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After a rmnt I-tjass Crusade per
formance, a woman talking to band leader
stne Hanson askwi increduloiiidy if his
j.'r ;up was the .sarr.e !ui'pass Crusade her
companion had seen ten years ago. "Sort
of." Hanson said.
There have ben several versions of the
band since lis birth in 'J1 Hul Hanson, a
charter nu-n.!xT. and fiddler Dave Fowler,
who joined a few months later, have been
constant members The two have shared
jxMtions in the band with six guitarists, four
bass players and two mandolimsts. Hanson
said he wants to get Crusade alumni to
gether for a ten-year reunion partv in ihe
fall of 1,
The Bluegrass Crusade's first job, in Feb
ruary of 1973, was a western art exhibit at
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The trio of
Hanson, Kicky Mann and Gary Howe had no
sound system. "We just wandered through
the crowd," Hanson said.
The first version of the band played only
traditional bluegrass, Hanson said. Or, he
added, the band attempted to play.
"None of us were as good as we are
now," he said. The band tried unsuccessfully
to imitate records, he said. He explained
that it was hard for the city-born guys to
replicate the southern rural sound.
Lack of stage presence was another
problem the young Crusade faced.
"None of us wanted to say anything."
Hanson said. When Miller McPherson joined
the band he helped sing and talk, and "at
least he had a southern accent "
The modern Bluegrass Crusade Is fortu
nate la have two members who like to talk:
guitarist Pete Biakeslee and bassist Jim Pi
pher. The two share front man duties.
Pipher does most of the repartee be
tween songs. Biakeslee said. If Pipher suf
fers "song block." Biakeslee takes over.
Biakeslee is in charge of another part of
the band's performance orchestrated noise
makers. A mooing cow, chattering teeth, a
laugh box and a car engine sound alike com
plement some Crusade numbers. The props
provide humor and "grab the audience's at'
tention when it's diverted elsewhere."
Biakeslee said.
The addition of Biakeslee in 1977 and of
Pipher a year and a half ago has meant
more than clever stage patter, however.
Beth of the two newest Crusaders can sing.
Before they joined. Hanson did all the lead
singing.
"We can do more three-part harmony,"
Pipher said. "There's more emphasis on the
vocals."
Though the Crusade still presents blue
grass music, the influence of the new mem
bers and the changing musical tastes of
Hanson and Fowler have brought in new
material in a variety of styles. Fowler said
his musical taste and the direction of the
band are "eclectomanic."
The group does some "pseudo-jazz ma
terial," according to Hanson. Its repertoire
also includes swing tunes, Irish tunes and
novelty tunes like "The Tobacco Song,"
Biakeslee said.
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The Bluegrass Crusade, from left, Steve Hanson,
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PAY RAIS
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have meant cutting programs and there
"isn't anything right now that we would
want to cut from UN-L," Schwartzkopf said.
"They're going to be cutting anyway,"
Ms. Pratt said. "That's obviously the direc
tion this university is headed in."
Pay raises were not granted, she said, be
cause the regents have different priorites
than the faculty.
In order to raise salaries and avoid cut
ting other budget items, Schwartzkopf said,
the regents will have to look for more pri
vate funding. A recent fund raising cam
paign to pay off Gov. Bob Kerrey's cam
paign debt is an indication that the money is
available, he said.
The board's decision also will have mini
mal impact at UNO, according to Janet
West, president of UNO's AAUP.
Through collective bargaining, she said,
UNO has been able to keep up with its peer
institutions. The recent 6.6 percent raise
granted UNO faculty brought salaries up to
the median of what fhe Commission of In
dustrial Relations considers to be UNO's
peers.
The CIU used Central Missouri State,
Cleveland State, South Dakota State, South
west Missouri State, Central Florida, New
Orleans, Northern Iowa, Texas-Kl Paso,
Western Illinois and Wichita State as its
sample peer group to determine the UNO
raise.
Ms. West said the UNO faculty has, not
yet negotiated a raise for 1983-84. Instruc
tors will need an increase of about 3 percent
to remain at the median level, she said.
Following the July 5 regents meeting,
Ms. West accused the board of trying to dis
courage UN-L faculty members from form
ing a bargaining unit. By separating the
campuses, she said, the regents are able to
punish UNO faculty for seeking the pay
hike by taking the funds out of their budget.
By indicating it will determine future sal
aries on the basis of peer institutions, Ms.
West said, the board is sending a message to
UN-L faculty members that they might be
getting substantial raises without collective
bargaining.
"We're not trying to use any scare tac
tics," Schwartzkopf said. "The campuses
have separate identities because they each
have a different role."
Because each of the three NU institu
tions have a different role, he said, they
should not look to each other for financial
help."
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