Autograph Signing at
Brazos Valley Christian Books
Come meet and greet the artists of
A Night In Rocketown-
The Acoustic Tour
including
Chris Rice, Cindy Morgan,
Watermark and Ginny Owens
Artists will be signing their CD’s and Cassettes
after the concert
at the Bryan location of
Brazos Valley Christian Bookstore
An Acoustic Guitar
signed by the artists will be given away.
All CD’s $3.00 off
during the autograph party.
Thursday, October 14 10:00 PM
3808 S. Texas Ave in Bryan
Texas Avenue
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BY MELISSA PANTANO
The Battalion
WHEY
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Memorial Student Center
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Student Center, MSC Wiley Lecture Series or Texas A&M University.
A new type of concert is be
ing invented. The idea is
for artists to sit on stage in
an intimate setting and collabo
rate on each others’ songs. This
idea is one being embraced by
the artists of Rocketown Records,
who will be performing tonight
at 8 at Rudder Auditorium.
The acoustic concert, “A Night
in Rocketown,” features Christian
music artists Chris Rice, Cindy
Morgan, Watermark and Ginny
Owens. Unlike most concerts, how
ever, this one will be in a personal
atmosphere, set aside from stage
lights and hype.
Instead of the usual lights and
smoke of a rock concert, the artists
will sit on couches in a living room
setting and improvise on each oth
ers’ songs.
Nathan Nockles, half of the
husband-and-wife duo Water
mark, said the concert is a unique
experience.
“All of us are writers,”
Nathan Nockles said. “This is
kind of a writer’s night, when
we all get to get together and
really share our ideas.’*
Rice said the relaxed atmos
phere allows the artists to show
their true talents.
“It’s fun because we are discov
ering each others’ motivation,”
Rice said. “The more comfortable
atmosphere really allows us to col
laborate with each other.”
Owens, a newcomer to the
Rocketown label, said the best
part of the tour is the creative
chemistry between the artists.
“We’re all fans of each other’s
work,” Owen said. “These guys are
my musical heroes, so it's really
cool to be on stage with them.”
Morgan said this tour is spe
cial because of the atmosphere
it provides.
“It strips away all the pretense
of preforming,” Morgan said. “It
gets down to the bare essentials
of a song, to the writing. There is
a unique chemistry between all
of us. Everyone is a fan of every
one else.”
All of these artists have a differ
ent story, but they all started out
appreciating music at a young age.
Christy Nockles of Watermark
said her influence came mostly
from being raised in the beliefs of
the church.
“I was raised in a Christian
home," Christy Nockles said. “I
sang in the church choir when I
was young and in college.”
Christy Nockles said the college
choir was not exactly the outlet she
was looking for.
“I didn’t enjoy it as much as
writing,” Christy Nockles said. “I
met Nathan in college, and we both
wanted to be songwriters. We start
ed writing stuff that is on the record
now when we were in college."
Owens said she also started
her musical career at a young age,
and it helped her through the tri
als of life.
“I started playing the piano
when I was 2,” Owens said. “It
started out as an outlet for me. I
began songwriting when I was 9. ”
Owens said she never really
expected her passion to take her
somewhere.
“1 wanted to teach music,”
Owens said. “I never really thought
it would go this far. ”
Morgan, who has five albums un
der her belt, said the tour expresses
the purist form of music.
“This tour reaches back to the
roots of the songwriter,” Morgan
said. ‘‘[It goes] back to the bare ne
cessities of the importance of writing |
a song. ”
Morgan said her work has
changed a lot as her career has pro
gressed from pop to a slower tempo.
“It started out as a dance thing,"
Morgan said. “As you grow you have
a better grasp of who you are as a
person, and you are willing to take
more chances."
Stephen O’Neil, president of
Compass College Ministries, the or
ganization sponsoring the concert,
said this concert is an opponunity for
his organization to experiment with
a new idea.
“This is the first time we’ve
ever branched out and held some
thing this big,” O’Neil said.
“We’ve had smaller concerts be
fore, but never in Rudder, and nev
er with any big names.”
O'Neil said the purpose of the
concert is to introduce people to
religion and the church.
“The point is to show people that
there is music other than secular mu
sic out there," O’Neil said. “To give
some people something better to do
on a Thursday night.”
CINDY M01!
Introducing
GINNY 01
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROCKETfl'l
Television chef Julia Child reflects on can
NEW YORK (AP) — To some, she is a culinary
legend. To others, she is a television pioneer. But
Julia Child sees herself as ”a good home cook.”
“Once you know the basics, you can do any
thing,” Child said modestly. ‘“All you need is the
desire. And the hungrier you are, the better you
will be.”
At 87, Child continues to churn out cooking
advice with the same gusto she had when her
first cookbook. Mastering the Art of French Cook
ing, was published in 1961. She has written nine
more since then.
In 1963, Child launched a PBS series, “The
French Chef. ” She filmed 200 episodes of that se
ries and has starred in at least five others over the
past four decades.
Now Child and Jacques Pepin have teamed up
for the new PBS show, “Julia and Jacques: Cook
ing at Home,” and its companion cookbook.
Child said she appreciates her success — even
if it was somewhat unexpected.
“1 didn’t plan anything out. ... Things hap
pened, which is nice. I think if you plan it out, it
won’t happen. I’m happy things turned out the
way they did. I’ve had a good time all the time,
and it’s been great fun.
“I’m so glad I’m in this business. You go to the
best restaurants and meet the nicest people.
Maybe if I was in the funeral director business or
real estate, it wouldn't nearly be as much fun,”
Child said.
She said cooking still presents challenges. She
recalled eating a strawberry souffle at Manhat
tan’s La Grenouille restaurant that she success
fully reproduced on television.
At home, in her own kitchen, it was a differ
ent story. She tried 28 times before getting it right.
On their new show. Child and Pepin are both
perfectionists, but they do not ahv
which is the show’s recipe for success.
"We had differing opinions. Of cod
opinions were right lie’s just a macho"
tnan,” Child said.
The series was filmed in rhekkhenol
home in Cambridge, Mass. When shei
cooking for herself, Child might enja
1 'i plain masi chicken, saladail
potato “with plenty of butter on it.”
Guests often find themselves eat|
burgers in the kitchen.
"I always liked to ask people to myl
so they’d see we’re simple people anda^
timidated. Whatever! was testing outi
is what my guests would get,’’Child si .
On this typically busy day, sheismsfea
a Manhattan hotel to a limousine thatnq
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