ER 11, 1982-
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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birth of Christ.
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Thursday, DECEMBER 9, 1982
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PHOTO BY DAVID WACHTER
Wren College Union changed its look on Tuesday as the campus celebrated an
‘Old Fashioned Christmas.’’
choirs sometimes like to sing,” stated
Thomas, “because I wanted this to be a
time that everyone could come together
and share in the story of Christ’s com
ing.”
Traditional Christmas carols will play
an important role in the concert, includ
ing a candlelit “Silent Night.” Selec
tions from Bach’s Christmas oratorio
will serve as transitions from music to
narration, and portions of the Lutheran
Advent chorale will also be sung.
The narration will be provided by the
Speech Choir, a 20-member chorus of 10
male and 10 female voices especially
formed to present dramatic readings.
Their text will be taken from the Bible,
and will include Old Testament prophets
foretelling the Messiah’s coming as well
as the New Testament story of Jesus’
birth in Bethlehem.
“There came a time when I thought
all of this might end up looking ‘gim
micky’,” notes Dr. Thomas, “but after
several rehearsals and viewing the slides,
I believe that this will be a moving ex
perience for all who attend.”
The concert will be presented Thurs
day evening, December 9, at 8:15 p.m.
in the college’s Moore Auditorium.
There will be no admission charge and
the public is invited to participate.
SART
Achieves
Honors
The North American Association of
Summer Sessions (NAASS) has awarded
Mars Hill College its highest honor for a
non-credit summer program during the
association’s annual conference held in
Vancouver, British Columbia, recently.
“A Week in the World of a Profes
sional Repertory Theatre” was selected
by the Innovative and Creative Awards
Committee of NAASS for its total im
mersion of participants in the life of the
Southern Appalachian Repertory Thea
tre, which is based at the college during,
the summer. James W. Thomas, manag
ing director of the theatre, was also the
instructor for the class.
Trustee
Meeting
Mars Hill College’s Board of Trustees
will hold their semi-annual business
meeting Friday, December 10, beginning
at 10 am in Harris Media Center. The
trustees will review the President’s
Report on 1981-82, an accounting of the
year’s activities, and other business..
This will be the first meeting for sever
al new trustees, who will attend although
their terms do not officially begin until
January 1, 1983.
Those new members include Mrs.
Mollie Minis Hedgecock, an accountant
and farmer from High Point; Bernard
Lennon, an Evergreen farmer and busi
ness man who is an alumnus; the Rev.
Jack Painter of Belmont, also a Mars
Hill alumnus and pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Belmont; and Samuel
Rutland of Charlotte, owner of Rutland
Plastics.
Other trustees who have served a pre
vious term and will be beginning a new
term on the 36-member board include
Elizabeth Baker of Marshall; Kyle
Carver of Leicester; Webb Ellis of Ashe
ville; L. Alvin Philpott of Lexington;
Rom Sparks of Charlotte; and Leonard
Tilson of Winston-Salem.