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Friday, September 10, 1982
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Fair offers cook-offs, parade
by Tammy Jones
Battalion Reporter
On Saturday, only twenty-
five miles from College Station,
you can find a county fair —
complete with with chili cook
offs, barrel racing and a parade.
The Burleson County Fair be
gins Saturday and will run
through Sept. 18 at the Burleson
County Fair Grounds in Cald
well.
The 35th annual county fair
also will feature Sheri Ryman,
Miss Texas 1981 and an indust
rial distribution major at Texas
A&M University, as Grand Mar
shall of the fair parade. The pa
rade is scheduled for Thursday
at 4:30 p.m. in Caldwell.
The Burleson fair will run
almost continuously from the
beginning of the first event
Saturday— the Chili and Barbe-
que Cook-Off.
The entry fee for the cook-off
is $5 for the Chili Cookf-Off and
$15 for the Barbecue Cook-Off.
Twenty-two trophies
will be given away to
winners in the two
cook-offs. Winners will
be divided between
Burleson County resi
dents and out-of-county
residents.
Entry fees must be paid by 10
a.m. Saturday, said Tom Wilkin
son, Jr., member of the Calwell
Chamber of Commerce and the
Burleson Fair Association.
In addition, Wilkinson said,
22 trophies will be given away to
winners in these two events.
Winners will be divided be
tween Burleson County resi
dents and out-of-county resi
dents, he said.
Among the cook-off judges
for both cook offs will be repre
sentatives from the Bryan-
College Eagle and local radio
stations, Wilkinson said. Spec
tators pay $1 to sample the chili
and other refreshments pro
vided by the contestants, he
said.
The fair association is expect
ing this variety of events to draw
the largest crowd in the 35 years
of Burleson County fairs, Wil
kinson said.
"We are hoping for the largest
turnout ever," Wilkinson said.
Caldwell is located off High
way 21, southwest of College
Station.
Admission to the fair is $3 per
day; children under 12 are
admitted free. The champion
ship roping and barrel racing
will be $1 per person. A season
pass covering all admissions
throughout the week can be
purchased for $10 at the gate,
Barnett said.
Along with the Chili and Bar-
beque Cook Off, the Burleson
fair will include many other
events with a few highlights:
Saturday
Chili Cook-Off 1p.m.
BarbequeCook-Off .... 3p.m.
Tuesday
Championship Roping and Bar
rel Raging 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Queen's Coronation and Dance
8 p.m.- midnight
Thursday
Swine J udging 8a.m
Farm Produce Judging.. .9am.
Poultry Judging .... 10:30am.
Rabbit Judging 12:30pm
Parade 4:30pm
Dance 8 p.m.-midnight
Friday
Breeding Beef Judging.. .9am.
Dairy Judging noon
Dance 8 p.m. - midnight
Saturday, Sept. 18
Pet Show 10am.
Youth Livestock Auction
6:30pm.
Outdoors Dance
7p.m.-llpm.
Dance 8 p.m. -midnight
For more information call the
Caldwell Chamber of Cora- j
merce at (713) 567-3218.
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Live Monty Python film
belongs in graveyard
by Gary Barker
Battalion Staff
So you like Monty Python eh?
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
Know what I mean? Know what
I mean? Say no more. Say no
more.
The new Monty Python
movie, "Monty Python Live at
the Hollywood Bowl," is here
and if you're an intellectual
midget, you could do better
than see this movie.
In short, I would say this is a
dead movie. Terry Gilliam, Eric
Idle, John Cleese, Graham
Chapman, Michael Palin and
Terry Jones didn't even bother
nailing this one to the perch.
Don't be misled by the title,
"Monty Python Live at the Hol
lywood Bowl," is really a film of
Monty Python dead at the Hol
lywood Bowl.
Now, I like Monty Python as
much as the average git. "Monty
Python and the Holy Grail" is
certainly one of the best and fun
niest comedies ever made.
"And Now for Something Com
pletely Different" is a wonderful
compilation of Monty Python
skits. And the British comedy
team's television show and re
cords have delighted audiences,
both American and British, for
years.
