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Serious question - no disrespect intended to CJM.....
but really, how much do you think he really remembers about CJG from one season almost 35 years ago?
Serious question - no disrespect intended to CJM.....
but really, how much do you think he really remembers about CJG from one season almost 35 years ago?
I was in the U.T. band for 10 years and I was fortunate enough attend every bowl game during Coach Majors glory years. Some friends and I dressed to the hilt and managed to attend the Cotton Ball in Dallas (a big event with an open bar, dinner, music and dancing at the Hyatt a couple of nights before the Cotton Bowl). We got past the doorman by telling him we were in the band. He thought we were in the jazz band that was playing the event and let us right in. Anyway, we chatted up Coach Majors, told him who we were, and we wound up sitting at his table having drinks and dinner with him, Coach Hatfield from Arkansas and their wives. He was engaging, gracious and an awesome conversationalist. I'll never forget it. Anyway, to answer your question, I ran across him a few years ago. He didn't remember me right off the bat, but I told him about having dinner with him that night and he said something like "you were in that nice group of UT band members." If he remembered that night, I'd say his memory is still very good.
Lots and lots of schooling - bachelors, masters and doctorate. When I was in grad school, I couldn't attend most rehearsals except for Saturday morning so during those years I just performed pregame on the field since it didn't change from week to week. Occasionally I'd have to learn a halftime show Saturday morning to fill in for someone out sick. It didn't happen often though - when Dr. J was there people just didn't miss unless they were nearly dead. I was nowhere near the record holder though. One tuba player was nearly 30 when I started undergrad and he was still there when I finished grad school.How were you in the band for 10 years?
Thanks for taking the time to read it! I miss those days - the atmosphere was always electric in and around the stadium. I think the our band could use an overhaul as well as the coaching staff. I'd like that atmosphere to return, and I think it eventually will.