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By Suzanne Shuford
Reporter
[at is one of the most rewarding
■mas joys? The Aggie Players’
ght Program it |) a k Edition says it is entertain-
gh annual apidiildren.
p-ess througb^Bs troupe of four Texas A&M
\gency and ar t s majors presented its
ents and m'rWen’s Christmas theater Satur-
is set uploi to over 400 children, their par-
standingbei g and grandparents at Post Oak
reign govenwU.
nited States Rector Michael Greenwald says
m the Fuk.j.and the group performed five
;le to U.S.iT ipstinas skits — “Nine Cheers for
thercoumne wtinas,” “Shoes and Stockings
ties such as sfjSoloman,” “Prairie Christmas,”
iniverskvtet fiebhoemaker and the Elves” and
he entire Ur |heBVight Before Christmas.”
; program^-folk players alscx led the audience
1 engineerinf .Chnstmas carols that were heard
irts, busints! pi|ppers throughout the day.
lost active After the presentation, the group
Vandiver'spcijted stockings, trees and candy
uted heasliHon childrens’ faces to enhance
:ess. [[Christmas theme.
Henwald says the troupe re-
n incredible! jved a $4,000 grant from the mall
aninter: a t will be used as a scholarship
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■ of increas::,
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jdland divided among the four
nits.
» group includes Janice Jaruto-
T junior from Houston, fresh-
Mary Ellen Brennan of Austin
Hunts' losses
eld could make
5,000 rich
decision. I
lied for anti Hi
.kus' lawyer (AP) — 1 he money
Angleton ^ ina y h ave been lost by the
> testified rSthy Hunt brothers of Dallas
improper t> e enough to make mil-
he people in'■ a ' res out °i nearly 5,000 peo-
mi the tnil’fk’ according to documents re
refer tor « n, ly made jvuhlic.
hose 'bbcf^Bhc records show the trio may
black pt !# lost more than $4.95 billion
to (Altmlsi in ! u S a r> silver and evil in recent
in woman’iirtF ais ' Dallas Mot tling News
lame and pro
■s of the in
or
tests
arted Wednesday,
he three sons of H.L. Hunt,
_,-lson, Herbert and Lamar
Hunt, still have enough wealth to
belcalled multimillionaires, the
newspaper said.
The brothers have always con
flicted their financial affairs in
Stern, and there is no concise re
cord of their fortune,
i; A spokesman for the family de-
Bd to comment on the esti-
led to stopIcpte and said the Hunts will not
laking wortaBuss the size of their fortune.
But documents from civil and
gankruptcy courts portray what
itbyrd, wksftkiriaiis sa y may be the largest
than 200' Knnal financial bass ever,
e, said the*|Tlieir loss may be the largest in
lances by li l erni ‘' of dollar amounts, said
ng a sera:® 0111 Barton, a Colorado College
reduced IfciPtorian.
rs. They ptrittBhe brothers have managed to
r entitled IrB) at least $2 billion, the papers
uneof“YoiiJp ( f v > although they are fighting
save what they have.
and Todd Jones of Houston, and
Mark Wilhite of Mount Pleasant.
Greenwald says the students were
chosen in May from more than 100
applicants because they showed the
most promise.
He says this is the first year the
theater arts department has worked
with the mall on the program.
Jones says the idea for the pro
gram is to give each incoming fresh
man class a chance to be a part of the
Post Oak Edition.
The group says it believes enter
taining children is different from
entertaining adults.
Jarutowicz says adults bring their
life experiences to the theater, but
children are in the process of form
ing their experiences.
“Children’s theater is a world in its
own,” she says. “You can’t fool kids
because they demand total honesty.”
Jones says the children don’t like
to be talked down to. They like to
feel they are important, he says.
“You have to give them credit for
their knowledge and comprehension
abilities,” he says.
Jones also says the group tries to
educate the children while it enter
tains them.
“The way to educate people is to
teach them in a way they don’t real
ize they’re learning,” he says.
For example, “Shoes and Stock
ings and Soloman” teaches the chil
dren about Christmas customs in
other countries, he says.
Brennan says performing the chil
dren’s theater is a different and re
freshing style for her.
“It gives me a lot of new tech
niques and acting variety,” she says.
Brennan displayed her talents
through a variety of characters in
Saturday’s presentation. She played
the shoemaker’s wife, a cowboy on
the range, a shoe and a child on
Christmas Eve.
Greenwald says the students
started planning and rehearsing the
shows a month in advance. They
spent about three hours a week prac
ticing, he says.
The group has two shows planned
for the Spring semester. One in
volves Indian legends and the other
is about summertime, Greenwald
says.
The students — known as the mall
rats in the theater arts department
— also have been in other Aggie
Players’ productions, such as “New
Voices” and “A Funny Thing Hap
pened on the Way to the Forum,” he
says.
Money earned from the perfor
mances goes to the Aggie Players
Scholarship Fund, Brennan says.
Japanese purchases
affect fajita market
LAREDO (AP) — The Japanese
have made their presence felt every
where in the American marketplace
— in automobiles, motocycles, radios
and televisions, photography, and
audio and video recording equip
ment.
But fajitas?
According to several Laredo gro
cers, the price and availability of
those popular carne asada morsels
are determined by Japan.
Two or three times each year, the
Japanese make massive purchases of
the part of the cow that was once one
of the best buys in the American
meat market.
“When the Japanese start buying,
they really go to town,” said Arnulfo
(Fito) Santos, grocer and Webb
County Commmissioner. “They’ll
contract with the big packing plants
for about a million pounds each
time.”
Out of 1,000 pounds of beef, only
about 10 pounds can be used for
beef skirts, known in Mexico and
South Texas as fajitas.
It takes a lot of cows to get a mil
lion pounds, and there are some
times not enough cows — or fajitas
— to go around.
The retail price of fajitas has re
cently dropped, and is now about
$1.30 per pound. But three months
ago, the last time Japan made a raid
on the American market, the price
was $1.90.
There is little room in Japan to
raise cattle, and the Japanese import
most of their red meat from other
countries.
Beef skirts purchased in the
United States are refrigerated and
shipped by boat to Japan in 60-
pound boxes, Santos said.
For 10 years, fajitas have been
popular in South Texas. Until three
or four years ago, when the Japa
nese began buying, the price was less
than a dollar per pound.
Other countries import beef skirts
from the United States, but not in
the quantity that Japan does.
“I know the U.S. government will
let you export almost anything,”
Santos said. “If Japan weren’t buy
ing, the price would stay lower.”
Like his customers, Santos would
prefer that the price of fajitas stay
low.
“When the price is lower you sell
more,” he said. “It’s the same prob
lem the car manufacturers have.
They’re taking over the market and
what can we do?”
According to Gilberto Narvaez,
another Laredo grocer, the Japanese
are looking for boneless meat and
the beef skirt cut is about the cheap
est.
However, they have recently be
gun purchasing English cut, which is
also obtained from the lower rib of
the cow.
In fact, the effect of Japanese pur
chasing power on the price and
availability of English cut has been
even more drastic than on the fajitas
market.
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Children’s Books
Cook Books
• History
• Assorted
A&M
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