Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 49

MR WBBD June 9-10 1995 13 days will be church night Thursdays will be for middle-school age and Fridays and Saturdays will be for high school and college Smith says WF country show A new venture in country music entertainment begins Saturday in Wichita Falls when the Gold Country Music debuts at the restored Wichita Theater 925 Indiana Performances are scheduled at 2 and 7 pm this first Saturday future Saturday performances are scheduled at 7 pm only Country singer and AMI Records artist Roy Eaves of Fort Worth will present a 20-minute show before the first shows (1:35 and 6:35 pm) next weekend On the bill are 18-20 performers from Continued from 10 club at 2809 2nd ia dosed until June 16-17 when it reopens with a Christian musk format The club will be open Wednesdays and Thursdays 7-11 pm and Fridays and Saturdays 7 pm-midnight been getting enough response to the kind of music we says Jack Smith many people just wanted to come in and drink and that's not the kind of people trying to reach "We had a meeting decided to change to all-Christian format also open it up to private parties for anniversaries lock-ins for churches etc We're trying to attract the The club will have primary dee-jays playing CDs and live music when possible "We will send letters to churches in the next couple of days Wednes- Ofig jddBwicznoportr Ifrwt Left: Maryann Price supported by Abilene musicians Kevin Taylor on drums and Dave Keown on bass jazzes up this Zoobilation fund-raiser of the Abilene Zoo Joining them was noted Texas pianist Floyd Domino whose credits include recording with George Strait and playing with the legendary Texas Playboys The event was held last Friday in the Windsor Hotel ballroom northern Texas and southern Oklahoma The family event costs $858 for adults and $463 for children Tickets can be ordered by calling (817) 723-9037 or (800) 688-2345 Same-day tickets also will be sold at the theater beginning two hours before showtime Continued from 10 Slautfutr will km otktr new music ready for kmigkt'i concert is chiding "Skt Knows How to Rumble which Dana Strum says will be tke tide cut of du soundtrack to dm upcomtng Arnold Sckwarutnegyer film "Too By Tioo" This will bt dm first mode which Arnold dies Parking it pm The Expense is being sought as the feature band If so a chnnc to hear this Abilene band the weekend before they join DRB and Free Form Tango for the The Next concert in San Angelo As usual the admission is free But since this event is sponsored by Hospice of the Big Country Ametimie to this worthwhile nonprofit agency will be appreciated The next concert is planned for Sunday July 16 3-D update The local rock band 3-D is hoping to make a splash both on stage and with a cassette prqject that turned out better than The band led by David Medina is playing this weekend at Splash Day at Lake Brown wood be on stage to-i night at 8 and Saturday at 61 playing ahead of I the Austin bandl Dear John which I will be in Abilene next Thursday at the Piranha Club Cost tonight if $5 after 7 pm Medina Cost Saturday is $15 for the whole day To get to Sandy Beach take State Highway 279 south from Continued on 16 A reminder that the third Concert in the Park is coming up but now scheduled for Sunday June 25 Organisers forgot June 18 the original date was Day Previously KC and the Sometime Band and Blue Horizon have headlined these outdoor shows at the amphitheater in Bose Park The music will begin again at 2 keeping tally added up to five more unproductive months as the band then sought a new label There was interest from five but Slaughter chose an independent label because Strum says some of the best music was being turned out by the indies he says the fans who put us where we are not the record companies They care what it says on the label We just said go with a record company that supports American self-written self-produced rock At long last No was released in Europe and Japan and the band has kicked off an American tour that showcases the old hits and new music that certainly expands boundaries But basically a Slaughter show in 1995 is the intense loud party atmosphere event it was five years ago never run on our fans not a band going to shave our beads just because says Strum want to re-establish old memories and tell new fans to come out and hear who we are our single release Be Alright" has a sure Beatles sound to it (the band credited the Beatles influence on its first album) while Cry" is first stab at the blues And while some songs were written to play loud like Used To It" and the Good Times others actually deliver a message is about mental abuse the kind that drives kids to the road in hope of? peace in their lives is about how the world has changed since that band formed in 1989 when every kid carried a gun or Strum says rather youth buy a ticket and out their aggression at the concert not out on the And was written about a kid they met at a truck stop who felt stuck there and wondered what life had to offer But not to get too preachy the band cuts loose on the final cut which Strum calls their most aggressive rocker Iron Maiden-influenced from the days when Strum and Slaughter were in a band that toured with the famous rock band Concerts are As for show Dana Strum promises the same aggressive band Abilene fans are used to bringing all our stuff all our staging and cramming it into the venue It has been mayhem every night Construction people have to be called to fix all the damage the next he says laughing Then Dana Strum gets serious band is Big Toys For Big Boys At The Mall Of Abilene! June 9-1 1 With Day around the comer you want to miss FREE air travel a rafting trip and unleaded fuel for your Simply pick up an entry Vblank from any of the show 9F exhibitors and the following 'mall stores: House JCPenney Jeans West iter still rocks Slaugh ma Sti Dana Strum emphasises Slaughter is one of the few true hard-rock bands around are the alternative to al ternative1 he only half-jokes my 16 years I haven't seen music so stagnant If rock) was supposed to be cutting edge that idea went While Strum accuses much of new music of sounding the same not entirely critical has to be a place for all types of music There is room for all of he says But the majority of rock in the 90s -'S-Sfc: mail of abilene Service Merchandise notified Monday June 12 1995 become boring And music sales are down from what the major groups used to No is not boring The album is a mix of traditional Slaughter rockers with the Cult-meets-Lou Grsmm 'and 'Foreigner sound of the current OVER 90 FABULOUS SHOPS SERVICES AND RESTAURANTS 4310 Buffalo Gap Road Abilene Texas -V Winners will be -1 fo (915) 698-4351 Gift Certificates available X1.