Cleveland Community College - Bridge Yearbook (Shelby, NC)

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by N1 1 fi 2 AQ 0 'I On a raeny October evemng approxumately 150 people gathered together lor an evenlng ol poetry muslc and art Sponsored by Cleveland Tech and held at Brown Clvlc Audntonum the event planned lar an advance represented months ot preparation by vanous people at Tech The poets who read were some ol North Carolxnas best Ann Deagon Robert Grey P B Newman Susan Ludwtqson PauIJones and Davrd Chulders all wldety publtshed all up and comung ln theur tleld and all from varlous backgrounds The artlsts whose works were dusptayed un the lobby ol the audutonum were Hal Bryant and Ron Waldrep both resldents As people lound thetr seats they were entertauned by Dot tae Dvckson s plano mustc She played some well known rag tame pleces as well as some ol her own composltlons However there was a but ol uneastness at llrst because RobertGrey P B Newman and Susan Ludwlgson got Ioston thetr way to the audttorlum By the ttme Davld Chtlders had read they stall had not arnved They ttnally showed up ln the mtddle ol Ann Deagon s readmg altevtattng the anxiety lelt by Davld Chtlders and Dottue Mclnlyre The two hour event culmunated wnth the presentatuon ol P B Newman s ltlm concemnng George Washlngton s trlp through the South In 1792 Newman read hts poetry that ac companued the htm Many ol the people attendtng were surpnsed to ltnd that a poetry reading was not necessarlly a somber event The readers were hvely and as a result so was the audtence There was a great deal ot laughter provtded by the poets as well as by Les Fartour Shelby attorney and master ol ceremonues lor the event Chapel Ht ol Shelby, n

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