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63, Issue 9
Friday, February 23, 1990
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concert band and the jazz band have
been working very hard since Christmas
break to polish and prepare for this tour.
The concert band practices as a whole
group three times a week and breaks off
into sectional practices twice a week.
The jazz band practices twice a week.
These practices usually last around an
hour and a half, and as one student ex
pressed it, “These rehearsals are in
tense from the moment we start until
Doc says that time is up.”
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The concert band will be playing
selected pieces from three British com
posers: Holst, Grainger and Alford.
When you hear some of the pieces
that the concert band is playing, it will
absolutely cause your spine to tingle. “It
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Professor, Director and
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from the sometimes overlooked job that
the director takes on!
With over twenty years of theatre ex
perience, performing in The Miser gives
him the task of working with a cast of stu
dents. However, this poses no difficulty
because he sees it as not only an oppor
tunity to teach, but also as an oppor
tunity to learn.
Another advantage of this produc
tion is having guest director Dr. William
Martin here from New York City. John
sees working with Dr. Martin as a
wonderful opportunity, describing him
as well-prepared and willing to chal
lenge the actor to do the best job pos
sible.
takes more than knowing how the music
is played: it takes thoughtful feeling and
feelingful thought,” said Dr. LaRue. The
jazz band will be playing a variety of
music from the Big Band Era.
The band tour has been perceived in
the past to be an opportunity for the stu
dents to miss some classes and take it
easy for a week, but Dr. LaRue and the
students have worked this year to
remove that stereotypical idea from the
mind of the faculty and staff at Mars Hill.
By giving the students plenty of warn
ings about grades this year he has in
formed the students by saying “Bad
grades equal no band tour, which
equals a serious chat with me.” Every
student who plans to go on the band
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Tim McCoy
Guest Writer
tour is expected by Dr. LaRue to be in
“good standings” with his or her profes
sors and to know what he or she is
responsible for upon return.
“The band tour is not necessarily
relaxing because it is a mind game of
total concentration,” Vaughn says.
“Once things are right it creates a
natural high for all of us. It is like build
ing a house, you start with nothing and
something beautiful is the result.”
The image of the Mars Hill College
band program has changed tremen
dously over the past year, and this band
tour promises to be one of the best in
the history of the annual Spring Band
Tour.
The one thing that Dr. LaRue expects
from his students on this band tour and
any time the Mars Hill College bands
perform is that after each performance
they are able to say, “I did the very best
that I could do.”
If you have the chance to hear these
bands, take it. These students are a
devoted group who care about making
music that touches the emotions of the
audience, as well as their own emotions.
As Dr. LaRue said, “Our task is to make
music that is musically rewarding and
personally enjoyable.” With such a
director and such fine young artist, it will
be.
The bands will be playing et Owen
High School on Feb. 25; Hendersonville
H.S., Enka Middle School, Robbinsville
H.S. and Wren H.S. on Feb. 27; in Atlan
ta on Feb. 28; and at East Henderson
and A. C. Reynolds H.S. on March 1.
ers Road,
C 27605.
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stage as an actor, and away continued on page 4
Quad Buildings Receive Needed Repairs
Tammy Condrey
Co-editor
Marshbanks, Owen, Founders and Spilman are getting make-overs!
The renovation project on the three buildings was started a couple of weeks ago.
Repairs planned include new roofs, exterior painting, and gutter and eaves repairs.
Marshbanks Hall will also receive a complete renovation on the inside. It will be
come the headquarters of the business department.
Owen will be worked on internally and Founders will be completely renovated —
inside and out.
According to Bob Merrill, Chairman of the MHO Board of Trustees, “If left for a
few more years, the buildings will need considerably more work. So, it has to be done
now, and by doing the way we’re doing it, we’re saving forty to fifty percent of the
cost. I estimate that were saving at least $150,000.”
Merrill, who works in the construction business, was able to contract workers for
a lower price. He also donated the use of several pieces of equipment, such as the
large fork lift which saves considerable time by lifting men and materials to the roofs
of the buildings.
Marshbanks Hall will be worked on in the summer, while Founders may be started
before the year is out. Look for the changes on the Quad during the days ahead and
next fall.