r CONCERT SERIES ANNOUNCED BY FINE ARTS Mir B . ? . 7.* f The Tar Hell Fine Arts So ciety has selected five out standing attractions for the 1968-69 season. The series will begin on October 3, 1968, with i return engagement of THE WAYFARERS who are gifted humorists, accomplished musi | clans and polished singers of folk music In the true sense and meaning of our time*. On November 26, 1968, THE LUCKTENBERG DUO. a hus band and wife team, Jerri Lu cktenberg, violinist, and George > Lucktenberg, pianist-harp sichordist, offer a concert pr ogram of unusual variety and educational worth. On December IS, "Campbell College Choir", the Touring Choir . under the direction ot Dr. Paul Yoder presents a Ch ristmas Concert. On March 20, 1968, JACK AND SALLY JENKINS, with Instrumental Trio, "America's most exciting singing team" presents a versatile program of great Etoadway musicals, operatic arias, folic songs with Sally's flute and Jack's guitar as accompaniment. On April 24, 1969, THE KALEIDOSCOPE PLAYERS gi ve Edgar Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology", the play pr oduced on Broadway Stage and presented at the Booth Thea tre in New York City, Sep tember 23,1963. A campaign luncheon kickoff was held August 28, 1968 at the Country Squire by the Tar Heel Fine Arts Society. In order to bring these per formers to you, a membership campaign is now underway. You may contact my of the Tar Heel F lne Arts Society Officers for season tickets. Adults (including school ch ildr^-arad* ?-!*) *.00. Ch ildren (school children 8th gr ade and under) $ 2.60. By popular demand die firat concert begins October 3 with a return engagement of THE WAYF ARERS. Rav Blouln.Co rlqr Hart and David Hull blend the past, present and future, the comic and the trqglc, the specific and the universal Into a wholly new vision of wh* folk music Is'and can be. Jcr lning quality voices, showman- , ship and imaginations, each j of the boys brines his own ? particular way of singing asong ? three diverse wots that some- i how fuse into a fresh md sha- | rply unusual voice?musical in < every wot, yet marvelously ex- j presslve and flexible, hi addi tion to being polished singers, these men are accomplished in- j strumentalists on five string ; banjo, dobro, twelve-string gu itar, and Jew's harp. Ray, in addition, plays his invention, the eight-string guitar. THE WAYFARERS, as thousands have already found, are a truly contemporary voice singing the sources, senses and meanings of our time, THE LUCKTENBERG DUO Is scheduled for the second condert in our series on No vember 26. Jerrie Luckten berg, violinist, and George Lu cktenberg, pianist-harpsichor dist, have concertized exten sively both as a team and in solo appearances and have re ceived widespread critical ac claim for their diversified pro gramming. Using the combina tions of violin, piano, and ha rpsichord, the Lucktenbergs of fer programs of unusual var iety and educational worth. Of particular interest are the two remarkable instruments which add to thd appeal of the Lu cktenbergs;' performances; a superb Stradlvarius dated 1718, and a modern nine-foot con cert harpsichord built to Dr. Luckt en berg's personal speci fications. M present the young couple are artist-teachers at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Summers are spent ? the National Music Camp, bxerlochen. Michigan where Dr. Lucktenberghas been a member of the keyboard fa culty since 1953. Between con cert tours the Lucktertbergs en joy a n active home life With their son and two daughters. A special Christmas program will be presented by the Campbell college choir under the direction of Dr. Paul Yoder on December 15 as our third concert of the series.The Touring Choir of Campbell Col lege is well known for their outstanding rendition of sacred music and secular music given for their conceert appearances throughout the Carollnas in their tour of churches and col leges. This summer the Camp bell College Choir had the ho nors of performing for the Bap tist World Youth Congress in Bern. Switzerland, July 22-28. The 45 young vocalists sang at military