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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1980
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LRB dazzles happy Ags
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By RICHARD OLIVER
Battalion Staff
. America and Australia met Friday night at
G. Rollie White Coliseum, and judging by the
Reaction of approximately 5,500 Aggies, the
two countries parted good friends,
i The Little River Band, five musicians from
“down under” in Australia, wowed a less-than-
capacity crowd with all of its old hits, plus a few
new ones.
The warmup group, The Dirt Band, known
years ago as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, came
out smokin’, treating the Texas A&M students
to a wide variety of styles, from rock to hum-
min’ cajun music.
The Dirt Band was led by Jeff Hanna, whose
rsatile voice took the crowd from Louisiana
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to Jamaica, and soothed the crowd with love
attain, songs such as “American Dream” and “Make a
beeajwe Magic.”
111 I was t ^ ie hard-driving, foot-stomping,
! let’s-be-glad-we’re-young-and-alive music
gmat had G. Rollie hopping and jumping,
noutb When The Dirt Band started the rhythmic
r blacU Chords of “Badlands” and a cajun medley that
lighscl ended with “Battle of New Orleans,” we were
;s, too. mystified.
yntilijkkWhen they launched into the old classic,
Tdister Bojangles," we were hooked.
<r. aiThe Dirt Band was made for Texas A&M,
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and an unusually active Aggie crowd let them
know it by forcing them to come back for an
encore, the gospel tune "Will the Circle Re
main Unbroken.”
But perhaps the most popular member of
The Dirt Band was John McKuen, a tall,
bearded fellow who played everything from
the ukelele to the fiddle — and he played a
mean fiddle.
That touch of America had Aggieland hyped
up for the treat that was The Little River Band.
Australia has given the world a lot of things:
koala bears, boomerangs and Olivia Newton-
John. But LRB is its greatest export.
The Little River Band is Glenn Shorrock,
lead singer; Beeb Birtles, lead guitar; Graham
Goble, rhythm guitar; David Briggs, lead
guitar and Derrick Pellici, drums.
Shorrock is the leader. The pleasant singer
plays no instruments, but does, however, play
the crowd. In Australia, he hosts a humorous
TV show and stars in several movies. On stage,
he is the master entertainer.
Shorrock pranced, mugged for the cameras,
and oh, yeah, he sang. In fact, he sang very
well. Ask the Aggies who stood and clapped for
the last half of the performance.
LRB look like the guys next door, all clean
cut, but when the rock-n-roll surfaces in their
ranks, they measure up to any band.
The band opened with “Red Shoes,” a song
written by Birtles, who is the primary songwri
ter for the band.
Architecture talk set
Francesco di Giorgio’s influence
on architecture will be the subject of
a lecture Wednesday sponsored by
the College of Architecture and En
vironmental Design.
Dr. Richard Betts, architectural
historian at the University of Illinois,
will present the lecture, entitled,
“Alberti’s Dream Made Real: The
Architectural Treatises of Francesco
di Giorgio.”
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Solar forum Thursday night
By BEUNDA McCOY
Battalion Reporter
The concept of solar energy, or
inergy from the sun, seems easy to
inderstand, even for people who are
lot scientists. But how to put it into
ise is not quite so simple.
Area citizens will have a chance to
isk questions about practical applica-
ions of solar energy at the Texas So
ar Town Hall, a free public forum to
)e held at 7 p.m. Thursday, at the
Irazos Center in Bryan.
The forum is one of a statewide
icries of 31 currently being con-
lucted by the Texas Solar Energy
lociety (TX-SES) in conjuction with
he state energy office, the Texas
Jnergy and Natural Resources
Advisory Council (TENRAC).
The Texas Solar Energy Society is
t non-profit association organized to
iducate the public on renewable
inergy by providing information and
lublic programs. The society has one
if the most extensive solar informa-
ion and resource networks in the
tate.
The speakers at the Texas Solar
Town Hall, all of whom are associates
of either TENRAC or TX-SES, will
explain the problems and potential
savings of present-day solar systems
for residential and commercial use.
“It’s a straightforward presenta
tion of the pros and cons of solar
energy, ” said John Carlson, Program
Coordinator, Solar and Commercial,
for TENRAC, and also a scheduled
speaker for the Town Hall.
“They (the Town Halls) are de
signed to show people that many so
lar energy systems are a reality.”
