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

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IU llll fl fffffff I f Students Are Artists hen I was asked to write an article about student involvement in the fine arts at Mars Hill College. I was more than a little confused. I scratched my head a bit and gave the editors a harried look. Why me? I wondered. Why NOT you? they replied, You see as much of what goes on as anyone, and more of it than most people. Well, they had me there. As stage manager of Moore Auditorium, I do see a lot of what goes on around the campus relating to the arts. I doubted my ability to report on the subject, however. I finally gave in, though, lWhile it may not get you everywhere, flattery will take you a long way.l It was easy to find out about music-related events. Anyone who wanted to could play in the band or sing in the chorus. If you thought your voice was hot stuff. you could audition for the choir. Applied music lessons were available to everyone, Ifyou wanted to watch and listen, you could go to a recital. Not all of them were strait-laced longhair affairs, either. You were just as likely to hear some jazz flute with piano, string bass, and drum kit accom- paniment or some pre-Civil War brass ensem- ble music as you were to hear a relatively straight forward performance. You could also count on concerts by the band, choir and chorus occurring near the end of each semes- ter. Finding out about involvement in art was a little more difficult since that's the area I deal with the least. However, I discovered that several different opportunities existed. For example, you could almost always find some exhibit of drawing, painting, pottery, or sculpture in the mezzanine gallery on the top floor of the Fine Arts building. Usually they consisted of student works, ranging from sketches done in Don Mahy's drawing work- shop classes to full-fledged exhibitions by senior art majors. Also, photography classes offered students the chance to be creative within the visual arts as well as satisfy their aesthetics competency requirements. It would be hard to have theatre at MHC without student involvement. Students built sets, hung and focused lights. made cos- tumes, created andfor discovered props, op- erated the box office, handled publicity, and even directed the shows tin the case of certain one-act playsl. Theatre arts majors took the lead in most crews, but non-majors were wel- come both on stage and behind the scenes. It was not uncommon to see college faculty, staff persons. and members of the Mars Hill community involved in the plays, either. Per- formances were open to the public, and stu- dents, faculty. and staff were admitted free. There were plenty of opportunities for stu- dent involvement in the arts at Mars Hill College. It didn't matter whether you were after active participation or passive admira- tion and enjoymentg you could always find something to do. You didn't have to look too hard to find it, either, lj -jimmy G. Joyce :ke Bentley plays for his senior recital in Moore Audito-' mutt' amie Ladner performs his senior recital in Moore Audito- Un The Hills Student Talent 'l ' .. -..- Y H---- -H -H --- 5 Um. . I g -

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