Harry Gallis ’63

2 Days Ago

Conducting the Band at Football Games

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A student conducts the band at a Princeton football game, circa 1962

Courtesy Harry Gallis ’63

In response to your picture in the November PAW (From the Archives), I’m sending this primarily before it fades away. 

I don’t know where I found the courage to audition for student conductor, but I made it as assistant to classmate Andy Jackson. I don’t recall if I had any other performances, but thanks to my roommate Randy Barton, I have this fading image. As a biology major, pre-med, with 28 class hours a week, how did I find time to be in the band and miss only two games in four years? Counting high school, I never sat outside of a band at a football game!

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