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Aggie Wranglers two-step on to cable television
By Dawn Heliums
The Battalion
On the wave of the nation's country music
revolution, the Aggie Wranglers are busier
than ever. With the famous jitterbug, Texas
two-step, and the Texas swing, the Wranglers
rarely find a time when they're not dancing.
But all the hard work is paying off. The
Wranglers will appear on The Nashville Net
work (TNN) cable channel, on May 25, 26, and
27. Last February, the group flew to Knoxville,
Tennessee after they were offered the opportu
nity to appear on TNN's "Club Dance" country
and western dance show.
Wrangler Senior President Leslie Fisher
said the director was very enthusiastic about
appearing on the show.
"They were really excited about us coming
up there because we were a young, college
group," Fisher said. "During the shows they
asked a lot of questions about country and
western at A&M; it was a big success."
The Wranglers danced along with the regu
lars on the "White Horse Cafe" dance floor for
the first two shows. But in the third show, the
Wranglers got to take over the dance floor.
"We were really lucky because they told us
we could have the floor to ourselves during the
song "Oklahoma Swing;" we happened to
have a routine to that song so they let us per
form it," Fisher said.
With performances such as that, Fisher said
that the Wranglers are becoming more well-
known and recognized nationally. With their
growing popularity, the group has considered
expanding but said they like to keep a small
group for unity purposes.
At A&M, the Wranglers are mostly known
for their country and western dance lessons.
Having two sign up periods per semester, the
Wranglers can always count on a sell-out with
in an hour after they open up their lessons to
the public.
The Wranglers teach three jitterbug classes,
one basic country and western class, and one
advanced country and western class at the be
ginning and at the end of each semester. Each
class consists of 20 couples. The jitterbug class
lasts four weeks, and the basic and advanced
class lasts for five weeks.
During the lessons, the Wranglers have a
RANDALL NICHOLS/The Battalion
The Aggie Wranglers will perform a 50s style dance production for the MSC Variety Show
Friday night.
couple of members teaching the dances, and
also some that assist the student dancers on the
floor. According to second year Wrangler
Todd Garner, this has a lot to do with their on
going success.
"We have a large number of teachers to stu
dents which gives them a lot of one on one at
tention," Garner said. "We have a good reten
tion rate of students; most who take one class,
take them all."
Tryouts to be an Aggie Wrangler next fall
will be held May 2. The group plans to pick
several more couples this spring to take the
place of graduating seniors.
The Wranglers said students interested
don't have to be experienced country and
western dancers, but must have the desire and
ability to learn.
"Country and western dancing is not some
thing you have or don't have, but something
you want," said senior Wrangler Shawn Stra-
han, who didn't learn to country dance until he
attended Fish Camp. The Wranglers' give their
first dance lessons each year at Fish Camp and
T-Camp.
The Wranglers performed at the American
Association of College Registrars and Admin
istrative Officers (AACRAO) convention in
Dallas last weekend. After a 15 minute perfor
mance the Wranglers gave dance lessons
which Strahan said was fun because many of
the attendants were unfamiliar with country
music and dancing.
"We turned the house upside down," Stra
han said. "It's hard to explain what we do, but
it's very unique and energetic and has a big
impact on people."
The Wranglers are currently rehearsing for
the Parent's Weekend Variety Show, in which
they will perform a 50's style dance produc
tion.The Wranglers won last year's show and
will not compete this year.
L7 puts dirty words
back in female rock
Music
Review
By Chris Eklof
The Battalion
L7
"Bricks Are Heavy"
Slash Records
When you think of girl
groups, light-hearted bands
like the Bangles, the Supremes
and the Go-Gos pop into your
head. L7, however, is a girl
group like no other. Their
thrashing, grinding fast-paced
brand of grunge rock sets them
way far apart from any female
rockers of the past or present.
L7 are the antithesis of fe
male glam rockers Vixen. They
do not primp or strike poses
across the stage. They favor
hats to poofed hair and they
like their music loud and
rough, not light and bubbly.
The songs on "Bricks Are
Heavy" are driven by the low-
end beats of the bass and
drums. The bass playing of
Jennifer Finch is the predomi
nant force on the record. Many
songs start out with her bass
solos and then continue for
ward with her hard rhythms
dominating the songs. The gui
tars and vocals fade into the
background behind Finch's
playing.
All four members in the
group are credited with vocals,
and it is truly hard to tell the
difference between any of their
voices because they all sound
about the same —like dying
wolves. Singing is not the
band's strong point.
Their strong point would be
the lunacy and irreverence of
their lyrics. The most promi
nent thing on the album cover
is the Parental Advisory — Ex
plicit Lyrics label. That usually
means one thing. The band is
cussing a lot just to grab some
attention. In L7's case though,
the cuss words and "offensive"
lyrics usually play an impor
tant part in their offbeat songs.
L7 talks about masturbation
on "Wargasm," but only in ref
erence to the American public
getting so excited over the
death and destruction we saw
on TV war coverage.
The remainder of the times
that they use any "bad and
evil" words, they are used very
much in context as part of the
way people normally talk.
"Pissing in your pants" or
putting someone "on a shitlist"
is not that shocking to people
today.
The first part of the album
sounded fresh and interesting
with its hard-driving songs.
Slowly though, it became ap
parent that there was not a big
difference between any of the
songs. The same relentless bass
groove and crazed singing that
made the album interesting
also caused its downfall. L7
never shifted gears or threw
any twists into their songs.
Eventually, the album became
quite boring.
L7 takes a great leap away
from any other all-female
group. They definitely break
new ground by playing a type
of music that has mostly been
played by slightly post-adoles
cent males. They have interest
ing song topics, but their lack
of musical originality eventual
ly sinks their snip.
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