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It was a 1966 Band Day in the Houston Astrodome. There were 13,000 bandsmen from mostly the Greater Houston area. Doc Severinsen of the Tonight Show was the guest conductor. I believe the Coogs were hosting Lou Holtz's NC State Wolfpack that evening. My HS alma mater (Danbury HS) was among the 13,000 plus bandsmen. I travelled with the band as a student band gear handler since I played on our varsity football team & that got me inside for the football game--free gratis. I showed this pic to late Green Brigade Director Robert A.Winslow in 1982 as something UNT should consider doing albeit it on a lesser scale or number of bandsmen. Silver Eagle told me they used to have Band Days at North Texas under Maurice McAdo but when he retired it seems Band Day retired with him. A fellow alum on GMG.com who is a retired Texas public school administrator said it would be difficult to pull off one of these in this era, but I still wish we'd give it the good ol' college try. (Not holding my breath). The Wing Zone would sure nuff' look good filled with bandsmen from all over northern Texas and southern Oklahoma. To quote a former AD in the Metroplex several years ago: "An empty seat cannot buy a hot dog, a coke or a T-shirt with the school logo or mascot on it."
