CLARION
Brevard College, Brevard, N.C.
Volume 55 Number 6
Wednesday, December 9,1987
BrevardCollege marks yuletide season
K «r rnllPtriate Sineers led by David Martin, rehearse in front of the
by Julia Love
Hoping to make the most of Christmas at
Brevard College?
The BC Collegiate Singers will help
make the Christmas season more merry
on Sunday and Monday, Dec. 6-7. They will
sing Christmas carols in Dunham
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. for the annual BC
Christmas Program.
The program will include scripture
readings by Campus Chaplain Dr. Chuck
Zimmerman, traditional Christmas songs,
and the lighting of the BC Christmas tree.
The Collegiate Singers, along with the
Show Choir and College Chorale, are under
the direction of David Martin. This is Mar
tin’s first year at Brevard and he says, "So
far, I’ve enjoyed it.” He taught high school
music for 15 years and says that ‘ college
students show more responsibility and
social maturity.”
Martin thinks this year has been very
good for BC’s vocalists. They have already
performed for a Trustees’ dinner and for
the First United Methodist Church in
Morganton.
On Monday, Nov. 30, the College Chorale
performed at the Biltmore House in
Asheville.
Martin works with more freshmen than
sophomores and says, “some come from
real strong high schools — some don’t.”
Martin adds, “Learning to sing is a grow
ing process and takes years of continual
study.”
Singers must audition for Show Choir,
which is made up of a three-piece ensem
ble and twelve singers. Martin says that he
is proud of his group this year and “I hope
other people besides music majors get in
volved in Collegiate Singers.”
Man charged
with B&E at BC
by Dorsey Waldron
A Brevard man has been charged with
breaking and entering into a residence hall
at Brevard College. On November 13, a
sophomore awoke at about 5 a.m. to find a
man holding her hand.
Steffon L. Gash, of Brevard, was ar
rested after the incident.
According to Dean of Student Affairs
Norm Witek, Gash broke in through the
side entrance of W. Beam and walked
down the hall of the first floor until he
came to a door that was unlocked.
Gash is a former employee of Brevard
College. Witek said Gash’s motives were
unclear.
The victim said she woke up, yelled for
her suitemates and she then ran into their
room, called her RD in West Beam, who
called security guard Guy Jarvis, who
quickly appeared on the scene with Dean
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