| Theatre majors find niche at Tweetsie Railroad |
by Stephanie Marshall
Staff Writer |
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| Peter Larkins | The Appalachian |
| “Marshall” Joe Walsh and “Deputy”
Marcus Riter survey the scene at Tweetsie Railroad. Riter
is an active member of the department of theatre and dance
at ASU. |
Instead of heading home this
summer, Appalachian students Marcus A. Riter and Mandi S. McCallister
were thrown back into time.
Every day, they recreated westerns with cowboys,
Indians, hold-ups and railroads.
“When I was kid, my two goals were to come
Appalachian State University and work at Tweetsie Railroad. Getting
the job was a dream come true,” Riter, a theater major from
Statesville said.
Riter and McCallister are active in Appalachian’s
department of theatre and dance as well as Tweetsie Railroad productions.
Both said they gained different experiences from their work with
Tweetsie.
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| Warped Tour space-rock group Salem
wins Greensboro |
The stage for disaster is set.
Three of the touring bands have cancelled and the crowd at Ace’s
Basement is obviously there to see their favorite local band.
After the local act’s last song, it’s
true; half the crowd clears out and the other half mingles around
aimlessly from the bar to the pool tables.
Meanwhile, the members of Salem quietly set up
their equipment and tune their guitars.
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by Kevin DeLury
Senior Staff Writer |
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| New album reviews tickle heavy metal,
jam band fancies |
The kind folks over at WASU were nice enough to
lend this lowly writer some new albums for review, none of which
I have had any previous listening experiences with. After a week
of careful listening and volumes of notes on all the particular
facets of each individual song, I have presented the best and worst
of the group for your reading enjoyment.
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by Kevin DeLury
Senior Staff Writer |
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