THE LANCE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 11. No. 16 First Folk Festival i [Begins Here Today ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, LAURINBURG, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972 by CHARLES JOYNER iThe "Bluegrass Experience" ; is making its fourth appearance . ■ Andrews on Saturday, ' 22, as part of the St. ' Andrews International Folk : Festival, a five-day festival ! of traditional folk song, dance, : ^ries, and crafts. The“Blue- Experience” is bringing _with them a “high-grade" fuare dance caller for some ganized foot stomping at the square dance in the college teteria at 10:30 p.m. foUow- the Saturday evening con- ;rt. The band that stole the show at the Union Grove Old Time Jiddlers Convention this Eas ter (to become “Number One Bluegrass Group in the World") Is in prime form and eager to play for their favorite audience. *For those who may not be niliar with them, the band itures the two-time Union Grove World Champion (’70, '71) bluegrass lead guitar play er Tommy Edwards. Tommy not has magic fingers that few have ever seen, but a fine voice as well. Lead singer for the group is Dashing Charles Qpnard. That “driving force" ^led the Bean Brothers (Don on the 5-string banjo and Paul on the mandolin) is only kept ^der control by that strong )an on the bass Snuffy Smith. _ ,st in a group where no one is least we have Fiddlin’ A1 McCanless. Some say he’s got ttie devil in him; others just Aand back and let it happen, pie date is April 22, the boys ire ready. Bring your dancing loes and your best ear. [(All performances of the St. ^drews Folk Festival are free to students and employees of St. idrews and their families, in- iding the Thursday, Friday, id Saturday evening concerts, lumni admissions are at half price. fThe Bluegrass Experience is JDly one of the many features of tile St. Andrews International Fplk Festival being held April 19 through 23 on the St. An- Hews campus. Over fifty per formers and craftsmen are ex- _icted to participate in this five-day festival of traditional ilk songs, dances, tales, and crafts, representing Anglo- American, Afro-American, American Indian, English, Scot tish, and French traditions. Among performers scheduled are Lena Armstrong, Buna Hicks, Hattie Presnell, and Stanley Hicks of Beech Moun tain, N.C.; the outstanding Eng lish folk trio Dave and Toni Arthur with John Harrison; first-prize - winners at the Union Grove Old Time Fid dlers Convention, the “Blue grass Experience;” the Char lotte Scottish Pipe Band, host band for the Grandfather Moun tain Hi^iland Games; The Eddy Tabernacle Holiness Singer s from Murrels Inlet, S.C., an Afro-American singing group; guitar wizard Nick Hallman, from Greenville, S.C., who will conduct a guitar workshop on Saturday morning; Scottish bal lad singer Norman Kennedy, famous for his highland style of singing and dancing; moun tain dulcimer player Bob Har man, from Blowing Rock, N.C.; French folk-singer Sonia Mal- kine, described as having “the most beautiful, pure voice in folk music today;” the Moving Star Hall Singers from Johns Island, S.C., outstanding Afro- American spiritual group which has starred in the Newport Folk Festival; Sister Lena McDaniel and the True Light Gospel Sin- gers, an outstanding gospel group well-known locally for their broadcasts over WE WO; Rev. Mack Norton and his singers, a fine Lumbee In dian gospel group also well- known locally for their WE WO broadcasts; outstanding perfor mers and collectors, Sandy and Caroline Paton, proprietors of Folk-Legacy Records; Frank Proffitt, Jr., carrying on the tradition of his famous father and an outstanding dulcimer stylist in his own right; the great Ozark ballad-singer Almeda Riddle; Elizabeth Ste wart, of Fetterangus, Aber deenshire, Scotland, one of the younger members of the famous “Traveling Stewarts” of North east Scotland and a virtuoso folk pianist; and Newport Folk Festival star Jeff Warner, well- known as performer, collector, and guitar teacher. FEATURED FOLK GROUP — From England, (1. to r.) John Harrison, Toni Arthur, and Dave Arthur, who will aH)ear this weekend during the Folk Festival. Festival Schedule Wednesday, April 19 8 p.m. — Opening Concert. Farrago Coffee HoifSe. Thursday, April 20 8 p.m. — Main Gym. Festival Concert #1. Norman Kennedy, Eddy Tabernacle Holiness Singers, Beech Mountain performers, and others. 10 p.m. — Farrago. Singaround. All pickers and singers wel come to participate. Friday, April 21 3-4 p.m. — Mecklenburg Lounge. Ballad Workshop. Concord Lounge. Afro-Am.erican Folkltfe Workshop. 4-5 p.m. — Mecklenburg Lounge. Labor Songs Workshop. Concord Lounge. Folk Tales Workshop. 8 p.m. Main Gym. Festival Concert #2. Dave and Toni Arthur, Moving Starr Hall Singers, Almeda Riddle, Caroline and Sandy Paton. 10 p.m. — Farrago. Singaround. All pickers and singers wel come to participate., Saturday, April 22 ^ ^ ■ 10 a m -5 p.m. — Main Lounge, College Union. Crafts Fair. Demonstrations, exhibits, and sales at authentic handicrafts. 10-11 a.m. — Mecklenburg Lounge. Appalachian Workshop. Concord Lounge. Workshop on Witchcraft and the Occult. 