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Student Spotlight
Kirkpatrick Sets His Dreams To Music
by Wayne Richardson
Clarion Staff Writer
Leon Kirkpatrick is a freshman here
at B.C. who has set his dreams into
motion.
“The Music Department at Brevard
is what really drew me- here,” says
Kirkpatrick. It was while Leon was in
high school that he knew he wanted to
be a composer. “Really, when one of my
pieces was entered in and then won a
prize,” he said, referring to the PTA
Reflections contest held in Hickory,
N.C., “that I got my real boost into
writing.” Now he wishes that he could
write all the time.
Leon says it feels great to hear one
of his pieces played. “Wonderful. To sit
there and listen to YOUR piece being
played is just wonderful,” he responded.
In the year and a half that
Kirkpatrick has been composing and
arranging, he has completed nine pieces.
Some of them are played by our own
brass ensemble during performances and
rehearsals.
On top of the achievement of
having his works played by the Brevard
College Brass Ensemble, Kirkpatrick
has had the honor of writing pieces for
Salvation Army Brass Bands also.
“When you’re in high school it feels
good to write for a band other than just
a school band,” Leon reported.
But Leon’s strength in music does
not just lie in his. writing abilities., “I
play just about every brass instrument.
I’m learning to play the trombone and
piano now.” He still enjoys writing
more than playing, though.
After Brevard, Leon intends to go
on to a four year institution and one day
double major in Orchestral Conducting
and Composition. “I would even like to
go overseas and study for a while,” he
said.
Sam Cope And Rita Colbert
Present “Love Letters”
by Lorrin Wolf
Clarion Editor
Brevard College will present
Professor of Theater Arts Sam Cope and
Instructor in English Rita Colbert in
A.R. Gurney’s “Love betters” on April
30 and May 1 in the Bam Theater on the
Brevard College campus. Tickets for the
8 p.m. performances are free for BC
students and can be picked up at the
switchboard in the Beam Administration
Building on the Brevard College
campus. The tickets are $5 for the
public.
“Love Letters” is a dramatic
reading, performed by two characters
who read the letters that they have
written to each other over the course of
their entire lives. “Through the reading
of these letters,” says Cope, “we learn
all about these characters: their hopes,
dreams, failures, triumphs and tragedies.
Through it all, they have relied on each
other and on their letters as the medium
between them. It is our hope that the
audiences will leave the performances
with an understanding of the importance
of friendships in everyone’s life.”
For more information, contact the
Brevard College switchboard at (704)
883-8292.
“We have a great Music Department
here at Brevard and I would like to give
my thanks to Dr. Whatley and Ms. Still
for the help and support they’ve given
me,” Leon said.
“If you enjoy and love something
enough, you will strive for it,”
Kirkpatrick says, “and achieve it no
matter how hard it is or what gets in
your way.”
Leon Kirkpatrick: a great composer in the making. (Photo
by Henry Stepp)
National Youth Service Day
Cognosce Ut Prosis: Learn In Order To Serve
Special to The Clarion
from the BC News Bureau
On April 20, National Youth
Service Day will be celebrated
throughout the United States. An annual
public awareness and educational
campaign. National Youth Service Day
is designed to broaden national, regional
and local recognition of the importance
and power of organized youth service.
Brevard College is a leader in the
community as well as among
educational institutions in youth
service; through the College’s service
component. Project Inside-Out, every
Brevard College student is required to
complete at least 30 hours of service to
the community as a requirement for
graduation. This program stems from a
philosophy that is rooted not so much
in the work ethic as it is in the
importance of serving one’s fellow man.
Since its beginning, Brevard College
has lived by its motto, cognosce ut
prosis: “Learn in order to serve.”
During the 1992-93 academic year,
380 Brevard College students have
completed over 5,600 hours of service at
over 100 sites, including Brevard and
Transylvania County as well as sites in
their own home towrts. Some of the
local agencies which BC students have
served this year include the Brian
Center, the Healing Place, Transylvania
Community Hospital, the Girl Scouts
of the United States of America, the
National Forest Service, various
Volunteer Fire Departments, and several
local schools and churches. In addition
to hours committed to these agencies,
students often participate in special
service groups," such as the one that''
recently worked with Chris Sheridan, a
member of the Transylvania County
Cemetery Commission, to help clean
up two abandoned cemeteries.
The Brevard College work groups,
under the direction of Project Inside-Out,
often undertake much longer and more
intensive service trips to locations as far
away as Mexico, New Jersey and
Washington, D.C. This year, BC service
teams have gone to Homestead, Fla.,'to
contribute to Hurricane Andrew relief
efforts; Nashville, Tenn., to work in an
inner-city church; and to New Orleans,
La., to work in a United Methodist
Community Center and day care
program.
Brevard College is proud to
participate in National Youth Service
Day, particularly as an institution that
strives to promote service among young
people on an everyday basis.
Spring Fest Comes To Brevard College
by Susan Lee
Clarion Staff Writer
Spring Fest will be held on the
weekend of May 1 and 2. At Spring
Fest there will be a lot of fun games.
There will be softball and volleyball
tournaments. There will be prizes for
the winners. There will be a cookout
that will consist of smoked turkey, ham
and barbecue.
Casino night will be held
on jthe Friday before the Spring Fest,
starts.