Lambuth College - Lantern Yearbook (Jackson, TN)

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Kaleidoscope A Medieval Madrigal Feasre, December 3-6, 1980 hail and wolcum all! Come back with us to Medieval England! Let your fancy carry you to somewhere between Camelot and Henry VIII. We will lift our glasses together in Wassail (good health) Toasts to the season and to us all! Trumpet fanfares will continue the Merrie Olde England tradition as they announce changes throughout the Feaste . . . Proces- sional, Wassail, The Boards Head, The Flaming Pudding. Madrigal Feasts invariably included singing and other musical enterteynment. So tonight we will turn back the pages of time to a joyous, colorful Yuletyde Wolcum! . . . Such was the invitation extended to the members of the college and the community (by Kaleidoscope) to join the merriment of their Medieval Madrigal Feaste. 15

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Freshman Orientation Freshmen and transfer students started arriving on campus for orientation a few days before classes began. These five days were a time for the new students to get to know one another and the facilities on campus, and to be greeted by the administration, faculty, and staff. During the orientation the students met with their faculty advisors and upperclass student counsel- ors. They discussed such subjects as scheduling, campus organizations, and the mysteries of reg- istration. Other activities included a reception and ban- quet with entertainment provided by the faculty. A disco dance followed the banquet. Many other events such as a picnic, sundae party, and cam- pus frolics added to the already busy schedule. By the time classes started the students were well oriented to be a part of Lambuth College. .-- ■ 14

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Candlelight Service Students basked in the glow of candlelight as they sat quietly awaiting the beginning of the annual Candlelight Service. The service is a tribute by students and faculty members to the birth of the baby Jesus. The Brass Choir, headed by Mr. Dick Brown, began the Service by playing traditional Christmas Carols from the Chapel tower, as the Lambuth College Choirs gathered in the back of the Chapel to begin A Festival of Seven Les- sons and Carols Commemorating Christmas. This traditional Candlelight Service was adapted from a Service introduced at Kings College, Cambridge, Eng- land in the fourteenth century. It was traditionally a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service, using both Old and New Testaments and music to tell the gospel story, culminating in the birth of Jesus Christ. Originally, the readings were in Latin. Variations in the Service were made in the eighteenth century, with the introduction of an English Text of the Bible. In 1962, an adaptation of this original Candlelight Service was introduced on the Lambuth Campus, on the Sunday eve before the closing of school for the Christmas holidays. This inspirational Service has con- tinued uninterrupted since that time. This year, Dr. Jo Fleming directed the Lambuth Col- lege Choir and Concert Choir with Virginia Jones, Laura Schubert, and Tucker Turner as soloists. Mr. Deward Rahm accompanied the Choirs on the organ. Also add- ing tremendously to the evening was the Chapel setting, arranged by Mr. Larry Ray, Mrs. Joanna Ross, and student committees from the Campus Congregation. 16