Mars Hill College - Laurel Yearbook (Mars Hill, NC)

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Below: Cast from They're Playing Our Song: G. Douglas Ray, Bruce Rainey, Callie Warner, James Riley Smith, Brenda Crook, and Kim Myers, A f g,2.:.32'f!, - Left: Ron Mclntyre and MHC Graduate Susan King in Talley's Folly Left I, Bottom: 1983 graduate Sara Page Hall in I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road Bottom: Susan King in You Caught Me Dancing SART Celebrated Its Tenth Season The Southern Appalachian Reper- tory Theatre QSARTJ was founded in 1975 as ajoint effort of the Madi- son County Bi-Centennial Commis- sion and Mars Hill College. By the end of the 1984 tenth anniversary season, it had produced 437 perfor- mances of 42 plays and played to over 60,000 patrons. During the - ' 1 1984 season, SART produced six , plays in 54 performances: Talley's t 4 x d i irt, W g ' Folly, Ark Of Safety. I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, All The King's Men, The Music Of Irving Berlin, and You Caught Me Dancing. 'Sf Student Lifef23

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O en Theatre Present . . . Under the direction of James W. Thomas the Mars Hill College Theatre Arts Department pre- sented The Wizard of Oz during the '84 fall semester. This produc- tion brought together a cast of Mars Hill's most talented actors and actresses and carried the au- dience back in time to a land at the end of the rainbow from which they may never want to re- turn. One SART production received special recognition during the 1984 season. They,re Playing Our Song, under the direction of Ms. LeElla Ratcliff, was chosen by the U.S. Department of Defense to participate in a USO European tour during the summer of 1985. Right: Finale from They're Playing Our Song Bottom Rt.: Greg Hungerford as the Cowardly Lion Below: James Riley Smith and Callie Warner in They're Playing Our Song. Leading cast from OZ: Greg Hungerford as the Cowardly Lion: Chris Tomberlin as Dorothy: David Baldree as the Scarecrow: and Lester Purry as the Tin Man.

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O Lun ford F estlval Revlv l Local Heritage For the past 17 years, Mars Hill College has sponsored the Bascom Lamar Lunsford mountain music and dance festival. Mr. Luns- ford, a native of Mars Hill, devoted his life to the preservation of mountain traditions in a time when these values were ridiculed and in danger of being lost. The Lunsford Festival honors his memory and rekindles the tradition of music, dance and home crafts. On the first weekend in October, the campus becomes alive with the music of mountain bands, the clogging of area dance teams, and the demon- strations of traditional crafts and home arts. Through this festival, the college and the community acknowledges and celebrates the culture that yet remains a vital part of our common heritage. -Dr. Don Anderson BELOW Local craftsman display their crafts. TOP Local musicians performed for Lunsford visitors. RIGHT Apple cider making is a long time family tradition. .lin 2-l,fStudent Life