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Volume LIX, Number l
Serving the Mars Hill College Community Since 1926
Friday, September 13, 1985
New Faces
" GENA BARONE
:\VS/FEATURRS FAJITOR
i I^AM BROWN
J-FDITOR
Jew faces have arrived on cam-
for the new school year. One
lition is Warren Taylor, our
/ Director of Residential living.
: other two exciting additions to
rs Hill are in the fine arts
)artments of Music and
atre. These are Dr. Joel Reed,
oir Director, and Dwaine
Dog, Technical Theatre Direc-
Varren Taylor is a 1981
duate of Mars Hill College with
■S. in Physical Education. He is
ning to us straight from
agate College where her served
rarying positions. He started by
stant coaching soccer. This job
ptually led to working with
ients as Director of Student Ac-
;ies. He then started gaining ex-
ijence for his current position by
Ipng as an assistant in Housing,
'aylor thinks it is great to be
irning back to his Alma Mater
e he always enjoyed Mars Hill,
especially likes the friendly at-
;phere here on campus along
1 the strong Christian commit-
X.
ousing for Taylor is challeng-
and rewarding. He wants to
k with his staff as a group to
';e residential living a comfor-
e and enjoyable experience,
rent projects involve upgrading
dorms and reorganizing the
n custodial program. One of
^ain objectives is to achieve a
e positive image for Housing.
is here to help students in any
Ij he can.
Jaylor’s sport background is go-
|to be very beneficial in helping
n 0‘Brien coordinate in-
lural sports this year. He is a
Lions fan and suports
deheartedly all Mars Hill
' etics. He loves to see the
lents get involved. Taylor ad-
“Contribute to the college
'4munity and ask not what the
^ge can do for you, but what
can do for it. You will gain a
■^rding experience.”
Dr. Reed is a member of Mars
Hill’s graduating class of 1968.
Music Education and Voice are his
B.A. degrees. After graduation he
returned home to Greenville, S.C.
where he taught in the public
school system for one year. After
some experience with the National
Guard, Dr. Reed went back tc
school to earn his Master’s degree
in Church Music and his Doctorate
in Education at Central Baptist
Seminary in New Orleans. Beginn
ing in 1976, he spent nine years as
the chairman of the Music Depart
ment at Central Wesley an College.
Returning to the “Hill”, he is
glad to be back in the mountains.
Mars Hill is especially significant
for him in that Dr. Reed met
Ginger Eddleman here who
became his wife the December
following their graduation in 1968.
They now have two lovely
daughters age 14 and 8. Adding
another personal link to the col
lege, is the fact that his three
brothers, (including his twin), also
attended Mars Hill.
Dr. Reed has worked with
Robert Shaw in Atlanta, Ga, sing
ing in the Atlanta Symphony or
chestra/chorus. “This has had a
profound influence on my musical
development,” he says, proclaim
ing Robert Shaw as his favorite
musician.
Dr. Reed’s favorite music is
from the Renaissance and Baroque
periods. He also finds 20th Cen
tury composition musically ex
citing. Along with his love of
music. Dr. Reed enjoys golf, ten
nis, and yard work. He says, “I
don’t enjoy running, but I do it.”
This fine addition to the
college’s faculty is enthusiastic
about MGC’s choir and its poten
tial. His goal is to help the depart
ment attract quality students for
both the music and the entire col
lege.
Dwaine Skoog, a new face in the
Theatre department, grew up on a
farm in northern Indiana, 20 miles
outside Lafayette. Throughout
high school he was involved in ac
ting and theatre arts. So it is not
suprising that he entered the
University of Texas on a scholar
ship for the theatre and acting pro
gram. During his undergraduate
years, he worked in several
theatres, including “Center Stage”
in Austin where he was Technical
Director. He returned to Indiana
to finish his studies, earning his
Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the
University of Indiana. He is
presently awaiting critique of his
thesis which he completed in May
of this year. This summer he work
ed with the Santa Fe Opera in
Nasheville, Indiana as set designer
and carpenter.
