Chicora College for Women - Nods and Becks Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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ABOVE: Bearing the bcrar’s head “bedecked with bays and rosemary,” seniors Candi Flynt and Lynnette McNeil bring up the rear of the procession. ABOVE: After the “feasting,” juniors LuAnne McKnight, Donlyn Litchford, Sandy Shaw, and Alicia Rigney enjoy the Christmas carols from their vantage spot at their reserved table. 14 Christmas: Boar’s Head

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St. Formal Bourbon Twas the weekend to be jolly, and stu- dents lived up to the spirit of the season at their Saturday night Christmas dance, spending the evening gambling, dancing to a Bourbon Street band, and drinking wine from a fountain. It was the first annual Casino Night Christmas formal, and it was a smashing success. Faculty members manned the ta- bles as students tried their luck with the stacks of chips that “house bankers” Leisha Ferrell and Lynne Laughlin handed out at the door. At midnight, there was an added attraction — a drag show presented as an enhancement to the campus movie “La Cage Aux Folles.” As Bonnie Warford re- marked, “This type of entertainment was different, opened minds, and got a reaction one way or another.” If there was any appre- hension about how males at the formal would react to this entertainment, it van- ished when several guys started to come forward to “tuck-a-buck.” The formal was presented by Lisa Culley and her Social Activities Committee, with assistance from Heidi Nichols’ Special Events Committee. As Heidi said, “We hope to make it a tradition at Queens — it was really special because faculty members were involved and they were proud to be a part of one of our dances.” ABOVE: Helping with decorations for the Friday night informal dance, Leslie Banks and Terri Smallwood hang balloons in Morrison Dining Hall. LEFT: Enjoying the Casino Night festivities, Ken Neal and Lori Hare try out their version of “The Charleston” to the sounds of “Bourbon Street Beats. Christmas Dance 13

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 “Let the Feasting Begin!” Complete with medieval costumes and (ancient carols, traditions of a 600-year old legend from Oxford, England, pervaded the ceremony of the December 5 Boar's Head Dinner. The Yuletide pageantry began with solo- ist Lori Sevier singing the 15th century car- ol “Make We Merry. Trumpeters from the Queens Community Orchestra played “Joy to the World as a procession of Valkyrie members dressed as heralds and seniors dressed as banner bearers, readers, candle bearers, and boar’s head bearers entered the Morrison Dining Hall followed by the Queens Concert Choir. Seniors Karen Richardson and Terri Smallwood read the Legend of the Boar's Head to the audience, Valkyrie member Michele McGurk said the blessing, and President Wireman gave his traditional declaration: “Let the feast- ing begin!” After the dinner, the choir led the audi- ence in Christmas caroling, then held their annual concert in Suzanne Little Recital Hall — and the traditions of Christmas at Queens continued. BELOW: Leaving the dining hall at the conclusion of the banquet, Cynthia Wilson pauses to check out the boar's teeth. LEFT: Leading the medieval procession, soloist Lori Sevier sings the 15th century carol “Make We Merry.” Christmas: Boar’s Head 15