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Page 2 Arts & Life The Clarion \ December 2, 2015 Remembering the hungry during a time of thanks R\/ Alov I Qifor \\rn\r f r\ Ia-mm rr on rre^ -frv i o i By Alex Laifer staff Writer National Hunger and Homelessness Aware ness Week was from Nov. 14 to 22. The BC Serves Club made this week come alive at Brevard College, packing the week with events. On Monday Nov. 14, BC Serves showed “Tent City” in MG 125. This documentary profiled a tent community in Nashville, Ten nessee that was flooded while the documentary was being produced. During lunch on Wed., Shannon Summitt and Hailey McGavin set up a table with an infor mational poster outside of the Caf If students correctly answered a question, they won a piece of candy. The answers to these questions were alarming. For example, the average American wastes 20 lbs. of food every month! Hitting home, Transylvania County’s homeless rate is 73%, the highest in North Carolina! Summitt and McGavin estimate that between 50 and 60 students answered questions about hunger and homelessness . THE Clarion Editor in Chief . Managing Editor Copy Editor. . Opinion. . . . Arts & Life . . Sports .... Campus News Faculty Advisor Senior Staff Sam Blakley Joshua Cole Gabby Smith Alex Webster Calum McAndrew Kari Horan John B. Padgett Other Staff Anna Marie Conard Andrew Gunnin Kaelyn Martin Calum McAndrew Alex Laifer Jordan Laws Alex PerrI Courtney Sharp James Whaley Jessica Wiegandt The Clarion is a student-run college newspaper produced by student journalists enrolled at Brevard College. Unsigned editorials represent the collective opinion of the staff of The Clarion. Other opinions expressed in this newspaper are those of respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the faculty, staff or administration of Brevard College. All correspondence should be mailed to: The Clarion, Brevard College, One Brevard College Drive, Brevard, NC 28712, or send E-mail to clarion@brevard.edu www.brevard.edu/clarion H Letters Policy: The Clarion weicomes letters to the editor. We reserve the right to edit letters for length or content. We do not publish anonymous letters or those whose authorship cannot be verified. “The way to bring change to issues is to bring awareness to those issues” said Summitt. On Thursday, students could bring five non perishable items and their Brevard ID card to the Co-Ed Cinema for a free admission to “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.” This event was very successful, 71 students participated. The week culminated with “ANight Without a Home”. On Friday night, students planned on sleeping outside in the Residential Quad in between Jones and Beam with only their clothes to protect them from the elements. Nine students participated. The night began with a speech by Angie Cain. Campus Security did not allow the students to stay outside past 11 PM. This was used as an opportunity to stimu late a “Code Purple” which is when homeless people have a place to sleep inside when the temperature gets cold. Chili Cook-off Today! Teams of two will be competing from 11-2 in the Student Piaza! Come cheer on your BC friends and vote for your favorite chili recipe! Asheville Symphony performs a classic By Rebecca Martin staff Writer The Asheville Symphony and the Asheville chorus performed on Nov. 21. They played Gustav Holst’s The Planets. Daniel Meyer and Michael Lancaster were the directors of the chorus and symphony, and they organized a breathtaking show that took place on the stage of the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. The first half of the concert featured a quar tet including violinist Jason Posnock, cellist Franklin Keel, oboist Alicia Chapman, and bassoonist Michael Bums as they played Franz Joseph Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante in B-flat, Op.84. In this piece, each individual playing in the quartet was recognized for their musical abilities even with the orchestra playing in the background. After the quartet, there was a very short intermission and then the whole symphony came onto the stage and began to play Holst’s The Planets. The “Mars, The Bringer of War,” was the first piece that was played in The Planets portion of the show. In this movement, the symphony had a great power and presence on the stage with the low powerful voices of the brass instraments and the intense sound of the percussion making this a great way to start off the concert. The next movement was, “Venus, The Bringer of Peace,” which was very different compared to the first movement and it had less power but more grace and a delicately to it. This movement really led the audience to a place of peace as they listened to the beautiful soft sounds of the orchestra. Following Venus was, “Mercury, The Winged Messenger” which quickly transitioned into the next movement, “Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity.” In this movement, the symphony did an excellent job of conveying joy and they brought excitement to the stage with a drastic tempo change compared to the previous move ment “Venus”. The next two movements were “Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age” and Uranus, The Magician.” Both of these pieces were the least exciting in the show but without them, everything would not have fallen into place and it wouldn’t have been an as powerful and impactful performance. The last movement was “Neptune, the Mys tic,” and it was the only movement in the whole show that included the chorus as well as the orchestra. This movement was extremely mys terious since the choir was not in sight. They were behind stage, where their voices echoed into the auditorium creating a very haunting yet beautiful atmosphere. The voices of the chorus were singing just a two note gesture where they got softer and softer and faded away into almost nothing.
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