One of the most famous American musical composers, Gershwin composed more than 700 songs in his lifetime. Many of his works such as Swanee and Rhapsody in Blue can still be heard in today’s mainstream musical culture, including a recent segment with Rhapsody in Blue in Disney’s Fantasia 2000. Gershwin died of a brain tumor in 1937 at age 39.

Le Trio Gershwin is a Parisian ensemble composed of guitarist Alfred Street, pianist Jean-Nöel Roux and cellist Benoît Charvet, who is also the main arranger. The three have performed in a variety of venues, and they released an album in 1998 called Le Trio Plays Gershwin. Each of the three is also an individual artist in his own right.

The songs scheduled for the performance are among Gershwin’s most famous: But Not For Me, Porgy and Bess, Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Foggy Day and Rhapsody in Blue.

The Ashley-Lewis Con-cert and Recital Series was endowed in 1982 as a gift from Jewel Ann Price Ashley of Newport in honor of her husband, Dr. John D. Ashley, and in memory of her two sons, John Nicholas Lewis III and Mark Price Lewis. Her purpose was to recognize her husband’s strong affinity for music, art and humanities and to draw interest from organized musicians and artists to bring their talents for showcase at Lyon College and the surrounding Batesville and Newport communities.

A book signing and refreshments will follow the public reading, which is part of the college’s Visiting Writers Series this fall.

She also will give an informal talk about the writing life in the Flanders Reading Room of the Lyon Building at noon the same day. Those attending the lunchtime talk may bring their lunch or order a box lunch.

Her first full-length collection of poetry, “House Without a Dreamer,” won Budy the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. Her fifth book, “The Other Life,” was recently released by Story Line Press.

Budy was educated at Boston University and the University of Colorado. She has taught at Lyon College since 1991, and in 1998, she was awarded the Lamar Williamson Prize for Teaching Excellence. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Arkansas Arts Council.

The Lyon College Rowdies defeated Arsenal, a club soccer team from Little Rock, 5-1 Sunday at Burns Park in North Little Rock.

Mario Kurtic scored Lyon’s first goal. Shannon Schoeller shortly followed with his first goal of the year off an assist from Fatos Berisha to give Lyon a 2-0 lead at the half. Arsenal cut Lyon’s lead in half 25 minutes into the second half. Lyon responded with three unanswered goals to cruise to a 5-1 victory. The three second half goals were scored by Kurtic, his second goal of the game, by Fatos Berisha, his second of the year, and by Tsanko Stoev, his first.

Daniel Moses, the team captain, said the team played very well. The Rowdies are now 1-1-1.

Tennis

The Lyon Pipers won 8 out of 9 matches against Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Saturday. Results are as follows:

Women’s Singles:

Mandy Weaver won 6-1, 6-3. Paulette Pearson won 6-4, 6-1. Taylor Preiser won 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Laura Higginbottom won 6-1, 6-1. Reagan Greeno won 6-3, 6-2. Susie Scanlan won 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Women’s Doubles:

Weaver/Pearson won 8-5. Preiser/Preiser won 8-0 Ashley Nicholson and Higginbottom lost 8-6.

Volleyball

The Lyon College Pipers lost both games of a Tri-Match with Texas A&M - Commerce and the University of Central Arkansas Saturday in Conway.

Texas A&M - Commerce defeated Lyon by a score of 15-2, 15-10, 13-15, 15-5.

In the late match, UCA defeated Lyon 15-11, 8-15, 15-4, 15-7.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Board of Trustees Meetings             Lyon Building

9 a.m. Faculty Personnel Committee             Lyon, Room 214

3 p.m. Campus Life Self-Study Committee             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

3 p.m. Alumni Council Meeting              Alphin Board Room

Saturday,  October 28

LyonFest 2000

11:30 a.m. Founders’ Day Convocation             Couch Memorial Garden

Sunday,  October 29

LyonFest 2000

12 noon Club Soccer Match             Huser Field

2 p.m. Kids Run Olympics             Huser Track

5:30 p.m. Alpha Xi Delta Meeting             Lyon, Rooms 200 & 202

6 p.m. Kappa Sigma Meeting             Alphin, Arkansas Room

Phi Mu Meeting             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

7:30 p.m. Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting             Alphin, Patterson Room

Monday,  October 30

12 noon Alpha Chi Meeting             EDH 002

BSU Meeting             Union Conference Room

3 p.m. Spragins House Committee             Lyon, Seminar East

4-8:15 p.m. APPLE             Lyon: Rms. 100,200,204,206

Alphin: Barton & Long

6 p.m. USA Tennis 1-2-3 (adults)             Lyon Tennis Courts

7 p.m. Erosophic Society Scary Stories Festival             Lyon, Flanders Reading Room

Tuesday,  October 31

12 noon Education & Faculty Self-Study Committee             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

Wesley Fellowship             EDH 002

Pre-Law Club             Lower Union

Domestic Violence Awareness Program             Union Conference Room

SGA Meeting             Lyon, Room 100

1 p.m. Curriculum Committee Meeting             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

4 p.m. Institutional Assessment Committee             Lyon, Seminar West

Humanities Division Meeting             Lyon, Seminar East

5:30 p.m. SAC Meeting             Union Conference Room

6 p.m. Volleyball: Pipers vs. Hendrix College             Conway, AR

8 p.m. Scary Movie - SAC             Lower Union

9 p.m. Phi Mu Meeting             Union Conference Room

Wednesday,  November 1

12 noon Self-Study Steering Committee Meeting             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

Sigma Tau Delta Meeting             EDH 002

TKE Meeting             Union Conference Room

1:30 p.m. Student Life Staff Meeting             Union Conference Room

4 p.m. Academic Affairs Council Meeting             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

4-8:15 p.m. APPLE             Lyon: Rms. 100,200,204,206

Alphin: Barton & Long

7 p.m. Residence Life Staff Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

7:30 p.m. Ashley-Lewis Concert: Le Trio Gershwin             Bevens Music Room

8 p.m. Fellowship of Christian Athletes             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

Hoop Dreams             Becknell Gym

9 p.m. Baptist Student             Union Meeting Morrow Building

Thursday,  November 2

11 a.m. Chapel Service             Small Chapel

11:30 a.m. Institutional Marketing Committee             Lyon, Seminar West

11:45 a.m. Athletic Tip-Off Luncheon             EDH 1-3

Writer’s Life Lunchtime Talk with Andrea Budy             Lyon, Flanders Reading Room

12 noon Black Students’ Association             Union Conference Room

3:30 p.m. USA Tennis 1-2-3 (school-age kids)             Lyon Tennis Courts

5 p.m. Campus Ministry Board             Union Conference Room

6 p.m. Volleyball: Pipers vs. Williams Baptist College             Becknell Gym

7:30 p.m. Public Reading & Book Signing by Andrea Budy Bevens             Music Room

8 p.m. SAC Coffeehouse – Alpha Xi Delta             Edibles, Edwards Commons

Friday,  November 3

9 a.m. Management Assembly Restructuring Committee             Lyon, Seminar West12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry EDH 002