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VOLUME xra, NUMBER 19
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1972
Seventh Annual Circle K
Talent Show Big Success
The Red Cross working in one of their bloodmobile programs.
Red Cross Blood Drive:
Help ODK Top Last
Year’s 305 Pints
The Wesleyan Circle of
Omicron Delia Kappa announ
ced today that Wednesday,
March 15, it would sponsor the
annual visit of the American
Red Cross, In their visit last
year, the Red Cross collected
a total of 305 pints of which
105 pints of this total were
given by students of Wesleyan,
In appreciation for their work,
the Red Cross awarded Wes
leyan the College Bowl, a tra
veling award given to the col
lege in which the largest per
centage of students contribute
Band Presents
Concert Today
News Bureau—The N. C. Wes
leyan Band will present a con
cert on tonight, March 14, at
8:15 p,m. in Everett Gymnasium
on the college campus.
Arthur McCoy, assistant pro
fessor of music and director of
both the concert band and Wes-
leyan’s jazz band, announced
that the program is a varied one,
featuring marches, jazz and
classical compositions, A high
light of the program will be
three student music majors
conducting the band in separate
compositions.
Debbie Pifer, a junior from
Durham will conduct “Pro
cession of Nobles” by Rimsky-
Korsokov: Chris Scott, a junior
from Seabrook, Md., will di
rect “First Suite in E-F]at
for Military Band” by Gustav
Holst; and Scott Wilkinson, a
sophomore from Kitty Hawk,
will lead the band in “Dance
for Three” from the opera
“William Tell” by Rossini,
Student conductors are pre
senting these major works as
an academic requirement in in
strumental conducting.
Also featured on the pro-'
gram will be a modern compo
sition, “Essay for Trumpet
and Band,” performed by the
band and student trumpet solo
ist Joe Hinig, a senior from
Columbus, Ohio.
One of the highlights of the
past week end was the seventh
annual Circle K Talent Show
which was held Friday, March
10 in Everett Gymnasium, A
variety of talent was repre
blood. Wesleyan’s total was 33
percent. The college in turn
gives two awards: one to the
organization on campus that
gives the most blood and anoth
er award to the organization
which has the largest percent
age of its membership contribu
ting to the Red Cross, Since
Wesleyan won the Bowl last
year, the ODK members are
hoping for a large turn-out on
Wednesday, These awards will
be made at Honors Convocation,
Marshall Old, President of
ODK, stated that even though a
person might not be able to
give blood due to recent sick
ness or contact with foreign
diseases (sleeping sickness,
marlaria, etc,), he would re
ceive credit for coming to the
bloodmobile in the Gymnasium,
and his club would receive cred
it also.
Campaigning under the slo
gan, “Give Blood; you’re just
our type,” the ODK members
hope to attract a record num
ber of students to the Gym
nasium on Wednesday, March
15, from 10;00~4:00. Since Cho
wan College has been contri
buting regularly during the
year, all students are asked to
go to the gymnasium and make
their contribution.
Candidates For
SGA Announce
The Election Committee
Chairman, Jo Armistead, has
announced the candidates for the
Student Government Associa
tion officer elections for ne.'ct
year,
Tom Hardison is the only can
didate running for president.
For the office of vice-president,
Wilbert Harrison, Roliert
Rivers and Neal Roper are the
candidates. David Cole and Jane
Gravely are running for the of
fice of secretary, Debbie Man
ning is running for treasurer,
Harry Whitley for attorney gen
eral and Lisa Cox for defense
council.
EARNESTINE DANCY performs in campjs:
first place music with her group.
falent show winning
‘Three Penny Opera ’
Opens On March 23
With opening night less than
two weeks away, the musicians
and crews working on Wesleyan
College Theatre’s production of
the musical play “The Three
penny Opera,” are moving into
high gear.
