KKPsi makes music

Kappa Kappa Psi is the National Band Fraternity on the Boise State University campus.

It is not, however, part of the Greek community.

“Our standing here at Boise State is as an academic, or professional society,” 2007-08 President Nick Kovach said.

The club is more than just a group of people that meet together; it is a community of instrumentalists working to improve Boise State.

“Band is kind of a neglected thing across the United States,” Kovach said. “Basically KKPsi is taking what support bands do get from organizations and finding ways to make it go further.”

This support comes in the form of service projects.

Sometimes a project’s impact is as minimal as feeding the marching band at a football game. Other times the project has a much bigger impact.

Last fall, 30 Boise State Blue Thunder Marching Band members went to and played at a Marsing High School football game.

“We just had a really good time,” 2008-09 Vice President of Service Amy Flynn said. “We were their pep band.”

That night Marsing beat its undefeated opponent Nampa Christian. Twelve students enrolled in a new band course at Marsing the following spring, and the band program began.

Flynn has even more projects planned next year.

“We’re going to be doing all the stands in the Morrison center, counting and repainting [them],” Flynn said.

Stephen Barrett is the newly elected president of KKPsi. His duties began Saturday, April 26.

“Our purpose on campus is to serve college and university bands as much as possible,” Barrett said.

Barrett stressed that KKPsi is a dry fraternity.

“We don’t drink at all,” he said.

It would rather focus on helping the music ensembles on campus.

“I just hope that we can do some more great things like we did this year,” Flynn said.

COLBY STREAM
News Writer

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