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Thursday. March 24,1994 (^RTS &ENTCRTAIJNMt.M^ ” A Cry for Freedom” Inspiration For All BY TERRA McVOY played the piano at the play's out set. He was accompanied by Cre ative Tensions, a local band. This play reflected on the struggle of Afncan Americans as they have sought freedom and equality in society, and how that struggle continues today; it in vited a variety of audience mem bers, including Laurinburg citi zens, Sl Andrews students and faculty members to absorb the music, literature and voices of our history. "A Cry for Freedom" also provided great inspiration for people of all races of all races, ages, sexes and religions to join the struggle and transform the cry fcff freedom into a song of libera- On Monday, February 28, the St. Andrew Black Student Union presented," A Cry for Free dom," an original play by Laurinburg native Valeria McDuffie and directed by Bar bette Hunter. The play was a mu sical documentary tracing black history from the days of slavery through the Civil War, the struggle for the right to vote, the Harlem Renaissance, the organization of the NAACP and the fight for civil speeches by Sojourner Truth, MalcolmX, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The music accented the text, helping retell the history of Afri can Americans. Tyrone Everett tion. THANKS Thanks to the cast of " A Cry for Freedom" for a job well done!!! Thanks for the many hours of hard work in such a Ishort period of time! Thanks to the core for being there ALL the time. Cassie Bryant Nikki Crawford Karen Dickerson Norma Enoch Tonshea Gibson Semir Hassen Tonya Ingram Mary Charles Ledbetter Eric Malone Troy McLaughlin Tyrone Everett Dee-Ana Christian Elaine Thomas Creative Tension; Ian Canalis Trae Drose Dewitt Ellis David Durham ASC Archie Swindell Rooney Coffinan Kelly Williamson Jim Ingram Joey Schnople Betty McNair Playwright: Valeria A McDuffie Advisor for the BSU: David Thorton Many thanks, Barbette Hunter Artistic Director Spring Term Writer's Forum March 24: Grace Freeman, former Laureate of South Carolina. March 31; Rex MGuinn of Phillips Exeter Academyj a St. Andrews alumnus and author of Landing in Minneapolis April 7: Alan Hines of New Hope, PA., author of Square Dance. April 14: Romulus Linney of NYC, chair of the drama department of Columbia University and prolific playwright. April 21: TBA April 28: Chapbook winners of the Bunn-McClelland Award. All readings are at 8:00 p.m. in Mecklenburg Main Lounge, unless otherwise announced. Free and open to the public. Open Mike nights will follow readings on March 24, 31 and April 7 and 21. G. Freeman to Read March 24 M Grace Freeman will read from her poetry at the Fortner Writer’s Forum at St. Andrews on Thurs day, March 24 at 8 p.m. in the main lounge of Mecklenburg Hall. All Former readings are open to the public free of charge. Freeman, former poet laureate of South Carolina, now resides in Brevard, N.C. Among her five volumes of poetry are three pub^ lished by the St. Andrews Press —”Midnight to Dawn,” “Not Set in Stone” and “This Woman Called Mother.” Her poems have appeared in “Saturday Evening Post, ” “The New Republic,” “Poet Lore,” “South Carolina Review” and elsewhere. This will be the 17th year that Freeman has read at St. Andrews on or near the Ides ofMarch. She served in 1990 as writer-in-resi- dence at St. Andrews’ Winter Term Writers’ Workshop. She maintains an active program of poetry readings and workshops, including appearances at the Kennedy Center for Arts in Edu cation, the Maastricht Arts Center in The Netherlands and Piccolo Spoleto. Freeman’s honors and awards have included the American As sociation of University Women’s State Education Award, an award for serving as poet-in-the-schools in South Carolina and various writing awards. “No Costumes or Masks” was named Best Book by a South Carolinian in 1976. She received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from St. Andrews in 1993. Scottish Heritage Awards Banquet March 26 Two persons of Scottish de scent will be honored when St. Andrews College holds its Fourth Annual Scottish Heritage Awards Banquet March 26 in the Belk Center. The Scottish Heritage Center Service Award will be presented to Royce Neil McNeill of Char lotte, who has been active in Scot tish events and organizations for 40 years. He serves as president of the Clan Macneil Association of America. The Service Award hon ors outstanding contributions to the preservation of Scottish heri tage. Catriona Maclver Parsons, one of the foremost Gaelic educators in the world, will receive the Flora Macdonald Award for her contri butions to education. A native of the Island of Lewis, she is on the faculty of the English department at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, but is teaching Gaelic this year at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, No^ Scotia. The Flora Macdonald Award is presented by the Scottish Heri tage Center each year to a woman of Scottish descent who has made outstanding contributions to edu cation, arts and literature, busi ness and economics, scientific or medical research, or religion. The public is invited to the banquet. Tickets are $20 per per son and reservations must be made by March 18. A social hourbegins at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Entertainmentafterdin- ner will feature the St. Andrews College Pipe Band and Highland Dancers. For reservations or further ifl" formation, contact Bill Caudill. Director of the St. Andrews Co lege Scottish Heritage Center at (910) 277-5236.
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