The alumni band at MSU is still happening and they do participate in a Limited way during halftime from time to time. I remember seeing Clyde at the gatherings after I was employed in 1968.
Sometimes during the late 1960’s early 70’s I saw the MSU Band in a parade and noticed that the drum cadence that they used was the same as the FHS cadence. Clyde who?
I researched the origin of that cadence and found that it had been written by Bob Shuttleworth, who you will remember as an outstanding trumpet player. It seems that early on Bob was a drummer as well as a trumpet player.
During my 10 year tenure, it was never changed, modified a bit probably but never changed. It was not broken by any means and therefore needed no fixing.
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