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MUSIC REVIEWS
Ian Moore
Ian Moore's Cot The Green
Grass
Courtesy OfHablador Records
While an already-completed
album sits in legal limbo await
ing a new distribution deal, Ian
Moore has produced an eclectic
mix of new and old tunes to
pass the time.
Green Grass is a mostly mel
low disc featuring 14 short,
sweet tracks, some reaching the
levels of Moore’s sublime Mod
ern day Folklore album.
Portions of the album are a
departure from the blues-rock
formula of past albums, and
everything from juke-joint rag
time to a cover of the Beatles’
“Hey Bulldog” is included.
Moore’s always pure voice
truly shines when he lets it,
and the musicianship is intact
as always.
The album will not disappoint
fans looking for a taste of spring
during the winter months.
(Grade: B+)
Gray Whitten
New Radicals
Maybe you've been
brainwashed too
Courtesy of MCA Records
The New Radicals’ first single,
“You get what you give,” has been
getting quite a bit of airplay lately.
With its Cure-esque sound, lis
teners may believe they have
found the heir to the Cure.
Don’t be fooled.
“You get what you give” is more
a fluke than an accurate sample
of the New Radicals’ sound.
For those wondering what the
group actually sounds like, find a
chalkboard and run your finger
nails down it.
That is pretty close to lead vo
calist Gregg Alexander’s vocal
style. It is too bad, because the
band itself does not sound too
shabby.
The band itself has a refreshing,
almost original sound that is great
to listen to. Then the singing starts.
In fact, if they went out and
found themselves a new singer,
they could be a band to reckon
with. Until then, save this CD for
Halloween — it will scare all of the
trick-or-treaters. (Grade: C-) '
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A night for a some Faith
Country star Faith Hill takes the stage tonight at Rudder Auditorium
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BY TRAVIS IRBY
The Battalion
A large crowd of Faith-ful country music fans will
hear one of country music’s biggest stars tonight.
Faith Hill will play to a sold-out audience at 8 p.m.
in Rudder Auditorium after the opening act. The Warren
Brothers, take the stage.
Hill has been one of country-music’s biggest artists since
her debut in 1993.
Her albums have sold millions of copies, and she recent
ly won the Country Music Association’s best video award for
“This Kiss.”
Hill also shares the honor of being one of only two fe
male country artists who have had a debut album go
double platinum.
Her sophomore release. It Matters to Me, went double
platinum twice as fast as its predecessor. The single “It Mat
ters to Me” became the top-selling country music single for
the first half of 1996.
Faith, her latest album, has already produced the cross
over hit “This Kiss.”
MSC Town Hall and Pace Concerts worked to bring the
concert to the Texas A&M campus.
However, the Faith Hill concert was not a sure thing be
cause in addition to the normal problems of logistics and
scheduling, motherhood was a factor. Hill gave birth to her
second child with husband, country music performer Tim
McGraw, in August.
Angie Rodriguez, vice chair of concerts for MSC Town
Hall and a senior marketing major, said they are glad to have
Hill perform her first concert in Aggieland.
“We were a little worried that she would not go tour af
ter having her baby,” she said. “She has a beautiful voice.
Her sound has really matured since her debut.”
The fact that the Hill concert is on the same weekend as
the Garth Brooks concert has not affected ticket sales.
Rodriguez said the concert has been sold out for awhile.
“The tickets had been on sale since September, but they
sold quickly,” Rodriguez said. “People are excited about
her performance.”
She said Brooks even did his part to help sales.
“He was originally scheduled to perform on Friday, but
he found Faith was playing then and did not want to affect
sales to her concert,” she said. “So he moved his concert to
Saturday and allowed those who purchased Faith Hill tick
ets to get Garth Brooks tickets.”
Although Hill is best-known as a country artist, she has
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enjoyed some mainstream success. In addition to
waves on other music charts, her single "This KissTp;
on the Practical Magic soundtrack.
Rodriguez said Hill’s music has a sound thatisap?
to many.
“It is not twangy style, it is much more newcoim
said. “It is very upbeat.”
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press Roller Dance Compa
ny” will make a stop in
Bryan-College Station with its
unique look at roller-skating. Pre
sented by OPAS Jr., “Steve Love’s
New York Express Roller Dance
Company” is the second show pre
sented by OPAS Jr. this season and
will be at Rudder Theater Saturday,
Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
OPAS Jr. is a committee within
OPAS that was started 10 years ago by
the OPAS Guild. OPAS Jr. continues to
be sponsored by the OPAS Guild and
shares the same mission statement of
entertaining, inspiring and enlighten
ing with the OPAS committee.
OPAS Jr.’s goals include teaching
children who do not have the op
portunity to see these performances
OPAS Jr. volunteers with the Boys
and Girls Club of the Brazos Valley.
Sara Perry, director of children
programs for OPAS and a senior ele
mentary education major, said the
OPAS Jr. committee does the same
types of things as the OPAS com
mittee, but tries to expose the chil
dren of the Bryan-College Station
community to the performing arts.
“OPAS Jr. committee members
usher OPAS Jr. performances along
with the other OPAS performances
of the season,” Perry said. “OPAS Jr.
members also go out into the com
munity to work with the Boys and
Girls Club, Project Bookmark at the
Bush School [of Government and
Public Service] and in various other
ways, like going out to the elemen
tary schools of the community.