bases, uso Centers, and chruches during their th ree weeks in England, Germany, Italy, Austria, and France."Ea rly this spring the Touring Ch oir appeared on Channel 5. WRaL-TV in Raleigh, present ing a half-hour of sacred and secular music. JACK AND SALLY JENKINS with Instrumental Trio, will ap pear on March 20, as our fo urth concert of the, series. Jack and Sally Jenkins are fast be coming the number one singing team in the nation: primarily singers with classical voices, they display extraordinary ver s afillty by performing virtually every type of music. Medleys from great Bro ad way Musicals, operatic arias, folk songs?with Sally's flute and Jack's guitar as accompaniment and original interpretations of popular Dal - lads are all expertly covered by the talented couple. Jac k and Sally met while attending the University of Tampa where they received Bachelor of Sc ience dgreees in music educa tion. Soon after graduating they were "discovered" by GuyLo m bar do who boohed them for a year long national concert tour. Since then they have ap peared on the Mike Douglas and Ed Sullivan television sh ows, performed leading roles in several Off-Broadway pro ductions and have been engaged by the finest hotels such as the Americana in New York and the Fontalnebleau in Miami Beach. Versatility is the trade mark of the young sitters and their style keeps audiences wondering what is coming next. For the final concert attrac tions THE KALEIDOSCOPE PLAYERS presents with cos tumes, lights, and deceptively simple scenery, Edgar Lee Ma ster's "Spoon River Anthology" on April 24. The KALEIDOSCOPE PLAYERS have played in al most every state from coast to coast as well as throughout Canada; they won the coveted "Larry" award for "outstand ing theatre arts achievement in 1967". A company of four two men and two women, afe real thetfre vagabonds tnle to the name KALEICOSCOPE! - for they present a swiftly-ch anglin scene of varied theatri cal patterns and activities, i The Kaleidoscope Players M* BUY YOUR SEASON TICKETS TODAY I for the 1968 -1969 CONCERT SERIES - to be sponsored by- - *.?>*. - ??V ? ???????* ?h ? .fiu TK?3 el-,;-* I I DUPLIN COUNTY I I TAR HEEL FINE ARTS SOCIETY .INC. I October 3,1968 - THE WAYFARERS, fine comedians, accompHsbed instrumentalists and polished singers. November 23,1968-THE LUCKTENBERG DUO, Harpsichord and violin accomplished Instrumental Soloists. December 15. 1968- CAMPBELL COLLEGE CHOIR, the Touring Choir H March 20, 1969- JACK AND SALLY JENKINS, with Instrumental if Trio. "America's most excitinn singing team." April 24. 1969 - KALEIDOSCOPE PLAYERS, printing Edgar Ltt I Master's "Spoon River Anthology". Conceits to be held at Kenansville Elementary School Auditorium Season Tickets For These Events Are: I ADULTS (Including School CHILDREN (School Children Children, Grades 9-12) -... $5.00 8th Grade and Under) $250 For additions! information and tickets contact any of the officers and directors listed below: 285-2721 Mrs. Edward L. Boyette, President. Chinquapin 267-2511 Mrs. Don Taylor, Vice President, F alson 296-5831 Preston B? Raiford, Secretary, Kenansvllle 296-2651 Mrs. Christine W. Davis,Treasurer,Kenansvllle 289-3295 Mrs. W.T. Blanchard, Rose Hill 298-3601 Mrs. Sarah Bolln, Beulaville 289-3140 Mrs. Jack Cooper, Rose Hill 285-3235 Mrs. B. McK. Johnson, Wallace 293-4377 Mrs. J.T. Gresham, Jr., Warsaw 293-4512 Mrs. W J. Mlddleton, Jr., Warsaw 289-2721 Mrs. Corbett L. Quinn, Magnolia .j 296-4961 Mrs. Mae H. Splcer, Kenansvllle 296-4591 Alfred D. Wells, Kenansvllle 285-2036 Mrs. Winifred T. Wells, Wallace M 296-5001 Z. W. Frazelle, Kenansvillle 568-5081 Mrs. W.WXaxwell, Alberts on Or Fill Out This Application and Mail to: P. O.B?428 I SEASON TICKET ORDER Tar rfecl Vine Arts Society. Inc. P. O. Box 128, Kcnansvllle, N. C. Name ? Address I Town I Phone I I Please Send M? (No.) Adult Tickets at $5.00 ea. (No.) Children's Tickets at $2.50 ea. j I enclose my cheek for 8 ?????????????????????????????????????J ?sas wzzzrr hikw: m ?? *i '- ?? ; '?? '?? .</? ??.^ _ v ? . . The Lucktenberg IXio

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