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ifflOR THIS WEEKEND AT THE ZAE Presents Page 4 • The Battalion Cantina 2 nd ANNUAL AGGIE KICK-OFF Featuring Agg ieli fi Thursday • September 8,Hay • Sepi Booh celebrates 100 years of the Aggie Ban 823-2368 201 W. 26th St.., Downtown Bryan For Party Rentals call Willie, 822-3743 after 4 p.m. Wed., - Sat. Food and Drink Specials During Happy Hour 5 - 8 p.m. Thursdays: 18 and older THURSDAY 9/8 DEEP BLUE SOMETHING (AlU'i’niiiivr) V). Cover FRIDAY 9/9 Jerry Giddens (Rock) $5. Cover SATURDAY 9/10 Interviews, photos reflect band history By Karen Broyles The Battalion THE BIG PARTY AFTER THE AGGIES BEAT THE HELL OUTTA O.U. | SATURDAY, SEPT. 10™ AT 8PM I One hundred years of history have finally been put to paper. “The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band,” an his torical account of the Texas Aggie Band, is now on bookstore shelves. Donald B. Powell, director of Business Services for Texas A&M and president of the Texas Aggie Band Association, co-wrote the book with wife Mary Jo, the associate direc tor of University Relations, to commemorate the band’s 100th anniversary. “This is the first book ever written solely about the Aggie Band,” Powell said. Powell also wanted to record the band’s history before the people who were part of the history were gone. Any book written lat er might be less accurate without the people he and Mary Jo interviewed, he said. The Powells started their research two years ago by interviewing dozens of former band members, relatives of members, and former and current directors. After looking through almost 900 pho tographs, all donated, they selected 121 for »ci Schwer ■dure majo ■ Tattoo C< it the sign His tattoo, Ifway thro t|oesn’t hun ” Schwerti ertner ha |e wanted, ize and he to spend, to having ork on his [y be remo 1 ir he made shaved, the book, Mary Jo Powell said. “We picked photos that would represent all the eras and the aspects of life in the Ag gie Band,” she said,"which was almost as hard as compiling the list of band members since 1894, which AT WOLF PEN CREEK AMPHITHEATER RIGHT AFTER THE GAME $ 8 00 IN ADVANCE $ 10 00 DAY OF CONCERT TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ROTHER'S BOOKSTORE & MAROONED RECORDS FOOD AVAILABLE BY FAJITA RITAS PORTION OF PROCEEDS BENEFIT UNITED WAY DICKSON PRODUCTIONS & POPULAR TALENT PRESENT Tickets Available Court's Western Wear Pother’s Bookstore Tickets By Phone 1-800-333-7188 Phone orders subject to convenience charge n ■ W in Advance s 12 Day of Concert ROPED OFF DANCE FLOOR! With Special Guest KELLY WILLIS AND JACK INGRAM The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band marched to Bryan on Armistice Day in 1919. Courtesy of Texas A&M University Archives Photo courtesy of Texas A&M Universityincl stem 1899 The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band dltTadooC turned, or if they were different peoplif.d on ' • J y ^ Bit pain car similar names. V , r . Powell said that the thread of conliBf between the directors of the Texas®’"V’ ' ■ i Band was the most fascinating discovJ e a s : ’ ‘ made during the research. | oshv areas All the band directors sinceJf| fi t Holick, the founder of the band, hadkE|’, mc } we p the next director at some point in(■g a j c [ life,” Donald B. Powell said. “Later, person would take over the band wheiH lsness ” director retired.” > Bwertnersa Mary Jo Powell, a Wisconsin native was pin learned about Aggie traditions from" husband, said she’s amazed atthesii lifetime friendships that he formedwM the band. “I learned how true that is for so the former band members,” she said. Powell said he is pleased attheposil response that advanced orders ofthetf have received. “One man called me and said thathok , day’s work at his office because hespr L. day reading the book,” Powell said, “Wtejjp-'Jl LV\ finished, he ordered two more copies." Proceeds from sales of the book willn| i" n P T the Texas Aggie Band for operationalK u penses, and the Powells will sign copiej the book on Sept. 10 in the MSC Bookste had 7,000 names on it,” she said. Records weren't always kept carefully in past years, and people didn't always spell their last names the same way. The Powells had to deter mine if similar names but different spellings belonged to two people or just one person. Keeping track of people coming and go ing during both world wars and the Great Depression made compiling the list harder, because of the research required to verify whether the same people had re- ut during te someone m At Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheatre STEVE WARINER THE BIG EVENT BEFORE YELL PRACTICE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 TH AT 8PM Sponsored in part by! ROTHER'S BOOKSTORES <*> C3 £ Qj Have you ever thought about what you could buy for ten dollars? You could spend the $ 10 on lottery tickets just to find out you lose again or You could rent three movies and spend 6 sedentary hours as a couch potato OR Take advantage of Aeroflt Health Club’s 10th Anniversary Special where $10.00 covers your enrollment fee and your first months dues. Yes! that’s right only $10.00 to join. 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