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Air Force Band
play spirited mix
of music at A&M
By Shane Hall
Reviewer
The sweet sounds of fine-tuned
brass filled the Memorial Student
Center lounge Monday afternoon as
the brass quintet of the U.S. Air
Force Band of the West performed a
one-hour concert.
The performance was in conjunc
tion with the week-long “Focus on
the Performing Arts” program,
sponsored by MSC OPAS. The quin
tet performed a’spirited mix of clas
sical, ragtime and marches.
This highly talented group con
sists of John Irish, trumpet; Jona
than Martin, trumpet; Paul Ham-
macker, tuba; Christie Anderson-
Jennings, trombone; and Michael
Yasenchak, French horn. They are
stationed at Lackland Air Force Base
in San Antonio and perform primar
ily in Texas and Oklahoma, with oc
casional appearances in Louisiana
and New Mexico.
A short classical number began
the concert at 2 p.m.. This was fol
lowed by a march that no doubt
made every fan of “Monty Python’s
Flying Circus” sit up and take notice:
John Phillip Sousa’s “Liberty Bell.”
The group was especially adept in
performing the music of this Ameri
can march composer, as they dem
onstrated again later in the show
with a medley of Sousa’s marches.
New Orleans music found its way
into the show, as well. “This song
needs no introduction,” Irish said as
Hammacker played the opening
notes to the crescent city classic
“When the Saints Go Marchin’ In.”
Trombonist Anderson-Jennings^ a
Louisiana native, added superlative
touches to the song with her jazzy ac
companiment, as did trumpeters
Martin and Irish.
Review
Fans of eighteenth century Ba
roque were then treated to the quin
tet’s performance of Johann Sebas
tian Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D
Minor.” The group gave a rousing
performance of this piece, drawing
the most enthusiastic applause from
the audience of the entire concert.
Other classical pieces, most of them
from the Baroque era, were per
formed by the quartet throughout
the show.
The; ragtime sounds of old New
Orleans were heard again later in
the show as the group performed
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” The
trumpets of Irish and Martin on this
jazz number recalled the ragtime
style of 1920s trumpeter Bix Beider
becke.
The classical pieces were played
with exacting musicality and sooth
ing tones, while the ragtime num
bers were upbeat and lively.
Marches, however, are the strongest
side of this talented quintet. They
demonstrated this with their medley
of Sousa’s marches.
“See how many of these you rec
ognize,” trumpeter Irish announced
before leading the group into the
medley which included such Sousa
classics as “Semper Fidelis” and
“The Stars and Stripes Forever,” in
what was the final number of the
concert.
“Focus on the Performing Arts”
will continue throughout the week,
with other performances of fine arts
entertainment to take place at va
rious campus locations. One can
only hope they will be able to mea
sure up to the entertaining sounds
and fine mu'sicianship of this brass
quintet.
Teacher of diction
attempts to take
twang from Texas
DALLAS (AP) — Taking the
twang out of Texas is the job of a
diction teacher from Detroit who
helps natives rid themselves of re
gional speech, with an accent instead
on efficient communication.
For $225, Margo Manning is of
fering Texans a chance to remove
the twang from their talk.
“Is Your Texas Showing?” the dic
tion teacher from Detroit asks in a
newspaper advertisement for her six
weekly lessons.
Students are taught to drop the
drawl and pronounce words fully,
speak in more clipped fashion and
breathe from the diaphragm.
“Since Texas became more of a
“People at parties looked at me
and smiled when I wasn’t saying any
thing funny,” she fold the Dallas
Morning News-.
Stewart said he doesn’t want to
eradicate accents, just teach people
to speak in an appropriate way.
“I would never recommend peo
ple get rid of their Texas accent. I
think it’s beautiful,”he said.
Manning chooses her words care
fully when speaking of Texas ac
cents.
“I don’t know if the right word is
‘offensive,’ but in a way it is,” she
said.
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What’s Up
Tuesdav
PRE MED/PRE DENT SOCIETY: Representatives from Baylor College of Me*
cine will speak at 8 p.m. in 203 Harrington.
CARE COMMITTEE: presents "Date Rape: The Hidden Threat,’’ an examina
tion of the university and community processes involved in prosecuting ac
quaintance rape, at 7 p.m. in 201 MSC.
WRITING OUTREACH: B. Collier-Foyt will speak on documentation andusir^
quoted materials at 6:30 p.m. in 131 Blocker.
MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: will have the last general planning meeting at 8:30p.m
in 230 MSC.
TEXAS A&M FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the airport clubhouse
THE BIG EVENT: will have a committee meeting at 7 p.m. in 205 MSC.
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder.
BRYAN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 231 MSC.
INTRAMURALS: Horseshoe doubles entries open and free-throw contesfem
tries close.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have information on exchange programsani
studying in Denmark from 10 a.m. to 2'p.m. in the MSC hallway.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will meet at 5 p.m. in front of Kleberg Animal
and Food Science Center to take pictures for the Aggieland. Senior pictures*
follow in the Kleberg lounge. The club then will meet at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
AMA MARKETING SOCIETY: will have a faculty/student luncheon at noo«
307 Blocker.
MSC OPAS: presents a performance by TAMU dance organizations from ll
a.m. to 1 p.m. in the MSC main lounge. OPAS also will present a dance recitalli)
the TAMU Dance Arts Society at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Admission for boll
performances is free.
SPANISH CLUB: will have its first formal meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 155Blocker
AGGIE ALLEM ANDERS: will have square-dance lessons in the Pavilion Iron
7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. and then will have a club dance until 10 p.m.
