THE BATTALION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1981
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By MARY JO RUMMEL
Battalion Staff
On a night of tricks and treats
Friday, country music fans were
treated when Charley Pride per
formed a selection of old and new
favorites in G. Rollie White Col
iseum.
Pride and his six-member
band, the Pridesmen, concen
trated on providing a lot of good
music — artfully manipulating the
mood of the crowd without using
elaborate light shows or other
gimmicks.
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Staff photo by Rose Delano
Charley Pride performs old and new hits Friday night in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The audience mellowed out on
the romantic love songs such as
“Kiss an Angel Good Morning”
and “Crystal Chandelier.” But
Pride managed to keep everyone
on their toes by changing the pace
and livening up the performance
with “Kaw Liga” and “Honky-tonk
Blues.”
He even added a touch of gospel
music to the show from his latest
gospel album.
Pride also presented some new
music along with the old favorites.
He sang his new hit single “I’ve
Never Been so Loved in All My
Life, ” which has been No. 1 on the
Billboard Country Charts for two
weeks.
After several songs. Pride pul
led up a chair and told jokes about
his recent visit to the White
House and his hometown of
Sledge, Miss.
The Pridesmen were talented
and knew their music. They play
ed a special rendition of “The
Orange Blossom Special” that had
the audience clapping and just ab
out dancing in their seats.
Earl Thomas Conley, Nashville
song writer, sang a collection of his
songs such as “Fire and Smoke.”
Conley and the Pride back-up sin
gers, Bittersweet, set the mood
for an enjoyable night of country.
Bittersweet, a one-man and two-
woman trio, added their own har
monized touch to popular songs
such as “Two Doors Down.”
Out of 38 albums released by
Pride, 14 have become gold re
cords by selling over 500,000
copies.
He has received two Grammy
awards and 18 Country Music
Association awards in his career.
Known as “Country’s Pride,” he
is popular in several other coun
tries. Though never released in
the United States as a single,
“Crystal Chandelier” was recently
voted the most popular song in
England.
Pride is popular especially in
Canada, Australia and New Zea
land, Preston Buchanan, Prides
men bass guitarist, said. Bucha
nan has been playing in the band
since 1969.
The Dallas group came back to
Texas Tuesday after giving a con
cert in Madison Square Garden in
New York and recently ending a
tour in Canada.
“We spend about 130 days out
on the road — mainly in the Un
ited States and Canada,” Bucha
nan said in an interview during
intermission. “We get off all of
June and December.”
Sometimes the traveling makes
it hard on family lives. The wives
get to go along on some of the
trips. The families of the members
of the groups accompanied the
band to College Station, he said.
Off-Campus Aggies plan
to dance the night away
The Off-Campus Aggies will
meet at 6:30 tonight in Rudder
Tower to finalize plans for their
upcoming street dance.
The Nov. 14 street dance will
be held at 8 p.m. at Culpepper
Plaza follwing the Texas A&M-
University of Arkansas game,
Paul Bettencourt, OCA presi
dent, said.
“We’ve never had a street
dance like this in our area, and
we’re expecting about 1,000 or
more people to attend, ” he said.
Two local radio stations,
KTAM and KORA will have on-
the-spot music and will inter
view OCA officers and mem
bers, as well as students attend
ing the street dance.
Area merchants will provide
concessions for students and
will exhibit individual booths
promoting their business.
Bettencourt said OCA, which
will also discuss Aggie Bonfire
tonight, hopes to double its cut
ting crew since this weekend is
the final cutting weekend.
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rainees draw up simulated con-
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" As a highlight of the school, the
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mowing that low-level radioactive
material is present, Cox said.
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tcility valued at $7 million, south
west of the University campus.
The field annually hosts the
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(nsiblfl kept busy much of the rest of the
time conducting special courses.
The fire training division of
TEEX, in conjunction with Texas
A&M’s Nuclear Science Center,
offers the nuclear fire course twice
a year, with the next one sche
duled for March.
In addition, Cox said, the train-
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