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Local 1 HE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981 Page 3 OCA meets over fire and blood ^falh Fleitas leads the Women’s Chorus in a tune at their practice. Fleitas is the director of the 53-member female Staff photo by Brian Tate choral group as well as the Reveliers, a thirteen-member mixed vocal pop jazz ensemble. By NANCY WEATHERLEY Battalion Staff The Off-Campus Aggies’ cut ting crew is going back out this weekend, OCA Vice President Bruce Martin said at the OCA meeting Monday night. Martin, bonfire chairman this year, said OCA cutting crews will meet Saturday and Sunday morn ings at 8 behind Duncan Dining Hall. OCA will have tables set up around campus to sign up as many people as possible to build up their bonfire crew, he said. At 7 p.m. Saturday, OCA will have a Bonfire Crew Party at Doux Chene Apartments for everyone who participated. Other events discussed in cluded a street dance to be held after the Nov. 14 Arkansas game in Culpepper Plaza. President Paul Bettencourt said local radio sta tions KTAM/KORA will be co hosting the event with OCA. “The radio stations will have a mobile unit in Culpepper, and will be giving us free air time,” Bettencourt said. A merchant in Culpepper will be paying for beer, so there will be no admission charge and anyone — not just OCA members—can attend, Bet tencourt said. A representative from the Aggie Blood Drive urged OCA members to come out and give blood in the annual drive which lasts through Thursday. A grand prize of three beer kegs will be given to organization who has the most people turn out to give blood. Lynda Beard, Student Govern ment senator, told OCA to start collecting old quizzes for a main quiz file the Student Government is trying to organize in the library. Choral groups make the whole world sing P«l [ iraiti t By JENNIFER CARR ilMli i Battalion Reporter »lliii ^ rom Barr y Manilow to the , classics, the Reveliers and the Women's Chorus provide all types of music for groups or banquets. Both the Women’s Chorus and ieniai tte Reveliers are available to sing elfa atchu ch sen ices, banquets and leefej pty or Texas A&M activities. “The music that (the Women’s .Chorus) sings ranges from classical ■music by the great choral compos ers to popular music such as (Cole) Porter. Duke Ellington, (George) Gershwin, and then we do things like Barn Manilow, Patty [Fleitas, director of Women’s [Chorus and Reveliers. said, j The Women’s Chonis compris es 53 Texas A&M women, a bass juitarist. a drummer and a pianist. [Membership is elective, and try outs consist of a music audition t rate sdrvj etisr aibfoi and an interview by members of the chorus. Reveliers is a vocal pop jazz en semble of five men, five women and three instrumentalists. Qual ifications for the group include a solo and ensemble audition, and those with the best vocal mix are selected, Fleitas said. “It’s not the elite group in the department, but it is a group that requires a very specific vocal style to fit the music that we sing,” Fleitas said. “We do striedy jazz, pop and swing — no classical. "All the groups in the depart ment require a great amount of commitment and dedication and discipline just to remain in them. Once you're in, you really have to commit yourself. In addition to special engage ments, the two groups have a for mal concert Dec. 7 with the rest of the Vocal Music Department, and the Women’s Chorus has a Christ mas concert at St. Mary’s Cathohc Church Dec. 10. The Chorus also holds a spring concert and will host a joint workshop and concert March 5 and 6 with Director of Choral Activities Dr. Morris J. Beachy of the University of Texas and its women’s concert chorus. Fleitas founded the Women’s Chorus in spring 1979 and was assistant director of Revehers from fall 1978 to spring 1981 when she became director. Fleitas said both groups will go out of town if they can make a weekend tour out of it. Although she prefers at least a month’s notice, she encourages people to call anytime as the groups are al ways looking for performances. For a booking, call the Vocal Music Office, 845-5974. ■ hize-winning physicist slated to speak today on A&M campus A physicist whose studies in interstellar matter earned him four prestigious medals will deliv er lecture today at 4 p.m. on the tf Texas A6cM campus. ’i D Hendrik Van de Hulst is to speak in 146 Phvsics Building on 'The mma Ray Sk>. 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