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Storytelling Photographer Brian Westveer visited Burnsville during the
Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair and captured the festive atmosphere on film.
Above, an overall view of the crafts booths around the town square shows
hundreds of people involved in the enjoyable pursuit of choosing from the
Final Performance:
‘South Pacific’ At Parkway
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added five professional actors
to its company for the first
time this season, and "the
advantages are obvious in
-SOUTtt PACIFIC which is
running though Saturday,
August 7, and Tuesday
through Saturday, August
10-14 in Burnsville.
Pam Giannasio and Garth
Schumacher, both members
of the acting company,
portray ‘Nellie' and ‘Emile’
whose romance during World
War II is the center of the plot
of SOUTH PACIFIC. Miss
Giannasio is a bundle of
adorable energy as she
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Crafts Fair Draws Thousands To Burnsville
presents the well-known
songs, “I’m Gonna Wash
That Man Right Outa My
Hair,” "Honey Bun” and
“Wonderful Guy,” and Mr.
Schumacher’s voice is superb,
especially when he sings
“Some Enchanted Evening.”
Luvenia Garner, guest
artist at Parkway, is “Bloody
Mary,” the island native
skilled in the art of making
money from American ser
vicemen by selling shrunken
heads and other “authentic”
souvenirs. Miss Garner’s
voice is one of the strongest in
the show and her “Bali Hai”
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
wide variety of crafts, something original or unusual or old timey to take
home as a remembrance of the fair. Below, men labor over the barbecue
chicken on Saturday to keep up with hungry fair-goers. This 20th annual
Crafts Fair was eqjoyed by thousands until a heavy rainstorm on Saturday
afternoon finally sent everyone to shelter.
is outstanding.
In the midst of the
romance in the show is quite a
bit of humor, notably in the
character of “Luther Billis,”
portrayed by Ed Simpson.
Simpson gets all the laughs as
a hula girl in the number
“Honey Bun” as he rotates a
ship tatoo on his stomach
during his belly dance.
Dr. John Joy, director and
choreographer, keeps the
shdw moving with a dynamic
chorus of enlisted men sing
ing "There is Nothing Like a
Dame, and even a chorus of
costumed fruits and vegetable
who also sing and dance.
James Parker’s sets are of
professional quality and the
South Sea atmosphere is very
believable.
Rodgers and Hammer
stein's musicals are always
popular and SOUTH PACIFIC
at Parkway Playhouse is a
thrill that i$ worth a trip to
Burnsville.
Democrats
Celebrate
HQ Opening
The Democratic Head
quarters for the county will
open this Saturday with an
Open House celebration from
2 to 6 p.m. The location is on
Academy Street in the build
ing which formerly housed the
Yancey Library. All Demo
crats are urged to come by.
Saturday evening, begin
ning at 6 o’clock, a Supper
will be held at the Micaville
School. A chicken dinner will
be served until 7:30 p.m.,
followed by a Rally, present
ing many of the candidates
running in the August 17
Primary. Brush Creek, Mica
ville and South Toe Precincts
will host this supper, and
hope that most Democrats
from these precincts, as well
as countywide, will come and
share the fellowship. Tickets
at $2.00 each may be bought
at the door.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1976
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Dance Group To Perform Here
The North Carolina Dance Theatre group will be leaping onto the new stage of the Mountain
s Heritage High School Auditorium In Burnsville Saturday, September 4, at 8100 p.m. The main theme of
v reviews of their 1975-76 season Is that this la a Joyful, exuberant company, at ease themselves and • kl “
to make the audience feel at ease. Their repertoire Is extremely varied, boas the classics! bsQet
“Raymonds” to the contemporary ballet set In the Appalachian Mountains, “The Grev Gnue of
Silence” to the whimsical “Bachi Brandenburg Three,” In which they use white balloons as prons
[scene pictured].
Throughout the reviews the North Carolina Dance Theatre Is described as excellent technically with
V accine
Required
For School
All parents are reminded
that school will be beginning
soon, and that North Carolina
Immunization Law (G.S. 130-
87) requires each child to have
received three doses of DPT
vaccine, three doses of oral
polio vaccine and measles
vaccine prior to entering
school Necessary vaccines
may be received at your
physician’s office or the •
Health Department.
It would be very wise to
attend to this matter now
rather than wait until fall. Not
only would this solve any
potential problem with the
school system, but it would
keep parents from having to
spend great amounts of time
waiting in a crowded clinic
room.
There are two additional
reasons for early immuniza
tion: (1) your child may be
exposed to one of these
diseases before you’re able to
get him immunized if you wait
and, (2) this fall, the Swine
Influenza Program will place a
great demand on the medical
community, and this may
complicate the routine im
munization delivery of the
health department.
Republican
Meeting Set
There will be a Republican
meeting of the South Toe,
Pensacola, and Prices Creek
Precincts on Thursday, Au
gust 12, at 7:30 at Headquar
ters. On Saturday night,
August 14, there will be a
countywide Republican meet
ing for everyone.
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Mme. L?Ji Kraus To Perforin
Benefit Recital
At Mtn. Heritage
Lili Kraus will open her
solo Benefit Recital at Tom
berlin Auditorium, Mountain
Heritage High School on
Sunday, August 15 at 3:30
p.m. with a work by Mozart,
the Mozart Fantasia K. 369.
Also on the program is the
Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein”
Sonata by Beethoven, Im
promptus, op. 90, No. 2,3, 4
by Schubert, and the Eroica
Variations by Beethoven.
This will be the first event
in the new high school. It is
the sixth yearly Benefit
Recital which Madame Kraus
has given in Burnsville for the
support of Music in the
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Mountains, of which she is
Honorary Chairman. Lili
Kraus resides at Celo Farm in
Yancey County when not on
tour.
Man/ Ballew, President of
Musk: in the Mountains, and
other Board members will
provide a reception for Ma
dame Kraus in the foyer of the
new school directly after the
concert.
Lili Kraus, pictured here
clutching a plaster bust of her
favorite composer, Mozart,
which accompanies her on
world travels, is regarded by
many as the foremost living
interpreter of the piano music
of Mozart.