“We try to go to the schools in the
community and do activities with
the children with the various shows
that we are bringing in,” she said.
“For example, with ‘Billy B. The Nat
ural Science Song and Dance Man’
coming in February, we want to go
to the schools and work with the sci
ence classes to integrate the arts with
their science classes. ”
“Steve Love’s New York Express
Roller Dance Company” was found
ed in 1985 because of the populari
ty of contemporary dance and the
roller dancing explosion. This group
shows a new approach to modern
classical movement with a new
medium — roller skates.
The company combines dancing
and acrobatics with mime and the
ater. The choreographic style that is
used by the company incorporates
all of these different styles into one.
Steve Love formed “The New
York Express Roller Dance Compa
ny” as a performance outlet for con
temporary roller-dance skaters,
blending the components of the
sport with theater and dance.
Members of this company bring a
diverse background of champions of
the ice and roller skating worlds and
the acrobatic and gymnastic dancers.
Perry said this show is not just for
kids and all ages will enjoy it.
“The show is like watching ice skat
ing, but it is on roller skates, ” she said.
“The show is full of neat costumes, fun
music from tire 1930s to the 1990s and
is just a fun show overall.
“As an extra bonus, on Saturday
from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m., there will
be a master class at Wolf Pen Creek
Skating Rink with Steve Love where
anyone can learn some basic skating
tricks. Everything about this pro
duction will be fun.”
For more information on “Steve
Love’s New York Express Roller
Dance Company,” call the MSC Box
Office at 845-1234.
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BY MEREDITH HIGHT
The Battalion
C hi Omega’s Saturday Night
Live will not be filmed live
from New York and does not
feature the Spartan cheerleaders or
Mary Catherine Gallagher.
It will, however, feature the tal
ents of Delta Delta Delta and Phi
Delta Theta; Kappa Alpha Theta and
Aggie Men’s Club; Delta Gamma
and Tau Kappa Epsilon; Zeta Tau Al
pha and Sigma Chi; Alpha Delta Phi
and Lambda Chi Alpha; Pi Beta Phi
and 01’ Ags; and Kappa Kappa
Gamma — for a total of seven acts.
Each act has a unique theme for
the show, which will be emceed by
junior yell leaders John Bloss and
Jeff Bailey.
Kappa Kappa Gamma’s theme is
Ladies Night. Jennifer Davis, Kap
pa’s coordinator for Songfest and a
sophomore biomedical science ma
jor, said only the sorority’s new
members will perform.
“We’ll have four dances with
‘Pretty Woman,’ ‘Material Girl,’ ‘Girls
Just Want to Have Fun,’ and ‘Ladies
Night.’ The Spice Girls will talk in be
tween dances,” she said.
Pi Phi and 01’ Ags will perform
movies from the last four decades. It
is 01’ Ags first year to perform a skit
for the show. Cort Anderson, a junior
computer science major, said 01’ Ags
is prepared for the competition.
“We’ve been practicing for a
while,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun and
dancing and goofing off. It’s fun do
ing it with another sorority. ”
The acts will also compete for
first, second and third place trophies.
The Aggie Wranglers, the Aggie
Dance Team, and Chi Omega will
perform between acts.
Traditionally, the Chi Omega
pledges open the show and the
sorority’s dance team, Chi-0 Pro
ductions, closes the show.
Songfest, in its 21st year, bene
fits the Brazos Valley Rehabilitation
Center. The Center is a non-profit
organization founded in 1946 that
serves the health care needs of
those without insurance or those
who cannot pay for services. Russ
Ridenhour, executive director of
the center, said the event’s pro
ceeds make a difference in the lives
of many people
“The money they give us may be
used for a hearing test, or for occu
pational therapy for someone with a
physical disability,” he said.
Cristi Moffett, GW Omega’s Songfest
Chair and senior nutritional science
major, said Chi Omega hopes to raise
more the $8,000 — the amount that
was donated last year..
Tickets for the are $6 and available
at the MSC and Wehner Business Ad
ministration Building. The show will
start at 7 p.m.
BY TRAVIS IRBY
The Battalion
T housands of Aggies will
pour into Austin over the
Thanksgiving holidays to
witness the annual pigskin war
between beloved Texas A&M Uni
versity and hated University of
Texas. The game will only take a
couple hours, so travelers will
have plenty of spare time.
Despite some questionable res
idents, Austin is a nice city filled
with enough variety to accommo
date almost anyone’s taste.
Most college students are aware
of the recreational riches offered on
Sixth Street, but there is more to
Austin than booze and bars. Visi
tors looking to get close to nature
can check out Zilker Park.
Erika Gonzalez, a sophomore
public relations major at UT, said
the park offers a nice nature stroll
for visitors.
“It is a great place to go take a
walk, ” she said. “It is very beautiful. ”
Gonzalez said another place to
get a great view of nature is
Mount Bernal.
“Mount Bernal is a look-out
point,” she said. “It has a great
view of the city.”
For those looking to drop some
money on material things, Austin
offers plenty of opportunities.
The area from 20th Street to
21st Street is known as “The
Drag.” It houses a variety of
shops and stores. There are com
mercial outlets such as The Gap,
but there are also a variety of
small, unique shops.
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a plethora of shopping, food
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Gonzalez likens the city
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