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Vour source for the latest in arts, entertainment and campus life December 5, 2002 Courtsey ot ttie im«iginarywortiJ oom Wilmington is home to tlie world’s largest Christmas tree. Local tree lighting kicks off Christmas Local artist on display Symphony orchestra comes to campus Lindi Whihemore Staff Writer One of the most awaited holi day events each year is the per formance of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra. Coupled with the Wilmington Choral socie ty, this year’s concert is sure to be a success. The performance will be con ducted by UNCW’s Steven Errante in celebration of the holi day season. The concert titled “Holiday Concert,” is Dec. 7. The Orchestra and Choral Society will be per forming Part One of Handel’s “Messiah,” as well as “The Festive Sounds of Hanukkah” and Corelli’s "Christmas Concerto” for strings. Soloists Sarah White, Melvin Ezzell and Monica Silero will be featured along with director Alan Porter to bring these traditional sounds of the holidays to the Wilmington area. The Dec. 8 concert is titled “Sing-In.” Messiah will join the soloist performers of the Orchestra and Choral Society to sing along to the seasonal favorites. This con cert will be quite different from the formal presentation Saturday night; this performance is intended to be a sing along event. “Messiah” scores will be available at the door for purchase. “Holiday season tradition is important, so I have tried to let that tradition evolve and have both the See Orchestra, Page 8 Ewart de Visser Staff Writer In less than a month, Wilmington will mark its annual tradition of lighting the world’s largest living Christmas tree. On Dec. 6 this unifying event will leave children in awe and allow adults to reminisce the past. Starting at 6 p.m. the 400 to 450-year-old oak will be lit for the 74th year in a row and will remain illuminated through the end of the month. Santa Claus himself will be there from 6-8 p.m. to ensure that the lighting goes as planned. The tree is located in Hilton Park, which is a few minutes north of downtown Wilmington on N.C. Highway 133/U.S. Highway 117. “This magnificent oak has been lit every Christmas since 1928,” said Tammy Skinner, pro gram coordinator of the lighting event. Skinner said that the tree was chosen by school children who competed in a contest to find Wilmington’s Municipal Christmas Tree. This competition was started by Mayor J.E.L. “Hi Buddy” Wade. The only time the tree was not lit was during World War II. The oak stands 50 feet tall and is 75 feet wide. When ice damage shortened the height of the tree by about 15 feet in the 1940s, a util ity pole was driven into the ground beside it to give off a more traditional triangular shape. The Wilmington Paiks, Recreation and Downtown Services Department takes care of the Christmas tree, along with its decorations. The department installs approximately 7,000 lights and two miles of 12-gauge, industrial-type wiring. The Wilmington Christmas tree is similar to other trees around the country. One of the trees is the National Christmas tree in York, Pa., a 40-foot Colorado Blue Spruce. In 1925 a giant sequoia that stood over 300 feet tall and was located in California’s Kings See Tree, Page 8 Chelsea Marti Staff Writer A local artist had his first series of artwork chosen to be part of the UNCW Arts in Action series. Erik Ameboid is a 26-year-old Wilmingtonian who paints for the sheer joy of it, not for monetary income. From his leather jacket to his electric blue Kawasaki, this painter is in it for the soul-search- ing. But Ameboid is not a typical starving artist. Besides his artistic endeavors, he is co-owner of Intention Media Inc. and repre sents an air purification company. Two years ago, he began painting for the first time. He taught himself how to paint, and every- thing that comes along with painting, such as creat ing his own canvases, a task diffi cult to master. Ameboid considers painting a skill he’d like to continue devel oping, but not pursue as a career. However, he is currently being commissioned to do various paintings for interested cus tomers, ranging from house to pet portraits. Originally from Red Hook. N.Y., he pushes the artistic enve lope with his provocative oil paintings. They thematically fea ture religion, rebirth and other inspiring abstracts. His two most prominent influences are Salvador Dali and Georgia O’Keefe. Through these first artistic endeavors, he is discovering both his artistic styles and how to work with the medium. All the while, he is searching for meaning to life’s biggest questions. "Religion is very intriguing and interesting to me, mostly because I don’t understand it,” Ameboid said. His preliminary artistic efforts are part of UNCW’s Arts in Action series. Jaclyn Bums, a senior art history major, suggested Erik Ameboid as a candidate for the series. “Erik’s work is both striking and bold. He presents familiar ideas with an imaginative and creative spin,” said Shannon Hooker, who works for Campus Activities and has helped to organize Arts in Action. “I think his work could spark lively dis cussion among students — there are elements in his work that peo ple will recognize and understand while at the same time stretching people to see something new.” Ameboid considers his work to be genre-free. He jokingly coined it “Erikism.” All of the works fea tured are some of Amebold’s first paintings, each of them are still in progress. Amebold’s works are on dis play in the Warwick Center lobby and will remain hanging until Dec. 13. A»mn WgtsonAha S»ah»wk Erik Arnebold’s paintings are on display in the Warwick Center.
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