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E very fall Aggie traditions
move full swing throughout
Texas A&M campus, ranging
anywhere from random wildcat-
ting to Silver Taps.
But for those students looking
for a new way to celebrate the Ag-
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be an optimal solution. Growing
into one of the bigger, more con
temporary traditions, the Ag Kick-
Off is scheduled for it’s seventh
annual concert tonight at The
Texas Hall of Fame.
Mark Schaberg, an Ag Kick-Off
promoter from the sponsor Popu
lar Talent, said the event was an
immediate success when the first
concert premiered seven years ago.
“The first Ag Kick-Off was in
1993,” Schaberg said. “We did a
big pre-party concert early before
the first yell out at Wolf Pen Creek,
and we headlined Robert Earl
Keen. It went really well, and we
decided to continue the Ag Kick-
Off as a new A&M tradition.”
Schaberg said the kick-off par
ty celebrates Aggie traditions and
has already had a large impact on
campus life when the concert rolls
around in September.
“It really has become a new tra
dition on it’s own,” Schaberg said.
“All the on-campus organizations,
frats, sororities, etc., have to call
us and schedule their September
events around the concert.”
This year, Pat Green is scheduled
40 headline the show, with Cory
Mb^mv and the Dub Miller & HWY
6 BanoHltilike years past, the bands
will be pla^fHg, an indoor show at
the Texas Hall obRimie, rather than
outdoors at Wolf PemSmek.
Don Dickenson, assistant man
ager of the Texas Hall of Fame,
said he has been working very
hard preparing for the show.
“We’re really excited about the
Ag Kick-Off being at the Texas Hall
of Fame this year,” Dickenson said.
-prepare-
for since we’ve had so many
shows here recently, but I think it’s
going to pay off in the end.”
Schaberg said the decision to
change the venue was made
when the 1998 show was delayed
due to weather.
“We were bringing out Vm
Ice and Run D.M.C. andJprfy Jeff
Walker, so it was a axlfline up,”
Schaberg said3^t the weather
got real bajMnat.night, and we
had topelnpone the show for two
weells later and it was a real mess.
We d\n’t want to have to deal
with that again.”
Karl\Schutz, a sophomore
chemist™ major, is looking for
ward to this year’s show mainly
because PA Green is headlining.
“I’ve nevser been before, but
when I saw That Pat Green was
going to be there this year, 1 de
cided to go,” Scbutz said. “I don’t
even know wha\other bands are
playing.”
Pat Green said lit is equally ex
cited about headingnhe Ag Kick-
Off this year. He said having shows
like the Ag Kick-Off iski real com
pliment to Texas A&M\niversity.
“I think it says a lot fV College
Station and the students\nd fans
of Texas music there,” Green said.
“A few years ago, no one\knew
who we were, and they’ve^sup-
ported us all the way througl
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Gjeen said Aggieland shows are
always a little more rowdy than
shows in other Texas towns.
“Aggies seem to get into the
music a little bit more,” Green
said. “They seem to be more in
terested in the show holistically^
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just seem interested in .Hearing
certain songs and thgp^mng back
drinking beer, j^rfftch is okay if
that’s whatj^rere they’re for, but
it’s always nice to see fans up at
tlm^fage and singing along with
fou the whole time. It’s really a
tremendous high.”
Green has been part of the Ag
Kick-Off line up twice before, but
this is the first year that he is able
to headline the concert. Green
said fans can expect his usual
craziness this year.
In upholding the Aggie spirit.
Green said three of his band mem
bers are not only current Aggies
but are planning on dunking their
rings during the show.
“I’ve got three Aggies in the
band, all of them seniors,” Green
said. “We’ve got Brendon Antho
ny on the fiddle, Brett Danaher on
the lead guitar and Justin Pollard
is our drummer. And I don’t know
when they plan on doing it exact
ly, but all three of them are want*
ing to dunk their rings out there at
the Texas Hall of Fame. ”
Green is not the only band
with Aggies in it. Dub Miller,
Class of ’97, and front man of the
Dub Miller & HWY 6 Band, said
he is looking forward to return
ing to Aggieland.
see Kick-Off on Page 5.
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