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ytnl+wutJ Festival Hours October 7 - noon until 10 pm October 8 - 9 am until 7 pm October 9 - 1 pm until 5:'1U pm From staff reports It's a child's fantasy. A historian's delight. An art lover's paradise. It's everyone's festival. Autumnfest ? Columbia's Week in the Arts. So says the Columbia Action Council, coordinator of the festival, and ? judging by the events scheduled, beginning Wednesday with a reception for donor/patrons ? it may be all that and more. The Columbia Action Council was formed in December 1977 with 12 board members and a one-person staff. After a year of planning, the council began a series of programs and promotions to develop Main Street. The Downtown Action Club, which is now the CAC membership, was formed to plan events which have become Columbia traditions, such as Mayfest and Autumnfest. The CAC staff now numbers five, membership is more than 200 and more than 1,000 volunteers dedicate time and talents to CAC events. Autumnfest is held each October on the grounds of the Robert Mills House and the Hampton-Preston Mansion in Columbia's historic district. Storytellers, artists, writers and professional craftsmen help create the festival's atmosphere. The Robert Mills House and the Hampton-Preston Mansion, at 1616 Blanding St. and 1615 Blanding St., respectively, are owned and operated by the Richland County Historic Preservation Commission. Autumnfest tours of the houses will be conducted from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission will be $1. But don't wait until the weekend to join in the festivities. FILMFEST makes its Autumnfest debut at 7 p.m. Thursday at Jefferson Square Theatre, 1301 Main St. It's free to the public and will feature It's Grits by South Carolina filmmaker Stan Woodward and Kudzu bv Mar jie Short. It's Grits is propelled by the simple question, "Do you like grits?" It winds its way from diner to truck stop, from city to backwoods, from South of the Border to New York City. Kudzu is an offbeat documentary about the vine that is devouring the South. The film includes appearances by the Kudzu Queen, the Kudzu Band, Jimmy Carter and James Dickey and illustrates how Southern folk humor and traditions have centered around a botanical pest. FILMFEST is presented in conjunction with the university's Year of the Arts. Special activities will continue Friday through Sunday at various downtown venues. Included are: NCNB Children's Stage: on the grounds of Richland County School District One. The children's stage will feature entertainment t>n Saturday, such as a puppet theater, a balloon release, storytelling, Gingerbread Theatre, a juried art show and a violin concert. The Parade to Yesteryear will begin 11 a.m. on the Mills House grounds and will be led by Mr. Knozit and will feature popular costumed characters. Headliner Sunday is Tom Chapin. The host of National Geographic Explorer and popular children's singer/songwriter goes on at 2 p.m. Chapin was the host of ABC-TV's Emmy and Peabody Award-winning children's show Make A Wish between 1971 and 1976. He has collaborated with his brother Steve on a series of children's albums, including Cabbage Patch Dreams. Coca-Cola Children's Tent: also on the grounds of Richland County School District One. The tent will feature a coloring contest, roving characters, mimes, face painting, games, crafts and the Coca-Cola Balloon. Think you're too old for that stuff? WACH-TV Center Stage: located on the HamptonPreston grounds. Entertainment Saturday includes Skyline Bluegrass Express; Eboni Dance Theatre, CAC's featured dance company; Columbia Music Festival Association performances; the Hired Hands and a special concert by Jim LeBlanc. LeBlanc, CAC's featured singer/songwriter, will play from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Performing on the WACH stage Sunday will be the Interdenominational Concert Choir, the USC Symphony Orchestra and Tom Chapin, performing this time for the post-Cabbage-Patch generation. Then there will be the Michelob Light Main Stage: at the corner of Pickens and Bianding streets. On Friday night there will be a street dance, Shagging Under the Stars, emceed by B106-FM from,5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. There will be music by the Swinging Medallions and a shag demonstration. The Swinging Medallions recorded a No. I single, "Double Shot of My Baby's Love," in 1966 and followed up in 1967 with a top 20 chart release and an album which sold almost half a million copies, among the top 20 sellers UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE /-/VJ t RUSSELL HOUSE \|\j From the Faculty Suggested Readi The Harper Atlas of the Bible ? James Pritchard, Ed. Image & Word: The Interaction of Twentieth-Century PI Texts ? 