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MSC Variety Show features
something for everyone
Story by Leah Templeton
Graphic by Quatro Oakley
This weekend College Station
will be filled with parents who
mtlto experience everything there is to see
id d() at Texas A&M. So it is up to students to
! owtheir parents a good time. Well, there are
ily so many movies to see, restaurants to try
id Imes to go to the grocery store to have
onl and Dad stock up the pantry. An alter-
itive to this usual routine is the MSC Variety
•ow. Performing tonight in Rudder Auditori-
nat 7:30 p.m., the MSC Variety Show is an
TBaining way to show parents the creative
"ent this university has to offer,
ifhc MSC Variety Show, which is presented
Town Hall, is traditionally performed on
rent’s Weekend and is something for stu-
nf and parents to enjoy.
This year the MSC Variety Show is a little
jfeient because its a totally student-run pro-
im.
Da^e Salmon, staff advisor with MSC Town
dlls aid he is enthusiastic about this year’s
ow.
“To me it’s an exciting program,” Salmon
id. This year is all student performers. We
enl ued Freudian Slip to MC instead of hir-
ga urofessional comedian.”
J. C. Odom, vice chair of Variety Show and
MHor psychology major, said all performers
8Indents at A&M.
rV “There isn’t any outside talent, everyone in
eshowgoes to A&M.”
Jennifer Schmidt, the outgoing chair for
Hall and a senior political science and
Bivironmental science major, said it was
important to focus on students to run the
show this year.
“We tried to get general members to be in
control of the show,” Schmidt said. “It’s a great
leadership opportunity.”
Although this is Town Hall’s first attempt at
presenting Variety Show, they were up to the
challenge.
“We put on Coffeehouse, and Variety Show
is just a big Coffeehouse, so we jumped at the
opportunity,” Schmidt said.
Auditions were held before Spring Break
and Schmidt said the response was better than
expected.
“We had a great turnout for auditions. Forty
acts auditioned and we selected 10, so we
achieved a variety in the participants we
picked.”
Schmidt also said Town Hall is trying to be
different and have more of an assortment in
their acts than other talent shows.
“In the past some variety shows just have
people get up there and sing, but we’re going
to have a diversity of acts.”
The 10 performing groups include:
• Rumba which includes 15 members of the
Dance Arts Society that will perform a combi
nation jazz and tap number.
• John Luke Spider, a junior finance and
management major and member of the
Singing Cadets, will sing “Watch the Lamb.”
•A Night of Swing With the Aggie Wranglers
where the Aggie Wranglers will dance to swing
music of the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s that was writ
ten by Benny Goodman and others.
• Last Free Exit, who often play at North-
gate, are a band whose music emphasizes
not only composition but improvisation
as well.
• Lori White will perform “Journey
into Egypt” which she choreographed
herself. This number brings together
gymnastics and modern dance.
• Running With Scissors spotlights
Britton Douglas who will juggle
knives and perform a glow-in-the-
dark show.
• Breathing Music focuses on
Native American flute music.
• Chi-O Productions is a med
ley of dance routines performed
by Chi Omega sorority.
• Bam I Am is a junior guitar
soloist and singer.
• Unity is a singing group of
five men who will perform a med
ley of songs.
Schmidt said the Variety Show always does
well and expects the show to sell out.
Odom added that there are still good seats
available and tickets will be sold at the door.
Judges for the MSC Variety Show will be stu
dent leaders, a Town Hall staff member and a
community member of Bryan-College Station.
Odom said that the acts are competing for
cash prizes, which makes for some serious
competition.
Tickets for the Variety Show are $8 at the
MSC Box Office, and for more information
please call 845-1234.
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Aggielife Briefs
from staff reports
racy Lawrence to perform in Brenham
•Country music artist Tracy Lawrence will be in concert April 18 in Bren-
i at Silver Wings. Tickets will cost $22 and $15.
awrence has sold over five million albums, launched 15 No. 1 sin-
and won multiple national awards including 1993 Academy of Coun-
usic’s Top New Male Vocalist, all in a period of less than five years,
in addition to being an accomplished singer, Lawrence has branched
into producing, songwriting and song publishing,
awrence is touring in support of his sixth album, The Coast is Clear.
album was released March 18,1997 as a follow-up to 1996's plat-
!m-selling Time Marches On.
The Coast is Clear showcases Lawrence’s love for country tradition
alists George Strait and Merle Haggard, as well as Southern-rock greats
Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top.
"I really wanted to put more variety on this album,” Lawrence said.
The result is Lawrence’s most meticulously-crafted album to date.
Lecture explores the mystery and beauty of rocks
South African archaeologist David Lewis-Williams, one of the world’s
foremost experts in rock art, will give a lecture entitles “Archaeology of
the Mind: Patterns in South African and Texas Rock Art” April 17 in room
601 Rudder Tower.
Lewis-Williams will discuss the South African imagery found in the
4,000 year-old rock art found in the lower Pecos River region of Texas,
due to recent breakthroughs from Texas A&M’s Carolyn Boyd.
The lecture is being sponsored by Texas A&M’s College of Liberal Arts
and the Anthropology Society.
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Singing Cadets hold Parents’ Weekend concert
Each year Texas A&M University’s Singing Cadets put on a concert in
conjunction with Parents’ Weekend. This years’ show will be held April
18 at 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
The concert will feature a selection of Broadway tunes, spiritual mu
sic and memorable tunes from the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s.
Tickets, priced at $10, are available at the Memorial Student Center
Box Office in the lobby of Rudder Tower. Call the box office at (409) 845-
1234 or 1-888-890-5667 for more information.
Largest music sale in nation arrives in Austin
The Austin Record Convention will be held April 18 and 19 in Palmer
Municipal Auditorium from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
Over 300 dealers from the USA and Europe will be selling over one
million compact discs, vinyl LPs, 45s and 78s. The dealers will also be
selling a wide variety of posters, T-shirts and music memorabilia.
Admission is $3. For more information call (512) 288-7288.
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Off Campus
8th Annual Parent’s Weekend
Golf Tournament
Saturday, April 18, 1998 8:00 a.m.
$80 per team
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Sponsored by the following:
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Sign Pro
Awards, Etc.
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Bryan Golf Course
Zuka Juice
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Casa Ole
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Outback Steakhouse
Hollywood 16
China Wok
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