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| (above) In 1970 Winter Park built this 40' high Denver Boone out of ice & snow to welcome DU students to Winter Carnival |
From: Westword
by Patricia Calhoun
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| Doug Hirsh |
The University of Denver has been meeting with members of the DU community to discuss the "mascot development" process. Doug Hirsh [DU '70] has been following the process with particular interest: He was the first human Denver Boone, chosen to portray the caricature that Walt Disney donated to DU to serve as the embodiment of the Pioneer spirit. In 1968, when the school held a try-out for a student to play Boone, Hirsh showed up wearing a fake beard and a coonskin cap he'd found at his frat, the Beta House, and carrying a bullwhip. One crack of that whip, and he had the gig
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2 comments:
Ice sculpture was amazing. So was Patty Kates.
Hirsh's comments are spot on. Hirsh was a great Boone. The "new Boone" is so harmless and likeable. Let it be!!
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