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Dionne Warwick, whose decade of unique styling have made her an inter- , Two other all -time favorites among hit songs include four Grammy Awards national singing star since the early Dionne Warwick fans are "Promises and two current favorites, will appear in 1960s. She won the Grammy Award first Promises," and "Alfie." Another gold concert on opening night of this year's in 1968, for best performance by a single is "I Say a Little Prayer," and North Carolina Azalea Festival at female vocalist, with "Do You Know the three gold albums are "Here, When Wilmington. There Is Love," "Golden Hits, " and She will be at Trask Coliseum on the "Valley of the Dol/s. " campus of UNC-Wilmington at 8 p.m., She has earned numerous other on April 10. The dates for this year's awards and honors as a top female N.C. Azalea Festival are April 10-13. vocalist, but she has found time to Miss Warwick Is the third headline schedule a busy concert tour, continue attraction announced thus far for the to be a favorite on the night club circuit, Azalea Festival. Earlier, Dixieland Jazz and to make appearances in network Clarinetist Pete Fountain was signed to television specials, and to appear in head the show segment of the Queen's movie and television acting roles. In Coronation Pageant on April 12. addition, Miss Warwick has headlined The iiPpe41ranc e o f Mi$s Warwic the Cannes Television and Film fulfills an early goal set by the 1980 Festfv-al,and the Newport Jazz Festival, Azalea Festival, which was to offer an which was instrumental in establishing opening night concert with a top-rated her reputation among jazz enthusiasts. entertainer. F.P. Fensel Jr., president of She has earned NO.1 ratings at various the Azalea Festival, says " We wanted I times as a rhythm and blues singer, as to upgrade the entertainment in this well as No. 1 ratings as top popular waYl and we have achieved that with vocalist. Miss Warwick. We hope this will Also, her singing talents have produce a good response from the brought her two Image Awards as best Pllblic, and at the same time, set a pat­ female singer of the year; a Creative tern torfuture Azalea Festivals." Achievement Award; and, nominations Fensel says the co ncert is an added for the Emmy and Peabody Awards. In activity for opening night, and that Way to San Jose?" and again in 1970 addition, Harvard University's Hasty other opening night programs, such as with "I'll Never Fall In Love Again." Pudding Club named her "Woman of the traditional Variety show at Legion Altogether, Miss Warwick has been the Year" in 1970. Stadium, also will be presented. nominated seven times for the Grammy Miss Warwick has been studylnq The vibrance of 'her voice and her Award. music since she was six years old, Con 't.6

by Doug W. Swink. Curtain time will be "Minestrone. " 8:00 p.m. The hero, of course, is Scapino, a The plot? Well, it's all about love­ delightfully deceitful servant whose starved young men, swooning young bag of tricks is just big enough to solve ladies, boisterous fathers, family as many problems as It creates. honor, mistaken identity, threats to life When Scapino finally sets things and limb, cajolery and chicanery and a right, the young men and young ladles little pocket-picking-with a few songs are together, the boisterous fathers and dwln Wilson wrote in the Wall and enough belly laughs to reduce the family honor are placated, the threats Street Journal "An evening of sheer entire maze of plot and counterplot to are over, and the belly laughs are unadulterated delight." " A delightfully one word: Scapino! reduced to lingering smiles in remem­ illy evenIng of intrigue and step ­ Loosely based on a French farce, set bering one of the most imaginative, stlcH...as they used to say, 'Hel/zapop­ in Italy, written by two Englishmen and heart-warming pieces of entertainment inIl" said Clive Barnes In The New filled with modern-day allusions to anyone has experienced In a long time. YorkTlmes. Kung-Fu, Baskin-Robbins ice cream Adopted from Moliere's Les Four­ Tna play is "Sceptno!" to be and gangster films, "Scapino!" is a beries de Scapin, "Sceptno!" opened at produced on April 24 through April 26 in charming pastiche that will have the Circle In the Square-Joseph E. nan Auditorium by the UNC-W audiences smiling from the opening Levine Theatre In May, 1974. It was writ­ U,nw8fslty Theatre and Is to be di rec ted scene to the closing song, ten by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale. The Can't. A u__ ••• What a Month!!! The Arts '80 Fund Drive will continue until the end of April. Efforts will also continue throughout the year to in­ crease awareness of the Arts Council and Its activities directed toward enriching life in the Lower Cape Fear. Thank you again to our many workers and contributors. The following Is a listing of friends who made our fund drive possible.

