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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1981
Local
Audience ignited as Commodores explode
By JANE G. BRUST
Battalion Staff
With rising smoke on the stage
and flashing lights above, the
Commodores literally exploded in
G. Rollie White Coliseum Friday
night. Their concert, presented
by the MSC Town Hall Commit
tee, transformed Aggieland into
what the group called Commod
ore Country.
A variety of soul and funk tunes
contrasted to sultry love ballads to
entertain a packed house of8,000.
As if warming up to stand during
yell practice and the football
game, the Commodores’ audience
stood throughout most of the con
cert.
But they didn’t just stand
there. People clapped, whooped
and boogied through the concert,
generally going wild. The Com
modores thoughtfully made sure
the audience enjoyed itself by
periodically asking, “Is everyone
havin’ a good time?” Anyone who
had even momentarily sat down
was thus encouraged to get up
again.
Funky hits such as “Brick
House” and “Too Hot Ta Trot”
featured the Commodores danc
ing across every square inch of the
stage in their silvery sequined
suits.
Lead singer Lionel Ritchie de
lighted the crowd in announcing
he would sing a duet — with the
audience — of “Easy.”
In another duet, “Endless
Love,” Ritchie harmonized with
backup vocal Debra Thomas. The
two bodies embraced as their sexy
voices blended to sing, “I know
I’ve found in you my endless
love,” bringing a briefly quieted
crowd back to its feet in a standing
ovation.
Ritchie charmed the audience
with another popular love ballad
singing, “ ... I do love you still.”
Individuals could easily recall
memories of a first love and swal
low them again like a smooth,
rich wine.
The only problem with the con
cert was the Commodores’ singing
for only one hour, 15 minutes. But
if the concert had gone on much
longer, the Commodore
worshipping crowd may never
have let the group get away.
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Lionel Ritchie of the Commodores pauses during the song “Still” in G. Rollie White Coliseum Friday night.
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Local farmer wins
hay competition
By SUSAN FLORENCE
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Battalion Reporter
A local farmer received two of
four first place awards in the 1981
Brazos Valley Hay Show Thursday
night.
Henry Ransom Jr. won Cham
pion Hay grower with his mixed
grass entry and first place with his
Other Bermuda class entry.
Other winners include T. D.
Brady, first place in the Annual
class and Arthur Ueager, first
place in the Coast Bermuda class.
The Annual class and the Coast
Bermuda class are different
brands of hay.
Twenty-three Brazos Valley
farmers entered hay samples for
the contest and the winners were
determined by the highest crude
protein Content.
“Hay with a high crude protein
count is valuable for marketing
and for the ranchers to use for
their cattle,’ said Robert A. Nel
son, operations manager of lltl
Bryan-College Station ChanitK’I
of Commerce.
“Most ranchers raise theirroif
feed so the purpose of show ills
teach ranchers better ways ofpm
ducing high protein hay,” Nek
said.
The third annual hay showwi
sponsored by the Brazos Count
Beef and Forage Committee, i
committee of the Agricultural ft
vision of the College Station
Chamber of Commerce and I
County Extension Service.
After announcing the winners,i
display was set up of all the b
entries. Then, a caravan tourd
the B-7 Ranch, owned by Mr. a
Mrs. Robert VV. Baker, makin
stop to demonstrate castrating^
dehorning techniques of cattle. At
another stop E.D. Davisionei
plained good hay storage teeb 1
ques to use on rolled hayintkl
pasture.
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