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r IFunon Emit e irt aa sn mm e irat August 21 - Sept. 4 BLRCK Fribal Dances Fill Audience Vith Frontier Images - An eagle in search of food majestically soars high above the valley floor, twisting and turning as it surveys the land below. Then in one graceful but powerful move it swoops down, scooping up an un suspecting victim, folding awesome wiijgs around its prey. i A prairie chicken scratches in the soil for food and hops through tall, coarse grass to escape a predator. These images come to life as visitors to Frontierland at Cherokee, watch Charlie .Wolfe and his Indian dance troupe perform ancient American Indian tribal dances. Flight of the Eagle and the Ruffle Dance are just two of the many different dances the troupe performs during their four daily shows in the Frontierland Dance Arena. i Dressed in brightly colored neck and tail bustles, the dancers move to hypnotic rhythms created by the line drum and the bells strapped to their legs. "We're showing park visitors one of the most important continuous elements of Indian heritage, dance, " Wolfe said. And the crowds love it. "Dance is one way the IV H v V VT J A Ss , f7jl! m , -MT- -nr-rnnrrrfrrimnnr-iiirTiMHiiniMrr-r rirT-tnffT-'rrrr,,Tr'iwTiifiiinriT--TiS'iTf frtTMTiro-nri'riv Frontierland Indian Dance Troupe performs authentic tribal dances four times daily for park visitors. tribes communicate with says most people have never Reservation in Cherokee, each other and the people seen "real" Indians except N.C., and can be reached via who see us perform are on T V, and even fewer U.S. Highway 441, U.S. High fascinated by the whole have seen the authentic way 11, or the Blue Ridge show. And they learn tribal dances. Parkway, something too," Wolfe said. "But that's why I do these For information about What question do people performances. Each dance Frontierland rides, live ask Charlie Wolfe most- is something to be proud of shows, or group rates call "Are you guys real In- and our audiences ap- (704)926-1922 or write dians?" Wolfe, a full- predate that, " Wolfe said. Frontierland, P.O. Box 337, blooded Cherokee, isn't Frontierland is located on Cherokee, N.C. 28719. bothered by the question. He the Cherokee Indian Valley Happenings WAR HORSES TO SCRIMAGE The Owen War Horses will scrimage the Pisgah Bears Thursday, August 21, at 7:30 at Owen High. VARIETY SUPPER AT BOAD RIVER V.F.D. A variety supper will be held Saturday, August 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Broad River V.F.D. and Community Center. There will be a charge of $2.50 for adults and $1.25 for children. Proceeds go to the V.F.D. and the community center. HOMECOMING AT MEADOWBROOK Meadowbrook Free Will Baptist Church, located at the in tersection of Highway No. 9 and Blue Ridge Road in Black Mountain, will observe Homecoming on Sunday, August 24. Morning services will be followed by dinner on the grounds. Evening services will be deleted. The public is welcome to attend. ART LEAGUE EXHIBIT The 13th Annual Swannanoa Valley Art League Exhibit will be in the Black Mountain Public Library August 24-Sept. during regular library hours. Tea opening exhibit is Sunday, Aug 24, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. The public is cordially invited. TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HOMECOMING The Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Black Mountain will celebrate Homecoming Sunday August 24, at 11 o'clock. The Fellowship and food portion of Homecoming will feature "dinner on the ground" with a family reunion atmosphere. Informal fellowship singing will follow the luncheon. Everyone is invited. ery ooaono Excellent (don't miss this one) Good (worth watching) Fair (has its moments) Poor (disaster) t f I f f ''Si M 1H 3' 2 WV' BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID Hidden behind those proper ly businesslike duds are the shootin'est, robbin'est out laws and outlawess? in the Old West when Paul Newman (seated), Katharine Ross and Robert Redford star in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' an encore presentation on 'The ABC Sunday Night Movie. SUNDAY, AUGUST 24. It is estimated that 1.6 mil lion Americans compete in road races of all lengths. "Consistency is the last re fuge of the unimaginative." Oscar Wilde Thrill-seekers will be able to ride the quadruple looping Carolina Cyclone roller coaster on weekends only beginning Saturday, August 23, when carowinds theme park returns to a weekends only (Saturdays and Sundays) Fall schedule. Carowinds will close for the 1980 season on Sunday, October 12. The 73-acre theme park will not be open to the public on Labor Day, Monday, September I. Jjf - V: XT m r JCf fi - t ,t. ..,.. .! "t.l Ml ..If .( n . t M ( f t ' I ''''''' , , , , , , , j f , , f f
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