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Their music will include all the original Swinging Medallions hits and others from the '60s, as well as some new tunes. Acts being presented Saturday on the Michelob stage: The German Band, Columbia Children's Choir, a performance by Workshop Theatre, the New Dixie Harmony Brigade, the S.C. Songwriters Association, Benedict College Concert Choir and a special concert of the S.C. Philharmonic Orchestra, "Get Comfortable With the Classics," sponsored by Southern Bell. "Get Comfortable" is a series of free public performances featuring musicians of the philharmonic. The series includes performances~by brass, string, woodwind and horn quartets of jazz, pop and classical music at locations where the sympftbny does not traditionally perform. The Autumnfest performance begins at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the Michelob stage: more from the Songwriters Association and Workshop Theatre and a P| P| HENDERSC FIRE DEPARTMENT T ? 3 i2 ARTISTS J5 CHILDRENS & CHILIFEST AREA RICHLAND IGF BB B B COUNTY NCNB [?EJ ? 5,1 SCHOOL SlACit . </> DISTRICT uj o ONE | ? | B N COCACOLA CHILDREN S | | ^iu irr<^ TENT I t2- I CHILIFEST 1 * ? i A ARTI! ? PICKEN! T?Ticket booth B?Beverages A- Food I?Information/lost children P?Pol performance by the Carolina Art Reach Jazz Series. First Federal Ellipse Showcase: on the Blanding Street side of the Mills House. The Ellipse Showcase offers trips back in time with authentic Indian tribal dances, a dueling re-enactment sponsored by the state museum, craft demonstrations and living history. The New Dixie Harmony Brigade is also scheduled for Saturday. BellSouth Mobility Food Fair: on Blanding and Laurel streets. All sorts of food vendors and all sorts of food, but the vendors only accept Autumnfest tickets. Special events make Autumnfest what it is. The events: Chilifest is a fund-raising event sponsored by the Columbia Music Festival Association; its South Carolina's official chili championship, and International Chili Society rules will be followed. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. is the time; Hampton-Preston grounds, the place. A panel of accredited judges will decide which chili chef will be flown to Tropico, Calif., for the International Championship to be held Oct. 30. Also at Chilifest, the crowning of this year's Miss Chili Pepper and Mr. Hot Sauce. Winners will each receive a trophy, $25 cash prize and, if 21 or older, a case of coolers. Interested contestants can sign up by calling Karen Thompson" at the CMFA office, 771-6303. Awards for the cookoff will be a trophy and cash prize for first, second and third places. A trophy will also be presented to the team with the best showmanship. CMFA will also be selling hot dogs, lemonade and iced tea. The Columbia Music Festival Association is the most broadly based performing arts council in the Midlands of South Carolina. The association encompasses the CMFA - ^ *? A < !-?/> pAlumKio r\m 1 QnAtAliir V/CI11C1 /\1 11)1 ICd) Lilt tfl UI11U1U V/11V1U1 UV/VX.V ^ the Columbia Lyric Opera, the Columbia Dance Theatre, the Columbia Brass Band, the Columbia Cabaret Company and the Carolina Ballet. CMFA is funded in part by Richland Cbunty, the city of Columbia, the S.C. Arts Commission, the Cultural Council and private contributions through the Annual Musical Arts Drive. Special, too, is the Heritage Wine and Spirits' wine tasting, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Mills House formal garden. There will be a minimal charge. Author, Author!, a popular Southern writers series will feature top novelists and poets and their works near the Mills Carriage House Saturday. And for early risers, the Governor's Cup Road Race begins at the State House on the corner of Main and Gervais streets Saturday morning. The races will be run beginning with the S.C. State Road Runners Club of America 25 km championship race at 7:45 a.m., followed by the 8 km at 8 a.m. The races will finish at the entrance of Autumnfest near the Mills House on Pickens Street. Governor's Cup runners will compete in 15 men's and women's age groups, 14 and younger to 80 and older. Awards will be presented as soon as race results are !ifio iiw ng List ^ I ^T"'^ j 1 | L and ? Eric Donald | cck and Roman mil r * y r Lave and Ar[vke^ sHu^k. fin j) wt^toir \ ^^ PwPwd od & Urine) V f I E^< k'i [j \ e (f Fter pill usage) y Bl S |M lortion Services y JOS1 y Date: October 5, 6, & 7 H0D V Place: University Bookst< 't3? Z Deposit: S15.OO Seeyfl everyone' available, about 9:45 a.m. for the 8 km, 11:15 a.m. for the 25 km. The names of overall winners will be engraved on a plaque that will hang in the State House. Cash and trophies will go to the first five men and women in each race, and the first three in each age group will be awarded trophies. CAC's Vista Beautification Group will be at the festival, at the Blanding Street gate to the Mills House. and the Southern Association of Dance Masters. Official Autumnfest singer/songwriter Jim LeBlanc just released his first original work on cassette, Takin' Time to Play. LeBlanc's repertoire includes his original work, as well as popular songs by the Beatles, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Don McLean and Jim Croce, to name a few. He is a member of the National Academy of Songwriters and the S.C. Songwriters Association. Official Autumnfest featured painter will be Cherrie Nute. Her first print was of the Governor's Mansion in 1976; the original was presented to Gov. James Edwards. Nute has international and local award-winning prints of Charleston life. Her favorite media are acrylic and watercolor, although