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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1981)
Page 3 local THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1981 ‘Nuclear polka’ blasts A&M By KATHLEEN McELROY Battalion Staff Boy, it was real neat. Every body was outside in the Grove pogo-ing their punk sunglasses off, bebopping in their skinny ties to the electric sounds of “The Beer Barrel Polka.” (Back up — try again. “The Beer Barrel Polka”?) Until Friday night I — who would only two-step under life- threatening conditions — had Review xibleand: jne itaticSok be in life, a real wd romise lk world” si seentki viouslyk n of abscli ;ner.” >, don’t bl ist too cost 'jtX&tk Photo by Dave Einsel Carl Finch, lead vocalist for the Brave Combo, changes the nuclear structure of a polka in the Grove Friday night. never considered dancing a pol ka. That was until I experienced Brave Combo — the world’s only nuclear polka band. The Denton-based band plays legitimate polka, tango and rumba music. But Tim Hendrix’s saxophone adds a bizarre twist — behind those sunglasses and candy-striped jacket, lives a man who could turn “Home on the Range” into a punk polka. Don’t believe it? Would you believe “The T Can See For Miles’ Polka,” a mutation of the classic Who number which became one of the evening’s big songs? Who knows. Maybe one day “The ‘Hey Jude’ Waltz.” Sure, any good nuclear polka band can play polka, tango, waltz and rumba music. But what have they done for rock music lately — can they play New Wave? The Combo had the Grove bouncing to “Shopping at the K-Mart,” one of the best num bers of the entire evening. But Brave Combo was only the opening act for Friday’s doubleheader — after all, everyone was really punked out to see The Skunks, an Austin New Wave band that sold-out two performances last semester at Texas A&M University. Luckily, after the Combo’s strenuous jam session, every one in the packed Grove had time to rest and enjoy the night breezes because the Skunks didn’t appear for another 30 or 40 minutes. But when they got started, it was exercise time for New Wav ers once more. The Skunks play pure New Wave music — they’re not as accessible as the Cars or as com mercial as Blondie. In fact, all their songs basically sound alike — but all sound good. The three-man group plays with as much energy as their fans use dancing. And thanks to the MSC Base ment’s good wisdom, there was enough room for everyone to dance. The benches — where sat the calm and unsweaty or the totally pooped — were far from the stage leaving a large open space. The Basement, which sponsored this concert and Brave Combo’s solo show on Thursday, was blessed with a beautiful night filled with music until the midnight. So the evening was a success — with Brave Combo providing the fun of nuclear polka, and the Skunks jamming on the funk of New Wave. Apathy closes conference The Women’s Leadership Conference scheduled for today was cancelled Friday, due to a lack of student participation, said Tricia Barber, the Student Activi ties Office adviser who organized the program. Barber said there were not enough student parti cipants signed up for the all-day conference on career planning and women’s issues to go ahead with the program. She said a student task force will be organized to determine how a fall conference should be set up, as an all-day affair or as two morning programs. “We hope to schedule something for fall, but we’d like to find out what the students would be most reactive to,” Barber said. The cancelled program would have been the fourth annual Women’s Leadership Conference. Those persons who had pre-registered may pick up their fee refunds in the Student Activities Office, 221 MSC. Runners of all ages stride in marathon By NANCY FLOECK Battalion Reporter The restlessness was almost as jiigh as the humidity Saturday as J13 runners gathered under iloudy skies for Texas A&M’s ’ifth Annual Marathon. Two hours, 40 minutes, 28 econds and 26.22 miles after he took off, Tinker Murray sailed across the finish line, to make run ning a marathon look as easy as crossing the street. Murray, a 29-year-old doctoral itudent, said winning Texas A&M’s full marathon was no big deal —he’s done it three times. Without even having to catch his hreath, Murray said Saturday’s cool weather made the run leasant. The run also appeared easy as 22-year-old Christopher Dean finished. Smiling broadly and ng up his arms in victory, Dean finished 16 minutes after Murray. Butperhaps most impressive of was 61-year-old John J. Cal- varese, who ran the 26.22 miles in (four hours and 23 minutes. This was his 82nd marathon. “I’ve been doing it since 1966, ” fie said. “It keeps me out of mis chief.” Although most of the runners were college students, several kids under 14 entered, as well as i | e [ j many men old enough to be their u grandfathers. t comp r “Qjj y OU see 60-year-old n downpj one man aid proudly of i could nOij himself, after completing the half- but i®! -marathon first in his age group. Pride was evident all around G. net SahW-fiollie White Coliseum, wire re the running began and ended. sun at J listen to rm listens tes andra'1 ■one to ^ i. Stewart Yelling and laughing as they started the race, the runners waved and grinned for a small group of spectators, most of whom toted cameras. And running furiously those last few yards, the runners finished amidst cheering and bursts of applause from spectators and other runners who had finished but lingered to cheer on their slower comrades. Bits of conversation repre sented the moods at the marathon: “Pace yourself, pace yourself— don’t bum out.” “I’m going to be stiff for weeks.’’ “And I said, ‘By golly. I’m not going to let him pass me by!”’ “Why was my time so bad?” Gallons of water and many showers later, the runners met at the Texas Hall of Fame where they ate barbecue, compared times and honored the winners. The best times were: — '/i, male: 0:36:51, Kirk Baird, 20. — l A, female: 0:47:37, Peggy Glikin, 26. — Vz, male: 1:21:00, Bruce Gli kin, 32. — Vz, female: 1:39:24, Julie Currey, 22 — full, male: 2:40:28, Tinker Murray, 29. — full, female: 3:26:50, Frances Torres, 26. Medals were given to the top three male and female runners in each age group — under 14, 15- 20, 21-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and over 60. About 175 runners finished the Vi marathon (6.55 miles), about 150 the Vz marathon (13.10 miles) and about 40 the full 26.22 miles. The Best Pizza In Town! Honest. 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