Executive Board· Arts '80 Fund Drive Beth Pridemore Chairperson Jack Welles, General Canvass Chairman • Jim Pridemore, Advance Gifts Chairman Gretchen Bannon, Publicity. Judith Slater, Production. Dottie Crouch, Social Committee Lorraine Perry, CART Residency Director. Jan Strohl, Arts Council Director Carol Bosworth, Administrative Assistant. Dt. Forrest Hedden, Consultant

General Canvassers Social Committee Assistants Production Assistants

Joe Schwartz Barbara Porter Linda Baldwin Marty Gregory Malcolm Lowe Pat MorrIson Sue Hooten Sherry Ramsey Ava Hobbs Gloria Woodall John Hooten Lisa Bosworth Dan Minick Brian McClure Mary Anne Sayre Penny Pridemore Kay Minick Sarge Parsons Andy Sayre Allen Frazelle Nancy Bullard Debbie Norton Page Kenney Mary Louise Handley Buddy Wheelis Belma Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Alper Carol Bosworth Julia Jones Eloise Phelps -Hospitality Jan Malvin Aggie Cox Mayer Lindsay Berg Frances Hedden Chuck Paul Libby Lea Peggy Pridemore Ben Spradley Melanie Williams District Leaders Jean Hedden Peggy Pridemore JimmySmlth Lindsey Hopkins Norma Crummy Alice Edwards Cae Emerson Faye Coley Dot Daughtery Carol Johnson Beatriz Spier Essie Burns DeaZullo Betty Williams JlmWallace Carlos Poole Ann and Ted Seawell Cathy Dumbrowskl BIll Riley

.>{. Jh Many individuals and businesses in our community donated materials, resources, and facilities which made our fund drive and CART week possible. These gifts of in­ kind service freed the Arts Council of a tremendous ex­ pense. We are especially grateful for this kind of con­ tribution and would like to recognize these supporters for their much appreciated generosity. i These friends are: ,1

Blake Printing and Graphics Golden Skillet (The) Bettencourt Gallery Wilson's Postal Instant Press Carolina Savings and Loan The Basket Case Deacon Galleries St. John's Episcopal Church Rrp·p,..Cadillac.Oldsmoblre, Pepper Mill Restaurant. Fidler's Art Materials Hickory Farms Bridge Tender New China Restaurant The Landing Altredo's italian Cuisine Kentucky Fried Chicken Winter Park Super Shell Chambered Nautilus Oriental Food and Gift Store McDonalds Mr. & Mrs. James L. Singleton Canton Station Harris·Teeter Parks & Recreation Dept. of Wilmington Flips Barbeque House Sophia West Florist Kroger Sav-On Phllly·Dell Y.W.C.A. Gourmet Club Shoney'S Stockyard Restaurant Tuesday's Coca-Cola Bottling Three Penny Gallery Communication Specialists Co., Inc. W.H. McEachern's Sons Stemmerman" ; 'Blockade Runner Motor Hotel Shield's Ice Cream The Chambered Nautilus Board ot Education/Audio Visual Dept. HOliday Inn Wrightsville Beach Wlnn Dixie Wendys A-Z Rental Downtown Groceries Parker's

Many thanks to the media for their most helpful coverage.

IWLOZ WWIL Channel 3 WKLM WGNI Star News WMFD WAAV Wilmington Journal WHSL WPJC Coastal Carolinian' Channel 6 Scene MagaZine t: , An Extremely rewarding and en­ couraging week for our community .... took place February 25 through March 1. Dan Kamin, professional mime and Affiliate Artist, was featured in a week's Residency in the Wilmington QJ area, during which he gave 10 Infor­ mances - informal and informative per­ ... formances - explaining his discipline of ~ pantomime to the layperson. In non­ traditional locations pantomime was brought, by exciting, entertaining, and flexible means, to groups of people gathered in club meetings, at work, or in schools. The nature of an informance transforms these unlikely performance sites into an impromptu arts arena, conducive to artist/audience lnterac­ tion. This type of performance serves to "humanize" and personalize the arts and provides a warm and mutually rewarding experience for artist and audience alike. As Residency Director for the program, sponsored locally by the Arts Council of the Lower Cape Fear,

