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Loco-Motion Vaudeville is an
explosive theatrical prtxluction
of Acrobatic Movements, Circus
Artistrv’, Characters, and Comic
Situations reminiscent of the
classic Vaudeville era.
Loco-Motion Vaudeville con
sists of three superbly condi
tioned and multi-talented men
called Bounce, Flip, and Cyrus.
They will take the audience, into
the comic, yet dramatic theatri
cal world of the Variety Stage.
The high velocity and action
packed repertoire includes: Two
and Three Man Adagio
Hand-Body Balancing and
Comedy Acorbatics; Accordion
accompaniment to the Juggling
of Flaming Torches, Balls and
Cigar Boxes; Chaplinsque
Slapstick Comedy Dramas;
Mechanical Mime Sketches; a
Choreographed Unicycle Ballet:
Pandemonious Prestidigita
tions; Hilarious Pratfall Clown
ing; and much more...Loav
Motion.
In 1976 Loco-Motion Vaude
ville was featured on ABC's
“Wide World of Sports 'Satur
day Nite Special' " from the
Montreal Olympics. Later that
year they were instructors at
Ringling Bros, and Barnum and
Bailey's Clow n College. During
past two years “Loco-
Motion" has performed at over
ISO colleges and universities. In
June 1979 Loco-Motion Vaude
ville was invited to perform in
Saudi Arabia as guest at
Aramco Oil Co.
Loco-Motion Vaudeville will
appear on March 22. 1980 at Ye
Olde Gym. Showtime is 7:30
p.m. and admission is a smile.
The program will be sponsored
by SGA Entertainment
Committee. Don't miss these
supermen of the comedy world.
Couple Named to Council
Yeats Speaks at ACC
WILSON - Sen. Michael
Yeats, the son of Ireland’s most
famous poet, William Butler
feats, and a distinguished
statesman in his own right, will
deliver a series of lectures on
literature and European econ
omics at Atlantic Christian
College, on March 25-26. He
willbe accompanied by his wife,
Grainne, an accomplished harp
ist and singer of Irish folk
ballads, who will present a
ptogram of Irish songs and
Mads.
The senator and his wife are
i»'0 of modern Ireland’s most
fctinguished leaders in cultural
and political affairs. Sen. Yeats
Wed as chairman of the Irish
Senate frotn 1969 to 1973. He
'fsigned from that position to
Iwome a member of the
European Parliament on
Ireland’s accession to the Com-
®oti Market. He is now
vice-president of the nine-nation
parliament. Mrs. Yeats has
Normed on concert tours of
ifussia and the Far East, as will
*sin the United States.
Two events are scheduled for
Tuesday, March 25. Sen. Yeats
'ill speak on "W. B. Yeats and
Family, ” at 1:30 p.m., in
^dy Alumni Hall. Mrs. Yeats
petform “Irish Songs and
at 8 p.m., in the
fiallads,
The first three programs are
sponsored by the ACC Depart
ment of English. The lecture on
the European Common Market
is sponsored by the ACC
chapter of Pi Gamma Mu.
All programs are free and
open to the public. For further
information contact Dr. Richard
Schneider, Department of
English, Atlantic Christian
College.
ckoral room of Hackney Music
Suilding.
The Yeats' will make two
>PP«atances on Wednesday,
16. The senator and his
'ifewill speak on “The Role of
*<»sic in the the Works of W. B.
at 2:30 p.m. He will
on “The European
'Common Market,” at 8 p.m.
evetits will be in Hardy
■^unmi Hall.
WILSON, N.C. - Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Jefferies Jr., of
Wilson, are serving as co-chair
men of the Alumni Parents
Division of the Atlantic Christ
ian College Development Coun
cil, according to R. E. Kirkland
Jr., chairman of the council.
They are among a group of
noted business and industrial
leaders, professional and civic
leaders who are chairing divis
ions on the council. The council
is conducting a continuing pro
gram to secure $22 million over
a 10-year period to upgrade the
college’s overall operations.
Funds secured through the
select group will be utilized for
enlarging and improving the
college’s facilities and substant
ially increasing its endowment,
Jefferies said he is giving his
support to Atlantic Christian
College because, “Atlantic
Christian College is an import
ant part of Wilson’s history and
a necessary and essential part of
Wilson’s future.’’
He is general manager for
Belk-Tyler Stores of Wilson and
has 42 years of service with the
ccOTpany. He received the A. B.
degree from Lenoir-Rhyne
College, completed the execu
tive program at East Carolina
University, the advanced
executive training program at
Georgia State, and the executive
development program at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Active in the civic affairs of
his community, Jefferies has
served as president fo the
Rotary Club of Wilson;
vice-president of the Wilson
Chamber of Commerce; chair
man of the Wilson United Way:
Active in the civic affairs of
his community, Jefferies has
served as president of the
Rotary Club of Wilson,
vice-president of the Wilson
Chamber of Commerce; chair
man of the Salvation Army
Advisory Board; campaign
chairman of the Wilson United
Way: president of the Wilson
County United Way; chairman
of the Wilson Industrial Council;
and a member of the First
Baptist Church where he serves
on the Board of deacons and is a
Sunday Schixjl teacher.
Mrs. Jefferies is associate
professor of health and physical
education at Atlantic Christian
College. She received the B.A.
degree cum laude from Atlantic
Christian, the M. Ed. degree
from East Carolina University
where she made straight A's
and the Ph. D. degree in Dec.,
1979 from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Jefferies has been in
volved in college teaching since
1962. She is a member of the
ACC Woman's Club and the
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NURSING SCHOLARSHIP:
Richard Simler, a senior nursing
student at Atlantic Christian
College, was recently awarded
the Allstate Nursing Scholarship
by the North Carolina League
for Nursing. The scholarship
was presented through the ACC
Department of Nursing and is
valued at $450. It is awarded on
the bases of financial need aca
demic achievement. Simler and
his wife Joanne, also a nurse,
make their home in Garner.
IJPCONING EVENTS
Monday, March 17
MIA Pig Pickin
Phi Mh
Arts Festival
Tuesday, March 18
Advanced Kegistration
SNEA
CCA Coffeehouse
Wednesday, March 19
Circle K
Brass-Woodwind Concert
Thursday, March 20
Jim Hunt Supporters
Saturday, March 22
Loco-Motion
Sunday, March 23
Arts Festival
Center Campus 5:00
Hines 111 6:00
Howard Chapel 7:00
Hines 112
Hardy Hall
5:00
8:00
Hines 211 6:00
Howard Chapel 8:00
Collegiate Office 4:30
Old Gym
7:30
Howard Chapel 7:00