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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1980
By TODD WOODARD
City Reporter
Dr. Bob Kenefick loves to play
.NEEfJusie. When he speaks, his hands
iood i pove like they are bowing a violin,
Ut with more animation.
t e ^ aS t ^ e re ^ axe< ^ slouch a cel
list leaning over his instrument dur-
(g recital. His tie is loose, and the
ofessc bp button shows just a bit.
kectorSKenefick and 50 other Texas A&M
spea! Bniversity students and faculty
mmbers and community perfor-
Iwidosgers make up the Bryan-College
ng, \\i jtation Chamber Orchestra. The
loveaf:fr c l iestra w iH have a concert in the
a race(J^der Theater tonight at 8 p.m.
,vnat'ifThe Community Singers will
^company the orchestra on two
Jeces. The program is sponsored by
nncrO.t (]i ass j ca j pi ano Group. Tickets
K $2.50 for non-students, $1.50 for
students.
iKenefick has played violin for
KtiostSS years, since he was 10. For
K last 15 years he has been at Texas
\&M University teaching nuclear
Kysies. But when he talks music or
f e y es betray a fondness
, e ’ 1 or notes and staffs that might have
s P e ™ |ejplaced quarks and heavy metals if
the money had been there.
■There’s some money to be made
Tradifefemusic, but you have to have some-
Hel JevwHng special to make money,” he
“I didn’t have it, and science
0!S' ; ^looked good to me.”
itomolol kenefick said that many physicists
he knew had musical touches. He
and a physicist from Canada once
spent two hours at the Memorial Stu
dent Center Grand Lounge playing a
piano-violin duet.
“I’ve kept my music relationship'
more in the form of an affair rather
than a marriage. No commitment,”
he said.
“I don’t think I could live without
it. I don’t think anyone could.”
Bob Banerjee, orchestra business
manager, said both the Community
Singers and the orchestra are open to
“just about anybody willing to work
on music.”
Texas A&M students make up 60
percent of the orchestra. Most have
experience from high school bands;
some have played with the Texas
A&M Symphonic Band.
“We have some very competent
people,” Banerjee said. “Students
give up about seven hours a week to
practice. They’re working hard on
this.
“A lot of students don’t give clas
sical music a chance,” he said. “It’s a
relaxing music at times, but it can be
as intense as the person playing it. ”
Freshman Darryl Peterson from
El Campo plays bass trombone.
“I like music,” Peterson said. “I
played in solo and ensemble contests
in bigh school and enjoyed playing.
But this music is more exciting to
play.”
The Monday night concert will be
gin with Frescobaldi’s Toccata, fol
lowed by Bach’s Brandenburg Con
certo No. 1 in F Major and the
“Suite” from Bizet’s Carmen.
The Community Singers join the
orchestra on the last two selections,
Faure’s Pavane and “Polovetsian
Dances” from Borodin’s Prince Igor.
Director for the program is Phil
Kirby, who commutes twice a week
from Houston. One day he works
with the orchestra; the other day he
works with the singers. Kirby also
conducts the Houston Youth Sym
phony.
Kenefick, the concert master, de
scribed his job as “chief cook and
bottle washer.” The concert master
assists the director.
The orchestra did not exist at this
time last year. It had been disbanded
for 18 months until it was reorga
nized in October.
“An orchestra doesn’t usually sur
vive after a shock like that,” Kenefick
said. “We didn’t know if the orches
tra would come back together. ”
Banerjee said he wasn’t worried
about the orchestra’s performance.
Even though this is the first concert
in almost two years, he said, he has
faith in his performers.
“We have enthusiasm in this
orchestra,” he said. “We have had
some rough times, but we’re looking
toward a goal — to get better.”
Almanac
United Press International
Today is Monday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 1980 with 317 to follow.
Today is the Monday observance of Washington’s birthday.
The moon is moving toward its first quarter.
The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercury and Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.
On this date in history:
In 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn into office as president of the
Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Ala.
In 1930, the planet Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tom
Baugh at the Lovell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz.
In 1967, nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer died at the age of
62. He played a key role in development of the atomic bomb.
In 1969, six people were wounded when Arab terrorists attacked an
Israeli airliner in Zurich, Switzerland.
A thought for the day: Thomas Jefferson said, “I hold that a little
rebellion now and then is a good thing, and is necessary in the political
world as storms in the physical.”
ALTERATIONS
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ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN
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THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND
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MAKE IT FIT!"
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OP delegation split
United Press International
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —
With two of Arkansas’ uncommitted
■tional Republican delegates lean
ing toward Sen. Howard Baker for
the presidential nomination. Baker
1 'i and former California Gov. Ronald
i Dll Reagan have almost an even hold on
the state’s delegation.
ne intei«The Arkansas GOP completed de-
id his r'legate selection Saturday, adding
have br seven at-large delegates to the 12
'arlymuiighosen at district caucuses Feb. 2. It
garette! >jvas the first state to choose national
■legates for this summer’s GOP
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In the final tally, Reagan had
seven delegates and Baker four. But
of the five uncommitted, at least two
were leaning toward Baker.
Former UN ambassador and CIA
director George Bush picked up two
in the first round of voting.
Baker and Reagan supporters
formed a coalition during both voting
sessions to try to shut out delegates
for any of the other candidates. But
the move was less successful Satur
day — resulting in only one more
delegate for Reagan and none com
mitted to Baker.
One Baker supporter said there
were too many state Republican
committee members — 209 — to
make it possible to hold together any
kind of alliance.
Connally supporters had been up
set by the alliance at the district cau
cuses and challenged the one-vote
victories of two Baker delegates,
saying one committee member was
not eligible to vote. The challenge
was withdrawn Saturday, however,
after a panel of lawyers reviewed the
rules and said the vote was legiti
mate.
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