the arts, we attracted a tremendous media coverage for the week's events. The Impressive results from CART Week are derived from the support of many Individuals who recognized the role the arts play In a healthy and ployees were offered a special preview progressive society. The arts are a fun­ of the final performance at Thalian damental means of unifying all Hall. On Friday evening Kamin made a segments of a community in a collec­ special appearance at the Human tive purpose for the enrichment of all. Relations party. Your participation in and support of a The week climaxed with a snow future Residency program will per­ storm but this did not deter Dan Kami.,. petuate the future growth of arts in our In true professional style his feeling community, for the benefit of all. was, "The show must go on." More Some of the highlights of CART than 70 people traipsed through a thick Week included an informance for blanket of snow on Thalian Hall steps children enrolled in a Parks & for the final public performance and, Recreation after-school creative arts following it, a champagne party to program. Laney High School students celebrate a very exciting week for Art, witnessed an Inspiring performance in '80. their gym. The Black Womens Caucus CART Week was made possible by enjoyed an informance at the Tent the Southern Arts Federatlorl and funded House. Drama and Dance students at by grants from The Ford Foundation, UNC·W were encouraged to participate Nationa/ Endowment for the Arts, and in an actual workshop of mime, sharing assistance from the Arts Council of the its techniques and secrets. City ern- Lower Cape Fear. t3 tive Showcase .. This segment of the Arts Council the Arts Council after perusal. n.wsletter Is a showcase through which talented artists,' poets, authors, and If you would like your artistic efforts ~uslclans may display their work. All presented In this column please contact materials subrnltted must be typed and Mary Louise Handley, Arts Council of double spaced. We suggest that you the Lower Cape Fear, Community Arts retain a copy as no material will be Center, 2nd and Orange Streets, P.O. returned. Art work may be picked up at Box 212, Wilmington, N.C. 28402.

Something to Keep Daniel Noel is a senior in marine As well as entertaining people who biology at UNC-W and photographer for cannot get out to enjoy the arts, the Ar­ The Fledgling. He grew up In Oxford, tist Outreach program seeks to leave North Carolina, and his interest in these people with tangible artlst!c photography began at an early age. achievement of their own. Virginia Recently he was photographer and Baker, Artist Outreach Director, has oceanographer for a shellfish found crafts to be an area in which un­ pollution study in Brunswick County, skilled, halting or infirmed can work which was funded by a grant from the with satisfying results. Above, Barbara National Science Foundation. Prather instructs patients at Bowden nursing home in the craft of working with dried flowers. Barbara has worked with the Artist Outreach program for three years now. "We wanted to take

people something they could keep, II Barbara explained. Though enter­ taining shut-ins is vital, Barbara feels it ~ is also necessary for individuals to be able to create in order to feel that they are also a part of the arts. Through crafts, artistic expression is made possible ~ for the young, the inexperienced, the l aged and even the infirmed. With the young in juvenile centers, crafts do "Great Expectations" double duty. III use a /I 'ne turaI This painting on driftwood depicting and has been painting for about two materials, II Barbara said. "Flowers, a surfer waiting in the predawn hours years. His favorite medium is acrylic. leaves, pinecones...all things that are for a new day of surfing is by Robert M. He enjoys palnti.ng on driftwood and readily available to everyone and free! Cooley, Jr. Rabble Is fifteen years old canvas. At holiday time we make pine cone wreaths adding a bow in seasonal colors. It blows their minds when I tell a child who is in a juvenile center for stealing five dollars that he has jus t made a wreath worth twenty dollars at

little or no expense to himself. II

Barbara is just one of the con ­ tributing crafts people involved in the Artist Outreach program. All of them take a means of artistic expression to the shut-ins of our community and leave them with smiles and something they can "keep". 4 UNC-W ornrnunity The Orchestra Aged

