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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol performance at Wingate University
11/28/2012
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Kim Williams
Communications Writer
k.williams@wingate.edu 704-233-8320
Wingate, N.C. – Wingate University's Friends of the Library and Waxhaw's The Storefront Theater will present Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The concert play reading will take place in The Batte Center's Plyler-Griffin Recital Hall. Hors D'oeuvres will be served following the performance.
“The Friends of the Library at Wingate University hosts this holiday tradition each year and it is one of our most popular events,” said Christy Inge, access services manager at the Ethel K. Smith Library. “Dickens’ A Christmas Carol comes to life with the talents of The Storefront Theatre.”
Reservations are required. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by contacting Christy Inge at 704-233-8091 or c.inge@wingate.edu.
Wingate University
Wingate University, ranked as the 6th "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves nearly 2,700 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education. With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life.
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past six years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.