Page 4 The Clarion November 4, 1987
Brevard College Band sets Fall Concert Nov. 10
Families need balance
Under the baton of Director Steve Kelly, the Brevard College Concert Band rehearses for their upcoming Fall
Concert here Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8:15 in Dunham. (BC photo by Jock Lauterer)
Safe sex:
beyond fear
by Biilr Orrell
Safe sex is no longer a question of
morality but instead a question of life or
death.
AIDS and other sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) have invaded the lives
and life styles of many people and altered
them greatly, leaving the population
beyond fear.
There will be a Safe Sex program spon
sored by the second floor of West Jones
and Residential Life. The program is Nov.
11 at 7:30 pm in Dunham Auditorium.
Films on AIDS and STDs will be shown,
and free information will be handed out.
Ann Hargrove from the American Red
Cross and Karen Barbour from the Tran
sylvania County Hospital will speak and
answer any questions.
This program is to educate the young
adults of Brevard College and to lower
their risk factors to AIDS and STDs.
by Kenny Monteith
Balance is the most important element
in the family according to the Rev, Andrew
Summers who gave the annual Purgason
Family Lectures at Brevard College, Oct.
27-28.
The Purgason Lecture series focused on
the values of the home, marriage, and
family life in American society and how
‘‘Direct relationships influence the lives
and behaviors of those persons
profoundly,” said Summers. “The family
is the most close-knit of these relation
ships.”
‘‘As it says in the book of Proverbs, peo
ple perish when they have no vision,” said
Summers. He add^ that it is important
for people to think beyond the confines of
the modern world into what is called the
post-modern world.
Summers said that “the growth of in
dividualism can become cancerous. Peo
ple get preoccupied with their own ex
periences. The family then becomes a
haven in a heartless world.”
Summers ended by saying that new
research points us in a new and better
direction, a direction that gives us a sense
of hope. Research shows that in “healthy
families” the parents have a strong rela
tionship, a high degree of responsibility is
taken, and the family can easily talk with
one another.
Summers is a member of trhe staff of the
Pastoral Counseling Center in Savannah,
Ga. He has received an A.A. degree from
Young Harris College, and a B.A. degree
from Southern Methodist University. He
has also earned a Ph D in Clinical
Psychology from the California School of
Professional Psychology in San Francisco.
The Piu"gason Lectures are possible by a
gift made by W.H. Purgason in honor of his
wife, Victoria Watts Purgason. Both are
alumni of Brevard College, the class of
1938.
by Heather Conrad
Wish to catch a night of classical music
entertainment? Do the deep pulses of
a baritone, or the sweet trill of a high wind
instrument appeal to your harmonious
senses? Brevard’s own concert band will
be performing a selection of classical
pieces, giving everyone a chance to enjoy
the same program they will present at the
N.C. Band Master Association Music Con
ference on November 1, in Raleigh.
To participate in the conference, each
contending band submits an audition tape
to a panel of judges, who are experts in the
field of instrumental or orchestral music.
Over 28 college bands submit tapes; only
two to three are chosen to perform in the
conference. Once selected, these bands
play before an audience of up to 1000 peo
ple, most who are experienced or well
reputed band directors and players in the
field of music.
Last January, Brevard’s concert band
was one of the few band’s selected by the
board to perform. This year’s concert
band wishes to continue the tradition, and
has been putting in many hours of prac
tice, time and effort. The group must also
submit the tape this October, which is
much earlier than last year’s deadline.
However, Steve Kelly, Brevard’s Concert
Band director, is confident this is not a
negative factor. He says,“The pressure
may be greater with time to prepare
almost sliced in half. But these kids have
given a phenomenal amount of themselves
toward preparing and I feel they’re ready.
They’ve worked hard, grueling for hours
on pretty difficult scores, and have put up
with me, which is never easy. They didn’t
have to push, and try to master these ex
traordinarily difficult pieces, nor did they
have to compete against the other col
leges, most being four-year schools with
graduating programs in music. But the
kids took the challenge. They simply have
a strong desire to play, and to do it with
perfection. I’m very pleased with their
work, and I hope this conference shows
them that they are much better they
realize.”
The band will present its program tote
college Nov. 10 at 8:15 p.m. in
Dunham auditorium. The performance
will include all scores presented at the
Band Masters Conference, including Brit
ton Lane, a piece of written by Larry Wahl-
ly, a member of Brevard’s music faculty.
Also, a horn solo will be performed by Mrs.
Kelly, another member of the music
department.
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