Cultural Connection Page 8 Wooly Worm Festival draws crowd T h is W eek DeeDee Carowan A t E lon The Pendulum Most Elon students spent their fall break taking time out from the stress by traveling with friends or returning home for quality time with the family unit Tonight______I spent my break with other supposedly mature adults cheering wildly ■ Fiddler on the Roof, 8 p.m.. for a fuzzy caterpillar climbing a sU'ing. Fine Arts Theairc. A professional guest No, it's not time to break out the artist will lead the cast of Elon students, straightjackets due to extreme stress faculty, staff and members of the overload. It's just the 14th annual Wooly community. Admission by ticket only, Worm Festival in Banner Elk, NC, where $10 or Elon I.D. some 12,000 others from all over the Friday country turned out to do the same. The third Saturday of every October is ■ All Saints Mass, Senate Room, that fateful day when the top wooly Long Student Center, 4 p.m. worms of the High Country race to see ■ Fiddler on the Roof, 8 p.m., which worm will have the honor of Fine Arts Theatre. $10 or Elon I.D. predicting the upcoming winter weather. Banner Elk Mayor Charles VonCanon Saturday "reads" the winning worm's stripes and in ■ Intramural 5K Road Race, call the big finale, gives the prediction. ext. 2436. Visiting the mountains over break, ■ Homecoming Football, vs. my friends and I were mildly curious and Gardner-Webb, 1:40. amused by all the fuss over some fuzzy ■ Fiddler on the Roof, 8 p.m.. black and brown worms. Then we caught Fine Arts Theatre. $10 or Elon I.D. wind of the $630 grand prize for the winner and suddenly became a bit more interested. Sunday______Students Sue Dahrouge and Resa Valentine display their winning worm at the Wooly Worm As fate would have it, a stray worm Festival in Banner Elk, NC. while other competitors cheer their worms on to victory. ■ Fiddler on the Roof, 2 p.m., with a competitive glint in his eye was Fine Arts Theatre. $10 or Elon I.D. conveniently lingering outside our condo. away the champion. After being tested for the tradition, relying heavily on the wooly ■ Opening Reception: Elon We wasted no lime in recruiting him. steroids (I'm not making this up), the worm's judgment before the Weather College Staff and Faculty Art Show, In his new home of an Orville Dukester made his prediction. Channel came around. Isabella Cannon Room, 2:30-5 p.m. Reddcnbacher popcorn canister, our worm, The thirteen stripes signify the There must be something to it for ■ Catholic Mass, Newman whom we dubbed "Sam I Am," began his thirteen weeks of winter, with the brown CNN, Willard Scott, 20 cable stations, Socicty, Large Lounge, Long Student rigorous training. meaning warm weather and the black and over 100 newspapers to cover such an Center 6:30 p.m. The big day came, we paid our $5 meaning cold. The stripes showed that event. Maybe there's not. Maybe it's just Monday______entry fee and began mentally preparing this winter will begin and end on the Sam for the race of his life. In the 38th of frosty side, with milder temperatures in another way to separate rich and foolish ■ Intramural Soccer and Water 40 heats, Sam, one of 19 other worms, between. Only one week of the winter people from their money ($27,000 worth, all for local chanties). Polo, Jordan Hall. Call ext. 2436. made us proud. Climbing like a worm should have above average temperatures. Or maybe it's just a good-natured ■ Amelia Parker, "Politics of Race possessed, Sam came in a tight third. According to the mayor, the wooly excuse for grown-ups to shed their in America: A Nation Under Seige," Out of 800 total worm competitors worm's predictions have rung true with convention and decorum and get a little 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. over the coursc of the day, the Dukester, about 80% accuracy in the fourteen years owned by Ian Howes of Durham, came of the festival. The early settlers started wild and wooly. Tuesday______■ College Chapel, Whitley, 9:30 a.m. ■ The Fellowship of Christian Rod Stewart: a star with exuberant energy Alheletcs, Fightin' Christian Club Room, Alumni Gym. 9 p.m. Kristin Blass suit, he began his first set with recent Think I'm Sexy," and "Hot Legs." The Pendulum smashes such as: "Rhythm Of My Heart," The audience was wild and rushed to Wednesday______"Forever Young," "Motown Song," and Saturday, October 5 was unusually "This Old Heart Of Mine." the stage. Stewart came back for only one ■ Leon Lederman, "Science and encore which disappointed the die-hard warm when Rod Stewart performed at Survival," Fine Arts Theatre, 8 p.m. Stewart worked the crowd into a Walnut Creek Amphitheatre. fans. A chosen few were allowed to go up See story page 9. frenzy as the thousands were dancing in on stage and dance with Stewart as the We arrived at the pavillion 10 the aisles. He followed with a selection of show finished with a new dance hit. Thursday______minutes late and Rod Stewart was belting poignant ballads such as "You're In My out the lyrics to "Some Guys Have All Heart." The audience sat down when he Rod Stewart is by far the most ■ College Coffee, Scott Plaza, The Luck" as we made our way to our spotlighted his saxophone player who entertaining performer I have seen. His 9:30 a.m. Fruit and doughnuts. fourth row seats. performed several early Motown hits. exuberant energy makes him a star worth ■ Regency, Whitley 8 p.m. A seeing. five-member a capella ensemble blends The extremely fit Stewart wore a The concert concluded with a medley swing, classical Motown and current colorful array of outfits, changing seven of raucous hits which made Stewart the Stewart appears Thursday, November hits. • > times durii]g the fhqw^ Wqating a fuchs