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  • i ^Carolinian North Carolina Women Writer's Festival by Phoebe Esmon The North Carolina Women Writers Festival will kick off this Friday night, at the Elliot University Center at UNC-G. The festival, which is focusing this year on nurturing younger writers, will run through Saturday night. A special feature of this year's festival will be Saturday afternoon's Girls' Reading and Writing Institute, where girls aged nine to 17 will explore the fun of reading and discovering good books, doing readers' theater, keeping a journal, speaking out, and writing. Kathryn Stripling Byer, WCU's poet- in-residence, will be one of the presenters taking part in the festival. Along with novelist Doris Betts, Byer will be giving one of the keynote readings at the opening of the festival, as well as leading a session on mentoring young women writers entitled "Between the Future and the Past: Talking Across Time." She will be aided in this by three WCU students currently working towards master's degrees in English: Debora Kinsland, Denise Blue, and Penny Jacobs. Byer, a Cullowhee native, has been Western Carolina's poet-in-residence since 1990. She has published two collections of poetry. The Girl in the Midst of the Harvest was published in the Associated Writing Programs Award Series. Her second volume, Wildwood Flower, was the recipient of the Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets. Byer also coordinates WCU's Visiting Writers Series, which has just been awarded a $2000 grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. The Visiting Writers Series is an annual program which is designed to stimulate interest among students and the Jackson County community in contemporary writers. According to Byer, this year's Women Writers Festival has a much more homegrown flavor. Whereas last year's festival drew women from all over the U.S., this year's festival is aimed mainly at young writers from North Carolina. Byer is one of several writers from Western North Carolina who will be participating in the festivities. Byer encourages any young woman who is interested in being a professional writer to attend. It is good to get a feeling right off for how the world of professional writing works, she says. It is also beneficial for young aspiring writers to know that there are people willing and able to lend an objective ear and eye to what they are doing. Of course, the festival isn't just for aspiring professionals. It is for any female who loves to read or write, whether in hopes of being published or just for themselves. The North Carolina Women Writers Festival runs from Sept. 19-20 and is open to women of all ages. For those interested in attending, registration will be possible at the door for everything but lunch. The fee is $55 for the whole festival and $15 for the Girls' Institute. For more information, call the Division of Continuing Learning at (910) 306-9033. ^features September 17, 1997 Mountain Heritage Day is Coming by Briggs Gilliam On Saturday, Sept. 27, our campus will embrace the spirit of Southern Appalachia as WCU throws its biggest party of the year— the 23rd annual Mountain Heritage Day celebration. Cast against the brilliance of the changing autumn leaves, Mountain Heritage Day showcases old-time mountain music, mountain skills and crafts, and mountain foods and contests for one heck of an old-fashioned good time. Started in 1974 by then-Chancellor H.F. Robinson as a celebration of the changing season, WCU's Mountain Heritage Day has since evolved into one of the premier showcases of Southern Appalachian culture in the region. The event now draws over 35,000 people and has been rated as one of the top 200 craft events in America. Mountain Heritage Day is free to all. This year's events include three music and dance stages featuring continuous toe-tapping fiddle and banjo music, picking, clogging, smooth dancing, gospel singing, and shape- note singing. The midway features handmade crafts and traditional foods. Come with an empty stomach and fill up on ham biscuits, cider, lemonade, barbecued chicken, Cherokee fry- bread, peanuts, popcorn, beans and cornbread, and the like. More than 200 craft booths will offer handmade items ranging from woodwork and pottery to paintings, clocks, quilts and stained glass. In and around the Mountain Heritage Center, which is the focal point of Mountain Heritage Day, you'll find traditional craft and skill demonstrations by area wood carvers, basket makers, blacksmiths, quilters, weavers and needlecrafters, some of whom are traditional Cherokee Indian crafters. The Mountain Heritage Center also offers special exhibits and shows on Southern Appalachian heritage and life. "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People" tells the story of the movement of this group of early settlers from Ulster to Western North Carolina. If you like competition, Mountain Heritage Day offers several just-for-fun contests. You can enter your old truck or tractor in a show, or enter your dog, your cat, or your moustache. A favorite is the old-timey costume contest for women and children, along with contests for baked and canned goods, horseshoe pitching, and log sawing, and lots of games for the kids. Mountain Heritage Day begins around 8 a.m., but activities get cranked up at 9:30 a.m. when the music begins and the midway booths open. The events start winding down around 5 p.m. Close parking will be limited, and comfortable shoes are recommended. Special parking is available for handi- Children in old-timey costumes at a previous Mountain Heritage Day. capped persons. In the event of rain, the festivities will take place in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center and Mountain Heritage Center. For additional information about Mountain Heritage Day, contact Don Wood, Room 201, Belk Building, WCU; telephone (704) 227-7272. 'Michael Jackson' to Perform at Western by Jerylia Kodia OK, so maybe Michael Jackson isn't coming to WCU. But we've got something even better than the real thing. When we think that we have nothing remarkable here at Western other than our computer labs, we're being unfair. We have our own version of Michael Jackson. I am sure many of you have attended one or more of his shows. Well, if you don't know who I am talking about, let me tell you a little story. Once upon a time, there was this guy named Ramont McCoy living in Laurinburg, N.C. One day back in 1987, he watched the video "Bad" by Michael Jackson, and it really impressed him. So, he decided to learn how to dance like him. His fellow students at Scotland High School became interested in what he was doing and asked him to put a show together. That is what he did and how he became a Michael Jackson impersonator. When asked about what fascinates him in Michael, McCoy said, "Well, he knows how to impress you. In every song he dances. His music is something you can relate to. I can identify myself with his songs. "Sometimes you feel alone and empty in front of the real world," he continued. "But everybody enjoys what I do and it makes me feel different." McCoy has a lot in common with his idol. He "loves children to death." He also likes James Brown, who inspired Michael Jackson's dance steps. This is not to say that every dance step he does is Micheal's. "I have my own dance steps too," he said. So what does our artist plan to do in the future— more Michael impersonations? "Sure. I would like to better Michael's dance, direct videos, dance, sing, write music and a poetry book." In a more immediate future, McCoy is doing a show on Monday, September 22 in the lobby of Reynolds at 8:00 p.m. The show is scheduled to last an hour and 15 minutes and is entitled "Michael Jackson: Is This Scary?" Why did he choose this title? To grab people's attention. "It will be really personal," McCoy said. It will be a show about racism, love, betrayal and anger. The real message of this show is that people should not judge others either on their appearance or on the things they do. One last word from our artist: "My dream is that I meet Michael one day and that he signs me on his recording label. I really hope this will come true." We do too, Ramont! Ramont McCoy as himself.
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