she also works in pencil. Nute will be showing her works near the Ellipse Showcase on the Mills House grounds, Featured potter Sue Grier will bring a wide variety of her works to the festival. She is a member of the S.C. Crafts Association, the Carolina Craftsmen and is a founding member and president of the Midlands Clay Art Society. Her current work includes traditional pottery, as well as contemporary altered clay forms. She gives demonstrations for adults and children and has exhibited in invitation and group shows. Grier and her works will be near the Ellipse Showcase on the Mills House grounds. Featured official actor/filmmaker is Robby Benson. Benson's acting career began at age five, doing summer stock productions with his mother Ann Benson. By age 10, he was doing commercials, voice-overs, singing jingles and looping children's voices on foreign films. He portrayed a young cellist in Jeremy and, with the role, "got his break" in 1971. Further acting credits include The Chosen, Ice Castles, Ode to Billy Joe and Harry and Son. His credits also include screenwriting and directing, and < / - -- ? 1.*- __ t. j t.: ;r- _ along tne singer/songwuici imw, uc ?nu ms wnc, amc? and singer Karla DeVito, co-wrote the song "We Are Not Alone" for the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Sponsors of Autumnfest '88 are as follows: Platinum ? Budweiser of Columbia, Inc.; North Carolina National Bank; WACH-TV; in cooperation with USC's Year of the Arts. Gold ? BellSouth Mobility; Coca-Cola of Columbia. Bronze ? Days Inn Governor's House; First Federal of South Carolina. Friend ? Historic Columbia Foundation. Patron ? Access Video Productions. Festival site is provided by the Richland County Historic Preservation Commission and Richland County School District One. SR| |Nfd rpr^p-yB extra jJF .Jf you p I Hyland Plas [ p f ^3 S \ 3! SH C3.ll tO 3^ ! I I ? > tjl <??(?<?(?<?(?<?<?? ifeK^KM ijvj>1^1^ .;exs: l%%2 Time: 9:00-4:30 $ 3re-Russell House $ "^mmmm^?mmmmmmm^ii^C^CCCCCCCC Cp V^ CP CP >P vP vP i|) vj) iur Jostens representative tor winning details. Also, prepare your taste buds for "Sundaes on Sunday"; make your own ice cream delights from 2 p.m. to 4 *"?t U n DTro^trtw I "Kflirii Ko O minimol jj.iu. at i iaiii^twjri i i uwiv rr ?x l/v t* iiiinuuui charge. And then, there are the Catfish Races, presented by the Richland County Farm-City Committee. Sponsor a fish Saturday in the races, which last from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Corporate sponsorships are $50, and individual sponsorships are $25. All sponsors will be promoted visually and verbally and will receive framed participation certificates and Catfish Races T-shirts. Trophies will be awarded to heat winners, category winners ? grand champion trophies ? and the best cheering section and best catfish name. The races will take place on Laurel Street. 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He has toured with the National Black Touring Circuit of Atlanta Currv is a member of the Dance Educators of America s festival Scheduled events Friday, October 7 12 p.m. festival opens with arts and crafts 5:50 p.m. street dance with Swinging Medallions (ML) Saturday, October 8 10 a.m. Skyline Bluegrass Express (WACH) Craft demonstration (FF) Chilifest (through 7 p.m., H-P) 10:30 a.m. The German Band (ML) Hall Institute Storytelling (NCNB) Coca-Cola Funland opens Author, Author! writer series 11 a.m. Children's Parade to Yesteryear and 1000 balloon release Catfish Races (heats on the half-hour, Laurel St.) 11:15 a.m. Governor's Cup Race awards (NCNB) 11:30 a.m. Eboni Dance Theatre (WACH) ureater Loiumma Lnnaren s t^noir uvil> Gingerbread Theatre (NCNB) 12 p.m. Chilifest, CMFA performing arts (WACH) Dixie Dance Revue (NCNB) Authentic Indian Tribal Dances (FF) 12:30 p.m. Upstage Children's Theatre (ML) 1 p.m. Dr. Fresh (NCNB) 1:30 p.m. Southern Bell Classics Concert (ML) Violin concert (NCNB) 2 p.m. Left Bank Jazz Band and Progressive Jazz & Fusion Ensemble (WACH) Valley Park Double Dutch (NCNB) Civil War living history (FF) Wine tasting (through 4 p.m., Mills garden) 2:30 New Dixie Harmony Brigade (ML) Sir Poppin Magic Show (NCNB) 3 p.m. Hired Hands (WACH) S.C. Songwriters Association (ML) Genova Karate demonstration (NCNB) New Dixie Harmony Brigade (FF) 4:30 p.m. Interdenominational Concert Choir (ML) 5 p.m. Jim LeBlanc and friends in concert (WACH) Craft demonstration tFFl Sunday, October 9 1 p.m. S.C. Songwriters Association (ML) Columbia Arts Festival Orchestra (NCNB) Coca-Cola Funland opens 1:30 p.m. Ronald D. Barton Mass Choir (WACH) Upstage Children's Theatre (ML) 2 p.m. Tom Chapin in concert (NCNB) Craft demonstration (FF) Sundaes on Sunday (through 4 p.m. in Funland) 2:30 Carolina Alive (WACH) Carolina Artreach Jazz Series with Drink Small (ML) Genova Karate (NCNB) 3 p.m. Craft demonstration (FF) 3:30 p.m. Genova Karate (NCNB) 4 p.m. Tom Chapin and Rod MacDonald in concert (WACH) WACH ? WACH-TV stage ML ? Michelob Light stage NCNB ? NCNB stage FF ? First Federal stage some ^ cash??? earn up to $80 in 2 weeks! t mated in 2 months or more ^ on your first return ma Center lis Street t Cash Drawing for up to $100! 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