November 2,1976 UNC-G Concert and Lecture Series BY PAMELA THOMPSON Once again, Guilford College offers free (or minimumly priced) tickets to regional concerts and lectures. These tickets are available at the Information Desk in Founders Hall. All events are at Aycock Auditorium in Greensboro, and are free to Guilford students, except for Equus, which costs sl. On Thursday, November 4, at 8:15 p.m., the well-known movie critic Judith Crist will be speaking. Ms. Crist cur rently is film critic for the Saturday Review, T. V. Guide, and Playgirl magazines. She offers interesting insights into our current media. Reveler's Production These are questions Brecht poses. The play leaves little doubt about Brecht's own personal thoughts. The con fusion over identities and the cluster of odd fellows give rise to broad comedy. The cast includes Lisa Baker, Steve Batten, Mark Mac Donald, David Spokely, Eric Jackson, John Beeler, Andy Milliken, Ray Rinchiuso, Jim Culp, Jennie Hayworth, Pam Henry, Noelle Paull, Betsy Linthicum, Rose Anne Pipkin, Gina Rumfelt, Steve Pearsall, Jim Davis, Jennifer Reek, Lilli Shacklett, Sandy Bouchlas and Pamela Thompson. Again, the Revelers want to make clear that the shows are free to all Guilford College Students. The box office will open during the week prior to production. Rehearsals are well under way for Bertolt Brecht's biting satire. The Good Woman of Setzuan, to be presented by Guilford College Crafts Center The Guilford College Crafts Center is growing and thriving, and needs you. The Crafts Center is open to all members of the Guilford College Com munity. Facilities for pottery, weaving, jewelry-making, nat ural dyeing, spinning, and batik are all available for little or no cost to students, and workshops for advanced and beginning students have been oraanized beginning this week. A workshop in the making of batik, a process of fabric design by wax resist, taught by Guilford students, will begin tomorrow night (Wed. Nov. 3) at 7:00 p.m. The cost is free to students and part icipation is encouraged by all. The Baroque Chamber Players, a refreshing and stylistic musical ensemble, will be performing at Aycock on Friday, November 5, at 8:15 p.m. This is co-sponsored by the School of Music Chamber Series. The Broadway play Equus will be presented on Monday, November 8, at 8:15 p.m. The play is a thrilling psychological thriller, and has won acclaim from critics and spectators alike. Equus delves inside the mind of a 17 year old boy charged with a brutal crime. The intense questioning is done by a psychiatrist, who suddenly finds himself examininq >his own psyche. the Guilford College Revelers in Sternberger Auditorium November 18,19, 20, and 21. Brecht, a controversial play wright throughout his life, sharpens his comic claws in The Good Woman of Setzuan. Setting his play in China, Brecht traces the travails of a young girl who must change her identity in order to protect her business. To what lengths will man go to preserve his economic status? Does this desire for status cause man to lose his inherent essence of good intentions and instincts? Backgammon, Anyone? The Guilford College Union is sponsoring a backgammon tournament to be held Sun day, November 7 at 6:30 in the Boren Lounge. All inter ested students must sign up at the information desk in Founders Hall. The deadline for entry is Friday, November 5 at 5:00. First prize is $20.00 cash and second prize will be A student-taught pottery workshop will be held this Sat. Nov. 6 in the morning for non potters who wish to learn basic procedures of wheel throwing. Space is limited due to the small number of wheels, but other times can be ar ranged. Students with some throwing experience who would be willing to teach are encouraged to sign up and participate. A jewelry-making workshop to run through November will begin Monday night Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Participation is is limited and students will be asked to pay for their own metal. Dates have not .been set The Guilfordian The play explores universal themes that profoundly affect our lives. Daniel Ericourt will be performing at Aycock on Wednesday, November 10, at 8:15 p.m. He is a widely acclaimed pianist, known especially for his interpretations of Claude Debussy's works. Mr. Ericourt has performed in thousands of concerts, and is a winner of the coveted Diemer competition. This is co-sponsored by the School of Music Chamber Series. Margin Lamb Performance Marvin Lamb and a small ensemble of his colleagues and students will present a performance of original work on Tuesday evening Novem ber 9 at 8:15 in the Gallery of Founders Hall. This per formance is open to the public and will be followed by a reception. On Wednesday, November 10 at 3:30 in the Gallery Mr. Lamb will conduct a demon stration-workshop on creative process in musical compo sition, as part of the Guilford College Colloquium. two tickets to the Stephen Stills concert. If you've got a board and you don't mind others using it, we would appreciate it if you would specify this on the sign-up sheet. Sign up now and get in on the fun. You may even walk away a little richer. Good luck and we'll see you there. for workshops in natural dyeing and advanced wheel-throwing; however, we plan to have these in late November or early December, so stay tuned. It cannot be stressed enough that we encourage participation in all of the above activities and are open to other ideas. To participate in any of the workshops, sign up now on the sheets posted outside of the Crafts Center area in Founders basement. For any further information on times and exact dates, a calender of events is also posted. Or contact Tamara Myers in Hobbs No. 19 for further in formation or ideas. Join usl CLINT EASTWOOD in THE EJGCR SANCTION FRiday, Nov. -5 £'ls ! S+embcrcpr 2 s*- NC Symphony Young Artist Competition The North Carolina Symphony, the nation's newest major orchestra, announces its 1977 Young Artist Competition to be held January 7 - 9, 1977. Violin ists, cellists, and pianists are invited to compete for prizes totaling $3,200 which will be awarded in the names of Kathlees and Joseph M. Bryan of Greensboro. The top award in each division (i.e. strings violin and cello and piano) is SIOOO in cash and the opportunity to perform as soloist with the North Carolina Symphony during its 1977 - 78 season. Auditions are open to young instrumentalists who have not reached the age of 30 by January 7, 1977. Each must be a citizen of the United States or be a foreign student studying here. Special cash awards also will be given to the best entrant in each division from North Carolina. A panel of distinguished musicians, headed by John Gosling, Artistic Director and Foreign Slide Shows past summer. At 10:00, the Guilford College Christian Fel lowship will meet and Doyle Moore will show his slides from a trip to Russia this summer, to be followed by a discussion about "Religion in Russia." Everybody Welcome! Page 3 Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony, will serve as judges. Preliminary auditions are scheduled for January 7 and 8 in Hill Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Final auditions, which are open to the public at 7:30 p.m. on January 9, will be held in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, the Symphony's permanent home. In addition to the Bryan Awards, two North Carolina Symphony Scholarships to the North Carolina School of the Arts are given. These are open, by audition, to students in grades 9 - 12 who are residents of the State. Application deadline for the Bryan Awards is November 15, 1976. The closing date for the Symphony Scholarships is December 15, 1976. For complete details and application forms, contact Charles Horton, Director of Education, North Carolina Symphony, P.O. Box 28026, Raleigh, N.C., 27611, or phone (919) 829 - 2750. Two programs will be of fered this Thursday evening, November 4, in the Gallery of Founders Hall. At 8:15, Dr. Ed Burrows of the History Department will talk on "Life in China" and present a slide show from his trip there this

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