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Wednesday, December 2,1987/The Battalion/Page 7 Studio to record Student Senate to discuss service fees i sounds from A&M duced today because of bold rec- I ■ ■ ■ 0n “This*b t *not S going to be a rub- Qf^ COITlDaCt CllSC ber-stamped budget,” Hays said. I — The Senate also will vote on a By Drew Leder Staff Writer The Student Senate Finance Committee is expected to recom mend a $2 increase in next semes ter’s student service fee when it makes its annual budget proposal at a Student Senate meeting to day at 7:30 p.m. in 204 Harring ton. If the proposed allocation of student service fee revenues to the 17 campus organizations sup ported by those fees is approved by the Senate, it will be sent to the University Finance Committee for final approval later in the week. Although the University Fi nance Committee has no obliga tion to follow the Senate’s budget proposal, Speaker of the Senate Jay Hays said that, in past years, University-approved budgets have been similar to the versions the Senate has proposed. Hays said he anticipates some senators will challenge this bud get proposal when it is intro- bill calling for a revision in next semester’s final schedule. The bill, which would serve as a rec ommendation to the University administration and Faculty Sen ate, calls for a return to the final schedule used prior to this semes ter. To accomodate seniors taking finals, the bill proposes that in structors be given the option of adminstering two final exams — one for seniors and one for non seniors. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the creation of a committee to investigate possible changes in University rules and regulations. If approved by the Senate, the committee will investigate and, if necessary, recommend rule changes to be implemented by the University Rules and Regula tions Committee at the time an nual revisions are made. Police Beat The following were reported to the University Police Depart ment from Nov. 20 through Nov. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • Police received reports that three motorcyles and three mopeds had received damage to their ignition switches. • A student reported that someone shot an object at her ve hicle while she was in a parking lot. • While investigating the above report, an officer’s vehicle also was struck by an object. • A student reported that she found a large broken glass pane between the Commons area and Mosher Hall. RECKLESS CONDUCT: • An object was shot into the window of room 434 of Moore Hall, breaking the window and causing pieces of glass to fly into the room. THEFT OF SERVICE: • A student reported that he saw a man play golf at the A&M golf course and leave without paying. ASSAULT: • Students reported that they were assaulted by a salesman who was touching them and making them feel uncomfortable while at tempting to sell magazine sub scriptions in Krueger Hall. FELONY THEFT: • A red and white Yamaha mortorcycle was reported stolen from a parking lot. By Tom Cawthra Reporter Production on the first compact disc recording of traditions and mu sic of Texas A&M has started this week at a recording studio in College Station. “Traditions: Texas A&M Univer sity Vol. I and II” is a recording pro ject between Brasswind Recording Studios and RDM Audio Services. “Traditions” is the first Texas A&M compact disc recording, David Cooper, owner of Brasswind, said. He said the idea was so new that it was kept secret for about the first ten months of preparation. “What we tried to do was to take the traditions that have been held on to for years and years and try to paint an emotional and mental pic ture with sound,” Cooper said. The project, he said, is “a mon tage of sounds covering student life at A&M.” It represents a broad range of A&M interests, he said, including music from the Singing Cadets and the Aggie Band, sounds from bon fire, muster and midnight yell prac tices and historic radio broadcasts. “That mental picture is something that we wanted to help with whether it was for former students, present students or anyone trying to find out where A&M comes from,” he said. A project of this magnitude has not been done since 1957, he said, when an album package (two ex tended play 45 rpm records) titled “Music of Aggieland” was remade from a 1951 recording of A&M’s 75th Anniversary Celebration. “Other than Singing Cadet and Aggie Band albums,” he said, “there has been nothing that has crossed the whole spectrum of the Univer sity in the way of music and sounds of campus life, as far as we know. “What we’ve done is gone back into A&M archives and found re cordings done on-site in real situa tions. We also went out on campus this past year and worked on our own digital recordings of live situa tions.” “We’ve gone back recording-wise from 1939 all the way to the pre sent.” He said he and Haislet discovered some unusual things in the Univer sity Archives, found in the Sterling C. Evans Library, such as a 1939 ver sion of the Aggieland Orchestra per forming “I’d Rather Be an Aggie,” an NBC pre-game bonfire rally in 1941 and a radio documentary drama about A&M from WFAA in Dallas. The recording begins