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® Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART) will hold auditions for the
, ^'iinmer season on Saturday, March 20, from 1 to 5 p.m. in Owen Theatre.
;, T is a professional repertory theatre founded in 1976 as a Bicentennial pro-
I has premiered a new play each summer since opening with “Ark of Safety,”
“"'ard Richardson, who was commissioned to write the first new play for the
en Le"'** JtliS! 1^82 season will include two musicals, the ever-popular “Camelot,” and
,ewis Q most popular premiere “Mandy Lou,” written by Mars Hill playwright C.
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r Premiere of “Magnets,” written by Charlotte playwright Phil Hines,
v'^hioners should prepare at least one short audition piece approximately one
til'' one musical selection. An accomplished accompanist will be pro-
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Dance
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March 31
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ij Will include a variety of dances
^feas of ballet, modern and jazz.
Will be performed by Donna
liv’ Laurie Lennon, and Joan
‘ Other featured dancers are Kim
k ody Brooks, Melanie Mitchell,
and Cheryl Radcliff.
!« ‘dding the program will be a
i^^t jazz composition performed
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to the performance is free
y^ne is encouraged to attend.
Take
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Media
Head
Applications are now being accepted
for the editorships of Cadenza, Hilltop,
and Laurel and for managership of
Radio Station WVMH-fm for the
1982-83 school year. Forms on which to
apply are available in the student
publications area of Wren College
Union and from each of the media ad
visors: Mrs. Betty Hughes in Cornewll,
John Campbell and Walter Smith in
Blackwell, and Brad Zabel in Wren.
Deadline for applying is 5 p.m. Friday,
April 2.
WVMH Back on the Air
By Mitchell Beal
After diligent work by the manage
ment of WVMH-FM, the student-oper
ated campus radio station, is back on the
air with full power and varied program
ming. From 6 a.m. ’til 1 a.m. at 90.5 on
the FM dial the station broadcasts news
and information and good music, rang
ing from Top 40 to contemporary Chris
tian, from hard rock to classical. More
than 60 students help to keep “your col
lege radio station” on the air with 127
hours of commercial-free programming.
According to Rusty Enscore, the sta
tion manager, WVMH is constantly be
ing improved. Thus far this semester
Rusty and his staff have purchased 60
new albums to update and improve the
station’s current stock of more than
2,000 albums and singles. The station
will continue to receive the top 10 new
singles each week to help insure a cons
tant supply of current hits.
The staff of the news department
roams the campus gathering news and
information of special interest to stu
dents. Supplemented by world and na
tional news items, this helps the station
keep its listeners up-to-date on what’s
happening.
By fall the power of the station will be
increased from 10 to 100 watts, says
Enscore. This move, which will assure
coverage of the entire campus by the sta
tion’s signal, was forced by the Federal
Communications Commission, which li-
Mike Kelly
censes and regulates all radio and televi
sion broadcasting in the United States.
The 10-fold increase in power will re
quire the installation of a new transmit
ter at the station’s studios in Moore
Auditorium and Fine Arts Building and
must be preceeded by a mountain of
highly technical paperwork. To help the
station secure professional help in com
pleting the paperwork, the Student Gov
ernment Association has appropriated
$1,500 out of its funds. President
Bentley has agreed to raise from outside
sources or appropriate from college
funds approximately $5,000 which will
be needed for the new transmitter and
other equipment.
The new equipment should solve the
problem of breakdowns, which have
plagued the station’s old equipment in
recent months and kept the station off
the air for days at a time.
“Hopefully,” says Rusty, “all this
work can be completed by late summer
and the station will come on the air this
fall at 100 watts.”
Rusty and his staff, including Andy
Hill, assistant manager, and Mitchell
Beal, creative consultant and production
manager; and the other students, are
responsible for all programs aired and
other facets of operating a full-time
radio station. Hand picked by Rusty,
Andy and Mitch from over 100 appli
cants, the staff has been trained and
Continued on page 3
- A Survivor
Reprinted from The Asheville Citizen-Times.
by Bobby Hayes
When senior guard Mike Kelly graduates from Mars Hill in May, he \yill have
earned two diplomas, so to speak.
Along with a degree in Business Administration, Kelly should also receive a Phi
Beta Kappa key for his performance in the School of Hard Knocks.
As a freshman, Kelly and the Lions finished 15-15. That was as close as Mars Hill
would come to a winning season during his four years at the school.
In his sophomore year, Kelly left school before the season started because several
of his teammates from the year before didn’t return. Kelly decided to return. Quit
ting was not the answer.
As a junior, he got a crash course in losing. The defeats never ended. The Lions
finished 3-28 and set a school record by losing 14 games in a row. He thought about
leaving again. More than once. But he stayed.
This year as a senior, his world was
jostled again. Before the season. Lion
coach Jack Lytton resigned and was re
placed by Bob Ronai.
In his senior season, Kelly was forced
to adjust to a new coach and a new sys
tem. Even the starting position that had
been his for three years had to be earned
once again. Kelly accepted the challenge,
earned the starting position and was
named captain. Challenges have never
bothered Kelly.
As his final season comes to a close
and the grades are passed out, only one
of the nine freshmen that were on the
Lions’ 1978 rollbook remains.
Mike Kelly.
A survivor.
Actually Kelly feels rather fortunate.
He is the Lions’ fifth all-time leading
scorer with 1,378 points. He is playing
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