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Monday, April 27,1987/The Battalion/Page 3 CYCLEFEST May3,1987 8:00 a.m., College Station, TX. All proceeds will be donated to the Gallaudet School for the deaf. (409)696-8569 1812 Overture’ stops show with blasts from 3 cannons Brazos Valley orchestra concert thrills crowd I would it )onaid's rt is truly n City ose in , not only set could i Phi Alpha By Karl Pallmeyer Music Critic It's quite an experience to hear Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812 3verture” with full orchestra, bells, treworks and cannons. That’s the vay it was performed Friday night vhen the Brazos Valley Symphony )rchestra, with 57 bell ringers from area churches and three cannons rom Fort Hood, Finished its benefit terformance “Picnic with the Pops, a Concert in the Sousa Tradition.” About 1,500 people armed with lankets or lawn chairs spread out in the lawn of the Brazos Center for in evening of music. The concert, ponsored by the Friends Associa- . « tion of the Sym- leview phony Orchestra, was designed to aise money for the BVSO’s next oncert season. The evening’s entertainment be- ;an around 6 p.m. with music from he Bryan High School Jazz Band, he Pete Rodriques Jazz Band and heA&M Consolidated High School azzBand. The BVSO took the stage hortly afterS p.m. Conductor Franz Anton Krager, Iressed in a Sousaesque military and uniform, announced that the vening’s program would follow the ante format John Philip Sousa used (hen he directed his band during mtdoor concerts. The format in- :luded Sousa marches, classical lieces and popular songs by contem- lorary composers. After Dimitri Shostakovich’s “Fes- [all room lowers •nt both but it was d now we all ce again, nit we are ntenance a ll and told ecausethe he ; office is cuts and 1 and tit really imetofi* es to ndstowait .(•idetosend so b acl [yfodnlai live Overture,” Krager introduced orchestra member Larry Campbell, euphonium soloist for Felix Alex andre Guilmant’s “Morceau Sym- phonique.” The “Morceau Sympho- nique,” a slow, lyrical piece, was highlighted by Campbell’s beauti fully sad, almost operatic solo. The audience was asked to sing along on the next piece, Sousa’s “U.S. Field Artillery March.” Asso ciate conductor George Adams ded icated the march to the soldiers and commanders from Fort Hood who supplied the cannons. A salute to Leroy Anderson was made up of three pieces: “Fiddle- Faddle,” “Blue Tango” and “Bugl er’s Holiday.” The violin section was featured during “Fiddle-Faddle” and cornetists John McSpadden, Jim Zinecker and Jennifer Benardino got to show off with their fast and harmonic passages during “Bugler’s Holiday.” Krager turned over the baton to Adams, who conducted Bagley’s “National Emblem March,” but came back onstage to conduct Mor ton Gould’s “American Salute.” During the intermission, the chance to conduct the symphony during Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever” went up for auc tion. When the bidding was over, lo cal oilman Emil Odgen’s $525 bid won him the conductor’s position. But he would have to wait until the orchestra played Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis March,” Pryor and Rodri quez’s “Thoughts of Love,” Khacha turian’s “Sabre Dance” and Dinicu and Heifetz’s “Hora Staccato.” Trombonist David Hass was the featured soloist during “Thoughts of Love.” For “Hora Staccato,” Krager put down the baton and picked up mallets for his incredible marimba solo. Odgen was handed the baton with much ceremony and humor. Jim Butler, entertainment editor for the Bryan-College Station Eagle, also got a chance to conduct “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” but was no where near as animated as Odgen. For George Frederick Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks,” woodwind players from local high schools joined the BVSO. Krager said Handel had to score the piece with an enlarged double-reed sec tion in place of strings to satisfy the King of England. Handel later scored the piece for strings as well so Krager combined both scores for the performance. The highlight of the evening, of course, was the performance of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” Members of area churches stood on both sides of the stage with hand bells for the finale. The cannons at the left of the stage and the fire works, provided by members of the College Station Lions Club, at the right of the stage, made the evening a night to remember. On its own, Tchaikovsky’s music is powerful, but it becomes a totally new experience when punctuated with blasts from three howitzers. The audience was blown away. 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But little do they know . . . they villsoon be entering . . . the nuclear esearch zone. Although the Cylclotron Institute las been a fixture at A&M for 20 ears, its function lingers in the twi- zone for most students. Dr. Da- id Youngblood, the institute’s di- ector, said the cyclotron’s operation lefies explanation. “My kids ask me what I do at work nd I don’t know what to tell them,” 'oungblood said. “It’s difficult to ixplain the significance of what we lohere.” A huge communicaton gap has >een created by the scientists’ ten- lency to the technical, he said. They forked for years to become familiar nth nuclear physics and thus have a lard time putting their trade into ayman’s terms. “We are doing basic research to cam how the nucleus of the atom forks,” Youngblood said. “By study- ngthe behavior of various particles n the cyclotron, we obtain clues to tie forces that hold the nucleus ogether.” The 35 scientists who are mem- *rs of the institute will be able to itudy the atom under a much wider range of conditions once a new cy clotron is put into operation some time this year. “The new cyclotron will give us more flexibility,” he said. “We will be able to use a wider range of elements at much higher speeds.” The new machine will allow the scientists to ask new questions about the atom, Youngblood said. “The cyclotron is a com plex device. It’s not a kit you order from Sears and Roebuck. ” — Dr. David Youngblood, Cyclotron Institute director “To continue to learn about the atom, we need a tool that will probe in different ways than the old ma chine allows us to,” he said. “We will be able to probe much deeper with the new one because it will be much more powerful.” The institute began constructing the new cyclotron in 1982, but a pre cise completion date is impossible to determine, Youngblood said. Design decisions are being made every day, so the engineers are continually re vising the machine. “The cyclotron is a complex devi ce,” he said. “It’s not a kit you order from Sears and Roebuck. We will be modifying the cyclotron for 12 to 18 months after we turn it on.” Modifications to the machine are necessary because the technology be hind the design is so new. “We were forced not to do every thing right the first time because of the time factor,” Youngblood said. “If we had taken the time to plan each step before we built it, we would be building the cyclotron for 20 years.” The device has been constructed entirely by A&M engineers, physi cists, technicians and students. The students participating in the project will contribute to the reputation of the institute when they graduate, Youngblood said. “Because of this project, we will have students who are more well- trained for research,” he said. “And they will bring that training to the companies who hire them —whether for medical research or whatever.” The students definitely will be working with a unique machine. When the new cyclotron is opera tional, it will be one of only three of its kind in the world. “A group from the Department of Energy came last week (the week of April 13-17) to inspect our work,” Youngblood said. “And one member said that this cyclotron will be more powerful than any today for the type of research we are performing.” The Japanese spent $80 million to build a facility with the capacity of the cyclotron here, he said. A&M’s machine cost $8 million to construct. The price difference can be attrib uted to superconducting technology. * * ■k * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Sporting rifles, black powder firearms, complete line of archery equipment, hunting and folding knives, reloading equipment We also carry turkey hunting equipment Open 10:00-8:00 Mon.-Sat. 10% Discount with Texas A&M I.D. 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