He describes his preference for
set designing as an escape from the
“hubub of threatrical work.”
“Acting is an interpretive art, in
terpreting what the playwright has
already created; but designing is a
creative art.” Designing is his “big
passion” and he is grateful he has
the opportunity to be in a profes
sion where he is able to utilize his
creative energy doing what he truly
loves to do. An innovative ap
proach to plays both old and new
are what he enjoys. To display the
playwrights message in ways not so
traditional is a challenge he meets
with playful confidence and
serious skill. Mars Hill’s Theatre
department will surely benefit
from his candid style.
About Mars Hill, Skoog says,
“this is a beautiful, beautiful place
to live.” he notices many
similarities to his hometown as he
is now being reaquainted with
small town life. “There are many
opportunities here,” Dwaine
Skoog says with positive sincerity,
he sees the potential of his work at
MHC as theatrically exciting.
Mr. Skoog teaches Introduction
to Technical Theatre and team-
teaches Theatre History, covering
the scenic and technical history of
theatre. In addition, he will be
selecting shows that will be done in
Owen Theatre.
As much as he loves theatre, his
other. “passions” are basketball,
flying, and Bruce Springsteen
Music.
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“Cuiturefest” To Begin Soon
Lunsford Festival: October 4-5
s Hill College’s “Cuiturefest”
s of visiting artists and lec-
:rs will begin Monday,
;ember 30, with a performance
Lionel Hampton and his big
1. Hampton, whose roots in
;go as far back as nearly any
prmer living, and who can
'ly recall gigs with musicians
■ as Charles Mingus, Clifford
vn, and Fats Navarro, got his
break in 1930, when Louis
istrong played a Los Angeles
i without his usual band and
I'd Hampton’s group to back
li
■ uring a recording session the
day, Armstrong asked Hamp-
f if he could play the vibes.
' ipton, who had been playing
oards, was not about to miss
rding with Louis Armstrong
said that he could. The first
he played the vibes was on a
■ding with Louis Arstrong. He
since become known as the
)cs President USA.”
ampton’s appearance will be
wed by another legendary
P. this time from the 1950’s
60’s, The Kingston Trio. The
will bring their trademark
l^-part harmony and clean,
j} acoustic sound to Mars Hill’s
becoming festivities October
First formed in 1957, the cur-
group includes a NC native,
rge Grove of Hickory, as well
riginal member Bob Shane and
Haworth, who has also work-
,with the Brothers Four. The
ip earned a Grammy in 1959,
as “Best Country Music Group.”
there being no folk music category.
The Norman Luboff Choir will
returp to Mars Hill December 2.
The choir visited the college several
years ago and Luboff was so im
pressed with the college’s music
program he agreed to return and
conduct the school’s annual high
school choral clinic. The program
at Mars Hill, given the time year,
will be a special holiday concert,
featuring the music of Monteverdi,
Rachmaninoff, and Mendelssohn
as well as traditional Christmas
hymns and carols arranged by
Luboff.
The first spring event on March
4, will be a lecture by Robert
Short, author of the extremely
popular “The Gospel According to
Peanuts.” One of the top ten all-
time religious best sellers in the
US, Short hit on the idea of using
characters found in popular
culture and literature to illuminate
Christian values. As a seminary
student at Southern Methodist
University, he received permission
to use the gang found in the
Peanuts comics from author
Charles Schulz. His other books
include ‘‘The Parables of
Peanuts,” “A Time to Be Born - A
Time To Die,” and “Something to
Believe In.”
The final program in this year’s
series will be a performance by the
Ballet Jazz de Montreal. This
Canadian group has succeeded in
synthesizing the basics of ballet
with the earthiness of modern
dance, the loose look of jazz
dance, and the excitement of
Broadway. Their performance will
be held May 6.
All of the cuiturefest events will
be held in the college’s Moore
Auditorium and will begin at 8
p.m. Season tickets are available
for $15 each. Individual tickets will
be $5 for each event and will be
available at the door. The excep
tion will be tickets for The
Kingston Trio concert, which will
be $5 in advance and $7 at the
door. Seating for the general
public is also limited for this
Homecoming concert.
