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Vol. XXIX, {J'^ ^
Louisburg, North Carolina 27549
March 1983
College Welcomes Resident Writer
By DAVID READ
On Wednesday March 23, Louisburg College faculty,
staff, students, and guests will have the opportunity to
host Mrs. Betty Adcock, writer in residence. Mrs. Ad
cock’s reputation stems from an array of literary ac
complishments. For example, Walking Out and Nettles
are both, volumes of poems published by the Louisiana
State University Press in 1975 and 1983 respectively.
Mrs. Adcock’s works have been received by innumerable
magazines including Chicago Review, The Nation, Ke
nyon Review, Southern Poetry Review, and Carolina
Quarterly. Walking Out won the Great Lakes Colleges
Association’s New Writing Award for 1975.
Mrs. Adcock served as visiting lecturer in creative
writing at Duke University in 1977. She was writer-in-
residence for the summer term at Kalamazoo College,
Michigan in 1983 and plans to be the writer-in-residence
for Meredith College from 1983-84. Mrs. Adcock has given
readings at some fifty colleges in eleven states. She had
for a number of years been associate editor of Southern
Poetry Review, guest co-editor of a special issue of SPR
devoted to women’s poetry, a member of the editorial
board of Poets in the South and co-editor of the 1981
issue of this magazine.
Mrs. Adcock was born and reared in San Augustine,
Texas., She now resides in Raleigh with her husband
Donald Adcock, professor of music at N.C. State, and her
daughter, who is on the staff of the Raleigh Times.
Mrs. Adcock’s schedule will be as follows:
Wednesday, March 23, 1983
9:30-11:00 a.m.
11:30-12:45 p.m.
1:00-2:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
Informal Round-Table Discussion,
(Audiovisual Auditorium, Robbins
Library)
Lunch in the Blue Room
Meeting with Creative Writing and
Short Story Classes, (Audiovisual
Auditorium, Robbins Library)
Dinner in the Blue Room
“The World of the Creative Writer,’
Lecture and Discussion, (College
Auditorium)
Informal Reception, (Fine Arts
Gallery)
Thursday, March 24, 1983
9:30-11:30 a.m. Informal Discussion, (Mezzanine
Conference Room, Robbins Library)
1:00-3:00 p.m. Poetry Workshop, (AC 207)
8:00 p.m. Poetry Reading, (Fine Arts Gallery)
Mrs. Adcock
13th Annual Folk Festival Held
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By KELLI SWINSON
Nationally-known profes
sional folk stars and regional
folk champions will gather at
the Louisburg College Audi
torium for the 13th Annual
Folk Festival Saturday,
March 26 at 7:00 p.m. This
five-hour concert celebrates
the best in Folk Music. The
program is a musical ex
travaganza of talented
singers, dancers and musi
cians. It is Eastern North
Carolina’s oldest folk festival.
The Franklin County Arts
Council and Louisburg Col
lege sponsor this yearly
event. In past years, many
contestants have competed
for the honor of the Franklin
County Folk Festival Cham
pion. This year a winner will
not be named because the
festival will not be a competi
tion but a concert. Guests in
clude two-time winner, Bobby
St. Sing. Joining him will be
other talents like Josh White,
Jr., Mike Seeger, Riders in
the Sky and Norman and Nan
cy Blake with the Rising
Fawn String Ensemble. The
performers come from all
over the United States to par
ticipate in Franklin County’s
Folk Festival.
Tickets are available in ad
vance or at the door. Adults
can enjoy the event for $8.00
and children 12 or under for
$6.00.
This occasion has been
described as being, “A
Celebration of Folk Music and
dance with Folk stars and
champions.”