11-12 a.m. — Mecklenburg Lounge. Scottish Workshop. Concord Lounge. Guitar Workshop. 1-3 p.m. - Patio of gym. Mini-Concert. Jeff Warner, Bob Harman, Nick Hallman. ... . 3-5 pm— Main Gym. Program of Highland Pipmg and Danc ing. Chkrlotte Scottish Pipe Band, with Anne Burgin School of Hiehland Dancing. , . 8*30 pm-- Main Gym. Festival Concert #3. Soma Malkme, Frank Proffitt. Jr., Elizabeth Stewart, Bluegrass Experience. 10:30 p.m. - College Union Cafeteria. Square Dance featurmg Bluegrass Experience. Sunday, April 23 ^ „ c- „ 9-30-10-30 p.m. - Chapel Island. Sacred Harp Smg. 3I5 Dm— Main Gym. Gospel Sing. Sister Lena McDaniel and Trueli^t Gospel Singers, Rev. Mack Norton and his singers. Referendum Vote Due Next Monday Voting will be held next Mon day, AprU 24th, in the dorms on the election referendum. Un der consideration will be the proposal to strike Article III, Section 2 a of the Constitution which provides that candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President must have held a previous elected position. The new criteria for these offices would be only the possession of a 2.0 overall academic average. Self-Nominations for Student Association offices will be held Wednesday, April 26th, from 9 a,,m. - 4;30p.m. S e 1 f - Nomina tions are to be posted on the Trophy Case in the College Union as before. Campaigning for these offices will be held Thursday, April 27th, with a WSAP Forum for the candidates in the College Union at 8 p.m. The forum will be to discuss the posi tions of each candidate on cam pus issues and to acquaint the students better with each candi date. Voting for all Student As sociation offices will be held Friday, April 28th,from 12 noon to 5 p.m. in each dorm. Leary Sculpture To Be Unveiled On Saturday kudent Motivation Subject Of Discussion Jhree professors, Mr. Pos- n^k, Mr. Schultz, and Mr. Dayenport, met with a group of J^ents Monday night for a lussion of the school and tent interests and involve ment (or lack of involvement) “Jhe school. Posnick opened the dls- ®>ssion stating that he had just come from Earlum College ®re students where active motivate to persue their ®^ing experience outside of Course requirements. He went on to state that at St. Andrews he often found stu dents did not do this. He cited an example of how he would bring up the name of a book currenUy on the best sellers list or a movie and often found that students had not even heard of the book or had not seen the movie as an example of what he meant. Dr. Schultz spoke next saying he had found the same thing to be true and was in terested In getting to know stu- (Continued to Page 4) BY NANCY MEADOR Saturday at 11:00 a.m. a sculpture presentation will be made at the entrance of the Science building. This sculpture is the work of Dean Leary, a 27 year old sculpture with a BS in art from East Carolina University. He is completing his MFA at ECtL Mr. Leary has had works sculpture shown at the State Art Museum in Ralel^, The Garden Gallery in Ralei^ apd leries throughout eastemNorth Carolina. Born in Adieville, North Carolina, Dean Leary presenUy makes his home m Manteo, North Carolina and has a large sculpture stuido in Greenville, North Carolina. terest Is stone carving; he has completed works in granite, as well as limestone and marble. In the summer of 1971, Leary had the opportunity to study bronze casting in Rome, Italy and stone carving in Cortona, Italy. He plans to continue work in sculpture while engaging in a career of college teaching. The sculpture for the science building is eight feet tall and carved from limestone. It sug gests movement in forming geo metric shapes to founded and living organic forms. In Brief Mr. Hewitt, of the College Caterers, has asked that stu dents remember to wear shoes when they enter the cafeteria. Wearing shoes is a state law and requires enforcing. Two SA Students To Print Poetry Two St. Andrews students have achieved distinction re cently for their poetry, accord ing to Ron Bayes, writer-in- residence and associate pro fessor of English. They are Stevie Daniels of Birmingham, Ala., and Bill Bender of Pol- locksville. Miss Daniels, a sophomore, is a finalist in toe Hollins Col lege Literary Festival in their poetry prize competition. Her entry is a poem entitled “Breakfast.” Other finalists are from Hollins, Guilford Col lege, the University of Penn sylvania, University of South Carolina, and Washington Uni versity of St. Louis. Miss Daniels, the dau^ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Daniels of Clarendon Rd., is a Vardell Scholar and most re cently was a Dean’s List student for the fall semester. Bender, a freshman, has re ceived word that four of his poems will be published. The Human Voice Quarterly, pub lished in Homestead, Fla., has selected his poem, “The Bus Made Ugly Sounds,” for pub lication. Three other poems, “She Peeped,” “Music Soft,” and “Quick Rotation,” will ap pear in Poetry India, published in Madras, India. Bender is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bender, Jr. A graduate of Jones Senior High, he attended the Governor’s School for special summer study.

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