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MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1981
'A Chorus Line' sparkles at A&M
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By MARCY BOYCE
Battalion Staff
\ 30-member cast sent sparks flying
[through a captivated audience Sunday in an
[electrifying performance of the Broadway
[hit musical “A Chorus Line” in Rudder
: Auditorium.
As the stage lights were turned up the
| performers came to life in the drama con-
jceived, directed and choreographed by
; Michael Bennett as the “gypsies” of show
[biz — the nearly anonymous dancers who
| trek from show to show hoping to be disco-
f vered.
Excepting “One,” the breathtaking cli-
; max, the award-winning show (recipient of
Review
nine Tony Awards including best musical
and the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Drama) lack
ed the sparkle, bright lights and razzle daz
zle kin to most musicals. Yet, such show-biz
glitter was hardly missed, rather its abs
ence put the focus where it should be — on
the feats of the highly-skilled performers.
To a plain black or mirrored backdrop
the 17 dancers stepped one by one from a
fateful white line at a chorus call to attempt
to sell themselves to Zach, the director of
the upcoming show.
The director, played by John McGee,
was ever-present throughout the perform
ance as a voice from the audience but
appeared on stage only a few times. One of
those times and a most touching perform
ance featured only Zach and Paul (Wayne
Meledandri), a dancer searching for not
only a job but his own dignity as he strug
gles with his homosexuality.
As each dancer stepped forward, they
revealed their life-long fantasies and hear
taches in song and dance numbers such as
“I Hope I Get It,” by composer Marvin
Hamlisch and lyricist Edward Kleban. The
musical numbers were excellent, but un
fortunately vocals frequently were
drowned out by the orchestra.
Nevertheless, the cast gradually took
shape as a family of which each member was
unique but united by a common bond —
the desire to get a job, this job. In fact, the
bond was such that when Zach made the
final cut momentarily it appeared that the
eight dancers chosen didn’t know whether
to jump up and down or console the others.
But, the show didn’t fail to evoke laugh
ter either. One of the more risque but quite
comical numbers featured Val (Delyse
Lively) as the petite pig-tailed dancer who
aspired to being a Radio City Rockette and
related how a visit to the “wizard on 73rd”
changed her life, not to mention her build.
And then there was Sheila (Jan Leigh
Herndon). Yes, the presence of the more-
shapely-than-most, pushing-30 dancer,
who stood hands on hips throughout the
performance, was inescapable, yet she ulti
mately suffered the same fate as so many
like her — getting cut.
“A Chorus Line” was a survival story and
some made it, while others didn’t.
MSC Council set to hear
CAMAC request, reports
By KATHY O’CONNELL
Battalion Staff
The MSC Council will hear a
request tonight from the Commit
tee for Awareness of Mexican
American Culture to become a
member of a state-wide organiza
tion for Mexican American stu
dents.
The purpose of Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan
(MECHA) is to promote unity
among various Chicano student
organizations in Texas and to
attain political, social and cultural
awareness through various state
wide activities.
CAMAC is also requesting that
Texas A&M University be permit
ted to host the annual MECHA
convention in November 1981.
Some possible participants in
clude: Texas Tech University,
Rice University, Pan American
University and South West Texas
University.
Also on the agenda is a report
from the Program Study Commit
tee, which will submit recommen
dations the council is expected to
vote on.
The committee was established
to determine whether or not four
Directorate committees would be
eliminated.
Under question are Arts, Black
Awareness, CAMAC and Recrea
tion committees. There was con
cern that the four committees
were not producing effective
programs or maintaining sufficient
membership.
The council will also vote on
recommendations made by the
Nominating Committee for the re
maining council officers and Dire
ctorate chairmen.
Positions open for council offic
ers are two coordinators of prog
rams and the director of advertis
ing and publicity.
The remaining Directorate
chairmen to be selected include:
SCONA, Outdoor Recreation,
Arts, Black Awareness, CAMAC,
Basement and Recreation.
The council will also vote on the
chairmen for five special projects
including Fall Leadership, All
Night Fair, Variety Show, College
Bowl and Madrigal Dinners.
