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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, January 10,1989
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Abpve from left, Wes Davidson, Joe Gaines, Gene Wilson, Dennis Gravitt, Mark Coffman and
Frank Shirvinski are on their way to Ethiopia. Below middle, a typical Christian Church in rural
Ethiopia. The church shown is made of mud and bamboo.
MISSION from IB
Switzerland of Africa.” Team
members can expect a late spring
time type climate, with highs
around 80 degrees and lows in the
50s at night. It is currently the dry
season there.
The men from Forsyth County
arp well qualified for such a
demanding itinerary. Most are vet
erans of previous foreign mission
pips, and all have been undergoing
pgorous orientation and training
sessions in preparation for the hard
work and cultural changes they
will experience. Team members
have done in-depth research into
Ethiopian history, customs and
language. Official Ethiopia speaks
and writes a Semitic language
known as Amharic. Already a dif
ficult language, Amharic is com
plicated by the existence of more
than 70 ethnic groups and 65 lan
guages and dialects throughout the
country, which is about the size of
Texas, Oklahoma and New
Mexico combined.
Perhaps the most demanding part
of the entire experience will be the
trip itself: a 20-hour flight one way
.through eight time zones, with lay
overs in Frankfurt, Germany, and
Cairo, Egypt. Pre-departure
requirements include nine immu
nizations and four prescriptions to
guard against typhoid, diphtheria,
yellow fever, hepatitis and menin
gitis. In addition to their personal
luggage, the men will be carrying
all the supplies and equipment
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Factor in the inevitable jet lag and
the team’s stamina will be truly
tested.
The Ethiopian political scene has
been turbulent at times over the
years but is relatively stable at pre
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democracy with greatly expanded
persona] freedoms, though still
struggling with widespread pover
ty and lack of social services. The
population is roughly 40 percent
Muslim, 50 percent Christian and
10 percent animistic - or tradition
al, African religions. The general
population is being won over by
the hard work and strong faith of
men and women like Wade Wilson
- missionaries who toil in obscuri
ty and hardship to fulfill their call
ing.
This same high calling motivates
the six men from North Georgia.
For one of them, though, there’s
an extra special reason for making
this trip. When Gene Wilson gets
to Ethiopia, not only will he see
his son for the first time in over a
year, he’ll also meet his future
daughter-in-law. Wade’s betrothed
is Laura Patrouille, a missionary
from Wisconsin who teaches
English and volunteers with Wade
at the orphanages in Addis Ababa.
Joe Gaines commented: “When
Wade was here in Cumming, we
tried every way possible to ‘fix
him up.’ He ended up going half
way around the world to meet his
true love.”
For more information or to con
tribute to the Team Ethiopia
Mission Trip, contact Frank
Shirvinski at First Christian
Church of Cumming, (770) 887-
5542, or send an e-mail to
fcc@networkmti.com.
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Accept the love-hate aspects of skiing.-
OK, now I’m jealous. Leaving a
restaurant yesterday, I overheard a
couple celebrating their upcoming
ski trip. I love to ski but haven’t
been in several years. It’s probably
a good thing.
You name a ski slope, I’ve wiped
out on it. Often. They tell me my
ski outfit is black, but it spends so much time caked
in white that I am skeptical.
Now that’s the beauty of skiing out west. Falling
doesn’t diminish the fun because their snow is soft
and plentiful.
I grew up in Georgia so it took me many years and a
badly bruised ... um ... ego to discover that skiing in
the East is not really skiing at all. It’s ice gliding.
Generally out of control and straight through snow
making machines which roar their showers of glacial
slush out over your head as you dart past. You emerge
on the other side a frozen caricature of your former
self.
Once the cold seeps into your bones, forget it. Day’s
done. And there’s not enough hot cider waiting at the
upper slopes to warm you. Sure, you can bring your
own liquid courage, but if it’s enough to make you
forget the cold, your legs are no longer useful and
your judgment’s certified for nothing more challeng
ing than sleep.
Not that intellectual clarity is exactly the foundation
of skiing. There is little to compare to the sensation of
soaring down a hillside, knowing full well that you
are waaay out of your league. Who first thought
“Let’s strap these slick boards to our feet and plunge
at the speed of light down Kamikaze Hill and see
what happens”? Probably the first PATIENT.
Os course, the fun of skiing is far more than the
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band trip they had ever taken,”
Keyser said.
Keyser prepared the band to play
several pieces of music in a very
short time. The first place jazz cate
gory placement was achieved with
the popular “Hot, Hot, Hot,” which
the band had been practicing with
Carnes since August, but some of
the selections they had only been
learning with Keyser for 3-1/2
weeks. And some of these were in
the grade four category, such as the
march, “Emblem of Unity,” com
posed by J.J. Richards, which the
concert band played in the competi
tion. Musical selections, Keyser
explained, are graded according to
difficulty on a scale of one to six,
with six being the hardest to master.
“Bands choose their music before a
festival - they announce the level of
their music,” Keyser said. So when
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chill. There is the stunning scenery from the chair.lift
before you attempt to dismount and the huge grin you
have afterwards as other skiers hold up signs rating
you a minus two. Then there are the cozy fireside
chats hours later as fellow enthusiasts sign your new
leg cast. -.‘ u
It is important to travel far and spend loads of
money to enjoy such things.
Tahoe, Calif., is my favorite. Skiers lodging on the
south side can board their skis onto a riverboat and
dash across Lake Tahoe to the Squaw Valley slopes,
enjoying a breakfast buffet en route. The evening
return is a leisurely two-hour cruise with live bands
on two decks and a sumptuous dinner. It is heaveg
and weary bones lose their complaint. That peace of
mind generally fades weeks later when the VISA bill
arrives, but it is a glorious evening nevertheless. (See
previous reference to intoxication and its effects)..
Suddenly I’m struggling to recall why the skiing bug
gripped me so tightly as I trailed that couple from the
restaurant’s warmth. Skiing is a cold, exhausting, even
terrifying activity. And yet that winter pilgrimage to
pristine slopes is a compulsion for many of us. It must
be that there is something profound and restorative
about communing with nature and getting back ip
touch with our inner spirit as we glide unfettered
across the slippery slopes of destiny.
Did I mention I look stunning in my ski bunny outfit?
they get to the competition, judges
have an idea of what the band
should be capable of producing.
Other concert selections per
formed by the NFHS band include
“Fallen, as Babylon,” by Jared
Spears and “Dedicatory Overture,”
by Clifton Williams. Although most
people may not recognize the
names, the tunes would likely be
familiar once the band got started
up.
“This band is about the right size
with 70 members, and you have to
remember it’s only 5 years old,”
Keyser said.
Keyser, who was transferred to
NFHS from his post as a music
teacher at Vickery Creek Middle
School, has much experience in
marching bands. He continues to
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inevitable physical humiliation.
There is the unparalleled comfort
achieved by three layers of long
underwear jammed into your
gloves and three pairs of socks
stuffed into boots designed for tra
versing the moon as you futilely try
to ward off the day’s bone-numbing
play with the 129th Army Band in
Nashville, Tenn., and he has worked
with Gwinnett County’s award-wia
ning Brookwood High School band.
He has also assisted at band camp
for South Forsyth High School in
the past. And he helped school
bands in Tennessee while in schopl
three years there at Tennessee Tech.
A graduate of Georgia State
University, Keyser was workinglas
a freelance musician and private
teacher prior to being hired by
Forsyth County Schools last sum
mer. But this was the first timejie
led his own band on a trip to cbri
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On the weekend of March 4-5,
NFHS will host the District High
School Concert Festival for all
counties in District 9. <■*