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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, November 28,1983 F, III Commodores excite Aggie crowd as bonfire burns by Shelley Hoekstra Battalion Staff While bonfire was still a tow ering inferno of flame, another hot event was taking place Fri day night at G. Rollie White Col iseum — the Commodores con cert. famous singer Lionel A five-member band that be- f an playing at Alabama’s Tus- eegee Institute in 1967, the group is well-known for its 11 hit albums (all going gold or plati num) and the introduction of the now Richie. The band performed most all of its top numbers with the addi tion of new lead singer, Walter “Clyde” Orange, for an enthu siastic, although somewhat small, audience. The Commodores’ high- energy performance began with a glittering, eye-catching entr ance, as the band members took the stage dressed in sparkling silver costumes. The group be gan with the familiar favorite You could be saving $95 a month on an 'Monthly lease savings on a 1984- Olds Delta 88 Regency Brougham leased for 36 months, business or commercial use. Other makes and models at simi lar savings. BENCHMARK LEASING, INC. 511 Gniversity Drive East College Station/260-9860 “Brick House,” while the audi ence rose to its feet and clapped and sang along. Next, the group changed the mood completely around and sang another hit, “Easy.” By the third song of the per formance, “I Feel Satisfied,” the Commodores had embarked on a visit back into their successful past by performing hits from 1974 to the present. “Machine Gun” and “Too Hot to Trot” werejust two of the many “oldies but goodies” that the band per formed. By this time the rich and powerful voice of lead sin ger Orange had warmed and the excitement and emotion in his voice had no problem reaching and captivating the ears of his listeners. One of the best things about this group is its constant inter acting with the audience. Tho mas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald La Pread, William King and Orange all used direct eye contact and sweeping hand mo tions to make sure everyone in the coliseum felt as though they were part of the performance. During slower ballads the emotional intensity, sincerity ’ and feeling of the songs could be heard in the lyrics and seen on the faces of the performers. The audience reacted by snuggling closer to dates and listening with an awed silence. During the evening’s per formance the band treated the crowd to a preview of songs on its recently released album “Commodores 13.” One song in particular, “Only You,” was quite good. If you liked “Still” and “Three Times a Lady,” you’ll love this new ballad. Also introduced off the new album, and also quite good as far as rhythm and lyrics go, were “Turn Off the Lights” and “O Woman You.” -v At one point in the perform ance Orange said that he con stantly was asked by fans “who the Commodores listen to on the radio?” Someone in the audi ence screamed “Commodores!” — but the band laughed and re futed the statement by singing the hits of their favorite singers. Not suprisingly, Donna Sum mer, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie topped the list. The energy that poured out of the Commodore’s rock and roll songs and the emotion that flowed from the ballads pro vided nice contrasts during the ( ierformance — the audience iked the show and clapped and stomped until the group came back on stage for an encore. This topped off a successful evening, as the group had been given sev eral standing ovations during the performance. Sponsored by MSC Town Half, the concert opened with Ron Mitchell, a stand-up come dian from Ft. Worth. kfrm. :z \ v Vl\ A \\ i \ i if The Commodores Mike D;ivis. Ihitalioni Area residents form task force to combat alcohol, drug abuse by Kelly Miller YARBROUGH S announces “Cinnamon Bears” a 1937 Radio Play by Gian Heisch Monday - Friday KAMU-FM 90.9 6:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. r f 10% off with student ID 20% off Kurt Adler’s Santa World Christmas Ornaments *^<35.554^ C>^a.Cl/SSC5/I5C>^»C>/a.Cl^js.C»^-5.C>^ 55^15. C>^ YARBROUGH’S Gift Shop, Inc. Battalion Reporter A group of concerned Bryan- College Station residents have formed a task force to fight alco hol and drug abuse. Twenty people assembled for the task force’s first meeting Nov, 17. The group included a drug counselor, a doctor, three men who have fought alcohol and drug dependency prob lems, a teen-ager and several concerned parents. The organization of a task force in Bryan-College Station followed the showing of the re cent film, “The Chemical Peo- C le:” The two-part show, hosted y Nancy Reagan, focused on several communities that were successful in decreasing alcohol and drug problems through similar task force organizations. Jo Ann Carroll, a senior offic er for Brazos Residents Against Drug Abuse, coordinated the task force’s initial meeting. “We basically tried to define some problems, set some goals and come up with some action plans to attain the goals,” Carroll said. The task force wants to work with the local schools to organize a student group to emphasize positive peer pressure, Carroll said. “Instead of having peer press ure to do alcohol and drugs,” Carroll said, “we want the kids to know they can have fun without it.” Carroll said the task force wants to involve everyone in the community. “Everybody in the area can be indirectly affected by alcohol and drug abusers,” Carroll said. “Car accidents and thefts are often drug and alcohol related. It’s the innocent ones that always get hurt.” Carroll said community effort is needed to solve any of the drug problems. Wayland Pate, a drug counse lor for Mental Health Mental Retardation, said he attended the first task force meeting hop ing to keep people from having to enter the dri program at MHMR. Pale said the task have a primary prevei program aimed toward you children. “We’ll work with ei^ and 10-year-olds,” Paiti “Hopefully we’ll teadil! enough at an early agt they’ll never try drugsaul The task force, which si the beginning stages, Actor C Sarafia sideline Sarafia] t lea Irug treatment offer workshops and semi to educate the communt drug and alcohol abuse. The next meeting will Ixl 8 at 7 p.m. at the Brazos (a in Bryan. H Bakery serves it fresh by Kay Mallett Battalion Staff It’s not as big as Mrs. Baird’s, but many would argue it’s a lot better. It’s the Texas A&M bak ery, and since 1936 it has pro vided the food services on cam pus with all of their bread, rolls, cakes, cookies and pies. “Basically, it runs the same as the commercial bakeries,” Lloyd Smith, assistant director of food services, said. The bakery, located behind f United Pre A vidous wi down pov Texas tr affic accid « man and id and tw« nksgiving- nd. 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