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Thursday, September 6, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 ^Buddy Holly week elebrations begin C| u Govt,,' •m. Frid,, 1 I'Ulitvio^ k Ihts^ atl ^i LUBBOCK United Press International West Texans are 'alums elebrating the annual Buddy Holly ^eek in honor of the Sept. 7 birth- t ‘-i la X °t their rock ’n’ roll star who was ' riClQy illed in a 1959 Iowa plane crash. The Buddy Holly Memorial So- ,, D r j S(r iety was to kick off this year’s festivi- l*. Ih( , "ies Thursday with a 12-hour meet- j |o r ng open to the public, organizers from 8 a! aid ' o r( . In j Slide shows, videos and several lands are slated for the 2 p.m. to 2 i.m. meeting at Abbey Road, a res- anddipaurant bar. The Maines Brothers tnd The Planets are scheduled to ith anddi 5 * a y at t * ie Texas Tech Museum ] u rom ti p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. ,| Ue51|u Museum officials planned the | - :oncen in conjunction with their ex- libit on 75 years of West Texas mu- ti , lie entitled “Nothin’ Else to Do.” 116160 Nearly 800 people attended the ex- libit’s opening on Sunday, project k> Cour* ht ecior Future Akins said, to noon Contestants from across Texas tenidiv md; eastern New Mexico are ex- le-ix^o pected for Friday’s second annual ryt Si., statewide Buddy Holly Dance Con est. Winners will be boppin’ for a rip for two to London. Holly’s widow Maria Elena Holly .Diaz, the Buddy Holly Memorial So- 3V 1. Olfciety and the West Texas Music As sociation started working last year to .ini::! expand Lubbock’s Holly celebration d(ln w in an attempt to rival Holly festivals ailurt,m England. icllation The famed Lubbock native would' have been 48 this year. He died in a Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash near the Mason City, Iowa, airport with music stars Richie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, ll/if Many of his relatives and friends yy|[still living in Lubbock recall stories about Holly and his musicians. The family name is spelled Holley, but Decca misprinted the label on Hol ly’s first record and he decided to let it stand. Delton Combs remembers how he and Holly used to make so much noise at Lubbock’s Pioneer Park that they got chased off by police officer David White. Today Combs is a po lice officer and White is a lieutenant in the police training academy. “When David White threw me off the park, I wasn’t playing (officially) with Buddy Holly then. We werejust playing,” Combs said. “We were playing music all night and David would come chase us off.” Combs still uses the guitar he bought when Holly purchased his. “He put tooled leather with ‘Buddy Holley’ written on it, but I didn’t have that kind of money,” said Combs who called himself more of a country western performer than Holly. “Holly had a kind of unique way. He really did. He had a sound,” said the short, stocky policeman who still plays guitar. Combs gave up his chance to be a music star to become an auto mechanic years ago. “The drugs and the booze was fix ing to get to us. That’d kill you — Holly never did any drugs,” Combs said, explaining how he got tired of performing one-night stands in West Texas and nearby states. Holly had a country band called Buddy and Bob in 1954 and 1955 before he organized The Crickets in 1956. “Whenever I cjuit playing with Buddy Holly, I didn’t really stop,” Combs said, adding he plays in a country-western band of friends. Diced Long Distance Service? V f Sign up now for MCI and/or Star Tel Sept. 6 <Sp 7 Thurs. & Fri. -Blocker Lobby- Sept. 10 11 Mon. &> Tues. -Zachry- After Sept. 11 Applications in Blocker Rm. 103 Sponsored by Marketing Society TO pCHES A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Classes in etiquette, poise, posture, skin care, cosmetics and introduction to modeling. Classes Starting Soon. To Pre-Register For More Information Call 846-5564 Also Mini Courses For Students Class Hours: 4-6 and 7-9 p.m. Great Aggies.... Lawrence Sullivan Ross Earl Rudder Olin “Tiger” Teague Sterling C. Evans Richard Coke Ross Sterling Henry Cisneros Garry Mauro Kent Caperton John Sharp Chet Edwards Great Democrats Aggies and Democrats are a timeless tradition. Continue the tradition!! First meeting of the year: Aggie Democrats Thursday, September 6 7:00 Room 504 Rudder $ 1.59 2 Pieces of Chicken, 1 roll and 1 vegetable side order. Regularly $2.13 No limit on number of purchases per coupon. Offer expires 9/13/84 Easterwood Airport Sigma Chi Fiesta Party September 6, 1984 8 p.m. Sig House SIGMAChT/J^ boov HOUSE ||o Oowling Rd Be there, adios! Freshmen & Sophomores! o£St\ Freshmen and Sophomore photos for the 1985 Aggieland yearbook will be taken at the Yearbook Associates office Sept. 10-Oct.12. The office is located at 1700 S. Kyle behind Culpepper Plaza. Photoswill also be taken at the Pavilion Oct. 15-26. Both studios are open weekdays only, 8:30-4:30 (closed 12-1).