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deticienp y Chamber of Commerce is holding the 5th an-
musclem- iual Davy Crockett Pioneer Festival and the
After : nnual World Championship Fiddlers’ Festival.
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The World Championship Fiddlers Festival starts
on Saturday and ends at 5 p.m. on Sun
day. A long tradition in Texas history, fid
dling was around in the old days of pio
neers and biblical plagues.
The pioneer tunes were passed down
from generation to generation as part of the
legend of the old west. Some of them have
changed little since the frontier days of old.
Many old tales and legends are remembered
through ballads on the fiddle, since it was much
easier to carry around than the piano.
The first fiddlers’ festival in Crockett, held on
the courthouse square in 1936, was founded by
Barker Thnstall, a master fiddler. The first festival
featured a band from the Eastham State Prison and
gospel singing and dancing.
Other original founders of the festival included
Raymond Cornelius, Terry Van Pelt, Bob Greene,
Jesse Johnson and Harry Tkube.
Different age classes of fiddlers will be compet
ing for the top prize of $500. The competition is
open to all, and there is no entry fee.
Also appearing Saturday night will be John
ny Gimble & Texas Swing, performing from 6:30
to 9 p.m.. Johnny Gimble has won a Grammy
as well as Fiddler of the Year honors eight times.
He has appeared in the films Honeysuckle Rose,
Honkytonk Man, Song Writer, and Nashville.
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BY KYLE WHITACRE
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fully muse!- riginal rock bands might be hard to come by
at the same these days, but the Austin band Pushmonkey
Dunne .' definitely stands out in the crowd. Currently
with theide; -S. tour, Saturday the band is stopping in Col-
induceable, ation to play at Shadow Canyon and promote
still be pres J CD-
turned on ar before the show the band will be at Hastings
He said :> Music and Video in College Station at 6 p.m.
gene may pr 3t f ans and sign autographs for their first ma-
lems like bin le l album, which was released Tuesday.
? album was produced by Mike Clink, who pro-
Guns N’ Roses.
band has been together for four years and in-
Tony Park on lead vocals. Will Hoffman and
■ Behrens on guitar, Pat Fogarty on bass and
« n Keys on drums. All members contribute to
cals.
pirations for the band’s original sound come
:lassic rock bands such as The Beatles, The
g Stones, rock bands like AC/DC and KISS and
n bands like Rage Against the Machine.
? band has come a long way since its concep-
>ur years ago.
!994 the band recorded the full-length release
on an independent label. The album sold out,
te next year the band produced a three-song
cassette show, which included songs re-
!ed for their new self-titled album,
hen you’re in a band that’s been struggling as
is we have, there is a tremendous amount of
i—t you have to go through to get that hour,
ind a half on stage,” Hoffman said, the band’s
ist. “The depth of this music is what keeps us
That’s why we’re still doing this.”
t that waiting has finally paid off for this band,
a major record deal and a U.S. tour in progress.
Photo Courtesy Of Pushmonkey
Pushmonkey, a rock band from Austin, is playing
at Shadow Canyon Saturday night to promote its
new CD.
this Austin quintet is finally hitting the big time.
“I love being in front of a crowd,” Park said, the
lead singer. “I love the connection between the au
dience and the band. I love being the voice of that,
hearing that roar. I love that power—the way it
builds and comes back stronger the more you put
out, which rises up and blows the house down.”
Park really gets the crowd involved during the
show. During the bands last performance at Shad
ow Canyon, he threw Pushmonkey T-shirts into the
packed audience.
Pushmonkey has seen success the past several
years on the local scene, touring with KISS on the
Texas leg of the tour and being named No. 1 Hard
Rock Band at the Austin Music Awards during the
SXSW Music Festival in both ’97 and ’98.
Pushmonkey’s new, self-titled album is pure hard
rock, sounding along the same lines as Eye Mother
Earth and Stabbing Westward, but featuring more of
the band’s own unique style. The songs themselves
vary from the fast paced “Lefty” to the more melod
ic “Handslide.” The vocals add a choral effect to the
melodies of the songs, reminiscent of the old Alice
in Chains vocal harmonies, but much more driven.
