fymm F. Rickard
appointed by Hoose Speaker Lb too
». Ramsey as a member of the
North Carolina Commbabo so the
Bicentennial of the United States
Coostitotba. The commbsbn will
promote mol coordinate North
Carolina'* observance of the 2Mth
anniversary of the adoption of the
nation's Const]tattoo. The Coaattta
ttoo wfll he m year* aid an Sep
tember IT. 1MT. Richardson, of
Charlotte, represents part of Meek
lenhnrg County b the 59th House
-Btolrict._
Dance Company
Presents Free
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Performance
- Free performances of “The Nut
cracker” ballet and Charles
W/eidman’s “Utah's Christinas Ora
torio" will usher ini the Christmas
Season at Central Piedmont Com
munity College (CPCC).
Dance Central's Christinas per
formance will be at 9 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday, December 15-14, and
at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 15.
Performances will be in Pease Audi
torium on the CPCC campus.
The CPCC performance of Weid
man's piece is one of the few times
It has been performed since the
dance pioneer’s death In 1975. It was
restaged for Dance Central by
Deborah Carr, head of New York’s
Theatre Dance Ensemble, the only
company in the U.S. whose interest
Is preserving the works of Weid
man and Doris Humphrey.
“We hope Ms. Carr will return
next season to expand the produc
tion to its original full length,” said *
CPCC modern dance Director Mary
Ann Mee. “Weidman is one of mo
dern dance’s premier choreograph
his masterpieces, one ofhiastroojf
Performers in the Weidman piece
will Include tome of Charlotte’s
best-known dance instructors -
Davis Heustess, Mayreese Koraly,
Robert Lenten, and CPCC's Mary
Ann Mee, Petri a Foss, Kathryn
Schlee and Michele Allen.
Performances are free, but reser
vations must be made in advance.
For details, call 373-6436.
Hiompsoii/
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his undergraduate degree in health
and physical education from AiBtin
Peay State University in Clarks
ville, TN. Juggling two professions,
Thompson’s driving school is opened
Monday through Friday from 3:30 to
9 p.m.
Presently, Thompson’s operation
is a one-man one. He does plan to
expand his business as it grows,
which will eventually mean adding
to the 1966 Pontiac Sunbird In which
be teaches Ms students. He also
hopes to secure contracts with the
City’s private schools.
For the average student,
Thompson feels that he or she can
learn to drive in a period of SO
classroom hours and six hours on the
road, but adding that “sometimes it
also depends on the nervousness of
the student.’’
a memoer oi me n.u. Traffic
Safety Association, Thompson has
the utmost of patieoce even with the
most nervous of Ms students He
recalled an incident when one of Ms
students panicked when she dis
covered they were driving beside s
trader trailer truck. The stu
dent got so nervous that she began to
steer in the direction of the truck,
heading underneath the vehicle.
“AD I could do was pray that she
wouldn’t and I eventually had to
steer the car out of that path. Prom
then on, I didn’t have any nerves.
They’re all shot.”
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Up Thursday Night
Heritage USA . At 6:10 p.m.
2««day, November 96. the switch
wlU be pulled to tun on more than
one million and a quarter lights to
officially open America’s best
attended holiday attraction,
Christmas City at Heritage USA.
The nightly event will continue from
5 pm. to l am. through January si,
1966.
Over one million people are ex
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“Thanksgiving night, we will
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begin celebrating “The Birthday
Party’ for two exciting months,”
proclaimed Pastor Jim Bakker, of
the Heritage Village Church and its
bustling 2,800 acre Christian retreat
and campground. “Christmas City
is going to be even more magni
ficent this year aa we observe Jesus
Christ’s birthday at Heritage
USA!”
Announcing the opening of the
much-heralded Christmas City, /
Bakker outlined an exciting va
rity of sights and features, "it will
be an event every night,” ex
plained PTL’s television host.
Included in the holiday festivities
are specially decorated major
theme areas: Welcome Way, Candy
Cane Lane, Angel Boulevard, A
Country Christmas, and the new
est spectacular attractions-Grand
Tree Boulevard and Christmas
Island.
A highlight of this year’s drive
in, walk-through event is the new
five-acre Water Park that has been
transformed Into Christmas
Visitors will stroll past a variety of
exquisite scenes of Christmas, in
cluding Mrs. Claus’ Christmas Kit
chen, The Penguin’s Igloo, An
Eskimo Family, Beavers’ Dam,
Santa’s Deer, and Children’s Christ
mas Morning. Plus, a street the
atre troup, carolers, and the Christ
mas City Band.
Also featured will be an old
fashioned Christmas on Main
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quartet, and area choirs performing
throughout the winter wonderland at
Heritage USA. The lobby of the
Heritage Grand Hotel will feature a
giant Victorian Christinas tree
Miniature train rides will wind
around the brilliantly-lit Christmas
Island, and tram tours of the entire
Christmas City route will add to the
unique holiday setting.
Heritage USA is located near
Charlotte on the NC-SC border
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