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Petrina McGowen And Steve Seyfrled
‘An Italian Straw Hat'
A Hilarious Farce!
By Carolyn Yuziuk
The fourth production at
Parkway Playhouse in Burns
ville is a mini-musical
"An Italian Straw Hat" by Eu
gene Labiche and Maro-Michel.
It is a real "fun" show inwfaich
the players look as though they
are having a good time them
selves and the audience can't
help but thoroughly enjoy their
antics.
The story concerns the ad -
ventures and misadventures of
Fadinard, a young man about
to be married, whose horse
has eaten the Italianstraw hat
wom by a lady enjoying a se
cret meeting w ith a so 1 d ier
who. . .well, it gets more
complicated. The show also
features the various stereotypes
of the country bumpkin and
aristocrat and includes songs
and dances to add to the mer
riment. Songs are rendered
off key, discordant, and with
*nich "heart" that they add im
(yt»asurably to the show's gen
able hilarity.
perthukgn k. Woods is staging
mit namsat" following his di-
Wedding P»arkway's success -
tioned! The>oduction, "Tea
audience laughing Moon."
*«od jlstitne
as any to mention that Laurerfe
wife, Ellen, does the makeup
for this season's shows and has
been doing a tremendous job!
Steve Seyfried, an undeni
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Paintings by atadents la the Baauner Art Glasses, ‘‘Painting la the Moaataftaa”, tanght by
Jbba Bryans and Everett Kivette, are on display at The Yancey Record. These pattfag*
V most Os them framed and ready for hanging, are for sale at prices ranging from 06 to *25.
THURSDAY, JULY 30,1970
Crafts Fair,
Jamboree
Coming Up
Mountain craftsmen from
all over Western North Caro
lina will gather for the 14 th
year in succession on the Town
Square in Burnsville, August 7
and 8 for the Annual Mt Mitch
ell Crafts Festival. On the
evenings of August 6 and 7,
the Yancey County young peo
ple will likewise assemble at
East Yancey High School to
sing, dance and play the tra
ditional mountain songs and
dances in the Third AmualT&n
cey Youth Jamboree. Both
activities, sponsored by the
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce, have grown in
popularity and have become
Yancey County's outstanding
summer events.
The Crafts Fair features dis
plays end demonstrations of
authentic mountain era ft &
Visitors will see potters at the
wheel, dulcimer makers in -
trie ately carving, blacksmiths
at the forge, attractive and
delightful dolls being ma de
from com shucks, and many
other crafts which have survi
ved modernization and sre still
done as they were when the
mountains were first settled.
Along with crafts demon -
strations entertainment in the
true mountain style is provi -
ded during both days. On
Saturday, 1500 chickens will
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Sgt Johnny Ogle
Two Yancey Men Killed
In Vietnam This Month
Two of our servicemen from
Yancey County were killed in
action in Vietnam this month,
both of whom would have been
coming home in a short while.
Sgt. Johnny W. Ogle, 21
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Ogle of Pensacola, was
killed on July 9. He had en
tered the service in March of
1969 and had been in Vietnam
since August 6, 1969. Johnny
would have ended his tour of
duty in Vietnam in August and
was supposed to come home on
August 15. He had attended
Cane River High School.
Spec. 4 Sammy T. Carroll
Jr., 21 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Carroll Sr. of Valdese,
N. C. and husband of Faye Wfehb
Carroll, was killed in action
July 19. Sam had attended East
NUMBER THIRTY-ONE
Spec. 4 Sammy Carroll
Yancey High School. He on
tered the service in April, 1969
and had been in Vietnam since
October, 1969. Already woun
ded once in Vietnam, Sam was
the recipient of the Purple
Heart. He had only 70 days to
go before coming back to the
States.
Our Country, as well as our
County, is poorer 1 for the loss of
these two men.
Full House
For Music
Music in the Mountains,
playing to a full home in Burns
ville, N.C. everyweekend, is
enjoying unprecedented appre
ciative audiences. This past
Sunday, with internationally
renowned pianist, Madame lili
Kraus, Chairman, welcoming
the guests and presenting the
artists Eve Lynne Joan Reeve of
Philadelphia and Burnsville and
Sam Citron of Charlotte, was
no exception.
On Sunday, August 2nd, a
woodwind ensemble based at
the University of Knoxville is
to be featured. David Vkn \fcc
tor, conductor of the Knoxville
Symphony, will perform one
of his own compositions,'Suite
for Two Flutes", assisted by
Judith Cook Bentley.
Other members of the en
semble are John E.
sichord and oboe; Greg Lee*
clarinet; Winston De Shields,
hom; Gary Wilkes, Bassoon;
Dean Gissel, Bass clarinet.
Dr. and Mrs. Bentley are
faculty members of the music
department of the University.
Both have played with numer -
ous symphonies. Mrs. Bentley
has appeased as soloist with the
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