April 1999
3 Entertainment
Snakes Alive!
Ophidiophobias on the Run
Regina Davis
Ever touched a snake?
Ever wanted to? If you an
swered “yes” to either of these
questions, then you would
definitely have enjoyed the
March 8 Twister Productions
presentation in the Under
ground.
Complete with all nine
of his slithering friends, Steve
Longnecker, Director of Nature
at Falling Creek Camp for Boys,
arrived ready to captivate a
somewhat ready, somewhat
fearful BC audience who had an
opportunity to handle the
snakes both before and after the
presentation. Cries such as
“Don’t point that thing at me,”
and “Hey, let me hold that,”
shook through the room.
Longnecker, formerly
from Minnesota, has made
Asheville and various parts of
the South his home for 30 years.
Along with his job at the Camp,
he is also a mountain biking and
rock climbing guide who is
fascinated by birds of prey as
well as snakes.The reptiles used
for the presentation were a
conglomeration of types who
make their home in or around
Falling Creek Camp. Venomous
timber rattlesnakes and a
southern copperhead, mountain
natives actually snared in the
forests around Brevard, joined
other transients, such as a
Honduran Milksnake, a
Comsnake, a Florida Kingsnake,
one red-tailed boa, and two
common boa constrictors. As
Longnecker displayed and
handled his venomous and non-
venomous companions,
audience members were free to
hold, touch, pet, or run. Steve’s
only request was that the
snakes “not be dangled down
someone’s back.”
Along with the visuals
came the facts. Even having
been snake-bitten himself,
Longnecker still holds that
snakes do not pose a threat to
humans. According to
Longnecker, people adopt
“ophidiophobia,” snake phobia,
at a young age. However,
phobics need to realize that
snakes have lousy eyesight and
have to use their tongues to
catch even the scent of food.
Additionally, snakes are afraid
of unfamiliar scents, so when
they strike, they are only trying
to protect themselves.
April 17“’
1 p.m. Paintball w/Twister
7 p.m. Bluegrass & OldTimey Concert Porter Ctr.
Kilmer Forrest Service Trip
April 18"-
Softball and Tennis 2 p.m.
BCO 3:30 p.m. Paul Porter Center
April 19*
Earth Week: King’s Creek Cleanup 4 - 6 p.m.
April 20'"
Campus Walks “Turtle Talks 7:30 p.m. Coltrane
April 2 P'
ECO Panel 7 p.m.
110 Degrees in the Shade BB-PC 4/21 - 4/24
Earth Night Video 9 p.m.
April 22"“
Earth Day Rainsticks- 2 p.m. Quad
Earth Drums 8 p.m. Quad
April 23^‘‘
Forest Day 1 p.m.
Earth/Barm Dance 8 p.m. Music Center Bam
April 24'"
Community Earth Day Sims Ctr. 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
April 25"’
Campus Worship
Black Beauty 3:30 p.m. Paul Porter Center
April 28'"
Video night 9 p.m.
April 29'"
April 30'"
Senior art Show /29 - 5/15
Choir and Chorale Concert 8 p.m. Paul Porter Ctr.
Springfest: Bizarre Wars - quad 2 p.m.
DJDance-Pool 10 p.m.
Bonnie Rideout w/Hesperus 8 p.m. Paul Porter Ctr.
Porter Center for Performing Arts
DATE
LOCATION TIME COST
April 21-24
April 25
April 29
April 30
May 1
May 13-15
May 15
May 16
May 20-22
May 23
110 Degrees In The Shade
Morrison Playhouse
8 p.m.
Black Beauty
PC Concert Hall
3:30 p.m.
Sr. Student’s Exhibition
Sims Art Center
8 p.m.
BC Concert Choir
PC Concert Hall
Celtic Roots
PC Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Brevard College Springfest
PC Amphitheater
1-6 p.m .
BLT Do Not Go Gentle
Bam Theatre
8 p.m.
Reception
Sims Art Center
7 p.m.
BLT Do Not Go Gentle
Bam Theatre
3 p.m.
BLT Do Not Go Gentle
Bam Theatre
8 p.m.
BLT Do Not Go Gentle
Bam Theatre
3 p.m.
$5
Ad. $8/Kids&Mat. $5
n/c
$8
n/c
$8/Student/$5Matinee
$8/Student/$5Matinee
$8/Student/$5 Matinee
$8/Student/$5 Matinee
110 in the Shade
Premeires Apr. 21
From Wed, Apr. 21
through Sat., Apr. 24, Black
Box Theatre will host four
performances of 110 in the
Shade under the direction of
Dr. Robert White. A Richard
Nash lyrical adaptation of The
Rainmaker, the play follows a
traveling con man (played by
Bob Lahmann) as he woos a
young woman named Lizzy
(Angela Hayes). Assisting Dr.
White are Asst. Dir. Jennifer
Bobbitt, Choreographer
Victoria Zgura, and Pianist
Curtis Gardin, as well as a cast
of talented students and local
residents. Tickets are $5.