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Friday’s at St. James an opportunity for food, fun
AMANDA Combs
STAFF Writer
Saint James Episcopal Church is bring
ing something different to downtown
Wilmington.
Since January, the church and David
N. WiUiams, Director of Music have be
gun to incorporate different events into
their existing music program.
On Fridays the church arranges special
events to take place in the Great Hall of
St. James Parish. These events are free for
the public to enjoy. Immediately follow
ing the program, a catered lunch is served
for $6.
“The purpose of these programs is to
bring people in from the community and
to get the community involved,” Williams
said.
In January, the church hosted “Dances
of the Baroque Period.” World famous ba
roque dancer, historian and instructor Paige
Whitley-Bauguess performed. Husband
and trumpet player Barry Bauguess and
harpsichord player Candy Williams ac
companied her.
Their performances have been de
scribed as elegant, graceful and brilliant.
“Not aU of our events have a rehgious
affiliation with the church,” WiUiams said.
This month the church has arranged for
the De GuUah Singers to perform “Songs
of the Sea Islands.” Their performance is
folk music sung in the Gullah tradition.
The Gullah tradition originated near
Wilmington on the plantations surround
ing Charleston, South Carolina.
“De Gullah tradition is a combination
of African and English into a dialect from
the period when Africa was being con
verted to Christianity,” Williams said.
Through song the performance wiU de
pict the journey of the Gullah people since
their arrival in the New World. The group
will perform in authentic costumes and uti
lize stage settings.
The De Gullah Singers will perform
Friday, Feb. 23, at 12; 10 p.m. in the Great
Hall. A catered lunch will follow the per
formance and reservations need to be made
by noon today.
On Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m., the
13* annual tour of flute smdents from the
NC School of the Arts will perform. They
will feature works by baroque master
Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons.
If these musical events are of interest,
please contact the church at 763-1628 for
more information or for lunch reservations.
St. James Episcopal Church is located
at 25 South 3"* Street.
No Boundaries art exhibit to close soon
Justin Neissner &
Sarah van Schagen
The Seahawk
The international No Boundaries art
corrmiunity convened on sleepy Bald
Head Island last November for an isolated
workshop of inspiration and productiv-
ity.
No Boundaries, Inc. is a non-profit
organization formed in 1998 by
WUmington artists Dick Roberts, Pam
Toll and Gayle l\istin. These artists were
inspired by trips to art colonies in the
former Yugoslav repubhc of Macedonia
and the aim of their group is to provide a
workshop in which artists from different
backgrounds can come together and cre
ate art without distractions. Participants
are able to communicate and embrace
each other “without boundaries.” Bald
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the art colony held last November are on
display in Randall Library. The artists
from all over the world used the weeks
on Bald Head Island to concentrate on
artistic endeavors.
The experience fueled artistic flames
particularly for the contributors of land
locked eastern European nations. Robert
Cvetkovski of Macedonia indulges in
thick applications of forest-green oils.
The contrasts are nice and the moods are
hard to pin down. Styles range from ab
stract to realism but keep a cohesive unit.
“The artists we invite are more mu
seum quality. They’re not your commer
cial storefront artists. They’re top-notch
professionals,” Tustin said.
Frenchman Luc Marelli offers his take
on coastal Carolina with “Artist Island.
Turkey’s Gonul Nuhoglu transforms is
land driftwood into a terrifying
“Todoistobe.” But the real show-stealer
is Czechoslovakian-born Traudi
Thornton’s clays.
Thornton’s handiwork glistens with a
glossy finish that makes the earthenware
huts look metallic. The oily glaze swirls
the contours of each item. It is the most
striking achievement of the exhibit.
No Boundaries, Inc. held its first In
ternational Colony for two weeks in No
vember 1998 and an American Art Colony
in November 1999. The art exhibit in
Randall Library will close next Wednes
day, Feb. 28.
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