The UNC-W/Community Orchestra Puppeteer will present the final concert of its 1979-80 season on April 29 featuring two student artists who auditioned and won cash pri zes as well as the oppor­ tunity to perform with the orchestra. Laura Melton, a sophomore at New Hanover High School in Wilmington, daughter of Mrs. Sara Burke and Dr. Robert Melton, will perform the first movement of the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto NO.2 in G minor. Miss Melton 1 - Is a student of Mary Eunice Troy of Wilmington. The UNC-W Fine Arts Committee will Allison came to Wilmington from present a premiere performance of The Also app earing will be Patricia Bath, Charlotte, where he worked with the Allison Puppet Company in a perfor­ daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bath Grey Seal Productions Puppet Studio. mance of "The Aged Puppeteer," on of Greenville and a senior at Rose High This company, also dedicated to adult­ April 8 in Kenan Auditorium. School in Greenville. Miss Bath, a oriented puppetry, performs regularly at The Mint Museum of Art, as well as violinist who studies with her mother, When most people think of puppetry, touring all over the Southeast. Mrs. Joanne Bath, will perform the first they think of entertainment for movement of the Concerto NO.5 in A children. This is not the case with the The Allison Puppet Company is Major by Mozart. Allison Puppet Company of presently working 0;'1 an original The orchestra wi II also present Wilmington. production, a show called "T he Aged Samuel Barber's First Essay for Or­ Drew Allison, who started this com­ Puppeteer." chestra and Mendelssohn's Symphony pany last year, feels that puppetry is A step-by-step analysis of the No.5, the " Reformation" Symphony. experiencing a world-wide renaissance. building of this show will give an idea The concert will be at 8:00 p.m. in He said, "People of all ages everywhere of the complexity of a full-length pup­ Kenan Auditorium and tickets are are beginning to recognize puppetry as pet performance. available at the door. a legitimate form of theatre." Allison Allison starts by writing the script. hopes to show Wilmington that pup­ He keeps in mind the type of puppet pets are capable of many fascinating being used, its boundaries as far as avenues of entertainment. rnanlpulation, and 50 on. Careful con­ With the puppets completed and the sideration is given to how many pup­ . stage set, long hours of rehearsal pets are being manipulated at one time, begin. Knowing exactly what each since a puppeteer has only two hands. Wed. 2 to 26 . ANN RIGGS, Pottery. puppet is capable of doing, and In " The Aged Puppeteer" Allison is the STEPHEN ·WHITE-Paintings and Prints. pushing it to that maximum through only puppeteer, therefore he must be St. John's Art Gallery precise manipulation is a slow and careful not to write in more than he can Sat. 5 . EASTER PARADE Cinema Film painful process. handle. Series Thalian Hall 8 p.m. Synchronization of the tape dialogue With the script completed, construc­ with the movements of each puppet Tues. 8 . ALLISON PUPPET COMPANY tion of the puppets begins. " The Aged must be carefully thought out and UNC-W Fine Arts Committee Kenan Puppeteer" combines full-bodied pup­ memorized. Aud . 8 p.m. pets with masks. The puppets are made Puppet to puppet relationships must Thurs. 10 ·13 AZALEA FESTIVAL XXXIII from polyfoam, a soft, flexible, rubber­ seem real and unstaged; the audience like material. Each puppet is given a Tues. 15 . N.C. DANCE THEATRE must take them "serlously, not just personality that is developed in the Wilmington Concert Assos. Kenan thinking of them simply as animated script. When bUilding the puppets, Aud.8 p.m. , creatures. When this is achieved, a Allison is careful to make sure that all Wed. 16 . THE KING AND I Tugboat polished and professional performance the features of a puppet conform to its Film Series Randall Library 8 p.m. can be presented. prewritten personality. The puppets are Frl. 18 & 19 . SOLES AND HEELS The Allison Puppet Company's then painted, wigged, jointed and Tugboat Players Humanities Building production of "The Aged Puppeteer" costumed. 8p.m. hopes to be just that. The show tells the After seeing each completed puppet, Thurs. 24 . 26 . SC APINO UNC-W story of an old man's love for his pup­ a voice is fitted to its specifications. Theatre Kenan Aud . 8 p.m. pets and theirs for him, and their fight Careful consideration is given to each to remain with him . t. 26 • AN AMERICAN IN PARIS voice so that no two voices sound I The UNC-W Fine Arts Committee will Cinema Film Series Thalian Hall 8 similiar. An audio tape is the n made, sponsor this unique performance of p.m. and all the sound effects, music and " The Aged Puppeteer" on April 8 at 8:00 dialogue are mixed on this tape . un. 27·'PICKWICK PUPPETTHEATRE p.rn., in Kenan Auditorium. Admission UNC-W Fine Arts Committee Kenan Set design and lighting are mapped will be $1 .00 for all and tickets will be out for the performance. In " The Aged Aud.8 p.m. available at the box office. For further Puppeteer," Allison will be fully visible un. 27 . WILMINGTON ORATORIO information call Kenan Auditorium box in a mask with the puppets. Therefore , SOCIETY Thalian M us ic Series office - 791 -9635 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. the lighting must accent both man and Thalian Hall 3 p.m. weekly. puppet adequately. 