McDermott to speak
Wednesday night
Most Cubans
uninterested
in English
United Press International
FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. —
Cuban refugees struggling to learn
English can write down their favorite
jpod (“cheeken and rice”) and their
favorite clothes (“bluejen”) for their
. instructors, but officials said Sunday
' that most of the Cubans have shown
little interest in English classes.
Daily “survival” classes are being
jffered to the refugees, who are
thesejjaiting resettlement after being
ngs c<%nsolidated in Arkansas from other
parkinifelocation centers.
r 30 iff But instructors say only one-third
s (jgsifnfthe refugees have signed up for the
arfi two-hour lessons and only 65 percent
^ o | ori of those registered attend regularly.
, uJ The federal Education Depart-
, ment is paying for the classes with a
ie y 1 $664,000 grant
rically* Former Little Rock school super-
iy tk yntendent Dr. Paul R. Fair is direct-
ey lAg the language project. He said
ear tlie volunteer agencies who are trying to
CODVeipd sponsors for the Cubans work
v ^hardest on placing those who have
. tmva - had at least 30 hours of English les-
sons.
■J atl ’I But the refugees do not seem to
ice ^ understand the importance of know-
wenf ing the language, Fair said, and re-
jsteWquiring the refugees to attend class
,inpafl'only would bring in “disgruntled and
disruptive” elements to the clas-
ms.
Instruction coordinator Shirley
dhnson said many of the refugees
iparently are counting on living in
Spanish-speaking areas once they
wave Fort Chaffee or simply have
too many other worries that keep
them out of class.
The annual Texas A&M Universi
ty Faculty Lecture will be presented
Wednesday by Dr. John McDer
mott, professor and head of the Uni
versity’s Department of Philosophy
and Humanities.
The lecture, entitled “The Cultu
ral Immortality of Philosophy as Hu
man Drama,” will be presented at 8
p. m. in 701 Rudder Tower. It is open
to the public and admission is free.
The faculty lecture is presented as
part of the University Lecture
Series. The 1980-81 series will also
include speakers from the fields of
education, engineering and business
administration.
McDermott was chosen by the
University Lectures Committee on
the basis of recommendations and
nominations by his peers.
Previous faculty lecturers have in
cluded Dr. Vaughn Bryant of the
anthropology department, who
spoke last year on “Cavemen’s Diet:
Then and Now,” and former chancel
lor and professor of history Dr. Jack
K. Williams, whose 1978 address fo
cused on dueling in the Old South.
Registration open
for GMA Tnext week
The Graduate Management
Admission Test will be given Satur
day, Oct. 25 at Texas A&M Univer
sity.
Students planning to take the test
can pick up registration materials
from Texas A&M’s College of Busi
ness Administration, 214 Old En
gineering Building, or from the Gra
duate College located in the Teague
Research Center.
The GMAT will also be given Jan.
24, March 21 and July 15, 1981.
Students who do not pre-register
for the test may take it on a stand-by
basis, if sufficient space and test
materials are available after all pre
registered candidates have been
admitted.
Candidates admitted on a stand
by basis must present a completed
registration form and a check or
money order for the regular test fee,
plus an additional $10 service fee.
Phil Gramm to speak
Congressman Phil Gramm will
address a business breakfast at 6:45
a.m. Wednesday at the Ramada Inn.
He will speak on “Revitalizing the
Free Enterprise System.”
The breakfast is being sponsored
by the Bryan-College Station Cham
ber of Commerce, and is open to the
public. Cost of the continental
breakfast is $2.25, payable at the
door.
Persons planning to attend should
call the Chamber office at 779-2278
no later than noon Tuesday.
American illustrators’
exhibit to open Friday
torid
The work of three American illus
trators will be featured starting Fri
day in an exhibit entitled “American
Illustration in the Eighties.”
The featured artists are John Col
lier, Jim Sharpe and Richard Sparks,
whose paintings and drawings have
appeared on the covers of Time
magazine, U.S. government issue
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stamps, album covers and in other
publications.
The exhibit may be viewed in
Rudder Exhibit Hall from 8 a.m. to
11 p.m. daily through Nov. 14.
Guided tours are available for groups
by appointment.
A public reception will be held in
the artists’ honor from 7:30 p.m. to 9
p.m. Friday in the exhibit hall.
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