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The onlx college band exciting, enough for television Aggie Band marches into local homes ie Castle I: 1893 Mini onan COk insion ' A bed and breakfast featuring CoveCy accommodations and serving fine food # Weddings, receptions, rehearsatdinners & High Tea >© c Rf serve the inn for spectaf events & (Phone (409)825-8051for competitive rates Chose to deyas JACldM. 1403 Fast Washington « Tfavasota, Texas 77868 □ Halftime performances and interviews with band members will be broadcast on Monday nights during football season. i By Maria /irnena Albarracin The Battalion Floppy Toe’s 5 o f + w r e -f <x Out with the OLD,In with the NFW ! Come see our updated selection of IBM and MAC software! Try it before, you buy it! We have Microsoft Office, programming languages and software for Windows 95! gnm mmm one year membersbqs t $5. off with this coupon ° Limit one coupon per visit. Expires 09-30-95. 1705 Texas Ave. South in Culpepper Plaza, at the corner of Texas and Harvey. 693-1706 Texas A&M’s band will march onto tele vision Monday with the premiere of The Texas Aggie Band Show on KYLE-TV. Dr. Don Powell, president of the Texas Aggie Band Association, and Barker Pro ductions will sponsor the broadcast every Monday night at 7 p.m. on channel 28, TCA channel 17, during football season. The nation’s largest military marching band will perform with its more than 400 members at A&M football games this fall. Powell, who hosts the live-television coverage of Bonfire, said the 30-minute show is believed to be the only college band show in the country. “The networks don’t show the bands on TV anymore, and the reason they stopped doing it is because most college bands don’t do anything exciting on the field,” he said. “It’s almost as if the Aggie Band was created for television.” Bob Barker, owner of Barker Produc tions, plans to File Photo The Aggie Band marches during the halftime performance at the Southern Mississippi game. The band will be featured on television every Monday night this season. E la , A IX THE WORLD'S A STAte l ife. ^3} Ife !£sv /aS} Sfe /3% Jfe And We Want You To Work On It! Rudder Theatre Complex Needs Student Workers For Stagehand and Spotlight Work SOUND INTERESTING? Come to Nudder Auditorium Tuesday, September 5, 7:OOp.m. C <>IVIE SIGN » ,! include old band footage and inter views on the show. The show’s purpose is to let people see what being part of the Aggie Band is like, he said. “We have films all the way back to the ’40s that we’ve transferred onto video tape, and we plan to show some of the roll drills,” Barker said. “The Aggie Band’s been around 101 years now, and I imagine some of the newcomers aren’t familiar with how it got to where it is. “The band started with 13 members, so it’s been 100 years of transition to get to this point.” Sheldon Blackwell, B- Battery band comman der and a junior forestry science major, said he is looking for ward to more exposure. “I think it (the TV show) is a good idea,” Blackwell said. “It will give other people an in sight as to what the band does on an everyday basis be cause a lot of people only see what’s on the field.” Cynthia Garcia, a sophomore business major, said the broadcast will allow those who do not attend football games or who leave during half time to enjoy the band. “I think it’s great that the band will fi nally get the audience it deserves,” Garda said. “And if I end up waiting in line forev er in the bathroom, I can see what I missed on Monday.” If the show is a success, it will contin ue next year. Barker said. Plans are in the works to expand the show to inde pendent stations in San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. “We’ve already had some requests from A&M Mothers’ Clubs in the cities,” he said. “We would hope to have it expanded into other cities.” Last year’s band centennial brought back over 1,000 people, with 900 former band members marching on Kyle Field. This is proof that the Aggie Band is a uni fied organization, Powell said. “If there is one thing about A&M that most people agree on, it’s the Aggie Band,” he said. “The band is something that nev er leaves you, and if we can convey that through the television show, I think peo ple would be impressed.” “LET THE PARTY BEGIN” DAVID ALLAN COE Jim Beam $ 16 99 80° 1.75 ml With Special Guest JASON MANNING at Absolut Vodka WOLF PEN $ 15 99 CHOICE • VALUE • FLEXIBILITY • CONVENIENCE • FUN * GOOD NUTRITION CREEK AMPHITHEATER FALL 1995 MEAL PLAN OPTIONS F SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 ND CHOICE • VALUE • FLEXIBILITY • CONVENIENCE • FUN * GOOD NUTRITION It’s Not Too Late to Sign-Up For A Meal Plan! AFTER THE CAME TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: J 80° 750 ml Bols Gold Strike *10 49 100°750 ml Canadian Mist $ 14" 80° 1.75 ml By Rob TheBa Rolling Rock & Rock Bock $099 6 pack 1 11*AtE. A 2$ /AV/AAAaAAAAaC. /VA . 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