History Timeline and Stories
History Timelines and Stories
History Timelines and Stories
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Del Mar’s Radio-TV beginnings in 1980
Del Mar College’s Radio-TV program began in the Fall of 1980, offered by the speech communication department ran by Jack Ashford and Dr. Lorayne Doegey. A history building classroom was remodeled into a TV studio, with a news set, interview set and black and white and two-color cameras that rolled around the cement floor on heavy mountings. Floor to ceiling drapes on a three-wall track gave a backdrop along with muffling echoes. An adjacent office was turned into a control room with turn tables and control board along with tv monitors. “Rooms H117 and H117A will be converted this summer…
The Viking is dead! Long live Valdar!
Del Mar’s Valdar the Viking history started even before he had a name, creating the mythos of a Nordic traveler landing in Corpus Christi. Beginning simply as “The Viking,” he was represented in yearbook art in a hyper-realistic gothic style, and the football team began using the Viking name in 1939. But there was no official mascot to represent the school. In 2010 Rito Silva, then the Vice President for Student Affairs, with the College Relations Office led the charge of introducing an official DMC mascot to the campus and general community. The process involved focus groups with participants exploring…
Texas Jazz Festival: Del Mar’s favorite child
The Texas Jazz Festival, held in Corpus Christi every October, is far more than just a festival. The Texas Jazz Fest has become a staple in our community, and a celebration of culture and music, where everyone is welcome. The Texas Jazz Festival started as a mere concert organized in November 1959 by the Del Mar’s Jazz Club, which was newly formed. “We were flabbergasted that so many people showed up that night in the Harvin Center,” said Eddie Olivares, Jazz Club member, who spoke to Guadalupe San Miguel Jr., author of “Tejanos and the Making of the Texas Jazz…