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NOVEMBER 4, 1966
THE PILOT
'Miracle Worker" To Be Presented Nov. 1M2
JANIS GRIFFIN. HOMECOMING OUEr-N—Predy Miss Janis Grif
fin was crowned homecoming queen for 1966 during half-time of the
clash between Ferrum and Gardner-Webb. Crowning the queen is
Dr. E. Eugene Poston, president of Gardner-Webb, and presenting her
bouquet is Cleve Rayfield, vice-president of the student body.
Where's Your School Spirit?
School spiri;
■■ ■ V this
ar. It w
t be a
after the Homecoming game that
very little cheering was heard from
the stands. We have a champion
ship team on our hands this year.
Every team member puts his heart
and soul into the game. How
m all support. Go t
larked ”
could t
the 1
mber c
team in the nation and hold them
to three points? What are we going
to do? Friends, we gotta’ yell!
_ This weekend our boys play
“ h and they’ll need our
Davidson Fro:
the game and yell.
II yuu can I gu, send a telegram!
This will be the final home game,
but don’t let that spoil your spirits.
The Bulldogs will play Chowan on
the 12th of November and Citadel
Frosh on the 18th. Let’s keep thei
aware that we think they’re gre;
and that we’ll back them all th
School spirit is growing, let
>row. Friends, we gotta’ support ou
cam, and at the game, Friends, Wt
HAPPY BULLDOG—This bulldog shows how the ones around Gard
ner-Webb campus felt after their football team tied number one ranked
Ferrum 3-5 for homecoming. This happy fellow was part of HAPY
Dorm’s winning decoration.
BY JEAN GURGANUS
For several weeks the Gardnei-
Webb Playcrafters have been in re
hearsal for the fall production, THE
MIRACLE WORKER. The drama
is the powerful and inspiring story
of Helen Keller as she becomes re
united with the world through the
The c:
t and c
for the drama
. been under the direction of
Mr. Robert Jones, speech and drama
teacher at Gardner-Webb. Mr. Jones
has been in full time theater for the
past four years. He has directed
such well-known plays as THE
SOUND OF MUSIC. MY FAIR
LADY, DEATH OF A SALES
MAN. Notable personalities such as
Mr. Herbert Woofer have been
under his direction.
Playing Helen Keller, the deaf-
blind girl, is Miss Evangeline
Roberts of Shelby, North Carolina,
Evangeline is in the fourth grade
at Shelby and has been in several
school plays.
Miss Jean Gurganus who plaved
“Laura” in THE GLASS MEN
AGERIE by Tennessee Williams in
the Gardner-Webb oroduction la^^
year, brings to life the role of Ann’o
Sullivan, the half-blind, fully de
termined Irish girl, who comes to be
Helen’s teacher. Miss Gurganus
spent her summer touring with the
drama CHRIST IN THE CON
CRETE by P. W, Turner. She has
had three years of drama experience
both on and off stage in High
School. This is her sophomore year
at Gardner-Webb.
Another sophomore, David Nard,
of Columbus, Ohio, portrays Cap
tain Keller. David sings with the
Cordovas of Greensboro and plans
to study at the North Carolina
School of Performing Arts next year.
Playing his wife. Kate Keller, is
M;ss Gayla Waldrop, a Freshman
from Rock Hill, S. C. Gayla appear
ed in High School productions.
Ronald Young who portrayed
“The Boor” in the Chcckov pro
duction here last spring returns to
our stage in the role of James Keller.
Ronald is a sophomore from Kanna
polis.
No production is complete with
out its supporting roles and its
crew. Sandy Lucas who appeared in
THE GLASS MENAGERIE and
DEATH OF THE HIRED MAN
last year, adds her talent to the role
of Aunt Eve. Dawn Edwards, a
Freshman, plays Viney the colored
maid, and Paul Washburn is the
loveable, Mr. Anagnow. Charles
Thomas plays the Doctor. Twelve
girls and one boy ages 5 to 12 from
the surrounding community will also
participate in the production. Tho
crew for the play is under sta;;j
managers Charles Thomas, and
Tawanna Casstevens. Lights will be
handled by Bruce Bowers, and
Props by Ronald Young and Dianne
Parker. Costumes have been selected
and made by Miss Carol Hull and
her committee.
The productions will begin at
8:00 P.M. on the Ilth and 12th of
November. This is Friday and Satur
day night only in the Hamrick
Auditorium.
Jeff Espina To Appear
On Nov. 15
BOILING SPRINGS, Oct. 27—When Buddy Moss, old-time blues-
man from Atlanta, was asked by Columbia officials what sort of accom
paniment he wanted for his new record, he replied, “Either a three or
lOur piece band, or Jeff Espina all by himself.”
Jeff Espina, who will appear here at Gardner-Webb College on Nov
under the sponsorship of the Distinguished Artists Series does not
look much like a one-man band. Young, short, slight of build with a
shy smile over which loom two happy-looking moustachios, Jeff doesn’t
look like a genius. The general consensus is that he is one. His per-
iormance will beem at 8 n m in f r :
To si
begin at 8 p.m. in the E. B. Hamrick Auditorium. '
ith, he has a genius for the guitar. Among people who
le of the finest guitarists to come out of the
He also sings well and presents his material
know, he is ranked
Southeast in some t
with the flair of the born showman.
And his playing and singing has infinite variety. He can sing a blues
a country song, a song in Spanish, French, Turkish, Russian, or German
wtih equal ease, changing his guitar style from one to the other as most
people change their shoes.
Mainly he plap guitar. Sometimes, in a performance, he will double
on banjo, harmonica, or clarinet, all of which he plays very well (In
private, he sometimes entertains friends on piano, dobor, mandolin, zither,
dulcimer, or any one of a half-dozen other instruments.
One critic has said that Jeff Espina could play an olive if you re
moved the pimento first. Which is another way of saying that nothing
in the realm of music is foreign to Jeff Espina.