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
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“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.”
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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.
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Area residents form task force
to combat alcohol, drug abuse
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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
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Retardation, said he attended
the first task force meeting hop
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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
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