Following are links to our “4-minute interviews” on DavidsonNews.net. All are in MP3 format (except audio slideshows, which require the free Shockwave player) and should play on any audio software. For some listening or viewing, you may need to download the latest QuickTime or iTunes player. Download Quicktime here. Download iTunes here
10/21/09 – Budd Berro, Davidson resident and head of Gov. Beverly Perdue’s Piedmont Region office in Charlotte.
http://davidsonnews.net/media/102109BuddBerro.mp3
9/10/09 – Ed McLean on Rural Hill’s 2009 Amazing Maze Maze.
08/29/09 – Corey Helfand talks about taking up his new 2-year post as Rabbi at Beth Shalom of Lake Norman.
http://davidsonnews.net/media/082809CoreyHelfand.mp3
04/02/09 and 04/09/09 – A two-part interview with Tom Ross, president of Davidson College. Part 1 looks at the economic crisis and its effects on Davidson’s endowment, budget, hiring and programs. Part 2 addresses his first two years in office, the college’s environmental efforts, and town-gown relations.
Part 1: http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/040209RossPart1.mp3
Part 2: http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/040909TomRossPart2.mp3
03/25/09 – Ann Marie Costa, Bill Lawing and Jacquelyn Culpepper are the director, conductor and musical director, respectively, of Davidson College’s production of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company” March 27-April 4. They talked about the collaboration, which brings a fully-staged Broadway hit, with full orchestra, to Duke Family Performance Hall.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/032509Company.mp3
03/13/09 – Neil Lerner, Davidson College music historian and a collector of Edison phonographs and wax cylinder recordings, talks about his hobby and how the Edison phonograph and recordings have helped shape music history.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/031309NeilLerner.mp3
02/09/09 – Libby Chitwood Appel, 95, talks about her life at The Pines, her studies, her travels, and her book “Dancing with GIs,” about her time as a Red Cross club worker in India during World War II.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/020909LibbyAppel.MP3
1/30/09 – Pianist George Winston and St. Alban’s Episcopal Church rector David Buck, discussing Mr. Winston’s planned March 11, 2009, benefit concert and their childhood connections.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/013009Winston%26Buck.MP3
1/14/09 – Jessica Cooley and Ann M. Fox, co-curators of the exhibit “Re/Formations: Disability, Women and Sculpture,” open Jan. 16-Feb. 27 at Davidson College Belk Visual Arts Center.
WATCH AND LISTEN: http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/011409ReFormations.m4a (audio slide show with images, in .m4a format, requires Apple iTunes or Apple QuickTime player).
AUDIO ONLY: http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/011409ReFormationsMP3.mp3 (MP3 file, should open with any standard audio player.)
1/09/09 – Rusty Knox, Davidson musician, talking about his new CD “Reason Why” in advance of a Jan. 10, 2009, CD release party at Summit Coffee.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/010909RustyKnox.mp3
12/21/08 – Russell Mase, a retired Presbyterian minister, tells a heart-warming story about Christmas eve caroling from many years ago.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/122108ChristmasStory.mp3
6/24/08 – Benjamin K. Roe, newly hired general manager at WDAV-FM, Davidson College’s classical music public radio station.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/062708WDAVBenRoe.mp3
5/30/08 – Rev. Lib McGregor Simmons as she prepared for her June 1, 2008, installation as new pastor at Davidson College Presbyterian Church.
http://davidsonnews.net/media/052808RevSimmons.mp3
5/23/08 – Dave Martin, chair of the town’s Natural Assets Stakeholders Committee, talks about the town’s efforts to develop a local “greenprint” and work to preserve important trees and other natural assets.
http://davidsonnews.net/media/052308DaveMartin.mp3
4/25/08 – Christy Shi, a Davidson resident who runs a buying group called Local Food Club, talking about eating locally.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/042508ChristyShi.mp3
4/05/08 – Tom Ross and Stacy Schmeidel of Davidson College talk about the success of the Davidson basketball team, and what all the national exposure means for the college.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/040508admissions.mp3
3/13/08 – Tonya J. Clay – visiting artist at Davidson College whose exhibit “Mindscapes in a MultiPlied Moment” is at the college’s Belk Visual Art Center.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/031308TonyaClay.mp3
2/29/08 – Davidson Express, local bluegrass and folk group.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/022908DavidsonExpress.mp3
2/1/08 – Rev. Amy Ciceron of Reeves Temple AME Zion Church in Davidson.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/020108AmyCiceron.mp3
01/25/08 – Anthony S. “Tony” Abbott, poet, novelist and retired professor of English at Davidson College.
http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/012508TonyAbbott.mp3
01/18/08 – Jay Laurens, executive director of the Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson. http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/011808%20Jay%20Laurens.mp3
12/22/07 – Wayne Stowe, on the closing day of his South Main Street auto repair shop, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxzoANvsAeY
12/11/07 – Randy Kincaid, on retiring as mayor – http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/121107MayorKincaid.mp3
12/06/07 – Cort Savage/Public art : – http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/120607CortSavage.mp3
11/27/07 – Budd Berro, Christmas in Davidson http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/112707BuddBerro.mp3
11/16/07 – Rosie Molinary / author, talking about her book “Hijas Americanas” – http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/111607RosieMolinary.mp3
11/06/07 – John Woods / election night, after being elected Mayor: – http://www.davidsonnews.net/media/110607Woods.mp3
July 2007 – New Sculpture at Davidson College – installation of new outdoor sculptures and interview with gallery director Brad Thomas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDpqjJN2v4









