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Vol. LI, No. 3, Sept. 29, 1977
Lundsford Festival
Begins Today
jjj^Pecial events will highlight the tenth
str*!*^ Bascom Lamar Lunsford’s Min-
hplH Appalachia, which will be
am? MHC September 29, 30,
f October 1. A three day affair for
tur*^ yaars, the festival will again fea-
( ®, a night of dancing Thursday, Sep-
in ^ ab the Madison High School
Qi^arshall, a “youth night” on Friday
tor' ’ ^apta^’aber 30 in Moore Audi-
(j aai on the college campus, and a
Oct with activities on Saturday,
t}jg''°®r 1, starting with workshops in
5i- a*9^aing, ranging through jam ses-
MinV** afternoon, to the evening’s
aUn L of the Appalachia which will
aa held in Moore.
the special events are planned for
gfg yaekend. An exhibition of photo-
leo^a® will be on display in the col-
y\p ®.Memorial Library. In the library’s
Stopf^ahian Room items from the
tiop*' acllection, an extensive collec-
taip trnplements used by early moun-
Spg . ^'asidents, will be on display,
pig children’s activities are also
All a Saturday morning,
bg during the day Saturday there will
afafts demonstrations, workshops
in various instruments, singing, and
dancing, as well as jam sessions. All
events during the day Saturday will be
admission free; however, there will
be a small charge for the evening’s
events.
Billed as “the world’s most authentic
festival of mountain music and
dancing”, Lunsford worked at a number
of professions before returning to his
first love, mountain music. He became
a virtual one-man repository of old
tunes and conducted a crusade to
rekindle the pride of his own people in
their music.
Born of the Mars Hill campus, his
father served as president during the
1870’s and his mother oversaw one of
the residence halls. Lunsford main
tained close contact with the college
and donated many of his manuscripts,
recordings, and instruments to the
college, several of which can be seen in
the Appalachian Room. He said that he
first learned ballad singing and banjo
picking as a child on the mountain cam
pus; and of all the festivals he founded,
this is the only one he allowed to carry
his name.
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Pride of the Mountains
by Jeanne Coin
Let’s all get spirited for'Homecoming
1977. Friday, October 7, has been de
signated as “dress up day”. It will be
an over-all affair. With this year’s theme
being “pride of the Mountains”, the
Special Events Committee of Wren Col
lege Union wants all students to get as
spirited as possible. There will be cos
tume judging and games during the day.
Costume judging will begin at 5:00 in
the cafeteria and prizes will be given.
Mountain Day Rally will begin at 5:30
in front of the cafeteria and five indivi
dual prizes will be awarded. There will
also be organizational competitions
which will include pie-eatin and a gro
cery bag race. Two fifteen dollar prizes
will be awarded in this area. Also,
there will be individual competitions
including a bubble gum race, apple bob
bing, and a marshmallow race, with
three individual prizes being given.
On Saturday, October 8, the activities
will begin with the Homecoming Parade
at 1:30 with floats from classes, and
other organizations. The football game
against James Madison University is
at 2:30 and then that night at 8:00 a
dance will be held in the cafeteria.
PDS Class Erects
New Signs
Students in the Spring 1977 Personal
Development Seminar Class of Mary Jo
Byrd are responsible for the directional
signs which, as of Friday, May 20, 1977,
were placed in designated spots around
campus. This PDS class focused on Per
sonal Development through the attain
ment of group goals. The class had only
one goal. It was to be their idea, planned
and executed by them. Ms. Byrd placed
the following stipulations on the objec
tive: (1.) It must be a total group goal;
(2.) It must be of benefit for the entire
campus community after the class was
long over.
The class finally decided that direc
tional signs on campus were badly need
ed. Marcia Angell secured the wood at a
modest price. The class elected Dwayne
Davis to head up the project. He was
instrumental in gaining Dr. Bentley’s
approval to have the signs routed, stain
ed, and placed in the designated sites
on campus.
Ms. Byrd believes that the campus
community should know the individu
als responsible and thank them for their
efforts. The students involved in this
effort were: Deborah Adams, James Al
len, Marcia Angell, Brenda Beasley,
Martha Coates, Margaret Craft, Patti
Culler, Dwayne Davis, Edward Glasgow,
Cheryl Hailey, Susan Holland, Pamela
Irwin, Suzanne Jones, John Klutty,
Melissa Knight, Laura Malone, William
McDonald, David O’Neal, Sharon Peek,
Katherine Irene, Neal Simkins, Michael
Sitton, Janet Wallen, Nancy White,
Charles Whitley, and Steve Wilent.