UWABA
The University of Wyoming
Alumni Band Website
CURRENT UWABA OFFICERS
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Renee graduated with honors from the University of Wyoming in 1999 with a BS in Psychology and a minor in Music. She was active in the music department
of the University for all five years of college. She particpated in the
Western Thunder Marching Band, as a member of the colorguard and later as
co-captain. She also played flute and/or piccolo in the symphonic band, the
wind ensemble and the UW Symphony Orchestra. For two years, she enjoyed
playing in a woodwind quintet with fellow students.
Renee has become, what some call, a Laramie lifer. She and her husband and her son
still reside in Laramie with their three dogs and one cat. The family has
no plans of ever moving. Renee currently works as an administrative
assistant for St. Paul's Newman Center. She continues to play the flute and piccolo in UW Community Band as well as playing in the Laramie City Band during the
summer. Renee can still be seen around the marching band practice field at UW
as she assists the Western Thunder Colorguard.
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Joyn Feldhaus, Vice President
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Attending the University of Wyoming from 1993-1998, Joyn was active each semester in one music program or another. A past Western Thunder Saxophone section leader, he was also a member of the Jazz BAnd and multiple pep bands. Joining Kappa Kappa Psi as a freshman, he held mulitiple offices, ranging from Prospective Member Trainer to Vice President and National Delegate.
Graduating with his degrees in philisophy and psychology, Joyn is currently the manager of a restaurant in Indianapolis, IN. So the next time you are in the area, please stop by Ted's Montana Grill and say "hi". He would love to discuss UWABA over his extensive wine list.
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Lori Dockter, UWABA Treasurer
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Nancy Taylor, UWABA Secretary
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Ryan Taylor, UWABA Member at Large
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Hoss Peterson, UWABA Member at Large
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Mary Ann Thompson, UWABA Member at Large
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Mary Ann attended the University of Wyoming from 1973 through 1978, graduating with a B.A. in History in 1977. She was in marching band the five years there, playing the alto sax. She also has a masters degree in history from the University of Kansas and a masters of library science from the University of Denver. She has been the Kansas Room Librarian at the Hays Public Library in Hays, Kansas since 1985, running a history collection. She recently published her first book, George Armstrong Custers, Winners of the West.
Mary Ann enjoys traveling back to Wyoming to visit whenever she can, especially to Homecoming which she hasnt missed since 1980, and to go camping in the Big Horns with her basset hound, Brutus.