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VOLUME 49
ELON COLLEGE, N. C.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1968
NUMBER 10
Elon Band In Winter Concert
Choir Takes
Road Jaunt
On Sunday
The Elon College
Choir, which won an
other musical triumph in
two presentations of Han
del’s “The Messiah” in
Whitley Auditorium on
two occasions last week
end, will take to the road
on Sunday of this week
for two renditions of the
great Yule season ora-
torion in churches in Dur
ham and Fuquay Springs.
For the first time in
the thirty-six-year ser
ies of pre-Christmas
presentations of “The
Messiah,” the E.lon stu
dent singing group offer
ed two programs on the
campus last weekend,ap
pearing for the first of
the two programs in Whit
ley Auditorium on last
Saturday night and then
repeating the perform
ance in the traditional
Sunday afternoon per
formance that has long
since become an out
standing feature of the
Yule season in this area.
Both of the campus pro
grams were under the
direction of Prof. Rich
ard Apperson, who re
turned to scenes of his
own student days when he
joined the Elon music fa
culty this falL It was his
first time on the podium
for the annual “Messiah”
programs, and his first
efforts won high praise.
Prof. Fletcher Moore,
lean of the college and
chairman of the Elon mu
sic department, was at the
organ as accompanist.
The Choir had four
guest soloists for the Sun
day afternoon rendition of
The Messiah,” includ
ing Mrs. Terrell Cofield,
Soprano, member of the
^lon music faculty; Mrs,
David Pinnix, contralto,
°f Greensboro; Charles
Lynam, bass, of Greens
boro; and Carroll Lupton,
tenor, of Greensboro.
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Holidays Open As Exams End
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With the fall term ex
aminations starting next
Tuesday, the beginning of
the annual Christmas hol
idays for the variousstu-
dents will be regulated
by their individual exam
ination schedules but the
Yule vacation will be un
derway for all students
g next Friday, Decem
ber 20th, when the last
of the fall-term exami
nations are set.
Quite naturally, the
Christmas holidays for
the faculty members will
be regulated by the time
when they have finished
grading their last exams
that are given on Friday
of next week, but for ev
eryone, including both
students and faculty, the
Christmas holidays this
year will be lenghtened
by several days under
the new schedule that pre
vails under the new 4-1-
4 system that was inaug
urated at Elon this fall.
Most of the currently
enrolled students will
have pre-registered for
the courses they will take
during the brief winter
term, but new students
entering Elon for that so-
called ‘mini-term” will
register on Monday, Jan
uary 13th, with classes
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Band Group
Wins Praise
In Program
The Elon College Con
cert Band, which trans
forms itself from the
brilliant marching unit of
the Christian football
season in the autumn in
to a talented concert com
bination for stage per
formances in the winter,
presented its seventh an
nual winter concert in
Whitley Auditorium on
Tuesday night of this week
and was heard with high
praise by a large audience
of Elon students and
townspeople.
The Elon band has de
veloped under the tute
lage of Prof. Jack O.
White during the past sev
en years to the point
where i t is hailed as one
of the most talented
groups of musicians in the
area, having gained wide
acclaim for its sharp pre
cision marching at half-
times of the Elon football
games in the autumn and
for its equally brilliant
presentation of both pop
ular and classical music
in its winter concerts.
On Tuesday night of this
week in Whitley Auditor
ium, the band presented
a program in two parts,
with an intermission sep
arating the two portions
of the program. The open
ing part of the program
featured “Boston Pops
March,” by Gold; “Pre-
ludio for Band,” by Os-
terling; “St. Francis of
Assissi,” by Moehlmann;
and “Grecian Theme And
Dance,” by Cacavas.
The second portion of
the program, following an
intermission period, fea
tured “Battle of Al
giers,” by Morricone and
Pontecorvo, arranged by
Hayman; “Pastel For
Band,” by Whitney; “Ci
vil War Suite,” by Grund-
man; and “Christmas
Music For Winds,” ar
ranged by Cacavas.
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