The first in an ongoing series of photo archive commentary

* WPG2 CANNOT LOCATE GALLERY2 ITEM ID 289 *One of the best parts of my college experience was the part I played in the Marching Illini. No, no…I didn’t play any instruments (most of the time), I was part of the operational staff — the Undergrad Staff, as we were called. My one and only performance, however, was as a snare drum player during the Assembly Hall concert one year. And to the left is a picture of my one note. During the entire duration of the song, I stood at attention, rigid, and unsmiling, “like all drummers”, waiting for the break in the song. Four counts, then my loud strike of the snare, upon which the rest of the players continued on, and I went back into my rigid pose.

The audience, as hoped, broke into laughter and applause.

The moment was one of the highlights of my college career, so much so, as you can see, I kept and framed my sheet music from “One Mint Julep”.