"Hollywood Bowl" is the film
version of a live Monty Python
stage show at the Hollywood
Bowl. The stage show was large
ly a "best of" type show with
some new films of skits shown
to liven it up. They failed.
The problem with the movie
is not the material. The Argu
ment Clinic skit, the Crunchy
Frog candy skit and the Lumber
jack song are funny no matter
how many times you see them.
The problem lies with the play
ers. It is obvious that they have
performed these skits for years
— and they're tired of them.
Oh, sure, they threw in a few
new lines aimed towards the
Southern California lifestyle,
but that wasn't enough.
So, if you like Monty Python,
go see "Holy Grail" again or
"Something Different" or see re
runs of the show, but avoid this
movie. Its metabolic functions
have ceased. It has gone to meet
its maker. This is an ex-movie.
Only true fans will appreciate
Travis McGee's latest venture
MacDonald, John D. Cinnamon
Skin. Harper and Row, New
York. 1982
This is MacDonald's latest in
a series of 20 novels about Travis
McGee, a wealthy man-about-
town whose life as a self-
proclaimed private detective
makes Ellery Queen's look dull
by comparison.
In this adventure, McGee's
long-time friend Meyer faces
tragedy when his houseboat,
the John Maynard Keynes, is
blown up with Norma and Evan
Lawrence, Mayer's niece and
her new husband, apparently
aboard. Meyer is in Toronto lec
turing on economics at the time,
and lends them the Keynes for
their honeymoon.
While trying to find out who
blew up the Keynes, McGee and
Meyer learn that Evan Lawrence
was not actually aboard at the
time of the explosion. Their
search for him takes them from
Florida to Texas, New York to
Mexico. They try to piece
together the events of Lawr
ence's life and uncover a rather
unpleasant past.
The book is . pleasant, but
tends to be one very long chase
scene with a not-too-surprising
finale. Travis McGee fans prob
ably will enjoy it since new peo
ple in McGee's life are intro
duced and old aquaintances part
company. But I had never read a
McGee novel before and I doubt
I ever will again.
— Janet G. Joyce
Review books provided by Hastings
Records and Tapes.
Coming up
on campus
!
Rumours
Punk, the music of the 80's, will have it's chance to shine on |
campus this weekend. So if you like punk, get ready tobe-bop
Saturday night at Rumours.
Really Red, a group from Houston, will be the feature band.
The new wave/punk group plays at The Island, a new wavedub
in Houston.
To get your tennis shoes warmed up. The My-Dolls will be the
opening band. And yes, you guessed it, the punk group is aE I
female.
Tickets are $3.00 and are sold at Rumours, which is behind the
MSC Post Office. The shows start at 9 p.m.
CAMAC
The MSC Committee for Awareness of Mexican American
Cultures will be celebrating Mexican Independence Day by pre
senting a Mariachi music program.
Mariachi Santa Cecilia, a mariachi band from San Antonio,
will give a free performance Thursday in front of Rudder foun
tain from 11 a.m. until 2p.m.
Coming up later this semester, CAMAC will be sponsoring a
performance by Ballet Gran Folklorico de Mexico, a dance com
pany who recently performed at the 1982 World's Fair.
"CAMAC will be presenting many programs this year to try
and share aspects of the Mexican-American culture with the
community," Deborah Molina, CAMAC treasurer, said. “Our
programs are designed to create a better understanding of the
heritage and culture of Mexican-Americans."
Craft Center
Registration forworkshops in woodworking, pottery, glass and
fiber arts at the MSC Craft Center will begin at 10 a.m. Monday
at the center.
The craft center, located in the basement of the MSC, has
work areas and tools for projects involving wood, glass, clay and
other materials. Access to work areas and tools requires a craft
card, which can be bought on a semester basis. The craft center
offers these facilities, as well as classes.
"The craft center is where you can do things yourself and not
where you have things done for you," said Wayne Helton, ij
manager of the Craft Center.
Along with those, workshops in bicycle repair, matting and
framing, and painting will be offered.
For further information about registration, call the MSC Craft
Center at 845-1631.