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(Tusouk ia this part of the country
\[ ia the Anrieland orchestra of Texan
A. A M The orcheatra, lad by Tommy
UtUejhohn, plays for all the official
Afgie Corps daaces as well as other
dances, here sad elsewhere.
It consists of thirteen members, ell
musicians of real merit, of whom fhre
play the saxophone and clarinet, four
play brass-wind instruments, and four
Of the thirteen members, nine are
also members of the Afffie Band. In
the orchestra, . (pesuTille leads as a
home town, claiming flee members;
while Talia, in th« southern Pan
handle, ia the home of two.
The Agirieland plays popular music
of all types, including bnllad tunes,
swing, and novelty numbers. Most |
of the instrumental a r! anjf' tr,.-1, t-
the Aggieland uses ate Benny Good- I
man arrangements by Fletehsr Ban- I
derson. A number of the orchestra's
selections are arranged by orchestra *
member Jack Littlejohn, who also
composed several of the songs the
Aggieland is playing this year. Those
composed and arranged by Jack in- ,
elude "My. Heart Skipped a Beat",
"I'm Living My Lffe for You", and
"You're the Simpl r Reason fur the
Mood I'm In".
During the Chridtmaa holidays the
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Aggieland will mage its annual tour
covering a great mrt of Texas, to
play for A. 4 M. c ub balls and other
I dances. The orchestra will play every
night from December 17 through
January 1. As yet three dates are
still open. ‘
Their list of plMafj engagements
during the Christmas vacation
follows:
Dec. 17—Tyler I
Dec. 18—Open
Dec. 1»—Ksufmpn
Dec. 20—Open
Dec. 21—Victori I
Dec. Za^-klarmhgll
Dec. 28—Waxahhchie
Dec. 24—Tempi
Dec. 25—Weestarhe
Dec. 26—San AJhgelo
Dec. 27—Lubbo#k
Dec. 28—Amarfllo
Dec. 29—WichitP Falls
Dec. 30—Greenfille
Dec. 31—Orang i
Jan. 1—Open
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sical ipwMkxstion is as follows:
I TnA juHMhpa of Tulia. Tommy,
the If wier, plays the saxophone and
clarimt, «hd i| ilso a vocalist with
the oi rhesti ii. Th s is his fourth year
as a I lemlwr at \ he Aggie Band and
|tfca i MHMM orchestra. Like most
of hii muairisns. I e ia a devotee of the
!>wing music <>f llenny Goodmap and
Artie Fhai
I JmI Itttlejoh^t, also of Tulia.
Jadn s^Bontribati ms include playing
the f rat tenor saxophone Mid Uh
c la rift t, wranging many af the ar
chest! i’s pumb*-n, and performing as
s vos ilisi This s his third year in
the Hami and thA orchestra.
Lov ell Riggs e: ’ Amarillo. Lowell is
s Bah I junior no' r playing his second
th the Afftielsnd. Lowell plays
Mxo phone and clarinet—
Nall f swing it when h-
ittog. 1 le has had some ten
experience, during
►as played with the
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>4 »p> the hand of the
in. He has playad
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The member* of the Aggieland Otehentra, left to right. Gene Bond, MajePerkii
Littlejohn, Tom Littlejohn, second raw, Charles Beitg, Henry Banuthauesen, (}eraUi
Murray Evan*, WUhur Kuehne, third row. Sonny Ptendery and‘Bill BlaJ<emor<\.
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