Toad Jones
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Unloaded the equipment and assembled. Prof said let's walk through it before we go into the stadium. Most if not all the TeeSip were laughing calling us the littlest band in the conference, even went so far as to compare us to a high school band. The air went out of us, and we were dreading the half-time performance. Prof gathered us around and said, you heard all of that, I'm sure. We may be small in numbers, but we're as good as any band in the conference.. So...gather all your courage, stiff backbone and let's show these Texas people who we are. Fill those lungs like never before and let's show them who The Show Window Of TCU is.
I was in the booth surrounded by various types, sports writers, TV guys and so forth. Our people hit the field, and you would have thought Patton was going to show up Any minute. We were tremendous, strutting to the tens and blowing folks out of the stadium. The Austin American writer standing next to me said, Wow, listen to them play. How can such a little band sound so loud, be so good.
I walked back with Jim after the performance and saw this band was spent, some even crying from emotion. That day, The Show Window Of TCU was the best ever. Later, Jim said to me, I'm so, proud of these guys. They put it on the line and came through, I feel like crying too. BTW, as I remember, we beat Texas pretty bad that Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Jim Jacobson, band director and one of the finest men I ever met!
I was in the booth surrounded by various types, sports writers, TV guys and so forth. Our people hit the field, and you would have thought Patton was going to show up Any minute. We were tremendous, strutting to the tens and blowing folks out of the stadium. The Austin American writer standing next to me said, Wow, listen to them play. How can such a little band sound so loud, be so good.
I walked back with Jim after the performance and saw this band was spent, some even crying from emotion. That day, The Show Window Of TCU was the best ever. Later, Jim said to me, I'm so, proud of these guys. They put it on the line and came through, I feel like crying too. BTW, as I remember, we beat Texas pretty bad that Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Jim Jacobson, band director and one of the finest men I ever met!