds. In the summer of 1987
that amounted to $3000.
Assisted by many HP
alumni who have in turn
become high school band
directors Strickland noted in
the September 1987 issue of
the Link that "the recruiting
value of his camps cannot be
measured and HPU's band
program has benefited tremendously."
Robert Mangrum
University
Chronicles
Following Strickland have
been several additional
HPU band alumni including
Daryl Jolly and Pete Hazard.
Currently HPU Band Director
Corey Ash a 1992 HPU grad
heads the camp scheduled
for June 11-15 this summer.
In the same article denoting
the band camp as a "tradi-
tion" Strickland also provided
some insights into the HPU
Band in the 1970s. Arriving
on campus in the fall of 1969
Strickland "immediately got
involved in the School of
Music and began playing in
the 'Swingin' Stingers' band."
He related that his greatest
memory was the HPU USO
Band tour of Germany in the
summer of 1972. '"We got to
stay in the homes of German
people and experienced first-
hand what a language barrier
is!'"
He also discussed the HPU
Band version of Freshman
Initiation. Dubbed the "Skunk
Initiation" the activity coincid-
ed with the annual initiation of
the freshman at the college.
"That was back in the really
wooly days of Initiation. ... As
far as I know you couldn't
'sign out' of it and back then
it was still a 'slop 'em up' type
of tradition. I really had a lot
of fun with it ... as an upper-
classman of course."
In 1970 Strickland was
involved in establishing anoth-
er Howard Payne band tradi-
tion designed to foster unity
among band members over
the years. "'In addition to the
fun sloppy side of Initiation
we decided that it was impor-
tant for the band to be really
committed to each other. ...
So we began having a serious
time of dedication as a part of
the 'Skunk Initiation.'"
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