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By REBECCA ADAIR
Staff Writer
Armed with skill, experience,
sheet music and a small pitch
pipe, the King’s Singers con
quered a tough musical program
with flawless ease.
A simple stage in Rudder Au
ditorium was the ideal setting for
the six-man English ensemble, al
lowing nothing to take away from
attention the Singers deserved.
The crowd, ranging from
grade-school boys in Sunday suits
to dignified white-haired patrons
of the arts, was thoroughly de
lighted. No one could resist the
group’s universal humor and
beautiful blend of harmony and
precision.
The Singers have been enter
taining audiences world-wide
since the original group formed
in 1968. Two originals remain,
and all current members have ex
perience in cathedral and college
choirs.
The Singers took their name
from King’s College in Cam
bridge where the original six
were once students.
Beginning with their entrance
they were in total command of
the music and the crowd, making
everyone relax and enjoy the pro
gram
Their love and enjoyment of
the music was obvious, showing
up in facial expressions and com
munication with each other and
the crowd. The music not only
The King’s Singers
flowed, it was technically perfect.
Each voice had a special qual
ity, but together the blend
brought smiles to faces of listen
ers.
Photo by FRANK IR WIN
To introduce the pieces, each
member took a turn telling the
song’s story, bringing laughs and
giving the audience a glimpse of
each singer’s personality. Hours
of practice were hidden in each
effortless number.
With closed eyes one could pic
ture a band playing, each instru
ment finely tuned, including gui
tars, snare drums, trumpets and
violins. But the Singers’ perfor
mance would only have been lim
ited by any accompaniment.
Their humorous instrument im
itations and sound effects made
the most of already-entertaining
songs.
Famous for a diverse musical
repertoire, actually 1,500 re
hearsed songs, the group lived up
to their spotless reputation.
They began with “A Madrigal
History Tour,” consisting of visits
to several countries, none of
which needed translation because
of brilliant animation.
They next moved to three reli
gious pieces, and followed with
their most complicated number
of the night, a fall-from-paradise-
parody called “Time Piece.”
Their last section and encore
were arrangements in close har
mony, rounding out their humor
with a parody of Grease’s “Sum
mer Nights,” complete with their
own “Olivia Newton Jackman”
(Jeremy Jackman, countertenor).
Bill Ives, tenor, doing his best
to disprove his shortness, sang
the encore of Randy Newman’s
“Short People.”
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Gen. Simpson to be speaker at campus Muster
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By ANN CERVENKA
Staff Writer
Lt. Gen. Ormond R. Simpson, a
retired three-star general with the
Marine Corps and assistant vice
president of student services at
Texas A&M, will speak at the annual
[Muster ceremony on campus April
21.
The Student Government Muster
Committee invited President Ronald
Reagan to speak at Muster. How
ever, the committee on Monday re
ceived a letter from Reagan de
clining the invitation, Muster
Committee Chairman Leannah
Reed said.
“We were very excited about invit
ing President Reagan to come be
cause it would have been a real plus
to the University,” she said. “But we
knew that it would be a long shot.”
However, committee members say
they are pleased to have Simpson
speak.
Jerry Dingmore, a member of the
Muster Awareness Committee,
added, “He was never our backup
speaker.”
The committee voted unani
mously to invite Simpson to speak,
Dingmore said. “He’s going to be a
very exceptional speaker,” he said.
Because Simpson will retire from
his position at A&M in August, Mus
ter will be his last official ceremony,
Dingmore said.
Simpson, who spoke at the Memo
rial Student Center’s Conference of
Student Government Affairs, has
been recommended as a speaker by
students from Texas A&M as well as
students from other universities.
Muster, a ceremony which honors
Aggies who have died during the
past year, is celebrated all over the
worln on San Jacinto Day.
Muster began in 1883 as a social
event for alumni to relive their col
lege days.
Musters have been held in Euro
pean foxholes during World War I,
on Corregidor Island in the Philli-
pines in World War II and even in
submarines.
The ceremony on campus began
in 1943. A living comrade answers
“here” when the roll call for the ab
sent is read.
Muster will be at 3 p.m. on April
21 in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
3 students
die in auto
accidents
Three Texas A&M students were
killed in two separate car accidents
during spring break.
John Chase Wilson, a senior agri
culture major from Robstown, was
killed in a one-car accident at about
4 a.m. March 10. The accident oc
curred on FM 624, about 22 miles
north of Alice.
Wilson, 22, was traveling with
Kenneth Tom Hefte, also a senior in
agriculture, when a wheel of their
car got stuck in a ditch, officials at
the Department of Public Safety
said.
Officials said Wilson was killed
when the car backed over him as he
tried to push it out of the ditch.
Hefte, 22, was charged with invol
untary manslaughter in connection
with the accident and was released
on $ 10,000 bond, officials said.
Wilson is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson of
Robstown. Funeral services for Wil
son were March 11 in Robstown. He
was buried in Robstown Memorial
Park.
Donna Kay Reed, 22, of Alvin,
and Ann Wittig, 18, of Houston,
were returning to College Station
from Houston Saturday when their
car was hit head-on by another car
traveling on Highway 6. The acci
dent occurred near Hempstead at
about 9:30 p.m.
Funeral services for Reed, a se
nior biomedical sciences major, were
Tuesday at Martin-Garden Funeral
Home in Alvin. She was buried at
Blue Ridge Cemetery in Reagan.
She is survived by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond L. Reed of Alvin.
Funeral services for Wittig, a
freshman in general studies, also
were held Tuesday at St. John’s
Church in Houston. She was buried
at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in
Houston. She is survived by her par
ents, Don E. Wittig and Carol A.
Ashton, of Houston.
Silver Taps for all three students
will be on April 2.
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