Friday, December 2,1983/The Battalion/Page 5
by Scott McCulIar ‘Nutcracker^ stars locals
Ballet to play here
high school to grow
I by Stephanie Marshall
Battalion Reporter
A&M Consolidated High
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j> million bigger in January,
ipal Sandra Parker says.
'he building expansion ex-
„s from the east, west and
the craft jth sides of the original build-
of Mr, iffphich was built in 1972.
111 'Parker said a two-story scien-
ring consisting of 10 clas-
is, five labs, a band hall, a
chorus room, a cafeteria and
dining hall and a 1,500 square-
foot library addition will be part
of the building expansion.
“Included in the expansion as
well is the conversion of the old
cafeteria into 12 classrooms that
will be used by the English de
partment,” Parker said.
Currently there are 1,300
students enrolled in the school.
The additional floor space will
accomodate 300 more students,
Dr. Donald P. Ney, assistant su
perintendent of College Station
Independent School District,
said.
There isn’t any need for new
teachers to “man the new clas
srooms” this year, Parker said.
But if the enrollment increases
next year, there may be a need to
hire additional faculty.
Parker and Ney both agree
that the added space will allevi
ate the crowding conditions in
the classrooms. But Ney says
growth and providing
“help to fulfill the educational
needs of the community high
school students in terms of big
ger and better facilities” are the
main objectives of the expan
sion.
“There is great potential for
all kinds of growth in College
Station, especially in education
— and especially when our com
munity supports education so
greatly,” Ney said. “There is no
reason to believe that the growth
will not continue.”
Sheriff tells of digging
ith hands for victim
by Bob Caster
Battalion Staff
Tchaikovsky composed “The
Nutcracker” in 1891. The first
public performance, at the
Maryinsky Theatre in St. Peters
burg, was treated with disdain
by the critics. The ballet is now a
Christmas tradition.
The Brazos Valley Sym
phony Orchestra, in association
with Texas Ballet, will present
“The Nutcracker” Saturday at
7:00 p.m. in Rudder Au-
ditorium.
The Texas Ballet, a company
from Houston, was formed by
Soili Arvola and Leo Ahonen
who were both principal dancers
with the Houston Ballet, said
Harold Turbyfill, conductor of
the Brazos Valley Symphony
Orchestra and conductor of the
Bryan High School Orchestra.
Arvola and Ahonen will be the
principal dancers in Saturday’s
performance.
“About 80 to 90 children
from the community who attend
local dance classes have been
trained by the two principal dan
cers,” Turbyfill said. “They have
come up to work with the stu
dents on Sundays for the past six
weeks.”
But while the dancers have
been rehearsing their move
ments, Turbyfill has been con
centrating his efforts on
Tchaikowsky’s score and the
members of the Brazos Valley
Symphony Orchestra who will
perform it.
“It ts a community orchestra
and has a number of A&M stu
dents in it,” said Turbyfill, who
has also conducted The Corpus
Christi Symphony in the same
production. “We’ve been re
hearsing once a week for two
and a half hours at a time.”
He said “The Nutcracker”
will feature a girls’ chorus from
Stephen F. Austin Junior High
School in Bryan.
The performance, which was
sold out last year, is being spon
sored by The Brazos Valley
Symphony Orchestra Society,
General Telephone, Humana
Hospital Bryan-College Station
and MSC OPAS.
Tickets are $7.00 for adults
and $5.00 for students and
senior citizens.
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Santa Fe, Texas, police and the
FBI was contacted.
Baucom was released un
harmed on Sept. 26, and White
later was arrested in the Rio
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