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August 7, 2009 WESTERN CAROLINIAN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Ashevilles Biggest Party of the Year - Bele Chere 2009 By Shelby Harrell WC Intern Ashevilles infamous Bele Chere weekend kicked off on Friday, July 24 with plenty of sunshine, music, fine art, universal cuisine and the usual display of unique characters swarming through the downtown streets. ' Bele Chere is an annual 3-day festival on the streets of Downtown Asheville featuring live, original music all day and night and a display of arts and crafts for generally about 350,000 festival-goers. _ The festival celebrated its 31st annual year in 2009, only this time with a smaller, more focused system, which included an hour-earlier closing time, but with crowds that continued to grow as each evening progressed. There was a good variety. of people, said WCU senior Jessica Osborne who attended the festival on Saturday, July 25 with friends. I know a lot of College students who came. The big celebration in the streets began at noon with food courts on Pack Square and Pritchard Park, and as usual, downtown was filled with hungry festival-goers enjoying everything from ice cream cones and funnel cakes to Thai cuisine and hot dogs. Cold beer was also served, but to drink on the street, it was required that you buy a $2 wristband and bring your ID to purchase each drink. Beer was only sold on the streets on Friday and Saturday, while alcoholic beverages could be found in a club or restaurant on Sunday. The highlighted arts at Bele Kracker was one of many performers at Bele Chere this year. Chere weren't limited to the performing kind: More than a 150 artists and craftspeople lined the festival streets and crowded the Arts Park at the corner of Patton and Lexington avenues Saturday and Sunday. 1 liked the art, said Osborne. It was interesting and unique. The arts were not solely restricted to the Arts Park area. There was an additional 120 vendors on the festival streets, as well as the downtown merchants who kept their doors open during Photo by Justin Caudell the festival. Local galleries and arts stores also merged into the streets as part of the Local Merchants element of Bele Chere. These galleries included: Appalachian Crafts, Asheville Art Museum, Atelier 24 Lexington, Chevron Trading Post & Bead Co., Pura Vida Gallery and Woolworth Walk LLC. we Bele Chere has typically been known for it diverse musical line up and has always featured local, regional and national performers in genres including everything from Americana, Bluegrass, World and Reggae to Rock, Blues, Singer/Songwriter and more. All scheduled performances at the 2009 Bele Chere Festival were free of charge. There were no gated concerts and no tickets were necessary to experience the 2009 musical lineup. The amount of entertainment was reduced this year. However there was still plenty to see, including headlining concerts by Cracker and Dar Williams, The Family Stone Project and the Old 97s, and Webb Wilder and Orleans. or Also, several other bands performed such as Now You See Them, The Dirty Guvnahs, The Two Man Gentlemen Band, Your Mamas Big Fat Booty Band, David Holt and the Lightning Bolts, The Freddy Long Band, plus several more. The music was all different, said Osborne. I liked it though. Instead of its usual six stages of live music playing, Bele Chere scaled it down a bit this year and only offered music on four. The stages were on Coxe Avenue, Biltmore Avenue, Haywood Street (at the Civic Center) and Battery Park Avenue. Lexington Avenue, which was previously a main stage, instead featured a drum circle. And Memorial Stadium, which was used last year for the big- ticketed shows, was not used for Bele Chere this year. In addition to its free entertainment, Bele Chere featured many special events at various times and areas of the festival. The events included the 30th Annual Bele Chere 5k race, the Lexington Avenue Drumming Tent, creative Street Performers, painting the wall mural, and more. J really liked the street performers that looked like statues, said Osborne. They were my favorite part. Bele Chere also featured family- friendly fun such as the art zone, Rashad McCants Shoot for the Cure half-court basketball shooting contest and the ever- popular Purina Ultimate Air Dogs. One of the most noticeable changes in this years slightly reduced festival was the new setting for the Food Lion Childrens Area, which was on the arena level of the Asheville Civic Center after years of being located on College Street and the neighboring Renaissance Hotel parking lot. The arena was transformed into a childrens wonderland, which included a miniature golf. course, face-painting booths, live entertainment on stage, free food giveaways, crafts booths and a space for kids to make peculiar hats. Ultimately, Bele Chere is truly an experience to behold. In addition to the assorted mix of music, the variety of food choices and an excellent selection of high-quality arts and crafts for sale, there are always interesting individuals on the street who make Bele Chere the diverse event it is. (For more photos from this years Bele Chere festival, as well as the complete line-up of the bands that performed, visit www. belecherefestival. org.) Pride of the Mountains Summer Symposium Inspires Band Students By Shelby Harrell WC Intern Recently, a marching arts clinic took place on the campus of Western Carolina University where over a hundred nearby band students were taught, trained, and educated all about music and leadership while participating in WCUs Pride of the Mountains Summer Symposium event. One might wonder why it is important to teach band students about leadership, and let alone why it is necessary to host a huge clinic during the summer time. The answer to these questions can be seen through the continuous positive feedback reported from both the students and staff of Summer Symposium. Among the students who attended the symposium this year were several marching band drum majors, many of which had not ever been drum majors before. J wanted to come to Symposium this year because this will be my first year as drum major. I went hoping to learn what I needed to lead the band, said newcomer Ethan Henry from C.A. Erwin High School. In this experience, I learned that, and more. ' This is going to be my first year as a drum major and. there was sooo much that I had no idea how to do like conducting, said first time Drum Major from Reynolds High School, Andrea Langefield. It is kind of a tradition for Reynolds Drum Majors to go to Summer Symposium so | gladly carried on the tradition and it helped me tremendously. Regardless of the different positions in the band, all students that attend symposium have one goal in mind, to learn all that they can. | learned so much at this camp it was crazy. My conducting got so much better because of this camp, said first time Assistant Drum Major Abby Evans. I also learned about leadership and how to ask certain things and critique people. Symposium. is highly effective, said returning Symposium counselor and Music Education major Kris Bence. It really helps the kids get deep into what makes a good feader and drum major and it is important for them all to see that it is not all about the spotlight that they are rightfully given. The Students learned about leadership through a variety of different communication and leadership games. Students were assigned to groups in which they would bond while they played several games together. The games were meant to help them analyze the way they communicate and to think outside the box rather than sticking to what they know, according to Bence. My favorite part [of Symposium] was my group, Photo by Danielle Lightner said Evans. Our group experience was great because we did activities that ended up relating back to teamwork. I presented [students] with games that challenged their leadership and communication skills so that we could later sit down and talk about what worked and what didnt, explained Bence. That way they could learn from the situation and take it back with them when they begin their season. The activities were incredibly entertaining and in the end they all had a good motive and point that was explained to us, said Langefield. As a counselor, | was there as a guide and an example for the young musicians. They really need something to look at as an example and I tried my best to be that for them, said Bence. Treally enjoyed how informal yet structured Symposium was, said first time Drum Major from Reynolds High School, Andrea Langefield. T, didnt:. feel suffocated or overwhelmed with information. Symposium is about the whole picture of the band, and how the camp helps [students] grow vastly into very mature people and it is truly a valuable tool for them to have, according to Bence. Henry plans to return next year and he wants all of the leaders of his band to attend as well. { think anyone in a leadership position in a band should come to this camp, said Henry. You learn how to effectively communicate with others. It is my opinion that every school should send at least one student to Summer Symposium, said Langefield. It would give every band a strong backbone from which they could build on to maximize their season. When you find people who are just like you and love doing the things you love, you become best friends, said Evans. You realize why you love being a leader and drum major. We all learned so much. Symposium is expected to continue the program next summer and is sure to be another great success while still impacting the lives of band students everywhere.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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