ALETHEIA
Volume XXVL Number 7
Montreat-Anderson College
October 28.1992
Phil Keaggy Looks Forward to Getting Back to His Roots
Musician shares insights into his rythmns
Paul Shockley, One on One with Phil Keaggy
By Paul Shockley
Aletheia: What is you; message in
your music?
Phil Keaggy: Well, I just want to be
one of those sympathetic strings you know,
in life, that resonate the actual idea of
identifying with the Creator, and the fact
that God, as I understand Him, is a living
person who has demonstrated His love
towards us, and wants us to, in turn, com
municate that love to our fellow man.
I think also [that,] music, being reso
nant in itself, is actually a spectacle of
colors in sounds. I think spiritual things can
be expressed through mu
sic. There's something
about music that is unseen,
because its audible, its
something we hear, so it
becomes something that
goes to our heart without
understanding how it hap
pens. Its a mystery. I mean,
music comes through our
ears, and then it reaches,
and touches, our hearts.
That's the truth of the Gos
pel for me. When I get to
understand the love of God in His creative
genius, and how I can't understand it with
my senses, but it still gets to my heart. So,
in turn, I try to communicate something of
substance; without being a great lyricist, I
don't really have anything profound to say.
I think its the whole idea of what I do, and
the freedom of which I have to do it, and the
fact that I am fortunate to have a God who
is in my life to help bring that love across.
Aletheia: Is there a new album com
ing out soon? What is it like?
Phil Keaggy: Yeah. In two days
from now, my producers will be mixing
together a
new album
called
"Crimson
and Blue." Its
arock album,
and very
much a band
album. Its
sort of a spe
cial band al
bum, be
cause with
me on this al
bum are
some of my
oldest
friends.
I think
the theme of
the new al
bum would
be something
like "Let's get
back to the
roots" idea,
but not as a novelty, but as genuine retro
spect. I guess I'm going back to things, as a
Phil Keaggy Live at Bent Creek
(Photos by Mark Pardue)
guitar player, that appeal to me. Its kind of
like "Sunday's Child” meets "Glass heart."
Greybeard Players Seek to Enhance Social Awareness
By Jennifer Gunsch
Tonight and tomorrow, Montreat-
Anderson’s Greybeard Players will debut
with their first productions this year. They
will present two one-act plays on both
nights. Both shows will be performed in
the first floor lounge of the Belk Campus
Center at 8 p.m.
The first play. The Freezer , by
Candice Bergen, is being directed by jun
ior Jennifer Hardman. In this play, the
audience is challenged by the very serious
question: "If anyone or anything on earth
could give you eternal life, would you need
religion?" The play is told in a "Big Brother,
1984" setting.
The second play. Woody Allen's
Death Knocks, is being directed by new
drama professor Brian Fuller. The central
theme of this comedy is "playing for time."
The main character is trying to keep the
Grim Reaper at bay by playing cards with
him. This play should cause the audience
to think of ways it tries to "play" for time.
Fuller believes this is an appropriate
time to be doing plays by Bergen and Allen
because both have recently been in the
news. Both of these plays deal with ques
tions and issues (hat students today deal
with or wonder about.
When Fuller was asked what his main
purpose for the drama group was this year,
he gave several. The first was that he
wanted to produce some, "Montreat-sized
stuff really, really well."
This semester, the Greybeard Play
ers are not so much concerned with doing
productions for the whole community; they
are more concerned with posing tough
questions to students that will hopefully
provoke some serious thought. "After all,"
Fuller says, "iron sharpens iron; what do
marshmallows sharpen?"
Another purpose of the drama group
this year is to present some descriptive
plays that present life as it really is rather
than prescriptive plays that show how life
should be.
The group also wants to use more
natural backgrounds, what Fuller calls "en
vironmental theatre." For example, if a
scene takes place on a park bench, instead
of re-creating the park bench on stage, the
Players will just present the play at a park
bench. This style of drama will help keep
the sets minimal, allowing the group to
concentrate more on developing good char
acterization. Fuller justified this approach,
saying, "I would rather improvise the sets
and have solid acting, than have a beautiful
set and have the play mean nothing."
Finally, one last purpose of the drama
group is to create demand. The group
wants to attract a much bigger audience
this year. This means people will have to
arrive early to get the best seats or even to
get a seat at all.
This year's drama program is in a
crucial transitional period. For example,
student directing is currently being offered
as a one hour course. Next year it may be
offered as a three hour course. This change
is dependent upon the student directors'
performances this year. Everyone is in
vited to participate in this effort by show
ing their support to the M-AC Greybeard
Players.
Davis Hall Hosts
Masquerade Ball
By Matt Haney
Davis Hall will be hosting it's
third annual Masquerade Ball on Sat
urday, October 31st from 9p.m. until
12 a.m. in the second floor lounge in
Davis Hall.
Several events will be taking
place that evening. Travis Ross will
be the featured Disc Jockey. There
will be two contests at 10:30 p.m.
The individual with the best costume
and the group of three or more with the
best combined costumes will all be
awarded gift certificates to Anabelle's
in the Asheville Mall. So go dig out
that costume, dust off your mask, and
come dance at the Davis Hall Mas
querade Ball.
College and Church Community Unite to
Sponsor World Missions Conference
By Jennifer Gunsch
Today begins the sixth annual
World Missions Conference. This mis
sions conference is an opportunity for mis
sionaries from all over the world to come
and have fellowship with the community
and the college itself. This missions con
ference held its first conference in 1987.
The conference is seen as a way to
strengthen the ties between the college and
the church communities. It is also seen as
a way to challenge students and church
members to become "World Christians".
The missions conference will last
today through Sunday evening. Several
events will be taking place during this time.
The first event, which is a dinner recogniz
ing the international students who are here
at M-AC, will take place tonight at 5:(X)
p.m. On Thursday and Friday, the mis
sionaries will be given the opportunity to
visit some of the classes and share their
experiences. Also on Thursday evening at
6:30 p.m., there will a church dinner with
these missionaries, which will be open to
all students. This will be an excellent op
portunity to go and speak with the mission
aries individually. On Saturday morning
there will be a Dutch Prayer Breakfast in
which Dr. J. Christy Wilson will speak to
the men. That afternoon the ladies will
have the opportunity to hear Mrs. Betty
Wilson, wife of Dr. Wilson, at a Mission
Luncheon.
During this missions conference, M-
AC students will have the privilege of
hearing Dr. Wilson during chapel.
Dr. Wilson is a recently retired pro
fessor of world evangelism and Dean of the
Chapel at Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachu
setts. He directed the first IVCF-FMF
Missionary Convention in Toronto before
it was moved to Urbana, Illinois.
Dr. Wilson pastored Presbyterian
USA churches in New York and New Jer
sey before moving with his family to Af
ghanistan in 1951 as "tentmakers". He
later became the pastor of the Community
Church of Kabul.
Modified Class Schedule
Friday, October 30
01
8:00 am
8:50 am
02
9:00 am
9:50 am
Chapel
10:00 am
10:50 am
03
11:00 am
11:40 am
04
11:50 am
12:30 pm
05
12:40 pm
1:20 pm
06
1:30 pm
2:10 pm
07
2:20 pm
3:00 pm
08
3:10 pm
3:50 pm