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Western Carolinian Volume 68 Number 06

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  • WCU Marching Band to perform at Grand National Championship in Indy Western Carolina Universitys Pride of the Mountains Marching Band has been invited to perform at the prestigious Bands of America Grand National Championships, a showcase for the nations top high school marching bands, at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis Nov. 13-15. This marks the second appearance by the Pride of the Mountains as an exhibition band at the Grand Nationals. Westerns marching musicians performed in Indianapolis in 1998. With performances by more than 100 bands from across the nation, Bands of Americas Grand Nationals is widely acknowledged by the band world to be the most exciting and prestigious marching band event to be found, said Bob Buckner, director of athletic bands at Western Carolina. Its an honor to be asked to perform as one of only two featured exhibition bands for this years championships. Buckner is no stranger to the Grand Nationals. In addition to Westerns 1998 exhibition performance, he guided the Sylva-Webster (now Smoky Mountain) High School marching band to the title of national champion in 1979, seven years after directing the schools band to a national title at the St. Petersburg Festival of States. In a recent edition of the Bands of America newsletter, event organizers praised Buckner as a legendary force in the marching band world. The publication goes on to say: One of the leading pioneers of the modern-day marching band style, he has been one of Americas leading drill designers for five decades. Buckner has been in charge of athletic bands at Western since 1991, growing the marching band from 82 members to more than 240 this year. The Bands of America newsletter called the Pride of the Mountain Marching Band, which performs a crowd-pleasing medley of up-tempo pop tunes and has been tagged the worlds largest funk band, as one of the most innovative and exciting marching bands in the Southeast. For more information about Westerns marching band, call (828) 227-7608. College Republicans Register Voters in WNC and Across the State by jessica jarrard | WCEnewsmagazine 2.0 The Western Carolina College Republicans are moving along in their Bounties for Counties project, as they traveled to Gaston County on Oct.4 and New Hanover County Oct. 25. Bounties for Counties not only serves as a fundraiser for the WC College Republicans, but is also a good way to get people all over North Carolina involved in politics by registering voters. For each Republican voter the club registers, the club receives $1 from the state party. Along with registering voters, CRs are also getting signatures of Republicans who are already registered within each county to sign a petition in favor of President Bush, with hopes to get him back in the White House in 2004. The biggest emphasis has been put on _. counties that are only a few votes shy of being majority Republican counties. Each chapter of the state federation is responsible for certain counties that are close enough to being Republican majorities and can be taken care of by schools within the area. Western recently spent a weekend in Cherokee County with hopes to make it a majority Republican county, since it only lacks 104 registered voters. They plan to travel back to Cherokee County later this fall to finish the task. Some counties have quite a few more votes to tackle, and it takes more than one school to take on the task. Gaston County lacks a little less than 1,000 Republican votes to be a majority Republican County. Western Carolina College Republicans, along with College Republicans from across the state, tackled Gaston County in an attempt to make it majority Republican. Western had a good turn out, as they had 15 people volunteer for voter registration. Saturday, October 25, 8 College Republicans packed up a weekends worth of clothes and headed to the opposite end of the state in an attempt to register Republican voters in New Hanover County as well. This county was 1,800 short, and it took far more than just UNCW and WCUs CRs to get the votes. It took several schools from the North Carolina Federation of College Republicans to register Republican voters and get signatures in support of President Bush. I was excited to see WCU College Republicans so interested in registering voters for the 2004 elections; that they were willing to drive not only to Gaston County but across the state to New Hanover County as well, says President Dustin Elliott. That shows a lot of dedication among our members. Throughout the fall semester, WCUs College Republicans will travel near and far to register voters. Bounties for Counties will even run over into spring semester and continue on through the primaries to get voters ready and willing to vote in the 2004 elections.
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