December 9,1976
The Pendulum
Page Three
Elon offers dancing now
Jane Wellford, the professional dancer, teaches at Elon.
by Liz Priestley
The New Performing Dance
Company gave its premiere
performance last December in
Page Auditorium on the Duke
Campus. Since then, the
Company has travelled to
Pittsboro, Carrboro, Durham,
and Henderson schools
delighting over 1,500 children.
Last spring a new program was
presented which was so
enthusiastically received that
portions of it have been
repeated this fall, again at
Duke.
Jane Wellford, the first dance
instructor at Elon, is one of the
30 members of this company.
She began to ^ance at 10 years
of age. Her enthusiasm grew as
she graduated from St. Andrews
College with a B.A. in theater
and continued on to UNC-G
where she received her M.A. in
dance.
'1 think that it is extremely
important for anyone teaching
in the arts to involve
themselves in all possible
connecting activities.” Mrs.
Wellford seems to have made
this her motto as she involved
herself in the Tarheel Ballet
Company and later the Murray
Louis Company.
After having visited Europe
twice, she took part in the
Hampstead Theatre Club under
the direction of James
Roose-Evans who has visited
Elon College. In London, she
studied both modem dance and
drama, returning to America to
contribute to a series of fine arts
seminars in New York.
Just to keep fit, Mrs. Wellford
also takes classes from UNC-G,
although she teaches not only at
Elon but also in Pittsboro.
However, her main source of
activity now is the New
Performing Dance Company,
the creation of which, she says,
"is not only to give the members
an opportunity to perform but
also to share with the public the
valuable pleasures of the art of
dance.”
Mrs. Wellford is married to a
Presbyterian minister and lives
in Mebauie.
Next semester at Elon, Mrs.
Wellford will offer three dance
courses: moderh dance, basic
dance, and dance methods and
rhythms.
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by Dana Hill
A number of pastimes could
be uncovered on this campus if
one went searching for them
Music, athletics, and botany are
among the major ones (partying
comes under the heading of
"occupation” for many). One of
the unique amusements
belongs to Frank Hummel of
103 Barney. He makes movies.
This native of South
Portland, Maine, first became
interesteid in cameras back in
1966 when his father bought a
small movie camera at the New
York World’s Fair. After
learning to appreciate the
versatility of the camera, Frank
began experimenting through
the use of unusual shots and
camera angles. In time, he
began altering the film itself,
mainly by marking the film
with felt tip pens.
Frank went from shooting
home movies to something that
interested him much more —
making science fiction flicks. In
these films Frank was director,
producer, film editor, and of
course, actor. He accomplished
this by starting the camera and
then running in front of it to do
his scenes.
Frank’s first film here at Elon
was to be a slap-stick satire
based on the TV series 'The Six
Million Dollar Man.” Since the
leading role was supposed to be
played by Dan Purnell, the
natural title for the film was
'The Six Million Dollar Dan.”
Unfortunately, Frank wasn’t
able to come up with a complete
cast, and the picture never
made it to the big screen.
The first successful picture
released by Barney Productions
(Frank’s brainchild) was a
silent movie entitled "Haunter
of the Dark.” The film, based on
a story by RP. Lovecraft, was
filmed on location on second
floor Barney. The hero was a
fly-by-night nonentity named
Joe Morris who came up with a
brilliant(?) plan to destroy the
demon which had possessed
Mike Minick’s soul, causing
him to armoy residents of the
second floor. The gory scenes
were graphically displayed with
the help of such future stars as
Les Bruce, Woody Allman, and
Jeff Hokamp. The movie ended
with the demon being driven
from Mike’s body and
everybody living happily ever
after. "The film had been
planned as a drama,” remarks
Frank, "but it ended up as sort
of a drama-comedy.” In fact,
Frank laughed so hard at
various points in the filming
that the camera shook, causing
a less than stable final product.
As for future releases, Frank
wants to do a film during winter
term to be submitted to NBC's
"Saturday Night.” Definite
plans for this next venture have
yet to be formalized.
The philosophy major s
greatest ideas for future films
stem from science fiction. For
ten years Frank read heavily in
science fiction and pure science,
and today has approximately
1,000 books of that type in his
possession. Maybe someday,
Frank will come up with a new
series to replace those "Star
Trek’’reruns.