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16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 61
The weather Thursday, high
82, low 48, hum. 42 percent. A
perfect day. Some friends just
returned from upstate New York
say you still need your winter
coat up there!
What's happening:
Polk County Democratic
Women will meet at Democrat
headquarters in Columbus
tonight at 7:30. The speaker
will be Judge Tom Hix.
There will be a Picnic in the
Park tomorrow at Greene Cor
ner. The Lanier Library is
sponsoring an informal program
of poetry and prose readings
and music.
Tlie American Association of
University Women will hold its
third annual Dessert-Card Party
Thursday from 12:30 to 5 p.m.
at the Tryon Youth Center. To
make reservations, call Nancy
Worsnop at 894-2741.
The Tryon Merchants Asso
ciation will sponsor a May Fest
celebration in downtown Tryon
Friday, Activities begin at 1
p.m.
The Tryon Little Theater will
present The Diary of Anne
Frank Thursday through Sun
day. Tickets are on sale.
Registration for children who
will be entering kindergarten
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
Conservancy Thanks
Warren Before Move
For A Job Well Done
Over 80 enthusiastic conser
vationists gathered April 21 for
the 2nd annual meeting of the
Pacolet Area Conservancy.
Allen A. Slater, a founder and
the board president, greeted the
group and then introduced PAC
Executive Director Melissa
Warren, who presented the
featured speaker, Patrick Mor
gan of the Nature Conservancy,
South Carolina Chapter.
Morgan showed excellent
color slides surveying the cur
rent work in the Blue Rjdge
done by his organization.
A VCR tape summarized the
role land trusts play throughout
the country in preserving open
space and natural areas.
In conclusion, Warren gave
the membership a review of the
local organizations accomplish
ments during this past year. She
reviewed the progress that has
already been made in gathering
an inventory of "Treasured
Trees" throughout this area. She
stressed that their is an ongoing
need for volunteers to survey
scenic views and vistas and
continue the important work on
the Stream Watch.
With the announcement that
Melissa Warren and her hus
band, Dave, will be moving to
Shreveport, La. Slater expressed
w C v 8r0ups appreciation of
Melissa for her great assistance
and assured her that she would
be greatly missed.
-Community Reporter
MONDAY, APRIL 27,1992
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The Ashgrove Garland Dancers from Asheville
To Perform
Garland Dancers
The Ashgrove Garland Danc
ers from Asheville will help
Tryon celebrate May Fest Fri
day at 7 p.m.
The May Fest celebration
being sponsored by the Tryon
Merchants Association will
begin at 1 p.m. Friday.
The Ashgrove Garland
Dancers formed in October
1983 and has appeared at the
Dogwood Arts Festival in
Knoxville, Tenn., the Renais
sance Festival in Myrtle Beach,
S.C., Belle Chere and Southern
Highlands Handicraft Guild
Fair in Asheville, and the
American Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C. for
the 75th Anniversary of the
Country Dance and Song
Society of America.
Garland dancing, performed at
For May Fest
celebrations, festivals, and other
social functions, is a traditional
ritual dance from Great Britain.
Dances are performed with
garlands of fresh greenery
decorated with seasonal flow
ers. First popular during the
Industrial Revolution in
England where both men and
women participate in the dance
Here, in the United States, most
garland dance teams are com
posed of women.
Dances to be performed in
Tryon include a longsword
dance, and English country
dance, and a Stave dance. Stave
dances were traditionally per
formed by members of Friendly
Societies which were benevol
ent organizations who helped
people in times of need. The
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