15 in Spanish literature - was originally in­ are In fuli view of the audience but tended by Miguel de Cervantes as a skit dressed completely in black so as to be on traditional popular ballads, but he "invisible" as a theatrical convention. also parodied the romances of chivalry. The musical background of the As a result, he produced one of the production is drawn from two ballet most entertaining adventure stories of scores by Manual de Falla, "EI Amor all time, which has been translated into Brujo" and "EI Sombrero de Tres more languages than any other book Picos," plus excerpts from de Falla's except the Bible. chamber opera "EI Retablo de Maese He created, in Don Quixote and his Pedro," which was actualiy written as faithful squire Sancho Panza, two of an episode from "Don Quixote." the greatest characters in fiction. The story of Don Quixote has been adapted This Pickwick production is intended to other performing media - the ballet, for adult audiences, although older opera, films, the theatre, the Broadway children who are already familiar with tWin ill musical "Man of la Mancha" - and now the Cervantes novel will enjoy it too. IN! Pickwick Puppet Theatre is present­ The show was built at a cost of over On Sunday, April 27, at 8:00 p.m., the ing that knight-errant and his adven­ twenty thousand dollars, and requires UNC· W Fine Arts Committee wi II tures in the form of a puppet pan­ the full size stage of Kenan Theatre. present the professionally produced tomimelballet. "Don Quixote de la Mancha" by the The hour-long adaption of Don Information and tickets may be Pickwick Puppet Theatre. This produc­ Quixote will use large, nearly life-sized reserved by calling the Box Office in tion will be mounted In the theatre of puppets. The puppets used in this Kenan Audltorlurn- 791·9695 from 2 to 5 Kenan Auditorium. production were developed from an­ p.m. weekly. All tickets are $2.0.0 and Ellngenloso Hidalgo Don Quixote de cient Janpanese Bunraku technique. they will be available at the door on the la Mancha - by far the best-known book They are operated by puppeteers who night of performance. • 10nnv Con 'I.1 Scapino! Con'I.1 coming from a family of gospel singers. farmer was the prime mover behind the She has a master's degree in music creation of the Young Vic and has been from Hartt College of Music at the on the artistic and administrative staffs University of Connecticut at Hartford. of Britain's National Theatre, headed Despite her busy schedule, she does by Lord Laurence Olivier. Jim Dale is a not neglect her family, which includes popular British actor and television two sons, ages 11 and 7. "When I'm personality who has written a number with my children," Miss Warwick says, of musical scores including "Georgy 'every moment is a precious discovery. Girl. " We enjoy reading stories to each other, nd creating pictures with water paint." It is a mad delight! As the critic for Miss Warwick comes to the Azalea the New York Magazine headlines, Festival with two current hit songs, "See this Naples and die-laughing." "Deja Vu," and ",.11 Never Love This Clive Barnes wrote further in the New Way Again," of which the latter already York Times that "If you miss it, you will Is a certified gold recording. "Deja Vu" be crazy, and if you let your kids miss it, has been released for only a few weeks At St. John's you will be simply inhuman. " and already Is being hailed as one of Doug W. Swink, of UNC·W's Creative her best songs which promises to uring April Arts Department is the director. Gary become another gold record. In concert Weathersbee, Managing Director of and on stage, she carries the quality of An exhibition of stoneware pottery by Ann Riggs of Greenville, N.C. and Curtain Call Company, is the scenic charm and singing and entertaining and lighting designer. presence that make her a favorite recent prints and paintings by Stephen verywhere, Including the N.C. Azalea White of Carrboro, N.C. will be at St. Reservations may be made by calling Fest ival at Wilmington. John's during the month of April. the box office, 791-4330, extension 2440, between 2 and 5 p.m. daily. • wllmtnsrton rat rio So I ty Tickets for all non-students will be only $1.00. All UNC-W students will be ad­ The Wilmington Oratorio Society will poem by James Joyce, and three folk mitted free upon presentation of their present its spring concert as part of the songs also arranged by Jack Jarrett. ID cards. Tickets will -also be available Thalian Music Series on Sunday after­ The three folk songs are "Shenan­ at the door on niqhts of performance. noon, April 27, at 3:00 p.m. in Thalian doah," "He's Gone Away," and "Sour­ Hall. The Society, which presented its wood Mountain." fall concert to an audience of nearly The choir is under the direction of 00, is growing in membership as well Sylvia Beck who is becoming well­ s gaining community interest. Much of known in the area for her musical en­ thi s growth Is due to the Grass Roots deavors. The accompanist will be Grant from the state and local Arts Cheryl Martin of the UNC-W music Councils. faculty. The spring program will include a variety of works: "Rejoice in the Lamb" Tickets may be obtained from any by Benjamin Britten, Brahms '" Neue member of the Society, at Belk-Beery Liebestleder Waltzes," " Love's Coun ­ Bookstore or at the Arts Council sel," arranged 'by Jack Jarrett from a headquarters. Wilmington Concert Association On April 15 the North Carolina Dance Tugboat players Theater will perform in Kenan AUditorium, the final presentation in to present the Wilmington Concert Association series. The North Carolina Dance Theater was founded in 1970 by its present Ar­ tistic Director, Robert Lindgren, with assistance from the Rockefeller Foun­ dation. It was created as a professional '().