Sara Morse, vice president of
programs, said there are still posi
tions open for chairmen of several
MSC special projects. These in
clude: Summer Dinner Theatre,
Career Development, Lost and
Found Auction, Christmas Prog
ram, Discovery, Welcome Back
Picnic, Spring Leadership and
Open House.
oman seeks senior yell leader slot
By KATHY O’CONNELL
Battalion Staff
20-year-old Texas A&M Uni
way or the otliti versity student is challenging a
vercomethelimte long-standing Aggie tradition in
ind prove equal I? an attempt to get more off-campus
idder and Wife Students involved in “that fighting
) think about. Te c xas Aggiespirit.”
I .Sarah l mdlay, a junior journal
ism major, is running for senior
, yell leader. And no, you didn’t
I read the name wrong, Findlay is a
' woman.
P Findlay said she first got the
idea to run for yell leader at an
Aggie football game. “The First
fr time I went to a game, l saw a yell
k I Jdl leader and I wanted to be one. The
girl I was with said ‘Oh no, you
can’t.’”
She said the first question
everyone asks is “Why do you
want to run for yell leader?”
“I always tell them I really want
to be a yell leader, and I feel like I
can represent A&M a lot and the
best way I can get involved with
school spirit is by being a yell
leader. ”
As a transfer student from
Maryville College in Tennessee,
Findlay said she came to Texas
A&M because she wants to be an
Aggie. “It (Texas A&M) has what I
want and I just want to get in
volved in the school spirit. ”
She also said the image of the
yell leaders has encouraged her to
seek the position. “We had cheer
leaders (at Maryville), but I de
spise cheerleaders. It is an ex
ploitation of women. That’s why I
really like the image of the yell
leader. If I get to wear pants and a
shirt and can show my school spirit
that way, it would be really neat.”
Findlay thinks it’s important for
off-campus students to be in
volved in school spirit. “More
than half of the students live off-
campus and all the yell leaders are
in the Corps. To me it’s like the
state legislature — it’s a very poor
representation of what they’re
representing. I think an off-
campus person (as yell leader)
would be very beneficial.
Findlay lives off-campus with
her brother.
She said she is not trying to
prove that a woman can be elected
yell leader. “I’m not trying to
make a woman’s issue out of it. It
just happens that I want to be a
yell leader and I’m a woman,” she
said.
“I think the people who oppose
me are trying to make a woman’s
issue of this. I’m not.”
Findlay said before she submit
ted her application, she talked to
Dr. Carolyn Adair, student activi
ties director, who was “behind me
all the way.”
She said a few years ago,
another woman attempted to run;
however, she didn’t get as far
Findlay has. She wanted to get the
other woman’s name to talk to her,
but she never could find it. Evi
dently the woman had some prob
lems with grades and her name
didn’t appear on the ballot.
Findlay said she knows she’s
going to get flak from some people
and is prepared for it. “I have a
bullet proof shield I wear ever-
day,” she said laughing. “No, se
riously, there’s always going to be
the question ‘Why are you run
ning?’ and my rebuttal is I want to
be a yell leader and it happens that
I’m a woman.’ That’s my basic
argument. ”
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<Fish Drill Team brings home
four firsts from Austin meet
j Despite rain and what is nor
mally considered unfriendly terri
tory, the Texas A&M Freshman
Drill Team came home from Au
stin Saturday loaded with first
place trophies.
The University of Texas cam
pus was the site of the annual
Scabbard and Blade invitational
drill meet, the first of three that
will determine the state cham
pionship title. The other two com
petitions in the series are at Texas
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University.
The Aggie freshmen defeated
six other teams to win first place in
all three phases of the competition
— inspection, basic drill and fancy
exhibition — to bring home the
overall trophy for the second con
secutive year.
“I thought the team’s perform
ance was outstanding, especially
considering the weather condi
tions,” FDT junior adviser Bob
Sartor said. “If they continue like
this, I see no problem in picking
up the state championship again
this year.”
Each team that competes for
the state title matches their two
best scores from the three meets
against the other teams’ best two
scores.
The team with the highest total
is awarded the state championship
title.
The Texas A&M Women’s Drill
Team also won first place overall
in their division at the Austin
meet.
The next competition will be
April 11 on the Texas A&M
campus.
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