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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, April 4, 1967
THE BATTALIO
CROWNING
Kirn? Cotton Jim McAfee crowns Miss Esther Guion Hall Saturday night. The Queen Cot-
Jane Grant during ceremonies at the 33rd ton is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard
Agronomy Society’s Cotton Pageant at D. Grant of 1305 E. 31st. street, Bryan.
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Col. D. L. Baker, AiBar
Cadet Col. of thelJJoe
accompany Col. Wilier
inspects the Amyls
federal inspection. P
Singing Cadets
Take Spring Tour
The Texas A&M Singing Ca
dets’ spring tour, which took
them to San Marcos and San
Antonio, sparkled with talent and
variety as they sang five concerts
on the three-day tour.
The group, accompanied by
Robert L. Boone, director, and
Mrs. June Biering, accompanist,
presented its program to vastly
different audiences. Two one-
hour concerts at the Gary Job
Corps Center in San Marcos Fri
day were well-received by the
trainees there.
The group sang a two-hour
concert at McAllister Auditorium
on the San Antonio College
campus Friday night. After a
free day Saturday, the Singing
Cadets sang a concert at Jeffer
son Methodist Church that re
placed the sermon. Sunday morn
ing’s program included the
“Prodigal Son,” a 20-minute
major work described by Boone
as “a sermon in swing.”
After lunch at the church, they
returned to Gary Job Corps Cen
ter for another two-hour concert
for the staff and their families
and other interested people.
At Gary, the group was hosted
by the Singing Corpsmen, the
training center’s glee club.
Changing rapidly from soft,
melodic to rousing, patriotic
songs with humorous tunes inter
spersed throughout, the Singing
Cadets drew loud applause from
the Job Corpsmen with their di
verse performance.
The Singing Cadets begin
every program with the “Spirit
of Aggieland.” From this, they
go into a series of folk songs
including “The Water Is Wide”
and “Jeanie With the Light
Brown Hair.” Gordon Hill played
the guitar and Clayton Coston
played the bass for extra music
on several of the songs.
The second half of the show was
entitled “Songs of the Wars.”
With songs made popular in the
Civil War, World War I, and
World War II, the Cadets gave
their audiences a brief resume of
American military history.
The most enjoyed songs ap
peared to be “I’m Rollin’ Along,”
the “future song of the astro
nauts,” wtih a solo part by
Phillip Frye, and “Old King
Cole,” a take-off on the military
and the A&M Corps of Cadets
that has a private begging for
“beer! beer beer!” and a general
saying “Duh, what’s my next
command?”
The Singing Cadets were
housed by the San Antonio A&M
Mothers’ Club. The hosts loaned
the Aggies their cars and got
dates for them.
“One of our big thrills is meet
ing the people who are our
hosts,” according to Frank Ray,
publicity chairman for the group.
“The guys are real conscien
tious and everybody tries to make
the Singing Cadets a well - be
haved, disciplined group.”
The Mothers’ Club gave Boone
a boutonniere made of a $10 bill
and presented Mrs. Biering a
corsage composed of ten $1 bills.
Other officers of the Singing
Cadets, in addition to Ray, are
Kurt Schember, president; Jim
Cain, vice-president; Lee Milli-
kin, business manager; and Jerry
Holbert, librarian.
Expenses for this reporter and
accompanying photographer were
paid for by the journalism de
partment’s Reader’s Digest.
SINGING CADETS ON STAGE
The A&M Singing Cadets are pictured above in their formal
concert dress as they make one of five appearances on their
recent three-day spring tour. The group, accompanied by
Director Robert L. Boone, presented its program to vastly
different audiences.
Between Performances
Several Singing Cadets
shown here are relaxing
between performances by
joking and talking among
themselves and some of
their hosts. One member of
the group commented that
one of the highlights of the
trip was meeting the people
who were their hosts.
VIEWING ART
Mrs. June Biering, who ac
companied the cadets, looks
at an art display with two
cadets while visiting the art
department at a Job Corps
center.