The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-08-17
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lRAVING CARD.
FOR TOURISTS
CAMPERS Figure Largely in
Coloriul Spectacle on
Laurel Park Lake
rypECT FESTIVAL TO
BE ANNUAL EVENT


f.,,ma glowing fairyland last
..-. w.ar. on tremendous plat
..r r-.r.rt there. fitted with the
reflection o, >taEecraft as a Set-
g. .- .hr pageant. THE Fire
r.t" .n.. resplendently colorful
,gs.ua. expanding the theme Of
mar, conquest over fire, was
,.-..i I'm "a manner to befttingly
,.rso,.zr the romance of light.
Tbs event. offered as the eli
WAY # The Indian Summer FeS-
wal and pageant which had been
! ranged as a spectacle for tour
=, and campers, many of the lat
..- beng among the 500 people
,r. ZOO, part i'm the affair proved
t.am a. angles to be all that he'd
l,r- -r-i for in the way Of en-
treatment and Laurel Park lake
"a. a mecca of throng eStl-
maze, @, high as 5000 for the
afternoon and evening programs.
-Four thousand people would be
,ar,aryative estimate of the
number who witnessed the page
a.. as night. Il was evident that
IN. Visitors chad their fingers
crossed or what the weather held
in store for an open air perform
ance. and the crowd gathered !
sanewha, late. However, when /
the lights 'ran the tower ShOne |
down rnna aa island home Of tn"
Fine God as.-r all seating capac-
f.r was .aseu. and the lights !
around ..4 lake were off. the gal
"a. Of stars i'm the armament
showed hat none needed to fear |
g r..,,orm would interrupt the
performance and the large audi
rr,e settled 20 rapt attention to
rra frs, event of its kind ever
raget un So colossal a scale in
Jacksonville or envirOnS.
Is rha pageant moved forward, (
ne h.,.siteS were covered with
ra.s Of SPECTATORS and since this
.reroor was too early to expect
reD0g, or the gate receipts, no
definite information was forth
coming as TO the precise numbcr
T-0 Witnessed the show.
Eycep. for six featured princi-
1a,, and -wo local dancing groups
which had been especially drilled
:or the occasion. the BOYS and
girls Of the camps presented the
ragear.. Gordon Osterhout, con-
rer baritone. of Asheville, played
'ae Fire God. singing his stirring
song of triumph in the opening
2.' % tremendous applause. John
.G,'ru. Of Camp OSceOla. PLAYED
ne role 81 Neptune and Miss Kate
Do'son was AphrOdite. Randolph
Philip Meyers. Of Eagles Nest
ramu. was the stern and valiant
north wind and the Misses Sally
and B"'-v SilcOx. of st. Peters
'urg, Fla. dancers of wide re
no"H. lent The professional touch
and beautiful individual perform
31ce> 10 many of the episodes.
WIS Vincent station Mayed the
''.n fan Indian maid.
IN" pageant not only revealed
natures conquest of the Fire God
'i' neaIc-ed mans steady and ir-
',<Shn." rontinuation of the
struggle. After the winds, the
waves, the fishes and the mer-
,"'o<' 'na smoke maidens finally
W.. Trees. 'lo spirit of the forest,
bl monkeys and prehistoric men
~ 49, MI n's after another assaulted
r,4 'Ey Gods floating citadel and
r,,, s0 nm ID submission, he be-
o,I mo willing servant of man
Tors we next scene showed him
M % generation.
2 Betty SilcOx appeared in
and .s as thn imp of lightning
dress.4S l'nk.v appeared figures
20 sboa a. rankin and Edison
ere, "'" man learned the Sc
~ =, asa, energy and electric
al twenty Hendersonville girls
= L oT' aS electric light bulbs in
his " ... .e"ea.et the fruition of
ra9r. M. IRE God than sang to an
lC.-.s readiness to send mes
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