Jones County Junior College - Lair Yearbook (Ellisville, MS)

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Talent found here The Fine Arts building is always alive with sound and students who are involved in the music and art pro- grams. Students come and go to music lessons and classes and to practice in the band hall or practice rooms. A variety of sounds can be heard - from the band hall or back- stage, along with the piano or organ music or voices singing behind closed doors. Passing the art classrooms one can smell turpentine and paint and catch colorful glimpses of paintings in the works. All of this makes the Fine Arts building one of the most interest- ing on campus. The art students work on projects in drawing, painting, ceramics, and design. It is impossible to go inside one ofthe rooms without experiencing the urge to try a hand at making a pot, or reaching out to feel the clay, or wanting to pick up a palette knife to mix a little paint. Each student works at his own pace and can come back during tree periods to work on assign- ments. Many of the talented people on cam- pus are majoring in art or music. A number of singers who compose the Chamber Singers each year provide the madrigals for the traditional Madrigal Feast given by St. John's Episcopal Church in Laurel. There the Parish house is trans- formed into a great hall of a castle in England. The setting is one of color with heraldic banners floating from the walls and berries and apples adorning the tables aglow with white candles in brass holders. The Madri- gal Singers, dressed in medieval cos- tumes, entertain with madrigals and dances. Charles Wroten of the music faculty accompanies on the harpsi- chord. Members ot the Madrigal Singers are: Donna Crum, Delilah Robinson, Carla Rushton, Linda Valentine, Ste- phanie Shows, Cathy Davis, Marsha Tucker, Kathy Stotts, Stacy Douglas, Danny Holifield, John Powell, David Edwards, Mike Graham, Mike Bounds, and Byron Smith. 20 ! Academic Life ,pw k .S , Milfred Valentine, chairman of the Fine Arts department, sings and participates in the Madrigal Feast entertainment with his wife Linda.

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i'i?N-.. Bull fight enthusiast adds detail with his brush. v Q is ip, , 5 c it I i r ,Lf I 'Q W e f . 4 I Jimmy Davis, art instructor, demonstrates a technique on one of his pic- tures. I I I I I .P . I 5 I s A fl I , I ,,Qi I Absorbed ceramic class students Nan Edwards, Brenda Craft, and Julie Townsend work on art objects. Q 1 - Q Academic Life X 21