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ves what tlif labor on tk r mied —tli? >ple want to m ‘tings andttj the dorm «it pie in on weekend go cut. there, rot enoughs orpscanitlt c on the bout ration ish dvisory coir® e president!: ial stages of t be reduced : now rises, howl. But helping toal ilem the C« fall semestei tribute to the eing a mostbl project Aggies, re’s importi not a non-rti ' ■ ^ • . ' . ^ Fallfest is sorority's Wurstfest The second annual Fallfest, spon sored by the Delta Zeta sorority, will be Saturday, Nov. 22 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Starlight Ballroom in Snook. Fallfest is the sorority’s version of Wurstfest, a spokesperson for the group said. There will be 200 kegs of beer and all you can drink for the admission price of $3.50 for women and $4.50 for men. Music will be provided by the country and rock group Mesquite. Delta Zeta will be selling T-shirts and buttons at the event. Proceeds from the Fallfest will be donated to the multiple handicapped center in College Station. Staff photo by Pat O’Malley The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band steps through a four-way per- execute the difficult maneuver to perfection in practice, the pendicular cross-through drill in preparation for this Satur- drill’s designer, drum major David LePori, anticipates a peak day’s halftime performance. Although the band has yet to performance for the band’s season finale in Kyle Field. Variations of the impossible Aggie Band perfects a gross-through with a twist By MARCY BOYCE Battalion Staff The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band is taking on a new challenge during the halftime show of the Texas A&M-Texas Christian University foot ball game with a drill like it has never per formed before. The highlight of the eight-minute drill will be a four-way perpendicular cross-through, drum major David LePori said. In this part of the drill the band will split into four sections at the four corners of the field, about 90 yards apart. All sections will then march toward mid- field, cross through each other and march out in four different directions. Actually the four-way perpendicular cross- through the band has fervently practiced all week is nothing new to its members. The drill has been performed several times before, but a new variation of the drill with a few new “twists” at the end gives it a little added spice this time, LePori said. LePori declined to divulge exactly what those new twists will be, however, preferring to leave them a mystery to the student body until Saturday’s performance. As of Wednesday, the band hadn’t correctly completed the drill, but LePori, its designer, didn’t seem worried. “There are lots of times when the drill isn’t perfect until we do it Saturday morning (the final practice). But that’s the way we want it. We want to peak at performance — not be fore.” A drill’s success is measured by one stan dard only, LePori said. Perfection. Measuring by that standard, at this time the band still has some practicing to do, he said. Monday and Tuesday afternoons are usually reserved for the band to practice without music and to work out any kinks in the drill. Not every drill can be fully drawn up before hand on paper, so the band sometimes has to work out parts of it on the field, LePori said. “If it (the drill) will work on paper it will definitely work on the field, but some things won’t work on paper and will still work on the field,” he said. One example of this occurred a few years ago when the Aggie Band attempted a varia tion of the same cross-through drill planned for Saturday. After the drill was conceived it was checked by a University computer. The computer said the drill, which called for two people to be at the same place at the same time, could not be done. The band did it anyway. To design the drill for the Texas A&M- Southem Methodist University halftime show at the beginning of November, Drum Major David Rogers said he used a type of graph paper in the shape of a football field with two- step interval grids. Rogers said he then plotted the drill step-by-step for each of the 303 mem bers, keeping in mind that the drill must be completed within eight minutes. Incorporated into every drill, no matter how elaborate, are the basics—the six 30-inch steps to every five yards, counter marches and flank ing and facing movements, LePori and Rogers said. On the first day of practice someone is desig nated to count the exact number of steps in the drill. From that number band director Col. Joe T. Haney determines how long the drill will take and puts it to music. The four-way perpendicular cross-through drill this week will be performed while playing “The March of the Centurians,” a song written for a military movie, followed by “A Blue and Grey Medley” from the Civil War era arranged by Haney. LePori said the drill is “coming along” and appeared confident the band will come off the field Saturday with their heads held high fol lowing their final performance of the year on Kyle Field. Engineering building ■ to receive new name turn '<Mod Day: By NATHAN R. HINES E Battalion Reporter I The newly renovated mechanical Engineering shops behind the Har- pgton Education Complex at Texas A&M University will officially re ceive a new name at 10 a.m. Satur- day, Nov. 22. I The building will be named for ].R. Thompson, 74, president of Warren Electric in Houston. “We are proud that the shops will «: named for Thompson,” said Dr. bn Rice, coordinator of industrial stribution at Texas A&M Univer- [ty, “Mr. Thompson has been very in- rumental in helping the industrial d wanderaii istribution program at Texas A&M. dephants ak e supports this program and this ft that the if n ' v ersity both morally and finan cing and ui! iall y>„ e 0 ven th , ou g h he isn,t an h Man ” ,ggie ’ Rice said ’ , , ' ! Thompson became involved with “ , a * has A&M in 1956. He was a mem- ir the Classif u Seniors (Zij it of the Acai our aimless ch out sergf ; of ’81, Pres 1 Yell Redid of ’81, Treat of ’81, Seci ber of the Houston Industrial Distri bution Associaton when it was work ing to have an I. D. program started at Texas A&M. Since then, he has served on the I. D. program’s advis ory committee for 12 years. “Mr. Thompson spends at least two hours per day trying to help our program,” Rice said. “He recruits students and financial support for our program. “He is a strong supporter of the free enterprise system, and loves young people. This is why he is trying to help as many students as possible. He has a rags to riches story, and he believes any one in America can do the same. His main objective in working with this de partment is to develop a program where other people can have their opportunity. ” The dedication ceremonies will be in Harrington Annex. 3 50 Reg. 3.95 3 50 Reg. 4.35 3 75 CH)K€S€ RtSTJUJRANT WELCOME TO AGGIELAND! SPECIALS: Sweet & Sour Pork Moo Goo Gal Pan Pepper Steak MOON BUFFET Monday thru Friday < SUNDAY EVENING BUFFET All You Can Eat! 3 95 - “ ^ OPEN DAILY 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 1313 S. 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