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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1984)
rated Texas style Seafest offers students a memorable holiday By LAURI REESE Staff Writer WHAT: Spring Break 1984. WHERE: South Padre Island. WHEN: March 11-17. Throughout the week, Seafest, a division of the Port Isabel- South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, and Anheuser- Busch, Inc., brewers of Bud- weiser, Budweiser Light, Mich-' elob, Michelob Light and Natu ral Light Beers, will sponsor activities and special attractions to give college students the ba sics for a memorable holiday. “We want students to be able to look back on their Spring Break with fond memories,” Ed Bell, Anheuser-Busch Texas di vision manager, said in a news release promoting the festivi ties. “If they stay away from the excesses — too much sun or al cohol, or not enough sleep — and if they partake in the pro gram we have developed just for them, I’m sure the students will experience a wonderful va cation,” he said. It all starts with the free Sea fest Welcome Picnic on March 11 at the Pavilion from 12 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bill Pfeiffer’s prize winning chili will be served along with hot dogs, potato salad, brownies and iced tea. From 7,000 to 9,000 people are expected to attend the pic nic, Suzanne Monroe, a rep resentative for Budweiser, said. New to the Spring Break pro gram at South Padre will be a special tips section on “enjoying tne week responsibly,” which will be published in the Spring Break Guide. A highlight of the week will be “Surf City USA,” a free out door concert featuring Jan Berry and Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean on Thursday, March 15, at 2 p.m. in the Caba nas Beach area. Berry and Torrence began singing together in the shower after football practice when they were in high school. Between 1958 and 1%6, Jan & Dean obtained top chart sta tus for 25 songs, with seven of them in the Top 10. Their career was halted abruptly when Jan was involved in a near-fatal accident. He had to learn to read, write, walk and talk all over again at the age of 26. After a 12-year absence from the stage, their surf tunes resur faced thanks to a 1978 feature television film, “Deadman’s Curve,” which told the story of Jan 8c Dean to millions. The group joined the Beach Boys in a 1978 summer tour and went out on their own in the following summers. The Fabulous Thunderbirds, a regional band from Austin, will open the concert. The Confederate Air Force will present a one-hour air show before the concert. “Wings Over Padre” will focus on the agility and grace of combat air craft fronr 1939-1945. The all-volunteer, non-profit organization originally set out to preserve authentic aircraft of the World War II era when they formed in 1957. The collection of combat air craft was completed in 1972, but members continued to ex pand their fleet by adding transports, trainers and a World War II helicopter. The organization also added fight ers, bombers and trainers of the Royal Air Force and German Luftwaffe, and a fleet of replica aircraft of the Imperial Japa nese Navy. Headquartered at Rebel Field in Harlingen, the CAF now con sists of 120 aircraft and 7,000 members. Members of the “Ghost Squadron,” as it is often called, tour the country every spring and summer, participating in more than 100 airshows each year. Free evening dances at South Padre will feature different bands including The Pengwins, Johnny D and The Rocket 88’s, and Art Marvel. Students can redeem empty aluminum cans for tokens to use in video games and for An heuser-Busch merchandise, like visors, shirts, umbrellas, beach towels and beach balls. At the Seafest Message Cen ter, students can make free long-distance calls, limited to three minutes each, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The University of Budweiser Glee Club, also known as the Angoras, is a three-woman acappella group that will sing at different locations around the island. Vicky Wiedman, Sharon Ku- sey and Patti Forbes formed the Angoras in 1980. Wiedman is an actress who formed her own band in the mid-1970s. Kusey, an accomplished painter, at tends the Massachusetts College of Arts. Forbes has made tele vision commercials. The group sings various songs including “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” “Rockin’ Robin,” and “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” A new video called “Tapper,” made by Bally Manufacturing Corp., can be found at the Sea fest Welcome Center at the Pa vilion. For more information about the South Padre Island pro gram, call the Chamber of Commerce at (512)943-2262.