THE CCC BAND IS HERE; A CHORUS IS COMING
UNC-A is opening an early
Christmas present for band fans on
Sunday, December 16. In Lipinsky
Auditorium at 2 p.m. the UNC-A
Campus-Community Concert Band
will give a "Holiday Pops Concert" as
its first public performance.
The CCC Band was the inspiration of
faculty member Dr. Joyce Dorr and
Asheville City Schools Associate Band
master Patricia Garren. The answer to
their request for players, back in Oc-
The CCC Band is proving such a re
sounding success that it has inspired a
harmonious sequel - plans for the
UNC-A Campus-Community Chorus.
Like the CCC Band, the chorus is
meant for people at the university and
from the community at large.
Anyone who feels like singing is
eligible, but auditions will be held dur
ing the first meetings to sort out voices
into the right places.
The chorus is to be conducted by
Jackson Parkhurst, an assistant con
ductor of the North Carolina Sym
phony with an impressive young
career as a leader of orchestral and
vocal groups.
Now a resident of Brevard, where he
is music director of the Brevard
JOURNALISM COURSE
By Geoff Cantrell
A course in journalism was offered
for the first time at UNC-A this past
semester and met with great success.
An evening class, taught by Dr.
Richard Reed, the course provided in
sight as well as experience into the
everchanging world of news media.
The course was brought about in
light of the growing interest in the jour
nalistic field. With news coverage hav
ing an impact on public thinking that is
often critical, Reed placed special em
phasis on accurate and responsible
reporting, along with the usual fun
damentals of news reporting.
Interested students will be able to
start (or continue) Journalism studies
with Language 251, Introduction to
Journalism, scheduled for the 1980
spring semester. To be taught by
Robert B. Satterwhite, managing
editor of the Asheville Citizen, in the
new Owen Art and Management
Building, the course promises to be
worthwhile.
tober, was more enthusiastic than they
had dared hope. Nearly 120 in
strumentalists signed up.
Eighty members will perform for the
opening concert at UNC-A.
The program will include Leroy
Anderson's "A Christmas Festival,"
two Hebrew folk songs by Ward,
selections from "The Nutcracker
Suite," marches by Sousa and others,
"White Christmas," "Greensleeves,"
and a number of other holiday
SING ALONG
Chamber Orchestra, Parkhurst is also
founder and conductor of a new string
orchestra, the Lexington Park String
Ensemble.
Parkhurst started conducting while a
student at Duke University, where he
assembled his own choral group.
While a graduate student at the
University of North Carolina he con
ducted the Collegium Musicum. He
has been guest conductor for the
Bronx Opera Company in New York,
for the Sioux City, Iowa, Symphony,
the Greensboro Symphony and at the
Shenandoah Music Festival.
Since 1977 Parkhurst has been con
ducting educational concerts for
children with the North Carolina Sym
phony.
WEATHER WORD
Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Does the sun really shine all the time?"
The answer to those lines from an
old song is "No." Even if the sun
shines most of the time, it does snow
and get icy every now and then down
here in the sunny South. Even at UNC-
A. So here is the new "snow number"
to call on those days when it looks a if
the weather might have called a halt to
classes. Clip it out and put it in your
purse or wallet.
The response will be an automatic
recording with the latest word on
whether school is "go" or no. If you
get the busy signal, keep calling until
you get the word. The machine will
only handle one call at a time.
UNC-A 'SNOW NUMBER'
252-7500
Also don't forget to bend an ear to
your favorite radio and TV stations,
which usually get the word on the air
pretty quickly.
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delights.
Beginning with the 1980 Spring
Term, performance with the band will
be offered for college credit. The first
rehearsal for that season and semester
will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday,
January 14, at South French Broad
High School. More information may
be obtained by telephoning Dr. Joyce
Dorr at 258-1206.
Rehearsals for the Campus-
Community Chorus will begin at 7
p.m., January 14, in the Humanities
Lecture Hall. They will be held each
Monday thereafter from 7 to 9 p.m.
Chorus (Music 111) will offer
students one semester hour of credit.
The group will perform at least one
concert each semester on the campus,
besides such other performances as.
may be possible.
The group needs an experienced ac
companist. Anyone interested in this
position or in joining the chorus
should call Dr. Joyce Dorr at 258-0200
or 258-1206 before Jan. 14, or simply
attend the first meeting.
VOLLEYBALL MARATHON
Blue Ridge Easter Seal will hold an
all-day volleyball tournament on
Saturday, Dec. 15. There will be both
men's and women's divisions, and city
rec league teams and area business
teams are already planning to par
ticipate. Since the object of the tourna
ment is to raise money for Easter Seals,
there will be an entry fee of $75 which
teams will raise by obtaining donations
from one or more sponsors.
There will be prizes and trophies
(and beer) for division winners. Any
players interested in entering a team
can obtain further information from
Marney Richards in the Recreation
Department in Justice Gym.
DORR AT ST, PATRICK'S
Dr. Joyce R. Dorr, lecturer in music
at UNC-A, recently gave an organ
recital for an audience of about 1,000
persons in New York's St. Patrick's
Cathedral.
The performance was one of the
cathedral's regular "Sunday Recital
Series."