THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1971
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Gig dll. • • Romanians learn Aggie slogan, thumb up sign
American tourists in Romania
may be surprised by a greeting of
“Gig ’em Aggies” in the future. The
popular Singing Cadets returned to
Texas Sunday afternoon ending a
three-week tour of Romania.
During several of the cadets’ 10
major performances director Robert
L. Boone taught school children to
give the thumbs up sign. With the
aid of interpreter, Milel Leventer,
Boone instructed them to give the
sign and saying to any American
they met.
The Aggies went to Romania in
conjunction with the Ambassadors
for Friendship program sponsored
by Readers’ Digest to promote in
ternational friendship through
music.
Boone said, “I was disappointed
in that our trip ended up with more
emphasis on sightseeing than sing
ing, but I still believe we accomp
lished our goal. The Romanians re
sponded to our kind of personal per
forming very much like our audi
ences do at home.”
The group took an almost circular
route through the country begin
ning and ending in the capital,
Bucharest. Performances began on
their second day and the last concert
was on the day of departure.
The second concert was pre
sented to a standing-room-only
crowd in a music school in
Timisoara, and was recorded for na
tional radio broadcast. The audi
ence clapped madly after every
number and little girls ran to the
stage with flowers.
Repeats were demanded of “Tie a
Yellow Ribbon”, “Whale of a Tale”
and “There is Nothing Like a
Dame" at virtually every perfor
mance. Although they couldn’t un
derstand the words, the message of
Dame” was made clear by the Ag
gies hamming it up.
The head of the music school told
the cadets, “Your performance was
a great compliment to this au
ditorium which is world-known for
its accoustics.”
Boone presented messages from
Dr. Jack Williams, Gov. Dolph
Briscoe and Mayor J. B. Hervey to
each concert host.
After most shows, listeners
drowned the Aggies with pleas for
autographs and addresses. There
was scarcely a free hand to carry out
equipment. The cadets favored the
kids with maroon ballpoints and
glow-in-the-dark Singing Cadet
keyrings between autographs.
Highlights in the sightseeing
were three Moldavian painted
monasteries and Dracula’s castle
near Brasov. Most of the other
places toured were Orthodox and
Roman Catholic churches in each
town dating to 1400.
The cathedral in Timisoara was
the first to echo with “Rise Up O
Men of God” sung by the all-male
chorus. “It took me several minutes
to get enough breath to tell Bob how
great it sounded,” said TAMU In
formation reporter John West.
Romanian youth prefer light rock
music, and the rythm provided by
James Humphries on drums, James
Haislet on bass guitar and Jeff Gin-
now on guitar suited their tastes.
Percussion students at the
Timisoara music school said Hum
phries had more drums to beat on
than they had at the school.
A special “Tele Top” program
with the Singing Cadets was vid
eotaped in the town of Bistrita for
airing over national TV. There too,
people crowded the aisles and were
practically dangling from the bal
cony.
The Aggies looked forward to en
ding the tour with five days on the
Black Sea riviera. Due to cold
weather only a handful of people
went swimming. The girls in four
other American college groups
proved to be of much greater in
terest.
In three weeks and thousands of
miles of travelling only one person
was misplaced. David Anderson,
soloist in “Whale of a Tale,” some
how missed Delta flight 521 from
New York to Atlanta on the return.
He managed however, to catch
another flight direct to his
hometown, Dallas, and arrived
there sooner than his buddies.
Before departing from Bucharest
Harry Morgan, president of Ambas
sadors for Friendship, said that the
singing Cadets was the most popu
lar group ever to tour Romania. He
said officials from each town the Ag
gies performed in called him plead
ing for one more concert.
There will be one more trip for
the cadets this summer to Chicago.
They will sing for over 4,(XX) hospi
tal administrators there in August.
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Forequarter beef cuts take the
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“These cuts are comparatively
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marketing information specialist,
TAMU Agricultural Extension Ser
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Pork values include smoked
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steaks, end-cut loin roast and chops,
she added.
“Fryer chickens remain the
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"Turkey, whole bird and parts,
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Turning to fresh fruits and veget
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CONSUMER WATCHWORDS:
Cottage cheese is featured at dairy
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cottage cheese supplies about the
same amount of calcium as one cup
of milk.
Directors
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the Agricultural Economics and
Rural Sociology Department. The
instructional phase of sociology was
transferred to the College of Liberal
Arts in 1970.
In other business, the board
approved new parking, diploma and
student identification card fees at
TAMU, with the increases re
quested to offset rising costs in each
of the categories. The parking rates
will be doubled, beginning with the
fall semester, resulting in a $48 an
nual rate, for example, for faculty
and staff in reserved parking areas.
A special $4 rate was authorized for
car-poolers if at least three persons
join in a carpool. Student identifica
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