For additional Information and
ticket requests, contact Robert
Kramer, Chairman, Visiting Ar
tists and Lecturers Committee, PO
Box 117, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
When traditional “old time”
music becomes the topic of conver
sation in the mountains, the instru
ment mentioned as unique to this
style of music is the Appalachian
dulcimer. On Friday evening, Oc
tober 4, mountain music lovers will
have an opportunity to hear the
best of the dulcimer players as the
18th Annual Bascom Lamar
Lunsford Mountain Music and
Dance Festival begins at Mars Hill
College.
The Mountain music and Dance
Festival, begun by Lunsford and
Mars Hill pharmacist Ed Howard,
is a celebration of traditional
mountain values, a time to share in
‘he preservation of these values by
massing on tall tales, home-making
ikills, and particularly the music of
Talent Search
BY DENISE GROH
COPYEDITOR
On August 3, 1985, Gregory
Stewart, a Mars Hill sophomore
and Music Performance major,
won the first annual Blue Ridge
Talent Search. Stewart, a resident
of Spruce Pine, N.C. and one of
twenty-five acts in the contest,
took home a cool $100 for his ef
forts. He also won the position of
opening act for the T.G. Shep
pard/Pam Tillis country music
concert also held at the Pinebridge
Coliseum in Spruce Pine, on
August 16, 1985.
The talent search as well as the
concert were two facets of the Blue
Ridge Country Music Festival,
sponsored by the Linville
Charitable Foundation to benefit
Sloop Memorial Hospital in
Crossnore, N.C, According to
Rose Hickey, the director-
coordinator for the talent search,
“this area (Western North
Carolina and East Tennessee)
abounds in talent, and we should
show them off.” Plans are already
underway for a second edition of
the ‘Blue Ridge Talent Search.’
ment. There are also those who
display the dulcimer in admiration
of its simple but classic design and
the beauty of the wood used to
make them.
The Friday evening concert will
be held inOwen Theatre, which
with its 200-plus seats, has the in
timate atmosphere necessary for
such a concert. Home made quilts
have been secured and will form
the backdrop for the stage.
The festival will continue on
Saturday, Oct. 5. Saturday has
always been the “big day” of the
festival, with events beginning at
10 a.m. and ending around 11 p.m.
Free workshops in musical in-
the mountains. When the festival
was revamped serveral years ago,
the planners allowed for a special
Friday night concert to help fulfill
this “educational” aspect of the
festival.
Thus, for the past several years,
a single aspect of traditional
mountain music has been featured
during the Friday evening ac
tivities. This includes some of the
finest musicians in the world, plus
background information on the
history and use of the particular
feature of music. In the past few
years, this has included fiddles,
banjoes, ballad singers, and string
bands.
The Appalachian dulcimer has
maintained a large popularity due
to its unique sound, light weight,
and relatively simple demands in
learning how to play the instru-
struments, crafts displays, and
home-making skills have
highlighted the festival in past
years and will continue to do so
this year. The festival has gained
an emphasis in community life in
the last few years, and this year the
Madison County 4-H has planned
a fair for the day. There will be
demonstrations of community
quilting bees, along with the carv
ing, weaving and cooking. Also
available Saturday will be
children’s activities, “mini” con
certs, dancing, and the opportuni
ty to “jam” with the finest moun
tain musicians in the world.
Then “around about sundown”
the best of the traditional moun
tain musicians, singers, and dance
teams will gather in Moore
Auditorium to celebrate the
memory of Bascom Lamar
Lunsford and to carry on the tradi
tion he began nearly half a century
ago in the 1985 “Minstrel of the
Appalachias.”
There will be a modest charge
for the concerts Friday and Satur
day evenings, but all events during
the day Saturday are free. For ad
ditional information, contact Dr.
Donald Anderson, Chairman,
Lunsford Festival Committee,
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, N.C
28754.
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