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I IVI^A Bi-weekly news University of North Carolina at Asheville
w Volume 1, Number 5, October 22, 1979
UNC~A 'Autumn Walk^ To Be Saturday
Dr. Russ Reynolds of the Foreign
Languages Department, a genuine
"physical fitness nut" who believes in
keeping healthy without killing
yourself to do it, is the moving force
behind the first annual "UNC-A
Autumn Walk" set for Saturday, Oc
tober 27.
The Autumn Walk is copied from a
popular European’custom that brings
masses of people out this time of year
to walk a predetermined course and
collect a medal if they finish. Collec
ting medals for various walks year after
year has become quite a passion in a
number of countries.
Dr. Reynolds was inspired to adopt
the idea for the UNC-Asheville com
munity by his friend Lt. Col. (ret.) Mar
cus Galyean, a former Air Force officer
who took part in many such outings
while he was stationed in Europe.
Galyean is Reynolds' partner in pro
moting the event here, for which
Chancellor Bill Highsmith is the official
host.
Reynolds and Galyean, with some
timely assistance from members of the
Carolina Mountain Club, have laid out
a course of 10 and 20 kilometers (6.2
or 12.4 miles, round trip) which begins
at Justice Gym, goes east from the
campus to Kimberly Avenue, turns
north toward Beaverdam and follows
Elk Mountain Scenic Highway off
Beaverdam Road. Depending on the
walker's determination and stamina,
the participant may turn around and
go back after walking slightly more
than three miles or just over six.
There will be officials to mark each
person's starting card at the beginning,
the halfway point and the finish line.
Those who walk 10 kilometers get a
silver (colored) medal. The
20-kilometer hikers are entitled to a
"gold" one. The cost of the specially-
cast medals is paid by the $4 entrance
fee (or $3 for those who registered
before the 15th.)
Any money left is to go toward mak
ing a public walking-jogging trail on
the campus.
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Walkers Warming Up
Reynolds (left), Galyean, UNC-A Students Valerie Metcalf and Will Simpson.
WHO'D LIKE TO PLAY IN THE CCC BAND^
Pat Garren, a prize-winning band
director for the Asheville City School
system, and Dr. Joyce Dorr, lecturer in
music on the UNC-A faculty, are call
ing for players to join a new "Campus-
Community Concert Band" now being
organized.
Mrs. Garren will be the conductor,
though guest conductors will fill in
from time to time.
Rehearsals will be held from 7-9
p.m. every Monday evening at South
French Broad Junior High School, 197
S. French Broad Ave.
Dr. Dorr, UNC-A campus coor
dinator for the project, said eligibility
for membership will be determined by
the player's musical ability.
Membership is being sought from
students, faculty and staff of the
university, among local residents and
talented students in the city and coun
ty high schools, both public and
private. People from other colleges
will also be welcome, said Dr. Dorr.
The first meeting will be Monday,
October 29.
Those who want to play should
bring their own instruments if they
have them. For those who don't,
oboes, bassoons, French horns,
baritone horns, tubas, bass clarinets
and percussion can be provided.
Music and music stands will also be
furnished.
If the response to this invitation is
what the backers expect, the resulting
band could soon be ready for concerts
at the university and the surrounding
area. Dorr said.
Those who would like to make
something of this with a contribution
of musical skill and enthusiasm may
contact Dr. Joyce R. Dorr at 258-1206.
Or they may write Pat Garren in care
of South French Broad Junior High
School.