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VOLUME XLVIII, NO.10
MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1974
CHOIR Appalachia Forum
tours n.c.&va.
by Eric Garner
The Mars Hill Col
lege Choir will be
leaving on its annual
Spring semester tour
On Friday following
hhe performance with
the N.C. Symphony to
night. The first
stop for the choir
vill be Charlotte,
t4.C. and a perform-
^ce before the Sou
thern Division of the
^erican Choral Di-
^^ectors Association.
t4ext Wednesday the
choir will have two
Performances. First
'^lll be Hibriten High
School in Lenior then
that evening at the
^ollwood Baptist
Church in Winston Sa-
leiti. Thursday, March
they will do an
®erly afternoon per
formance for music
students from all the
high
schools in
^^^eensboro at Grims-
Senior High
School. That night
choir ventures to
Madison and the Madi-
Son First Baptist
^hurch. Saturday
be at Rockingham
lunity College in
We:
^tworth and Sunday
'^^ries the choir in-
Virginia. The
°hoir will be doing
morning worship
®®tvice in the Vinton
^Ptist Church, Vin-
Va. and an even-
f^g service at New
ti(jge Baptist Church
. P Richmond. Monday
® the last stop for
choir in the Ra-
®hsworth
Chu:
Baptist
^ch in Annandale,
St,
I’irector
Joel
to
®9all said that the
PUr
has two main
poses, to help
®cruit students for
the
9iv,
b,
college and to
the chance to
^^^*^form before vari-
g,® groups in varying
Nations.
ho,
Ihe choir will be
bat
tbg various combi-
^ ^lons of a program
^®Pending on the set-
^^9 in which they
performing. In
V,.® churches they
if,. 'To the more rel-
they
rel-
°Vs works of such
g ‘“Posers as Brahms,
'^bUman, and Vic and
"The Many Faces of
Appalachia as Reflec
ted in the Humanist's
Mirror," a two-week
series of forums on
Appalachia, will open
Monday, March 4, at
Mars Hill College.
The discussions will
be sponsored by the
History and Economics
departments and were
designed to promote
an interchange of
historical and cult
ural concepts regard
ing the Southern Ap
palachian region.
Each day for two
weeks, March 4-8 and
March 11-15, begin
ning at 7:30 p.m.a
given topic will be
developed by a panel
of authorities, each
presenting one seg
ment of the main top
ic, and all partici
pating with the audi
ence in cm open dis
cussion following
RC BLOODMOBILE
here THURSDAY
The American Red
Cross Bloodmobile
will be here on the
Mars Hill College
campus on Thursday,
March 7 from 12:00
noon to 6 p.m. in the
McConnell Gym main
floor. A goal has
been set for the stu
dents and faculty to
give 125 pints of
blood. The organiza
tion, fraternity, or
club which donates
the most blood will
have its name in
scribed on a plaque
in the Wren College
Union building. Re
member: 125 pints.
Give so more may
live.'
including solos by
Sarah Huff, Warren
Pearson and James
Blanton, In the
schools, the choir
will do a stage pro
duction and selec
tions from Rodgers
and Hammers tein's
Oklahoma. Cast mem
bers include Sharon
Munden, David Coving
ton, Pam Polk, Neil
St. Clair, Sarah
Huff, Chuck Swartz,
Mike Martin, Jerry
Collins, Glen Turner,
Jimmy Hicks, Tim
Walker, Warren Pear
son, and Dewitt Tip-
ton .
each presentation.
The forum is a
result of the finan
cial support and en
couragement of the
North Carolina Com-
mettee for Continuing
Education in the Hu
manities to partici
pating members of the
Appalachian Consort
ium.
Guest speakers for
the for\ms include
Dr. Rogers Whitners,
professor of English
at Appalachian State
University, Dr. W.N.
Hall from Western
Carolina University,
Jim Long, Dr. Jim
Blevins, Henry Clay
Edwards, and Vernon
Chapman of Mars Hill,
and Jesse James Bail
ey (retired sheriff
of Madison County)
and Zeno Ponder from
Marshall.
4 MHC
Students
Assist
Symphony
by Angie Stephenson
Under the direc
tion of John Gosling,
the North Carolina
Symphony is scheduled
to perform Feb. 28 on
Mars Hill College
campus. Four Mars
Hill students will be
assisting in the pre
sentation of Carmina
Burana, Latin for
Songs of Benedictbeu-
ern.
SYMPHONY
Here Tonight
The North Carolina
Symphony, the only
professional orchest
ra between Washington
and Atlanta, will
present a concert
with the Mars Hill
College Choir and
Chorus tonight in
Moore Auditorium at
8:00 p.m. The Sym
phony is under the
direction of John
Gosling in his second
season as director.
The choir and cho
rus will be perform
ing for the fifth
time with the Sympho
ny. Four members of
the Mars Hill College
choir and band will
be playing with the
orchestra (see rela
ted article). The
main piece which will
be performed is the
Carmina Burana along
with selections from
Barber's "School for
Scandal" and Stravin
sky ' s "Firebird
Suite."
Perry Hines and
Ralph Fisher will
play in the Symphon
y's percussion sec
tion.
Jack Deal and Cam
ille Thomas will be
accompanying pian
ists. This is indeed
an honor.
The performance
shall mark the first
time that the MHC
choir and chorus have
performed along with
the symphony. Bill
Thomas, a music prof
essor, will be a bar
itone soloist during
the concert.
The public is in
vited to attend this
musical extravaganza
at 8 p.m. in Moore
Auditorium. There
will be no admission
charge.
MERGIN’ TRAFFIC
TO PLAY FOR
DANCE
by Jonathan Riddle
The Wren College
Union is sponsoring
another dance Friday
night, March 1 at
8:00 p.m. in the old
McConnell Building.
This dance will fea
ture "Mergin' Traf
fic," a group origin
ating in South Caro
lina . "Mfergin' Traf
fic" was seven years
ahead of its time,
playing the rock'n'-
roll music of 1974 in
1967. Like most
groups, starting off
in an unknown night
club, "Mergin' Traf
fic" has grown to be
come one of the most
demanded dance groups
of the entire South.
The group has re
ceived outstanding
acclaim in their pro
fessional field of
music by winning the
Southeastern Regional
"Battle of the Bands"
in Florida and the
South Carolina "Bat
tle of the Bands" al
so. In addition,
"Mergin' Traffic" has
performed in numerous
concerts, nightclubs,
and on every major
college campus in the
Southeast.
The group consists
of 5 members, singing
and playing various
instruments. They
have arranged a repe-
toir of selections
from the Allman Bro
thers, Marshall Tuck
er, and other "Top
4o" tunes.
There will be a
charge for the dance
of $1.00 a couple and
75f single. See you
there.
ROOM SIGN-UP
MARCH 13 &14
Advance tuition
payments for next
Fall must be paid in
the Business Office
March 4-12. The pay
ment must be a mini
mum of $50. In order
to pre-register for
Fall classes and in
order to get advance
room sign up, you
must pay this fee
during this time.
Room sign up will
be conducted March
13-14. On the 13th,
from 7-9 p.m., a per
son may sign up for
his present room on
ly. From 9-11 p.m..
a student may have
first choice for oth
er rooms within that
dorm. On the 14th,
from 7-10 p.m., you
go to the dorm of
your choice and
choose a room within
that dorm. Rising
seniors will have
first choice, juniors
second choice and
sophomores third
choice.
If you do not sign
up for a room at this
time, you may do so
in the Housing Office
after March 15.