Texas Chapter (ARSC)
Officers | About the Texas Chapter | Meeting Videotapes | Schedule of Dues
Officers for 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 Videotapes 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>.