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: will have a mandatory meeting for all those plan
ning to go on the Houston trip at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
CLASS COUNCILS: will have general class meetings at 8:30 p.m. in the folio*
ing rooms: Class of '88 in 110 Harrington, Class of ’89 in 209 Harrington, Clas
of '90 in 108 Harrington and Class of '91 in 105 Harrington.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: will have an importantmeelingal
8:30 p.m. in 146 MSC.
EL PASO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet to discuss the All-Night Fairand»ii
have officer elections at 8:30 p.m. in 231 MSC.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a discussion on broker
relationships at 9 p.m. at All Faith's Chapel.
FISH CLASS: will have a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington.
AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 342 Zachry.
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Wednesday
ALL MAJORS PHILOSOPHY CLUB: Dr. Dan Montaldi, visiting assistantpr: ;
fessor of philosophy, will speak on the just war theory at 7 p.m. in 156Blocker
SAFETY AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will present “Lock it Up or Lose It,'an:
speakers will answer questions concerning safety measures for students.
LAMBA SIGMA: MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society will discusswt>.
Texas A&M needs a Fine Arts department during its Fountain Forum at 123C:
p.m. at the Rudder Fountain.
AMA MARKETING SOCIETY: Steven Moore from Coca Cola USA will speaks
7 p.m. at Walden Retirement Community during the banquet. Cocktails will be
served at 6:15 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: A guest speaker from Goldma?
Sachs will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 124 Blocker. All majors are welcome and Pus
ness attire is requested.
MSC OPAS: will present "Impromptu” and “Kaleidoscope — Scenesfrornte i
Modern Theater" at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. The performances willbebylte i
drama departments of A&M Consolidated High School and Bryan High School
WESLEY FOUNDATION: will start a four-week study on the Hispanicchurcta:
noon in the fellowship hall of the Wesley foundation. The study will beledbytte
Rev. Picasso of Oak Grove United Methodist Church. Sandwiches and cbips
will be available.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a mid-week study breakal j
7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Student Center. There also will be Ash Wednesdaysen
ices at 7 a.m., noon, 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Church.
STUDENT’S AGAINST APARTHEID: will have an organizational meelingal
8:30 p.m. in 203 MSC.
GREEN EARTH SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
WOMEN ONLY CYCLING TEAM: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 604 Rudder.
EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 10 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
NAVARRO COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 604AB
Rudder.
RIO BRAZOS AUDUBON SOCIETY: Dr. Paul Welden will present “Sine!
Snakes — Clinical Senses in the Scaly Kingdom" at 7:30 p.m. at the Brazos Vat
ley Museum in the Brazos Center.
STUDENT COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN: will have a slide shot
on vocational handicaps at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
PI SIGMA EPSILON: will have a pledge meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 114 Blocker.
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melting pot in the last six or seven
years, people are more aware of the
need to sound less regional,” said
Manning, who operates an acting
studio in Las Colinas.
Douglas Stewart, one of the stu
dio’s diction teachers, said the goal is
better communication.
“If people are paying attention to
your Southern twang instead of
what you are saying, you are de
feated before you start,” he said.
11-year-old enrolls in college courses
“I’m from Amarillo. I had to lose
mine, too,” he said.
Professionals say the major prob
lem to overcome is “lateral spread.”
“We spread out mouths out like
we’re smiling when we talk and it
spreads the words out a little thin,”
he said.
“To a Texan, it becomes ‘The ray-
un in Spay-un falls may-unly on the
play-un.’ ”
Carol Huckin, born and reared in
Dallas, was a recent student.
“My accent was always so strong
that people listened to my voice
rather than what I was saying,” she
said.
BAYTOWN (AP) — As Kristen
Banerjee skips across the Lee Col
lege campus, she totes a satchel with
drawings of cuddly kittens on the
outside and college chemistry and
zoology textbooks inside.
A study in contrasts, the 11-year-
old girl is the youngest freshman
anyone can remember enrolling for
a full course load at the Baytown ju
nior college.
She was 10 when she registered
and she celebrated her 11th birthday
on the day of her first English com
position class a few weeks ago.
“This is going to be a fabulous
year. I can tell you. I’m almost afraid
to talk about it for fear I might wake
up and find it was only a dream,” she
wrote in the her first essay about her
collegiate experience.
According to the latest statistics
kept by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, nobody as
young as Banerjee registered at a
state junior college in 1986, the
Houston Chronicle reported Mon
day.
Young students that year in
cluded one 12-year-old and two 18-
year-olds, but the records did not in
dicate if they were full- or part-time
students. No data was available for
1987.
Banerjee’s age record, however,
was once beaten by a student at a se
nior university. Computer whiz Da
vid Huang, now 1 1, began college at
St. Thomas University in Houston
when he was 9.
A genius with an IQ of 164, Ba
nerjee was speaking in sentences be
fore her first birthday and, at age 4,
became fluent in Norwegian after
spending the summer there with her
father, Salil Banerjee, a Dallas re
search scientist.
At Lee College, Banerjee is:
med major and is enrolled i
hours. And if she perseveres, ij
could get her medical degree at4
17
“I’ve been told she can’t bd|
censed until her 21st birthday. 1
think that may have changed.Wedl
looking into it,” her mother said. 1
She lives with her mother, Carol
Harrison, in nearby Crosby. The
couple divorced when Miss Banerjee
was a baby.
For light reading beforebed,st|
browses through the physidaif
desk reference to prescripw|
drugs.
“1 love to read it. 1 like I
about the warnings and names 0
medicines,” she said.
Except for being swallowed u
the desks, Kristen said she feels pi
lectly at ease in a college enviwl
ment. But some of her classm#!
were stunned to learn shewasa
low student.
“I have children her age 1 "Hn!|
Whitehead, 34, a nursing majK]
said.
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