NCSA Modern Dance Students Celebrate Spring
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With Outdoor Performance
You've probably heard about
the. Southeast Gateway Project in
Winston-Salem. The city and the
organizations in southeast Winston
Salem (NCSA, Old Salem, Salem
College and Academy, and Win
ston-Salem State) are working
together to create a more hospitable
entrance to this active and vital
community. They're talking about
bringing in retail merchants and
cafes and opening parks and bicycle
paths to create a better environment
for the thousands of people ? many
of whom are students ? who live,
work or visit the southern part of the
city. Cleon Thompson at WSSU,
Alex Ewing at the NCSA, Hobie
Cawood at Old Salem and Julianne
Thrift at Salem College have been
leaders in the Southeast Gateway
movement and the drive to increase
cooperation among th existing insti
tutions.
In the spirit of cooperation. Old
Salem and the NCSA will celebrate
the spring and the support of the
community when they hold two sep
arate but concurrent events on April
24 (rain or shine).
That day, the arrival of spring
will be celebrated with style as Old
Salem Inc. hosts its annual Spring
Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
In addition, NCSA will open its stu
dios and classrooms ? and heart ?
to the public for Community Day,
w^are visitors can experience the
energy that makes this one-of-a
kind arts school unique. From -14?
? a.m! to 3 p.m., NCSA will do what
it does best: perform!
? At NCSA, a grand show is in
store for the whole family. You can
swing with the sounds of a jazz
band, watch a high-spirited Italian
faFce, appreciate the nuances of a
student art exhibit, or experience the
classic beauty of a ballet class ...
I and that's just for starters.
Visitors will be able to see
i classroom work or demonstrations
| inall of the arts disciplines-studied
at NCSA, including dance, design
and production, drama, music and
visual arts. For example, visitors to
the School of Design and Produc
i tion may see backdrops being
painted or costumes being con
structed.
Clowns, mimes, jugglers and
other "creatures" might just pop up
all over campus to the delight of
young and old alike. Face-painting,
sidewalk chalk -drawing and sword
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fighting (otherwise known as stage
combat) are also planned. And vari
ous musical ensembles will perform
throughout the day in a variety of
locations. ,
At Old Salem's Spring Festival, '
visitors will find the answer to the
questions: What would life have
been like if you had lived in Salem
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NCSA dance students pose in costume.
Diggs Has Two New Exhibits In April
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? Two new exhibitions open
April 16, for a month-long run at
the Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem
State University.
/'Reflections: Our Journey
Through Time," features paintings,
prints, photographs, drawing and
sculpture by Winston-Salem State
University senior art majors Wanda
Bowman, Cheryl W. Dickson,
Antonio Hargrove, Dena N. Jones,
Paulette Carroll Kuzmanovich,
Terry D. Mithchell and Lucretia
Rawlinson.
"Row Upon Row: Seagrass
Baskets of the South Carolina Low
country" displays 37 baskets, photo
murals and illustrated text manuals
explaining the traditions of seagrass
baskets.
An opening reception will be
held from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 16.
Two walk-throughs will the student
artists are scheduled from 12-1
p.m.. April 21. and from 3 to 4 p.m.,
April 25.
All events are free and open to
the public. The gallery, which is
located in the lower level of
O'Kelly Library, is open from 11
a.m.. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through
Saturdays. Parking is free.
For additional information,
call 750-245.8.
Opera Box Office Opens Saturday
Piedmont Opera Theatre will
tO and 17. The office, located at
?10 Coliseum Drive will be open
'on those days from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. The company is extending
hours due to the increased demand
for tickets for its next production,
"The Italian Girl in Algiers."
Ticket buyers may call or come to
the office for tickets. Regular
hours are Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
-The kalian Girl in Algiers," -
Rossini's first great comedy hit,
will be performed at the Stevens
Center in Winston-Salem on
April 23 at 8 p.m.; April 25 at 3
p.m.; and April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Regular office hours are Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Gregory Rahming stars as
Taddoe in the play. Call 919-725
2022 for tickets and information.
Gregory Rahming
Hill Named '93 Young Careerist
The Twin City Business and
Professional Women's Organization
has selected Sharon D. Hill as their
Young Careerist for 1993. The
Young Careerist Program was initi
ated in 1964 and serves to intro
duce young business women to the
ideals and standards of the federa
tion, demonstrate the democratic
means and methods by which the
federation reaches its objectives,
and to stress the necessity of ade
quate preparation in order to join
the ranks of responsible business
and professional women of tomor
row.
Lash Wins Scholarship
Logan Renee Lash, a senior at
Mt. Tabor High School, has been
awarded the Heritage Scholarship to
Salem College.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Wayne Lash of 204
Park wood Ave.
The Heritage Scholarship is
given to students who have demon
strated outstanding achievement,
leadership and character. Prefer
ence is given to minority students.
Students receive S7.000 each
year, renewable annually to a total
of $28,000.
Salem College, founded in
1772 by Moravian settlers, is a four
year liberal arts college for women.
Hill was chosen for her profes
sional accomplishments and her
community involvement. A 1991
graduate of High Point University,
Hill is the Mid-Eastern area sales
manager for Dudley Products. She
is the daughter of Maurice and
Brenda Hill-Bailey of Greensboro.
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200 years ago? Hands-on activities
such as sheep-shearing, using flint
? and steel, making clay pipes, card
ing wool and paper-cutting will be
seen on Salem Square. Demonstra
tions of other 18th and 19th century
crafts and chores such as soap-mak
ing, pewter casting and finishing,
shoe-making, fireplace cooking and
spring cleaning will be performed
all day throughout the historic dis
trict.
At the Museum of Early South
ern Decprative Arts (MESDA), visi
tors can see a patriotic display of
nine handcrafted replicas of flags
used during the Revolutionary War.
This collection is on temporary loan
to Old Salem from Rhone-Poulence
Ag Company, which is headquar
tered in Research Triangle Park.
Tickets to Old Salem's Spring
Festival can be purchased at the
Visitors Center or Boys School
Museum for SJ2 for adults and S6
for children ages 6-14. Admission
to NCSA's Community Day is free.
However, there will be a charge for
food. For 25 cents a ride, the Win
ston-Salem Transit Authority Trol
ley will link Old Salem's Spring
Festival and the School of the Arts'
Community Day between 10:30
a.m. find 3:30 p.m.
Old Salem and NCSA Celebrate Spring
For more information call the
NCSA at (919) 721-1945 and Old
- Salem at (919) 721-7300.;
And don't forget the All-Star
? Jazz Jam will take place this Satur
day at the Stevens Center in down
town Winston-Salem. Tickets are
still available for this exciting jazz
event that will feature such great
musicians as Keith Byrd, Galvin
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Crisp, Charlie Culbreath, James
Houlik, Melva Houston, Matt
RSfldrtCfc; Gfegg HysIopT Steve
Kirkman, Janice Price, Federico
Pivettta, James Ervin Stowe, Her
bert Stephens. The curtain goes up
at 8 p.m. on the famous Stevens
Center stage ? don't miss a minute
of this great night of jazz. For ticket
information call the Stevens Center
Box Office at 721-1945.
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