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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1980)
International show offers talent, fashion THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1980 Page 3 By JANA SIMS Campus Reporter If International Week came to a peak Wednesday night with a gala of exo tic foods, foreign fashions and in teresting talent. I A crowd of almost 500 squeezed f ? into 201 Memorial Student Center to If Participate in the International Stu- Idents Association Festival. Visitors Began their evenings filling plates |with foods prepared by 21 interna- |tional clubs, then viewed a fashion || show followed by a talent show. LIB A talent act called “Stich and Staff” ! stunned the audience as Thailand ,,Students Vison Techapoonpon and tyJRac Vat demonstrated an ancient Ifl’ . fcstvie of Thai fencing. Vison, armed jjt ^ dth clubs tied to his forearms and toca! lae Vat yielding a six-foot pole, be- ^ [an violently “performing.” ^ | Dressed in knee-length, baggy feist partie Tliisi ^^7 ignetsi blue pants and plain blue collarless shirts the two battled across the stage until one man fell, causing the audi ence to wonder whether the display was really just an act. Vison then signaled to his partner to end the fight and as the curtains began to close he attacked again. Neverthe less, following the show, the “ene mies” were smiling happily. Ruby Pandey of India was a stun ning sight as she whirled through a dance of northern India. She was dressed in bright blue chiffon pants, skirt and blouse, topped with a gold-trimmed black vst and her long black braid of hair was tied to her. waist with a gold cloth. Her ankles were covered with jingling metal coins whose noise coincided with the drum beats of her accompanying music as she stamped, twirled and bowed while hicken dinner et for Saturday By MERIL EDWARDS Campus Staff The Student Y Association at iexas A&M University is offering a Jood deal this weekend to students Jn the five-day board plan and to Anyone else who likes barbecued r 'clmken, potato salad and beans. Student Y members will begin /crsal. Barbecuing chicken Saturday morn- cononK 1 ^ at H ense l Park in College Sta- e thill 0 " Tickets for the dinner are $2.75 Tfor pick-up at the park and $3.(X) for delivery. ■ Venita McCellon, Student Y vice Besident for public relations, said Idle money from the dinners will go to benefit the Boys’ Clubs of Bryan. I Tickets are on sale in 216 MSC, or ■ley may be bought from any Stu- ■ent Y member. McCellon said tick et sales are going pretty well, but have slowed down some because of e rainy weather. 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He said a hooded barbecue was used to prepare them because an oven large enough to hold the lambs, which he prefers, could not be found. The lambs were stuffed with a mixture of rice, raisins, peas and Arab spices. play of red, blue, green, yellow, brown and white Thai jellies, pink Siamese noodles and pork satay — pork with peanut butter as an ingre dient. Turkey had a “Doner” — a three- foot tall rotary kebab. Skewered were layers of round eye steak and chopped round eye steak. A student said the meat is prepared in the layers and must sit overnight in a sauce. The whole process takes ab out twelve hours. McKenzie-Baldwin BUSINESS COLLEGE Inquire About Our Terms Starting April 1, 1980 Phone 822-6423 or 822-2368 TOM G0WAN Open Thurs. till 8 Imported coffees 41 varieties Teas-bulk & bag over 150 varieties Munchies European & domestic I BLENDS OF GIF 1-GIVING 1 36f)9 Place E. 29th - Bryan to the Commons at noon and 4.30 p.m. and to Sbisa at 1:30 p.m and 5:30 p.m. “If the weather is bad, students won’t have to go out in it, but can just have us deliver the food to them,” McCellon said. “Some of the Boys’ Clubs have been selling tickets for this. They’ve set up tables in the mall and have gone door-to-door promoting the dinner.” Another project Student Y is in volved with is its student-faculty din ner tonight at Pasta’s. “It’s an opportunity for students to ask their favorite professor to din ner,” McCellon said. “The student pays for his own ticket and the Y pays for his professor.” McCellon said Ron Blatchley, director of student affairs, will be the speaker. Student Y is involved in commun ity services as well as university ser vices, freshman programs and reli gious programs. Student Y also spon sors Fish Camp each summer. Arisa Kim, daughter of Lina Kim, displays traditional Korean dress as part of the Fashion Show presented by the Interna tional Student Association last night in room 201 of the Memo rial Student Center. - Staff photo by Lynn Blanco. COUNTRY & WESTERN DANCE LESSONS 2 STEP — WALTZ — POLKA — JITTERBUG COTTON EYED JOE — SCHOTISCHE at the TEXAS HALL OF FAME Thursday Nights — 6:30 to 7:45 for 5 weeks beginning April 3rd ONLY $12 per person — Includes admission to Hall of Fame after lessons. TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: ENTRANCE OF HALL OF FAME OR 822-2222 846-1895 845-6209 j ONCE A YEAR STORl $ SL-D2 Direct drive semi-automatic turntable With the purchase of the Audio-Technica AT-11E Cartridge at regular * price of 70 RS-M6 Stereo Cassette Deckj \ / s n49’» . 25 Watts Per Channel Of Beautiful Sound. 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