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(Photo by Raylene Kaufman)
Irish Poet Vistits Writer’s Forum
By Heather Gupton
Images Editor
Athlone, Ireland-born poet
Desmond Egan paid a visit to St.
Andrews' weekly Writer's Forum
on Oct. 11. (Egan says that Athlone
is "27 miles southwest of Dublin.")
Egan, a "well-travelled" and
"much-lauded" poet, is considered
to be one of Ireland's finest.
Carroll Terrell, President of
the National Poetry Foundation of
the U.S.A. says that "Desmond Egan
will yet be evaluated as Ireland's
greatest modern poet of the twenti
eth century."
Egan is a busy poet who
"did some teaching," but says that,
"1 do nothing else," save his writing
now. As to Terrell's appraisal of
him as one of "Ireland's greatest,"
Egan says that, "I hope it is true!"
Egan is also well published
and renowned internationally - one
of his books of poetry, Terre et
Paix, has been printed in both
English and French. Egan is also
having that volume translated into
Dutch, and plans are being made to
translate some of his other works as
well.
A busy writer, Egan has
many things in the works as well,
including a brief U.S. tour, with
stops in Florida, New York and
Illinois. Egan will also be the Writer-
in-Residence at Creighton Univer
sity, Omaha, Ne..
Egan is a scholar of English
and Greek, and has also undertaken
to translate Euripides' Madea.
This is Egan's first visit not
only to St. Andrews, but to North
Carolina as well. Of his visit, Egan
says that he finds North Carolina
"very different" from his native Ire
land. Egan met At. Andrews' own
Writer-in-Residence, Ron Bayes, in
1985 at an Ezra Pound conference
in Maine, and then again in 1988 at
a T.S. Eliot conference. Of Bayes
Egan says, "I think he is an excel
lent poet, and you can quote me on
that!"
Egan says that he started writing
his first year in high school, and says
that he prefers poets such as Pound,
Keats, Bunting, Barryman and Kava-
naugh*. "I'm not a big Yeats fan," he
admits. Egan holds a master's from
University College, Dublin. Egan's
most recent works include Selected
Prose (90), A Song for My Father
(90) and Selected Poems (90). Egan
is married to Vivienne Abbot, and
has two children, Kate and Beihinn.
The Forum will meet each
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the college
Mecklenburg Lx)unge. The public is
invited to attend, free of charge.
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By Heather Gupton
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Harcourt Waller III, (’75) will be
the featured pianist for St. Andrews’
Monday Night in the Arts alumnus
Recital on Oct. 22.
Waller graduated from St. An
drews with a Bachelor of Music de
gree in Piano Performance. While at
St. Andrews, he studied piano with
Herbert Horn. Since that time, he has
at the Royal Academy of Music in
London, where he studied with Eric
Hope. More recently, he received a
Master of Music degree at the Pea
body Conservatory of Music where
he was a student of Walter Hautzig
and performed in Masterclasses given
by Leon Fleisher. Waller has per
formed extensively along the East
Coast, including many performances
for radio and television. In May 1987,
Waller gave a New York debut at
Carnegie Hall. Waller’s performance
at St. Andrews will include pieces by
Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and Sibelius.
Now a resident of Savannah, Ga.,
he works for Connoisseurs Tours, a
tour agency that was founded by his
father in Savannah, in addition to
teaching and performing.
The program will be held at St.
Andrews in the Vardell Building’s
Hagen Choral Room, and will begin
at 8 p.m. The recital is free and every
one is invited to attend.
John Blue Festival
Set for Oct. 19-21
The Seventh Annual John Blue
Cotton Festival is set for October 19-
21 at Laurinburg's Historical John
Blue House and Grounds.
The Festival features a craft show
including a "Crafts of Yesteryear"
area; antiques; Hit'n Miss Engines;
demonstrations of crafts; ole timey
farm skills and antique farm machin
ery; a Mini-Ag Fair; petting farm and
such children's activities as farm
wagon rides, pony rides, stilt walk
ing, peach-basket basketballl and
more!
Over 40 food booths are expected
with a great variety of goodies plus
those delicious collard sandwiches.
The N.C. Chapter of Antique Cars
will be on hand with a unique airay of
vintage automobiles.
Tours of the John Blue House will
be given on Friday at 1:30p.m. and on
Saturday at 11 a..m.,2p.m.and4p.m.
The tours will be conducted by the
members of the Scotch Gardeners
Club.
An exciting feature of this year's
Festival is the addition of Skip Roth,
a chainsaw sculpterer. Roth will
demonstrate his technique on Friday
and Saturday before completing a life
size masterpiece.
The "Study" of Rev. A. N.
Ferguson, a recent gift of Old Laurel
Hill Presbyterian Church, was located
this year on the Grounds and has
recendy been restored. It will be open
to visitors during the Festival and will
house a local historian.
Another new feature this year is
the addition of a third day. On Sun
day, a special lineup of attractions
includes a tour of the personal mu
seum of Lindo Harvell, the Indian
Museum of the Carolina's, Open
House of Central School, (the oldest
school in Scotland County) and two
performances of the Appalachian
Puppet Theatre to be presented in
Hammond Park. 
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The Festival Schedule is: j
Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (School
Children's Day) John Blue House j
Saturday, 10 a.m-5 p.m. John Blue
House
Sunday, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Various
locations |
Admission - $1.00
For further information, you may.
contact Scotland County Parks and
Recreation at 277-2585.
GET A 6" COLD CUT COMBO OR A 6"MEATBALL SUB
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