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

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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

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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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Christmas Cheer two faculty members — Dr. Charles Couch and Dr. William Thompson — chosen by the students carried the Yule Log to the firecircle in the Dorm Quad and read aloud the legend of the Yule Log. The faculty members then carried the log around the circle, so that students surrounding them could break off a piece and make a wish on it for the new year. The log was then placed in the circle and ignited. The students then threw their pieces of wood in the fire — if it landed in the fire and was burned, your wish would come ture. Christmas carols were sung, and refreshments were also provided. The Boar’s Head Dinner, which was again directed by Jane Hadley, was something like a Wednesday night Dinner, only on a grander scale. For this evening, Morrison Dining Hall was magi- cally transformed into a dining hall equal- ly as magnificent as Heorot in Beowulf: medieval banners, pages carrying the Boar’s Head, singing minstrels and the members of Valkyrie leading everyone in. The legend of the Boar’s Head was read aloud by seniors Alicia Rigney and Mary Beth Kay, Meg Stanley led the prayer, and President Billy Wireman himself proclaimed, Let the feasting begin! It was amazing how wonderfully Morrison was transformed simply by lighting, costuming, and a warm holiday spirit. It can be fairly well agreed upon that a jollie goode time was hadde by alle. ’’ Katie Ives Hoi Ho! Ho! And what do you want Santa to bring you. little girl? Phyllis Bruce gets to tell Santa (Or Whalen] what she wants for Christmas as Dr Thompson’s daughter Carol waits her turn. Part of the fun of the Boar's Head Dinner was being served. Robyn Glaysher. Nikki Wilson, and Jennifer Brock pick up the next tray of food for one of their tables. Christmas is a time of people coming together. Sherry Adams, Karen Bengston and others gather to sing Christmas carols. Christmas Festivities 27