Texas
Chapter of ARSC
OFFICERS
OF THE TEXAS CHAPTER
President:
Kurt Nauck, III
Secretary: Charles Waters, Jr.
Chapter Historian: Milt Erickson
Treasurer: Richard Neavel
Program Chariman: Not filled
Museum Liaison: Robert "Mack" McCormick
Videotaping: Milt Erickson
Publicity: Andrew Brown
ABOUT THE TEXAS CHAPTER
At
the 1996 ARSC Convention, held that year in Kansas
City, several members from Texas got into conversation
after the daily presentations. They enthusiastically
endorsed the idea of a local chapter that would meet
several times a year, allowing them to present and
discuss the various aspects of sound recording. The
group included collectors, dealers, academics, and
just plain enthusiasts.
The
organizational meeting was held at the home of
ARSC member Kurt Nauck, and the first regular
meeting of the group was held on November 2, 1996.
The subject of the first program was "Billy
Murray"
and it was presented by Frank Hoffman. The founding
group of eleven members was present.
One of the outstanding programs of our ealry years
was presented by Norman White, director of the Prima
Voce operatic CD issues for Nimbus
Records. Norman demonstrated the fascinating process
by which these classics were restored and enhanced
through the use of a 24-foot recording horn.
The
Texas Chapter has grown and changed through several
manifestations (nearly dying in the process),
but today stands at twenty contributing members,
and has a quarterly program schedule held at the
Fine Arts Center of Houston Community College, the
chapter's new home. One of the more recent presentations
attracted 35 attendees, and the presence of a reporter
from the Houston Chronicle to review the
program of the evening. Roger Wood discussed his
new book "Down in Houston" (published by
the University of Texas Press), a dynamic history
of blues performers
made up a panel to describe long-gone locations and
stories about that period.
In
addition to Roger, the chapter is proud to have
as a member, Robert "Mack" McCormick,
who is an author, a record producer, and a former
associate
of the Smithsonian Institution. Mack has been written
up in Texas Monthly Magazine and in Texas
Magazine (a Sunday
section of the Houston Chronicle). Mack
holds the position of Museum Consultant for the
Chapter, acting as liaison with the various museums
and venues associated with Texan music and culture.
Starting
in March, 2000, the chapter began videotaping the
formal presentations at each meeting. This is an
effort to reach out to members who live away in
this vast state. The chapter makes no claim to
professional quality for these tapes, but they
give a good idea of what each program is about.
See Meeting Vidotapes for
a list of available previous programs and descripitons.
There
are two types of Chapter dues arrangements. See
the section on Chapter
Dues Schedule and Annual Dues Request.
Anyone intersted in knowing more about the Texas
Chapter can contact Kurt Nauck, chapter president
at <nauck@78rpm.com>
or Chuck Waters, chapter secretary at <chwaters@swbell.net>.
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