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fc Concert Slated Here Tomorrow s' i yd A a JV-7v i have included Fred Haeffner Oscar Ghiglia Jorge Morel Christopher Darkening and Nar-yiso Yepes He learyffd' Morel music by listening repeatedly to an album by theennnent Argentinian sent a tape to Morel and so accurate and well done was the performance by Niedt he was invited to New York for two weeks of daily four-hour private lessons with Morel In 1972 Niedt received a full scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Cultural Affairs He went to Spain for master classes of Segovia and Jose Tomas Then in 1975 he made a recital tour of the midwest December found him playing in Chicago's Orchestra Hall on the 1975-76 guitar recital series that included Segovia Ghiglia and Carlos Montoya His repertoire spans classical music from the Renaissance to the contemporary idiom to American popular music and the native or classical music of Spain and South America In his scant spare tune Niedt pursues such diverse interests as meteorology sports movies and reading His interest in the dance world is twofold ills enjoyment of ballet performances led to meeting a ballerina of the Kansas City Ballet Courtship led to marriage in 1975 and now Jean and Douglas Niedt lead artistic lives together Because of the ever-increasing interest in and enthusiasm for guitar music in recent years the American classical guitarist Douglas Niedt is a welcome addition to the concert stage Niedt will play a concert in Kingsport tomorrow at pm Ross Robinson auditorium as a presentation of the Kingsport Community Concert'Association Born in 1952 the artist was first excited by guitar music as a young boy on hearing recordings by Andres Segovia His father and older sister had been studying and practicing the guitar to a point where the youngster could no longer contain himself- father obliged by giving his first lessons when Douglas was seven years old From then to the present the artist has polished his playing to gem-like brilliance by virtue of long and intensive study hours on his own and privately with distinguished teachers in universities and at the Juilliard School in New York City Niedt offered solo recitals in Carnegie Hall in 1973 and 1974 The artist has won numerous first prizes and special citations In 1965 and 1966 he took first prize in American Guild of Music Competitions and in 1970 Douglas Niedt classical guitarist Chet Atkins International Guitar Competition Niedt won the $1500 first prize and international recognition in a contest that brought together 300 participants from around the world In addition to his father mentors khniMi 4 If- affair Ti iifrir'fWj A (Tlmtt-Ntws Photo Charles Doan) Kitty Hannabass with her needlepoint portrait of her old family home Needlepoint Art On Exhibit People photographs and history Crowe 9s Book Recaptures 9 Kitty Hannabass is a whiz with a needle Nowhere is it more evident that craft can become art than in the needlepoint rendering of her old family home at Mackinac Island Michigan Mrs Hannabass designed it from a photograph and painstakingly stitched it complete with shadings Needlepoint has become a family project in the Hannabass home with her daughters Lillian and Katherine also drawing their own designs for needlepoint creations The handwork is included in an all-needlepoint exhibit arranged by the Kingsport Art Guild for the lobby display case throughout January None of the pieces are made from kits They include footstools pillows and other items made by Jean Ainslie Gayle Aspley Suzanne Burow Edell Hawley and Grace Eller as well The needlepoint exhibit may be seen during regular Center hours 9 am to 5 pm weekdays imagination the day the settlers arrived Crowe poet historian and track coach at Dobyns-Bennett High School has finally "exorcized" and published his book about the Carter County community where he grew up and retains strong ties ByMARGY CLARK Times-News Staff Writer the twitter of the lettuce bird and the soft falling of Little Laurel Waterfall interrupted the stillness of a Horseshoe day in the early 1800s" wrote Dan Crowe recreating in his Horseshoe People" is tales history documents lore and photographs interwoven to give insiders a written record of their heritage and outsiders an insight into the area Located in a horseshoe bend in the Watauga River the isolated little community Annual Area Art Show Dates Announced Entries Sought Etiaissport Timoo C'ows ffOAn-fc Sunday January 9 1977 Kingsport Times-News 9C palachian Trail which threads through Horseshoe and fishers of Wilbur Lake will recognize the little white church and cemetery still there withstanding the test of wind fire and adversity kept her doors open for those in the need of spiritual strength And you needed a heap of spiritual strength to endure the rigors of mountain The photographs in themselves constitute a treasure Some of the portraits are priceless moreso because of their age and the limited access to cameras And the pictures of railroad and dam construction and the ravages before been generally available Crowe and Carter County should be proud to have the Horseshoe people and their past preserved And anyone with an eye and ear for honest prose and picturesque speech and customs should appreciate the book too Privately printed in large paperback with pleasant type faces copies of "The Horseshoe are available at Pharmacy and Oakwood Markets locally and from Crowe himself was profoundly affected by the intrusion of the railroad en route from Mountain City to Elizabethton and the building of Wilbur Dam completed in 1912 and not a TVA project and Watauga Dam in 1948 ending the devastating floods there Evidently human population can be dated back to the 1830s when names like Crow Carden Nave Estep and Campbell began appearing in accounts author Crowe unearthed during his researches From there on the book becomes a charming senes of sketches of the people their personalities peculiarities pleasures and sorrows partly extracted from their recollections and told in their own words and part actual historical events free from pedantry Mark ye well Crowe knows how to choose his words and he uses them sparingly to optimum advantage and with sprightly humor as well Writing of the Civil divisive impact on Horseshoe he said history is written with cold strokes of ink Oral history is told with compassion around a glowing fire" Hikers of the Ap Theatre Guild Is Intriguing Whodunit 4 46k original creative paintings will be accepted The Art Guild defines an original painting as "a creative composition