THE LANCE
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT BODY OF ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
11. No. 16
First Folk Festival
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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-
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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.