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Page 4, THE PILOT Thursday, October 3,1974 Dauish Gymnastics ^Vault^ Into !§»potliglit Members of the Danish Gym team ii costumes. their native folk By Kay Snyder The Danish Gym Team performed at Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, September 17 at 8:00 p.m. in Bost Gymna sium. The Gym Team was organized in 1939 under the direction of Erik Flensted- Jensen. The members are se lected each year from the most skillfull gymnasts in Denmark. They take one year of their time to tour and per- IFormer (s I ^tubent opera fflnmpanH flar Pcribnna At Soucr OIi!apEl By Becky Bost September 24, 1974 marked the return to the Gardner-Webb campus of Joseph Blanton, a former student here. Mr. Blanton is a world-famous opera tenor and his one-hour perfor mance in Dover Chapel ex hibited his excellent talent. The program began promptly at 8 o’clock with the German, “Dies Bildness ist Bezaubernd Schon” from Mozart’s opera, THE MA GIC FLUTE. After this number, Blanton introduced himself and introduced the theme of the performance, love. The next two numbers were “Zueignung” by Strauss and “Still Wie die Nacht” by Bohm. After a short break, Mr. Blanton returned and ex plained he would be singing from Italian and French op eras. He then sang Gounod’s “Salut! demeure chaste et pure” from FAUST. One of the best numbers was “En ferment les yeux” from Mas senet’s MANON. Mr. Blan ton reached a very high note and held the pitch with amazing strength and clar ity of tone. After the intermission, Blanton sang in English. “Serenade,” from THE STUDENT PRINCE by Romberg was especially beautiful and the audience seemed to enjoy it most of the English songs. At the conclusion of the concert, Mr. Blanton was so well ap plauded that he sang two en cores. Joseph Blanton is a native of Shelby as is his wife, San dra. He received his Aso- ciate of Arts degree from Gardner-Webb and then went to Carson-Newman College where he studied music for a year. The next year, he majored in voice at Wake-Forest University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Later, he studied opera at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. While a student at Gard ner-Webb, Blanton studied Refleetioiis Begins On i§ieveiit]i Issue Gardner-Webb College’s literary magazine is begin ning its seventh year of pub lication. Reflections appears on campus every spring and includes poetry, prose and artwork by college students as well as community resi dents. This year the North Carolina Arts Council has provided funds to enable the Reflections staff to award cash prizes for exceptional work. All interested persons are encouraged to submit this work to the English House or contact Gerrie Ward or Wanda Watson. Staff positions are also open to interested students. voice under Mrs. Kay McGee Phillips. His first voice teacher in New York was Gerhard Pechner and his first coach was Estelle Liebling. Currently, his voice teacher is Lili Wex- burg and his coach is Leo Mueller. Mr. Blanton has received many awards for his vocal talent. Among them are: the North Carolina Governor’s Award, Command Concert and Opera Award, first place in N.C. State Metro politan Opera Auditions and runner-up in the Regional Metropolitan Opera Audi tions. The roles he has played in clude: Ferrando—COSI FAN TUTTE; Tamino- THE MAGIC FLUTE; Ro- dolfo-LA BOHEME; Pin kerton-MADAME BUT TERFLY; Fritz-L’AMI- CO FRITZ and Duke-RI- GOLETTO. He has sung with the Israel National Opera Company, the Johan Brownlee Opera Theater, the Estelle Liebling Opera Studio, the Rossini Opera Company and he was guest artist at the Winston-Salem Summer Festival. For the past two years he has been singing with the Bonn, Ger many Opera Company and is under contract to the New York City Center Opera. On Sunday, September 22, Mr. Blanton sang during the morning worship service at First Baptist Church, Shelby. On Monday, Sep tember 23, he gave an opera seminar for interested music majors in the O. Max Gard ner Recital Hall at 4 o’clock. form. The gymnasts do not receive a salary for their per formances, and are unified by their dedication to physi cal education. The performance included a variety of modern rhy thmical gymnastics, skillful vaulting and tumbling, and a selection of Danish folk dances in native costume. Classic and modern music was used in the program along with old Danish folk tunes. The performance showed the difference be tween boys’ and girls’ gym nastics in today’s world. The exercises were powerful, de cided, and courageous, and graceful. The highlight of the pro gram was the vaulting and tumbling performed by the boys’ team. The vaulting and tumbling was done with style, rh3fthm, and preci sion. At the completion of the exhibition, the team was given a standing ovation. Exercises on the balance beams of different heights were a highlight of the girls’ program. The girls also worked with hoops, balls, and ropes, which made their performance effective and enjoyable. Women’s gymnastics in Denmark differ from those in the United States. This team in particular, empha sizes grace and movement. In the United States, the emphasis has been on bal ance beams, floor work, parallel bars, and strength. It was the gymnasts’ teamwork, beauty of move ment, time, and precision that held the attention of the audience. Dr. Blackburn said that it was an excellent program and he was very pleased with the presenta tion. Several members of the Religious Education Club went to Lake Norman for a retreat on September 20 and 21. They stayed at the cot tages of Mr. McGraw and Mr. Best. Mr. Best’s son, David, attends Gardner- Webb. The emphasis for the weekend was placed on find ing one’s own self and trust ing people. The sessions were led by Dr. Lamb, Dr. Cullinan, and Dr. Pople. Dr. Lamb stated, “This is the first retreat the the Reli gious Education Club has been on and I feel that we all enjoyed it immensely.” Twenty-three students participated in the Retreat. Social Sciences Host Internship: Field Trip Made The Social Sciences De partment here has been achieving outstanding re sults with its newly-insti tuted internship program. Presently, seven students are working in the program. They are: Vickie Cook, “Gin-G” Hedrick, Richard Swanner, Lynn Williamson, Shelia Wray, Thomas Fon der, working the the coimty drug prevention program and Tommy White, active with the Boy’s Club. Social Sciences Field Trip The Criminology students of Miss Doris Jones and Mr. Stanley Smedley recently toured the Western Carolina Correctional Center of the North Carolina Department of Corrections at Morgan- ton. These students toured each of the sixteen floors of the facility where they had described for them the re creational and educational programs. Roughly five hundred youths ranging in age from 14-18 participate in a be- havioral-modification pro gram designed on a positive reward system, instead of a punishment system. Tubing Racers Float To Success A few of the fellows take a break. Although it was Friday, the 13th, it turned out a per fect day for the first annual Broad River Innertube Race. The race was officially begun when the Boiling Springs Rescue Squad sounded off their siren. The Rescue Squad and the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department were on duty to assure that the “tubers” re turned safely. The best area of the river for the race seemed to be near the Hwy. 150 Bridge because of the choppier rapids in that area. The first place winner was Steve Davidson, a sopho more, second place was taken by John Eaton, a jun ior. Although there were no girls involved in this semes ter’s event, there will be another chance to get in volved in next semester’s
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