with por tions of these and other episodes from A&M events so that the listener has a sense of history, he said. It progresses forward in time, so that many of the sounds that were recorded digitally in the past year, such as Elephant Walk and bonfire cut, will bring the listener forward in time, he said. Listeners will then re alize that certain A&M traditions haven’t changed much over the years. “I think that one of the things most people will sense when they have a chance to sit down and listen to the program from beginning to end is tnat the spirit, the pride, that same kind of conviction of what it means to be an Aggie will be very permanent by the time the record ing is over,” Cooper said. “We had a feeling it would be powerful when we started, but I don’t think we had any idea how much power the thing would have when we got through.” Cooper hopes hometown clubs will use parts of the project during their muster ceremonies. Canadian Brass brings bright m usic to Rudder Auditorium with bold show Review By Staci Finch Reviewer The stage was set for the five- member band, but when the house lights went down, no one came from the wings. Instead, the members of the Canadian Brass, dressed in tuxe does and white shoes, entered from the doors of Rudder Auditorium. Formed in 1970, the Canadian Brass has toured across Canada, Eu rope, China, Japan, Sauidi Arabia and the Soviet 11 ——* ■ " Union, as well as in the United States. The band, made up of Frederic Mills and Ronald Romm on the trumpet, David Ohanian on the French horn, Eugene Watts on the trombone and Charles Daellen- bach on the tuba, has several albums to its credit. And their musical talent was evident as they treated the audi ence of about 2,400 to two hours of its finest Tuesday night. The band opened its show with “Souterliedekens Suite,” a suite of 16th century Dutch “Little Psalter- songs.” Although the band does not include a percussion section, drum beats were provided by Daellenbach hitting a mallet on an oversized ping-pong paddle. Although the improvisations may have drawn laughter from the crowd, the musicianship drew only applause. The second tune, “Con certo in A Minor,” featured trills and runs that Daellenbach called “expec ted” on the trumpet, “remarkable” Photo by Sam B. Myers Members of the Canadian Brass perform Tuesday night in Rudder Auditorium. on the French horn and “a miracle”, on the trombone. The description was right on tar get. The band members’ mastery of their instruments was incredible as they took turns turning the musical scale upside down. The band’s next piece was “Can- zona per sonare a cinque,” by Gio vanni Gabrieli. The musicians moved out into the audience for the piece, but did not let the increased space between them throw off their timing. And for the audience, the sound of the rich, full tones coming from all sides provided a strong, last ing impression. The quintet closed out the first section of their show with two Dixie land tunes that took the audience across the border to New Orleans. The first, “Sweet Georgia Brown,” is best known as the theme for the Harlem Globetrotters. The band’s jazz swing in that tune made one ex pect to see men dressed in pin stripes and women in bobbed hair, cigarette holders, short skirts and long pearls. The second half of the perfor mance was highlighted by “Hornsmoke,” a comic opera. The opera told the story of the wild West. In this story, herione Cornet marries hero Spit Valve, just in time for vil lain B Flat Bart to arrive on the scene. The two men duel for Cornet, and all die in the end. The best part of the opera was that most of the dia logue was done by the instruments themselves. This hilarious pefor- mance showed the players’ physical stamina, as they cavorted arounpl, never once getting out of tune. The band closed its performance with a sing-a-long of Christmas car ols. After persuading around 100 audience members to come up on stage, the band led the audience through such favorites as “Silent Night” and “Deck the Halls.” The band performed several en cores, but the most memorable was “Adagio,” by Samuel Baker. The piece was used as the background music for “Platoon,” and Daellen bach said the music was as emotional as the movie. He was right. The audience barely breathed as ( the band performed the piece. The instruments were perfectly blended, and it was hard to tell where one left off and another picked up. The piece grew in intensity, then faded away to nothing, leaving the audito rium silent, and it was a moment be fore the audience could gather enough wits to applaud — with a standing ovation. The Battalion Wait! Don't line the bird cage with that Battalion! There's a coupon in it that I want that's good for a free tongue depressor down at the pharmacy! Ads that get action -T Campus and community news The Battalion 216 Reed McDonald 409-845-2611 la Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands ^ (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) $79 00 $99°° $99 00 STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES spare pr. only sas 50 STD. EXTENDED WEAR SOFT LENSES spare pr. only $49*° STD. 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