not copied from the work of another artist Works done from a photograph or slide taken by the artist are eligible but paintings copied from newspaper or magazine photographs portraits done by professional studios or album covers are not In addition Art Guild reserves the right to eliminate wet improperly framed pictures or paintings of unsuitable character Local artists are urged to submit their best original works The show will be judged by a competent instructor of painting and drawing and will be announced next week Deadline for entries is Jan 28 Entry forms may be obtained from the down-towrt office of the First National Bank and sent tJ Mrs John Blanchard 1113 Catawba St Kingsport 37660 The 13th annual Area Competitive Art Show sponsored by the Kingsport Art Guild and the First National Bank of Sullivan County will be held at the main office of the bank Feb 6-18 With the opening Sunday Feb 6 from noon to 5 pm the show is for area artists who may enter one painting in one of three categories These are: oil including acrylic on canvas water-color including casein and acrylic used as a parent medium and drawing including pen and ink pencil charcoal and pastel Prizes are $50 for first in each category $25 for second and $15 for third In addition a $100 award is given for Best in Show Nine $10 awards of excellence will be given All winners will receive ribbons and on Sunday guests are invited to vote for the most popular painting in the show Only artists in the immediate area may enter This includes Rogersville Mt Carmel Surgoinsville Church Hill and Fall Branch Gate City Weber City and Hiltons Va on the east boundary and Blount-ville to the south Johnson City Bristol and Jonesboro are not included Entries are limited because of hanging space Last year 130 paintings were exhibited Only inexperienced young man Giles played by BobBaesman This enterprising young couple decides to open their house to guests and thereby hangs the tale as assorted characters gather on a snowy night Among the arrivals Jack Harkleroad is comically convincing as the neurotic hyperactive Christopher Wren sometime architect David Miller as Major Metcalf is the epitome of a proper English gentleman Juanella Ryans as Miss Casewell does a fine job as a cool worldtraveling business woman Maureen Lee as Mrs Boyle has a fine voice for the role of a fussy spoiled matron Don Borders as Mr Paravicini is great in a character part with his mustache accent and hand-kissing charm Last but not least newcomer to the Guild Jim Johnson brings the entire plot together as the detective Sergeant Trotter The questions: Who murdered Mrs Lyons? Who will be murdered in late Act Who went to London? Who took the skiis? Why did Major Metcalf go to the cellar? The nursery song Blind will never be the same to theatre-goers after seeing the Guild production of Performances will be held again at the Arts Center Church Circle next Friday and Saturday at 8:15 pm Reservations may be made by calling the Center 246-9351 during the week By GEORGIA BLANCHARD Times-News Play Reviewer Appropos to the weather is the current production by the Kingsport Theatre Guild at the Arts Center Authoress Agatha Christie super-mystery writer takes advantage of snow and more snow this time in the countryside in Britain to bring together a number of characters in an old English manor now turned guest-house Ensuing murder mixed with comedy and pathos produces an intriguing well-portrayed by KTG actors Directed by Mary Pat Elmlinger the play is fast-moving in two acts Especially notable is the set designed by Don Borders who also appears in the play Using wood paneling open-beam construction and drab colors the set is gloomy and convincing as the interior of an old manor house It is in fact one of the best sets KTG has done in several years Assisting in setting the mood are Betty Powers props and Kim Dunning Janice Cross and Jim Johnson lighting and sound effects which are also excellent The actors and actresses several new to Guild fans play their parts to the hilt Debbie Austin (who played the lead in Man Who Came to last year) plays the innocent young English housewife married to an equally Times-News Classified Ads Get Results STAFF OF LIFE takes hun-dreds of shapes around the world some depicted in this display by Austrian designer-architect Hans Hollein on view at New Cooper-Hewitt Museum as part of a design exhibition sponsored by Johnson Wax Classic Film Series Slated At ETSU Adult Education Art Classes (U hi' The Friends of the Reece Museum are helping sponsor a series of classic films Each will be shown at 8 pm in the DP Culp Student Center on the ETSU campus A subscription ticket for all films is $10 and individual tickets will be $150 at the door For series tickets mail check payable to James Agee Film Project 803 Woodland Ave Johnson City 37601 The films and short subjects are: Jan 10 Africah and Jan 20 and Family that Dwelt Feb 3 and de Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit Feb 7 and Independent films (date to be announced) Feb 28 and March 7 and AM The March 28 and April 4 of the and and and April 8 Seventh and "Frank Georgia Blanchard will teach three art classes for the Kingsport Adult Education Department Students may register the first day of classes or call the office 245-7511 Tomorrow from 9 am to noon a series of Classes in oil painting will be offered at the JP Stevens Com munity Center on Pine Street Tomorrow night 7-10 oil painting will be taught in the art room of Dobyns-Bennett High School Beginning Tuesday Jan 11 Mrs Blanchard will teach a class in watercolor from 7-10 pm in the Dobyns-Bennett art room Available Now New Release Special Group Departure SIZE 900 signed and numbered VE GONE TO THE DOGS BUT VE DO HAVE A FEW Saturday March 12 $599 with United Airlines roundtrip oirfaire from tri-City with complimentary in-flight movies meals and dnnks hotel accommodations for 7 nights Wcnkiki (double occupancy) city sightseeing tour lei greeting round trip transfers airporthotel and porterage tour escort services taxes and mmm mmmmmmmummm: 9 P- jrf t) Sb 'I r'M $5000 Island of Hawaii optional tour arfore 2-mghts hotel accommodations Kona transfers and porterage occross island tour free information on Hawaii MrMriMs 1 I Address City I I -Btnr 'jbxfi- ni- -ie -31 -jail' cso ft See our hand carved animals by MC Jones Custom Framing Glass Limited Edition Prints Mirrors Artist Supplies travel service inc 239 Charlemont i 246-3233 Kingsport Tenn 37660 I ThStfd If i SIOP AT 0U SHOf KM All Y01IH KD FRAMING MIPS H0LST0H GLASS CO 545 MAIII ST i.