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

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Old Traditions music provided by Flight 1 08. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was the auction. Once everyone had cashed in their chips, people were able to buy anything from prints of pea pods and Paul Kirby to free dinners at area merchants. But, let us not forget Friday night which was new music with the Virginia band Ten-Ten. Students welcomed the chance to dance to original music. Mary Beth Kay Holley Holroyd. Meggan Rouen and Dorothy Wilson bang on the band's drums during the Christ- mas Informal Dance. The group Ten-Ten thrills the audience with their selections of new music and original songs. Christmas Dance 25

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New Music, In an attempt to start off the Christ- mas season in a fashionable way, the Social Activities Committee presented the second annual casino party. Complete with gambling tables of Black Jack, Russian Roulette and chuck-a- luck, partygoers received the opportu- nity to test lady luck. Booths were manned by fellow students and such faculty members as Susan Hooks and her busband Lin; Winnie Bryce and her husband Colin and Jennifer Russell and date count their chips at deff Nystrom. Of course, what would Christmas Casino Party. the evening have been without the jazz 2-4 Christmas Dance

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A Campusfull of The Christmas season was, in the opinion of many of the students, the loveliest of all times as far as celebration and festival go. Beginning with the The boar’s head carriers — Heidi Howell, Mandy Maultsby, Donna Ashe, and Donlyn Litchford — practice carrying the boar's head trays before the ceremony begins. Once the Boar's Head festivities came to a close. Amy Tope, Dr. Shealy, Dr. Rent, Dr. Hadley, Jane Hadley, Lynda Easterly and the rest of the Queens community gather in the center of the dining hall to sing Christmas carols. Christmas Dance on Saturday, December 7, and culminating in the traditional Boar’s Head Dinner on Wednesday, December 1 1 , Queens certainly did its best to make sure that all the campus was made a part of the holiday spirit. Three of the favorite celebrations were the Moravian Lovefeast, the burning of the Yule Log, and the Boar’s Head Dinner. All of these celebrations were as resplendent as always, seeming to catapult the partici- pants back to a time when Christmas was a time of gracious and warm feeling, intermingled with much cheerful revelry. The Moravian Lovefeast, which was held in Belk Chapel on December B, was made especially memorable by the beautiful decorations and the candle- light itself. The Queens College Concert Choir set the tone for the evening by processing down the aisle singing a medieval chant from Benjamin Brittain’s Christmas Carols. The remainder of the music provided by the choir was from the same work, and all the songs were medieval in style. The usual Moravian feast of buns and coffee was served. Lisa Dodson, Karen Snitzer, Professor Yolanda Yoder, Professor Carlene Fulk, Adelaide Davis, Winnie Bryce, Lidia Figiel, and Professor Jane Hadley read the traditional Christmas scripture readings. The burning of the Yule Log was a brief yet still enjoyable celebration in which Mary Beth Key Donlyn Litchford 26 Christmas Festivities