Meredith Herald
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Meredith’s Jones Auditorium
Site of Popular French Opera
Premiere
Th^ National Optra Company willprmtnX 7b* Uufy in White on Saturday, DectmbtrS.
The natiofudly-acclaimed National
Opera Company will perform F. A.
Boieklieu's 71)eL^ufyin WhiteCla. Dame
Blanche) in Jones Auditorium on
Saturday, December 8, 1990. The
performance begins at 8:00 p.m. and is
open to the public.
Mystery, superstition, colorful
intrigue and the final triumph of good
over evil characterize this little>known
masterpiece, once considered one of
the most popular operas of the
nineteenth century.
Based on the historical romances of
Sir Walter Scott, TheLadyinWbiteisset
in eighteenth-century Scotland, during
the final turbulent years of Stuart rule.
The opera recounts the story of the
noble Avenel family, the dispossess
children Anna and Julian, and their
struggle to regain their birthright from
the cruel and selfish Gaveston.
Fletcher School of Performing Aits
Artistic Director Don Wilder has
produced a new English transl^on in
order to bring the pleasures of IheLacfy
in White to a new generation of opera-
goers. Combining new stage sets,
costumes, and full orchestral
accompaniment, this premier production
by the National Opera Company
promises to be a memorable musical
event.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Erma Bombeck to
address students
Centennial, Graduation
Speakers Tapped
by JuUa Haskett
Three speakers have been selected
to address the Meredith community
during its Centennial Celebration which
begins during the spring semester.
According to the Centennial
Commission Speakers committee,
headed by Dr. Robert Lewis, Dr. Ruth
Schmidt, President of Agnes Scott
College, will be the featured speaker at
the Founcter’s Day Centermial Kick-Off
on February 27 at 10:00 a.m. in Jones
Auditorium.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O’Connor will speak on March 11 at
10:00 a.m. in Jones Auditorium.
Syndicated columnist Erma
Bombeck will address the centennial
graduating class of 1991 on May 12 at
10:00 a.m. in the Elva Bryan Mclver
Amphitheater.
Details about these and other
Centennial Speakers will be forthcoming
as they are made available.
Dr. Jean Jackson is the director of
the Centennial Commission.
Inside:
2 Editortaf; letters to edltor-
MEA nixes future hotel semi-
formal dances
$ Local frats prottlblt keg
parties; NC senators divided
over Mid East actions
5 Project Santa needs your
help; area students rally In
protest movements
6 Credit card savvy; Meredith
Student In ROTC; local TV
newsman visits campus
Moravian Lovefeast Set
For Tuesday, Dec. 4
what exactly is a Moravian
Lovefeast’ In 1727, the Moravian Church
revived the Early Christian practice of
breaking bread together to signify union,
fellowship and love. It has established
the custom by sharing a simple meal
known as a “lovefeast.” The first
Moravians colonists to arrive in North
Carolina held a lovefeast in Wachovia
on November 17,1753 at Bethabara.
The Christmas Eve Lovefeast, with
You an
conUaify
invited to a
Moravian
Lovefetttton
litKday,
Nou9mb»r4at
7:30p.m. in
Jones Cbapel,
its lighted candles, is one of the most
beautiful services of the Moravian
Church. The custom originated on the
European continent at Marienbom in
1747, and spread throughout the
Moravian world. Every person is given
a lighted candle to remind her that
Christ said, “I am the light of the world,"
and “You are the light of the world—let
your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify
your Father who is in heaven.*