~o affiliate of the North Carolina School of Soles Heels the Arts and has grown into an established contemporary ballet com­ pany of increasing national stature. Sales and Heels, an original full· he is in love with the wealthy Fran Artistic Director Robert Lindgren was length play by Cannel J. Maguire, will Weyland. Both Fran and Jonathan are born in Canada and received his early be presented Friday and Saturday, April high school seniors and are at a training there. He joined the Ballet 18-19, by the Tugboat Players. Ann Fitz­ moment in their lives when decisions Russe de Monte Carlo in 1942 and has gibbon, of the UNCW Department of for the future must be made. Jonathan also been featured dancer with Ballet Drama, will direct the production. Per­ feels that Fran's family's money Theatre and the New York City Ballet. In formances will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the creates a barrier between them that 1965 Mr. Lindgren was appointed Dean auditorium of the new Humanities seems impossible to overcome. of the School of Dance at the North Building (behind the library) at UNCW. Violence and crime are also a part of Carolina School of the Arts. Tickets will be $2 for adults, $1 for this play. Jonathan is pulled between Dance Theater has performed in students. For reservations, call the Arts opposing forces, represented, by two more-than 100 cities in 22 states, from Council of the Lower Cape Fear, 762· characters-hls father, a gentle person, Massachusetts to Florida and as far 4223. an ex-vlotlnlst who now operates a west as Alaska. Since 1973, the corn­ The premiere of Sales and Heels will shoe repair shop, and Mr. Hester, who pany has participated in the Dance be Connell J. Mag"uire's first play to be represents lawlessness, but who offers Touring Program of the National En­ produced publicly. Mr. Maguire, a Jonathan a way out of poverty. dowment for the Arts, and its perter­ retired marine officer, is a resident of Jonathan, fustrated and undecided, mance history includes appearances at Snead's Ferry, North Carolina. He could go in either direction. such prestigious events as the Jacob's wrote the first version of Sales and Aggie" seventy years old and seven­ Pillow Dance Festival, Spoleto USA, Heels while enrolled in Ann Fitzgib· ty years wise, has witnessed both the Wolf Trap Farm and the American Dance bon's,playwriting class at UNCW. good and, the bad that has occurred in Festival. The present version " of Sales and the neighborhood over the years. She The repertoire of the Dance Theater Heels is the product of extensive has seen what has happened to Hester includes works by choreographers of revision and rewriting of the original and is aware of what might happen to national and international reputation version, and director Fitzgibbon would Jonathan. Aggie's cynicism and wit such as George Balanchine, Alvin like to approach the production from and her banter with Hester, whom she Ailey, Charles Czarny, Job Sanders, An­ this standpoint-that Sales and Heels is likes but disapproves of, add humor to thony Tudor, Carlos Carvajal and Nor­ a play "in the process." The audience, the play just as her insight into human ... bert Vesak. Many works were created at the conclusion of the play, will par­ nature adds depth. When violence en­ especially for this company. ticipate in a discussion of the play and ters the play, Aggie must confront this Dance Theater's 15 dancers combine offer critical comments. The audience violence, first as a witness, then as a a wide variety of talents and will be invited to talk about their participant. The pivotal role of Aggie backgrounds, giving the company the responses to the play and suggest will be play by Kiri Allen, a favorite with versatility to perform such a wide range changes they feel should be made. Wilmington audiences. of material. About half have received This approach, Mrs. Fitzgibbon The presentation of Sales and Heels their professional training at the states, has been used successfully by marks the Tugboat Player's third major School of the Arts while others have the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. for production. The Players, sponsored by had experience with companies in the past several years. The arena Stage the Tugboat Review, accepts plays on a Virginia, Texas, Ohio, and other parts of produces three or four plays annually contlnulnq basis. To submit a play to the country. that it labels as being "in the process" be considered for production, mail it to Admission to the concert is by and asks the audience, at the end of Tugboat Review, Department of season membership only. each play, to criticize the play, English; UNCW, Wilmington, N.C. discussing aspects such as the plot, 28403. The Players accept plays from the characters, the things In the play writers throughout North Carolina. that work and the things that do not. This production of Sales and Heels is ASSOCIATE MEMBER "This," Mrs. Fitzgibbon says, "is a jointly supported by a grant from the ORGANIZATIONS good approach to new work." She has North Carolina Arts Council and the been interested in trying the Arena National Endowment for the Arts in Stage method in the Wilmington area, Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Thalian Association and the upcoming Tugboat Players The Tugboat Review is sponsored by Willis Richardson Players production of Sales and Heels has both the Arts Council of the Lower Curtain Call, Inc. given her this opportunity. Cape Fear and the UNCW Department Thursday Morning Music Club The play, which includes a variety of of English. To volunteer to work with Wilmington Concert Association colorfu I characters, focuses on the Tugboat Players, as an actor, semper Fidelis Club Jonathan Reiner's desire to become an stagehand, or in a technical capacity, Wilmington Chapter LINKS artist and break away from the poverty call Carol Bosworth at the Arts Council, UNCW Community Orchestra that is particularly oppressive because 762·4223.

