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THE PILOT
Gardner-Wehb College
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24,1975
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
Peter Yarrow Performs For Homecoming
Peter Yarrow performs tomorrow night at 8:00 p.n
On Saturday, the Peter
Yarrow Band will be on cam
pus for a “one-performance-
only” concert appearance.
The concert will begin at 8
p.m. in'Bost g5on.
Pure Prairie League
will also perform.
See Page 2.
The Peter Yarrow Band
consists of David Scance,
(lead guitar), Brian Cuomo
(all keyboard instruments),
Paul Marchetti (drums),
Peter Scance (bass guitar),
and Peter Yarrow (acoustic
guitar).
Yarrow began his profes
sional career as a solo per
former. While stiU a psycho
logy major at Cornell Uni
versity, he was urged by folk
great Josh White to become
a performer. White, late for
a scheduled concert at the
University, watched Peter
(who had been playing gui
tar since high school) “en
chant the audience.”
After graduation from
Cornell, Peter took Josh
White’s advice to become a
performer and returned to
his native New York where
he played in Greenwich Vil
lage’s “Cafe Wha?” and
“Gerde’s Folk City.”
In May, 1960, Peter ap
peared with Joan Baez and
Earl Scruggs on the first
television spectacular about
folk music, CBS’s “Folk
Sound U.S.A.” It was at
that time that manager Al
bert Grossman began his as
sociation with Peter and
signed him for the Newport
Folk Festival.
Following Newport, Peter
performed in folk clubs like
the “Ash Grove” in Los
Angeles and “The Gate of
Horn” in Chicago. Soon,
Grossman introduced him to
Paul Stookey and Mary Tra
vers. The newly formed,
“Peter, Paul and Mary”
opened at the “Bitter End”
in Greenwich Village in 1961
and went on to make music
history.
Early in 1972, Peter’s first
Warner Brothers album,
GWC Becomes Bicentennial Campus
Gardner-Webb College
has been named a Bicenten
nial Campus by the Ameri
can Revolution Bicentennial
Administration.
The designation was made
following approval of the
college’s proposed bicenten
nial program by the ARB A.
“We’re pleased the cam
pus has been recognized as
one that will be carrying on
meaningful activities to ob
serve the 200th anniversary
of our country,” said Lans-
ford Jolley, chairman of the
Department of Social
Sciences and coordinator of
Gardner-Webb’s bicenten
nial committee.
The far-reaching program
was created during the sum
mer by a 12-person steering
committee of students and
faculty headed by Jolley.
The proposed activities
are arranged under one of
three general themes devel
oped to emphasize the
growth of the nation. Heri
tage ’76 focuses on Ameri
ca’s past; Festival U.S.A.
highlights the country’s
pageantry and spirit of hos
pitality; Horizons ’76 looks
to the future.
“By covering the com
plete spectrum from the
past to the future we hope to
give citizens an opportunity
to re-discover the ideals that
made our nation great,” ex
plained Jolley.
The various activities will
be staged during the current
school year, according to
Jolley. “Some though has
been given to scheduling an
event on the Fourth of July,
either as a college-sponsored
activity or in cooperation
with other local groups. But
nothing has been decided,”
he said.
A joint committee of stu
dents and faculty were re
sponsible for constructing
the overall program.
The Gardner-Webb bicen
tennial activities include:
Heritage ’76
1. Attic Archaeology—re
search in conjunction with
the Cleveland County His
torical Association in find
ing items suitable for in
clusion in the county’s
museum or in the museums
of other states or counties.
2. Original Documents—
development of a section in
the college library of impor
tant documents of the
American Revolutionary
Period.
3. Store-Front Displays of
items related to local his
tory.
4. Historical Cemeteries—
research in conjunction with
the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution in locating
and reproducing markings
on tombstones of significant
people in Cleveland County.
5. Speaking and Essay
Contests—a competition in
the public schools on topics
related to the American Re
volution to include original
essays, debates and
speeches. Also a poetry con
test to be carried on through
the campus literary maga
zine, “Reflections.”
6. Language Exhibit—a
display of formations and
language differences be
tween British and Ameri
can, also borrowing from the
Indians and other groups.
7. Homecoming, and Foun
ders Day Celebration —
speakers and activities em
phasizing the role of private
education in America.
Festival U.S.A.
1. American Arts and
Crafts Exhibit—a display of
American handicraft and
paintings produced by Gard
ner-Webb students and peo
ple of Cleveland and sur
rounding counties.
2. Chapel Program—em
phasizing role of religion
and education in Colonial
America.
3. The Spirit of ’76-a
giant festival in Spangler
Stadium. People would
dress in Colonial costumes,
music and dances from dif
ferent periods would be pre
sented along with skits de
picting various phases of
history.
Bicentennial Committee Members: Cindy McGraw, Tony
Eastman and Lansford Jolley examine Revolutionary War
replica.
“Peter”, met critical acclaim
for his “beautiful, percep
tive songs and superb
style.” While still maintain
ing a heavy schedule of
benefits, he embarked on a
cross-country tour.
The coming together of
the Peter Yarrow Band was
largely due to Peter’s deci
sion to put together a band
to tour mainly for promotion
of his album, “That’s
Enough For Me.” To reflect
the wide range of material
presented on the album he
realized that the band would
have to have highly creative
and talented musicians who
could express themselves in
more than one area of music.
Peter did not wat just
another “back-up” band,
but rather a group of people
who could share in his in
volvement with his music.
Peter had worked with
Peter Scance, David Scance,
and Paul Marchetti in the
making of a video presenta
tion for “That’s Enough For
Me.” Brian Cuomo had also
been involved with Peter, so
the creative “back-up”
group became a reality. The
complete Peter Yarrow
Band played their first gig
in Boston.
V. I. p. Weekend
PromisesExcitement
V.l.P. weekend will be
held today and tomorrow.
Many activities are on the
agenda for the V.l.P.’s.
The Claude Kipnis Mime
Theatre will begin events for
the weekend tonight at 8
p.m.
On Saturday, activities
begin with a convocation in
the Dover Chapel at 9 a.m.
The convocation will be fol
lowed by refreshments and
departmental visits by the
prospective students. Then,
at 10:30 a.m., a Mime Work
shop will be conducted, con
sisting of a lecture and de
monstrations on panto
mimes.
After eating lunch, the
V.l.P.’s wiU be given a cam
pus tour by students hosts
at 1 p.m. At 2:30 p.m.,.the
V.l.P.’s will watch the
Homecoming game with
Carson-Newman and the
crowning of the Homecom
ing Queen.
Following the game, the
V.l.P.’s will eat supper and
attend an Open House held
in all dorms from 5 to 7 p.m.
On Saturday night, all
V.l.P.’s will be entertained
by Peter Yarrow and Pure
Prairie League.