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Jewish faith
celebrates
passage into
a new year and
a new person
TRAVIS IRBY
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W ith the president’s trou
bles, there has been
much talk in the media
about apologies. Taking responsi
bility for one’s actions can be a
hard task.
For some Jewish students the
task is given special importance —
an importance of a higher order.
Sept. 21 marks Rosh Hashana,
the start of the Jewish New Year
and a time to acknowledge sin
and ask for repentance.
Rabbi Peter Tarlow of the Texas
A&M Hillel Foundation, said unlike
the secular new year, Rosh Hashana
is not about the passage of time, so
much as the passage of person.
“Most New Year’s focus on par
ties and celebration,” Tarlow said.
“The Jewish new year [focuses]
on a change in the person, rather
than a change of time.”
Tarlow said the Rosh Hashana
is used to take account of one’s
actions to others as well as God.
“You have to ask yourself
‘Have I done well?,’ ‘Have I done
wrong?,’ ‘What do I want?,’ ‘How
is my relationship with God?,’
these are all questions people
need ask themselves,” Tarlow
said.
A ram’s horn, the Shofar, is
blown to signal the start of the
new year.
There are series of prayers of
fered. At the Hillel, there will be
prayer services at 8 p.m. Sunday,
and 10 a.m. on Monday and
Tuesday.
The timing of Rosh Hashana,
coincides with the first day of the
month on the Hebrew calendar.
It is a time of self-inspection,
but there is also a sense of com
munity that is the very heart of
Jewish culture.
Foods such as apples in honey,
fish and challah are a staple of the
Rosh Hashana table.
Tarlow said the foods con
sumed during the holiday each
have meaning.
“Apples and honey are used to
insure a sweet year, while fish is
considered brain food in Jewish
tradition,” Tarlow said. “Challah,
a normally oblong shaped bread,
is baked in a circle to signify the
completion of the year. ”
Tarlow said the circle is com
mon theme in Judaic culture.
“Shalom, comes from the root
word meaning to make a full cir
cle. It used to say ‘hello’ and
‘goodbye,’” Tarlow said. “During
Rosh Hashana, a special prayer
book called the Maczor, is read to
get you back where you started.”
Tarlow said some problems
arise due to the small Jewish pop
ulation at Texas A&M.
“There are only about 1,000
Jewish students at A&M,” Tarlow
said. “Even though it is state law
that students be allowed to ob
serve their holidays, some people
are not aware there is something
going on.”
Jewish students at A&M, must
deal with burden of tests and
classes during Rosh Hashana.
Debbie Edwards, a senior elec
trical engineering major, said bal
ancing religious and academic du
ties can be rigorous.
“Teachers can be helpful dur
ing holidays, sometimes they are
not,” Edwards said. “I think most
of the time they don’t realize what
is going on with the student.
“It can be very difficult to have
to decide whether to go to class or
observe your holiday, but those
sacrifices have to made.”
The Jewish community at A&M
is a small, but tight-knit group.
The sense of togetherness is es
sential to the Jewish faith.
Tarlow said there are many
similarities between Aggie tradi
tions and Jewish culture.
“Texas A&M, like Judaism is
steeped in tradition and honor,”
Tarlow said. “Both emphasize in
dividual honor and responsibility. ”
Edwards said the both cultures
have a similar sense of values.
“Both the Jewish and Aggie
culture celebrate being a better
person and forming a good com
munity,” Edwards said.
One of the responsibilities of
Rosh Hashana isrighting of
wrongs done to others.
Gregory Meyer, a graduate stu
dent in biology, said this is an im
portant part of the observance.
“There are two
types of
consequences in
the Jewish faith:
civil and ethical/'
— Rabbi Peter Tarlow
Texas A&M Hillel Foundation
“In atonement, you not only
need to make sins right with God,
but with the entity you have
wronged,” Meyer said.
Tarlow said the culturally the hol
iday, is divided into two concepts.
“There are two types of conse
quences in the Jewish faith: civil
and ethical,” Tarlow said. “If you
do something wrong it weighs on
your conscience, but it also
weighs on the people around
you.”
Rosh Hashana is a holiday rich
in history and heritage.
Tarlow said although it is a
Jewish holiday, it holds a message
for everyone.
“The concept of repentance, of
being sincerely sorry, is some
thing all people can benefit
from,” Tarlow said.
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