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On November 30 the Competition jury met again and chose Horace jury composed of Jen Wilson of the Farlow's Vertical Encounter as the N.C.. Museum of Art, Jay deChesere, ar­ winning entry in the $5,000 com­ ch.i teet for the Landing, and Alan petition. The sculpture will be installed Alches of St. John's Art Gallery met to on Friday, April 25 at 2:00 p.m. at the complete phase one of the com­ new, office retail center at Wrightsville petition. A total of 62 entries from 37 Beach. The competition was organized sculptors were received. Barry Bailey of through St. John's and was made Raleigh, Horace Farlow of Greensboro, possible by the interest and generosity and Mary Mintich of Belmont, were the of George and Mark Mitchell, three artists whose proposals were developers of the Landing, and a grant chosen for phase two. Each submitted from the North Carolina Arts Counclt 3 scale modello and on January 16 the and the National Endowment for the Arts. Illustration by Wilmington artist Ellen Honeycutt for " Mermaids of the compliments of • I Mind," a poem by Alice Strine in the FEDERAL PAPER SUPPORTS THE ARTS new issue of Tugboat Review. To subscribe, send $3.00 to: LOSAK'S MINI-MA'XI Arts Council of the Lower Cape Fear SELF-SERVIC~STORAGE Box 212 COMMERCIAL - PRIVATE YOUR OWN KEY TO YOUR OWN ROOM Wilmington, N.C. 28402 OP.N S.V.N DAYS A W••K - FOR YOUR PROTECTION - Name .Federal Paper Board Company, Inc• . • FIRE ALARM. BURGLAR ALARM. HIGH FENCE \ • WELL LIGHTED. SPOT CHECKED Address ·ANY SllE TO , ,, 763• 1554 YOUR NUDS City State _ An Equal Opportunity Employer_ ·ECONOMICAL RATES 1313 SOUTH 13th ST. .CENTRALL Y LOCAUD Zip _

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