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Page 16 The Battalion Thursday, February 9,1989 Around Town Landing (Continued from page 13) nity to share their work. Stearns says there will be future readings as poets write more material to share. “I would like to see it become Orchestra (Continued from page 14) nowned orchestra is violinist Iona Brown. Brown has been a member of the Academy since 1967. In 1974, she became director of the string en- The Academy rust debuted in the United States in 1980. Since then time, the popular ensemble has played sold-out performances and received high acclaim for its mem bers’ virtuosity. A featured member of this re semble. In 1986, she was chosen ar tistic director of the Academy’s smaller chamber group. Brown’s re cordings with the Academy of St. Martin in-the-Fields include the complete Mozart violin concert! and Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Old homes open for public tour McEntire, Van Shelton play at A&M Friday By Keith Spera REVIEWER Two of country music’s best will be in College Station Friday night when Reba McEntire and Ricky Van Shelton perform at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The concert, presented by MSC Town Hall, is the first show of McEntire’s new' tour. honors and awards, including being honored as the Country Music Asso ciation’s Female Vocalist of the Year for four consecutive years (1984- 1987). She was the Academy of Country Music’s Top Female Vocalist of 1988, and she was given the Favorite Female Country Vocalist award at the 1988 American Music Awards. Citizens for Historic Preservation will sponsor its eighth Historic Homes Tour on Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. The tour will feature four homes, all of which were moved from their original sites to College Station. The homeowners will be available to answer questions about the homes. The Yazdani home, believed to have been built in the early 1900s, was moved from Bryan to 902 Dexter Drive in 1984 to save it from a demolition crew. In 1907, the Shellenberger home was built in Hearne and was moved in 1985 to 1003 Haley Drive. Two homes on the tour were moved from the Texas A&M cam pus. Shelton will open the show. He is touring in support of his latest al bum, Loving Proof. This LP, his second, is Number 2 on the Billboard magazine country album chart. His other album, Wild-Eyed Dream , is holding steady at Number 17, after being on the charts for 101 weeks. Both records have been certified as achieving “gold” sales levels (more than 500,000 copies sold). McEntire has garnered a string of McEntire’s last four albums have been certified gold. Her latest, Reba, holds the Num ber 6 position on the country music charts. It includes the single “New 7 Fool at an Old Game” (Number 19 on the country singles chart) and her ver sion of the Aretha Franklin classic, “Respect.” About 500 tickets remain for the Friday night concert. Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office and Dillard’s in Post Oak Mall. The Smith home was built on campus in 1923 and moved by the Smiths in 1941 to 1004 Ashburn Ave. The McIntyre home, the oldest home on the tour, was built on the campus in 1890 and moved in 1948. The home is now at 611 Montclair Ave. Tickets, which include admission to all four homes, are $6 each and are sold by the Arts Council at Suite 217, NCNB Texas Building in Col lege Station. The tickets also may be purchased at the time of the tour. Those taking the tour may begin at any house. For more information, call the Arts Council at 268-2787. monthly tabloid that is another fo rum for free expression.” The first poetry reading was orga nized after an A&M student, Ed Brown II, approached Stearns with the idea. “I wanted to read my poetry, and I knew that there were other people who were interested in reading their work,” Brown says. “I want to let the University know that there are art ists that need an outlet for their work.” Brown says some arts at A&M have organizations through which students can express their work, while others such as creative writing or poetry do not have sufficient out lets. Theater at A&M has an outlet through the Aggie Players, and En glish majors have Sigma Tau Delta, but there is not a release for poets other than the literary magazine Lit mus, he says. “As a student and English major at A&M, it is a bit frustrating to read from the Norton Anthology of poets and be inspired to write,” Brown says. “Because after I write my po etry, I don’t have anywhere to read it to the public. WASHU dent Bush for domesti of the Pen night as he cratic Cong “ensure a bt In a well dress to a ji the presidei caution in leader Mik added, “We tunity to wo Bush de\ to domestic outlines of “The arts, painting, sculpture, photography, and poetry, do not have a wide-ranging outlet,” he says. Brown says that the English De partment does occasionally bring in poets to read, but that there are no organized events where students can read from their personal collections. The first reading drew a sizable crowd, many of whom were pre pared to read their poems. Some members of the audience were inspired by the moment and recited spontaneous poems. Others used the forum to speak out about whatever crossed their minds. 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