Musician-comedian Victor Borge appears Sunday night
at 8 in Rudder Auditorium, courtesy of MSC OPAS.
Borge performs
here Sunday night
Q. What do you get when you
cross a classical pianist with a
comedian?
A. Victor Borge, the man
who has been called the
"comedian's comedian ...
(and) the musician's musi
cian."
His biography states that
"his irrestible humor, sup
reme pianism and extraordin
ary ability as an orchestral
conductor have made him one
of the foremost box office
attractions of all time" — a
claim proven by his world re
cord of 849 performances on
Broadway for a one-man
show.
Borge will present his
"Comedy in Music" program,
ranging from "Bach to Bern
stein and Steve Martin to
Steve Allen," at Texas A&M
University Sunday at 8 p.m.
in Rudder Auditorium.
The performance is spon
sored by the Memorial Stu
dent Center Opera and Per
forming Arts Society.
Borge, a native of
Copenhagen, Denmark, has
been knighted by the kings of
Norway, Denmark and
Sweden, has been honored by
the U.S. Congress and has
performed for numerous U.S.
presidents and Queen Eli
zabeth.
Last week, he was knight
ed in Finland. He was hon
ored for his help in estab
lishing the "Thanks to Scandi
navia" program which pro
vides scholarships to Scandi-
navanians who wish to study
at American universities.
Performing with Borge is
opera soloist Marylyn Mul-
vey, who has been a member
of the Victor Borge Company
for several years.
Circus schedules
three-day run
Ladies and gentlemen, this
weekend, in the center ring, the
"World's Largest Circus Under
the Big Top" comes to Bryan.
The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.
Circus performs Friday through
Sunday, October 16-18, in the
Townshire Shopping Center
parking lot.
Over a hundred performers
and animals travel with the cir
cus, which has been entertain
ing crowds for 98 years.
They will have a busy
weekend, starting with circus
elephants raising the gigantic
blue-and-white big top tent Fri
day morning from 7 till noon.
Shutterbugs are advised that
the best picture-taking times are
between 8 and 11 a.m. Donna
Lewis, marketing director of the
circus, said the tent-raising
usually goes like clockwork be
cause it has been done so many
times, but it still fascinates her.
The elephants are the main
attraction again on Saturday,
with a race between the lumber
ing pachyderms scheduled for
high noon, just before the first
performance. Disc jockeys from
radio station WTAW will turn
into elephant jockeys for the
race, along with representatives
of The Eagle, The Press and
KBTX-TV.
At the Saturday morning per
formance, local children will be
painted and costumed by circus
Circus usually performs on the
East Coast and hasn't been to
Texas in about 20 years.
Circus Vargas usually per
forms in this area, and appeared
in Bryan-College Station last
year.
Showtimes are 4:30 p.m. and
8 p.m. on Friday; 1 p.m., 4:30
p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday,
and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Advance tickets are available
today for a $1 discount at Sears,
with regular priced tickets avail
able at the performance.
Aggies with a current I.D. re
ceive a discounted ticket price of
$3.
Tickets are $5.50 for adults,
and $3 for children 12 and under
and adults over 65.
Reserved seats are $1 extra.
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Drinking beer for status
By Tom Solomon
All's Fair in Lott, Texas
By Debbie Nelson
and Cathy Saathoff
Stained glass isn't only for churches.
By Colette Hutchings
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7
On the cover: Leon Wal
lace, an inmate at the Eas-
tham Unit of the Texas De
partment of Corrections,
takes a wild spin on a buck
ing bull at the Texas Prison
Rodeo. The Rodeo runs ev
ery Sunday in October. For
more pictures and story,
see pages 8 and 9. Cover
photo by Dave Einsel.