The musical director. Dr,
J ohn S. Davis, is busy working
with both actors and musicians
to coordinate the musical se
lections, The musicians playing
under Dr. Davis’ direction are
Marti Brooks on flute and
percussion, Carolyn Beane,
Dave Holt, and Ralph Rose on
clarinets, Joe Hinig and Gene
Wood on trumpet, Debbie Wirt
on percussion, Jim Kellar on
trombone, Will Thompson on the
banjo and guitar, and Terry
Stalls on the organ.
Costume mistress Liz Martin
Is working every day to get cos
tumes ready for the March 23
opening night, Liz is assisted
by Peggy Barr, Peg^ Berg,
Robin Boehm, Berl Garrett,
and Donald Williams, The
crew’s job is eased somewhat
by recent gifts to the department
of authentic clothing from the
1930’s, when the production is
set, but ten costumes must be
built from scratch, and many
others altered.
The lighting crew, headed by
Patti McLean, will be work
ing from junior theatre major
Robert Thompson’s imaginative
light design. Setting up and run
ning lights for the show will be
Gray Basnight, Myra Dean, and
Jay Van Hoose.
Richard Kagey, WCT’s tech
nical director, has designed a
I930’s night club as the setting
for the play. The thrust set
features a pair of curving stair
cases leading up to a small
proscenium opening behind
which the musicians will be
playing. The set will be con
structed by Doug Ashton, Kent
Bostick, Robert Lauranzon, Ri
chard Neher, and Ted Porter,
supervised by Carl Harris and
Robert Thompson,
The numerous properties for
the show are being gathered by
properties mistress BethSpea-
ke and her crew, Gloria Dona
te 111, Charles Rogers, and Will
Thompson, Bill Neale and Gail
Shearer are preparing the pro
gram and managing publicity.
Helping with publicity are Bet
ty Lee, Charles Rogers, Beth
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sented ranging from light -
hearted comedy (with some sa
tire) to serious guitar picking.
Acts in order of appearance
were Nancy Tonkens, John Mor
ton; Will Thompson, Ed Tripp,
and Mickey Adams; Vinnie De
gloria; Wray Wheeles; Chamber
Singers; Pi Epsilon Sorority;
Brotherhood of Nu Gamma Phi
(with pledge class); Ric Slone,
Butch McCraver; Earnestine
Dancy, John McGirt; Carol
Morris, and Martin Saunders;
Marty Martindale; and the
Brotherhood of Sigma Omega
and its pledge class.
There were many surprises
during the show and, many mo
ments of unrehearsed, spon
taneous humor. For example,
Harry Whitley, playing the role
of an admissions counselor,
gave two prospective freshmen,
played by Tim Chase and Jeff
Hoagland, the typical Wesleyan
tour. As Whitley pointed out
the various Wesleyan sights, he
said, “See those two men?
That’s Johnson and Teagar
den: two of our best profes
sors.” The show stopped for
about two minutes of continuous
applause. Other oddities in the
show included Sig-0 theWon-
derbird which was actually a
local Rocky Mount chicken used
by the Brotherhood of Sigma
Omega to emphasize their com
plaint against the cafeteria
menus summarized In their ly
rics, “Chicken again for our
dinner tonight?”
Winners on the show were
Most Original, Sigma Omega;
Best Commedy, Nu Gamma Phi;
Music, first place, Earnestine
Dancy, John McGirt and group;
and music, second place. Cham
ber Singers,
Applications For
All Editorships
Now Available
Jo Armistead, Chairman of
the SGA Election Committee,
announced recently that any
full-time student wishing to be
an editor or writer for the DE
CREE, DISSENTER, or AS
PECTS should submit an ap
plication no later than March
17. All applications should be
returned to the elections chair
man, Included in the applica
tion, according to Armistead,
should be a list of qualifica
tions which will be reviewed
by the Publications Committee,
Also, those wishing to run for
positions on the Academic
Council for the 1972-73 term
shO'jld pick up the applications
in SGA Office No, 2, These
applications must be returned
with the proper number of sig
natures no later than March
16 to Jo Armistead,