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Home sweet home
Nine former residents of Crocker Hall have taken their Aggie spirit
off campus, and made a home in the name of tradition.
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Nine former residents of Crocker Hall live in the Cock House, located on College Main. Members of the house are avid supporters of Bonfire.
By April Towery
The Battalion
T he “Crocker Cocks,” as they call themselves, have trans
formed on-campus camaraderie into friendships that will
last a lifetime.
Nine former residents of Crocker Hall, a Northside residence hall,
moved into the Duck House, the former Delta Upsilon fraternity
house, on College Main Street on Aug. 20;
The Cock House projects an aura of Aggie tradition. Wall to wall
Bonfire and Texas A&M paraphernalia decorate the living room, along
with a poster of Seinfeld character, Cosmo Kramer.
The eight-bedroom house has been around for about 50 years.
This year, the Cock House has been renovated to accommodate the
new tenants.
“When we first saw it, the place was trashed,” Loy said. “There were
six bedrooms, but the property manager was great and did everything
to our specifications. They built two more bedrooms and changed
things up a little.”
Loy said one of the themes of the Cock House is to promote Crocker
hall and the benefits of on-campus living.
“There’s no way we’d trade our years in the dorm,” he said.
The men of Crocker said they would like to return in several years
and see former Crocker residents still occupying the Cock House.
“We’re hoping to become well-known and encourage other Crocker
residents to move in after we graduate. We want this to be the norm.
We’re also hoping to make the transition from ‘the place that used to
be the Duck House’ to just the Cock House.”
Loy said the men living in the house have a common bond.
“Tradition holds us together,” Loy said. “We attend every Bonfire,
Muster and Silver Taps.”
Clinton Hale, a sophomore business major, said Bonfire is also a
significant part of the Cock House.
“Three of us were crew chiefs last year for Crocker Hall, so we have a
lot of involvement in Bonfire,”
Hale said.
Andy Solis, a junior biomed
ical science major and a high
school classmate of Loy’s, said he
came to A&M because of what he
heard about the traditions, and
specifically, Crocker Hall.
“I wanted to be a part of that,”
Solis said.
Although these nine Aggies
have moved off campus, they
plan to attend Bonfire with
Crocker Hall this year.
“Just because you live off cam
pus doesn’t mean you can’t sup
port Aggie activities,” Loy said. “A
lot of people that move off cam
pus say it’s a hassle to go to
Muster or Bonfire because of
parking and all, but we can stay
involved because we’re so close
to campus.”
The location of the house has
been beneficial to all of its resi
dents.
J.C. Bennett, a sophomore
agricultural systems manage
ment major, said living in the
house is as convenient as living
on-campus.
“It’s the same distance to get to campus from here as it is from a
dorm,” Bennett said. “I’m actually closer to some of my classes.”
See House, Page 4
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Travis Loy, (left), wildlife and fish
eries sciences major, and Andy So-
lis,(right) a junior biomedical sci
ence major, sit in their room.
Technicolor Dreamcoat explodes onstage tonight
Special to The Battalion
Brian Lane Green stars in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat, which will play tonight,Wednesday and Thursday.
By John LeBas
The Battalion
A ndrew Lloyd Webber’s
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
debuted in 1968 at an English
church with Webber’s family
playing the instruments and
performing for the half-hour,
one-act musical.
The once humble production
opens today at Rudder Auditori
um, hauled here in five trailer
trucks, bringing the biblical story
of Joseph and his 11 brothers to
life with a two-hour barrage of
color, energy and music.
OPAS is presenting Joseph, the
first touring production to visit
A&M since Lloyd Webber’s “Cats”
came here in the late ’80s.
Time has expanded the scope
of the play but has not worn the
energy and wide appeal of
Joseph, said those who have seen
this production. It is the Broad
way version of the musical —
with Lloyd Webber’s highly ac
claimed production crew at the
helm — showing tonight,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Composer Lloyd Webber and
lyricist Tim Rice revamped
Joseph for Broadway in 1993,
and it has toured nationally for
the past two years.
Stephen Llano, OPAS director
of public relations and a senior
history major, said Joseph is not
just for adults and theater lovers.
“It’s a very dynamic show,”
Llano said. “It can appeal to
anyone because it’s a story that
anyone who’s been to Sunday
school knows.”
For those who need a biblical
refresher, Llano offered the fol
lowing synopsis:
Joseph lives in Egypt at the
time of the Pharaoh. His father
favors him over his 11 brothers,
and the jealous brothers sell
Joseph into slavery and tell their
father that he is dead.
Joseph is jailed by his owner
and meets some of the Pharaoh’s
servants in jail. He interprets
their dreams, and the impressed
servants bring him to the
Pharaoh.
The Pharaoh has been having
disturbing dreams, which Joseph
interprets as signs of a famine.
The Pharaoh makes Joseph sec
ond in command of Egypt and ...
“I don’t want to give away the
end,” Llano said.
Sound familiar?
If not, Llano said, the mix of
county and western, Calypso, ’50s
rock ’n’ roll and other music gen
res joyfully guide the audience
through the story.
“The music is what makes it
unique,” he said.
Jeffrey Cranor, OPAS director
of audience education and devel
opment and a senior journalism
major, said the play is almost en
tirely musical, and the course of
events is told through a narrator.
The narrator in Joseph is
played by local childrens’ choirs
from each area the show visits. In
July, a producer and a director of
the play selected Brazos Valley
Troupe and Shiloh Baptist Youth
Choir for the A&M performance.
Cranor said the children’s choirs
play an integral role in Joseph.
“They’re on stage for most of
the show — 18 out of 22 songs,”
he said.
Llano said one of his favorite
characters in the show is the
Pharaoh, played by Jeffrey Scott
Watkins.
“He sings his songs in a way
any king would.be proud of,”
Llano said.
Watkins recently played Pontius
Pilate in the national tour of Lloyd
Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar.
The actor, who portrays
Joseph’s Pharaoh as an Elvis im
personator, said he loves playing
his popular “psychotic” charac
ter, although the all-music for
mat of the show makes portrayal
a little difficult.
“He’s a nut,” Watkins said. “It’s
kind of hard because it’s all songs.
All of the acting has to be done
through the songs.”
Watkins, who has toured with
Joseph since January, said the
Lloyd Webber crew makes a good
show even better.
“They’re wonderful,” he said.
“The crew is very organized and
See Joseph, Page 4