97 years for the Love of Music
By: Dorian Hines
GREENSBORO, NC - On November 27th, 1919, on the campus of
Oklahoma A&M College (now known as Oklahoma State University)
in Stillwater, Oklahoma, our founding fathers along with our
guiding spirit, Bohumil Makovsky, created an organization better
known as Kappa Kappa Psi based off the principles of musicianship,
leadership, and service to all band programs & the
community.
With a series of programs that the Iota Zeta Chapter of Kappa
Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity Incorporated hosted,
brought out many familiar faces from the North Carolina A&T
State University's campus to the Blue and Gold Marching Machine's
Band Center.
"We had a magnificent turn out for the program and many people
enjoyed it. Also with it being my first Founders Day with the
chapter and organization, I was really excited. It played a big
role in making our presence known on the campus since we're at
practice when most of the Greeks are walking around on campus. So a
lot of people really know who we are now," says Spring 2016
Initiate Quenci Bradley.
Current Chapter President and Spring 2014 Initiate Aaron Ammons
was really pleased with the ideas that were brought up about the
program.
Spring 2016 Initiate Kenji Freitas says, "When they (Spring 2016
Initiate Paul F. Carter IV and Raheem Outlaw) were explaining how
the program was going to go, it sounded a little confusing and
crazy. But overall, we all understood the big picture when we were
finalizing the things that were going to take place."
Overall, the program was a huge success and everyone that came
out enjoyed themselves. The Iota Zeta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi,
National Honorary Band Fraternity Incorporated would like to thank
everyone that came out and supported.
