Mars Hill College events and news

* The public is welcome to Local Food Night on Wednesday (Nov. 2) at Mars Hill College featuring an all-you-can-eat buffet of local food from farms in Madison and Buncombe counties. Cost is $8.25 for adults; $4.50 for children 5-11 years of age; and free for children 4 and under.  MHC Students will also be collecting nonperishable food items at the event for The Mars Hill Baptist Church Backpack Program to benefit Madison County students. 

*The Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Mars Hill College’s award-winning dance team, made an impressive showing at the America’s Clogging Hall of Fame national competition in Maggie Valley, October 22-23, winning 16 team awards and numerous individual awards. BMC took first place in Contemporary Moving Line, Contemporary Standing Line, Kentucky Running Set Precision, Smooth Appalachian Dance, and Props Exhibition. They also won Overall Titles with each of these routines. The team won second place in Country Hoedown, Running Set Hoedown, Southern Appalachian Hoedown, 4 or More Couple Hoedown, Artistic Expression and Open Precision. 

* Mars Hill College will be partnering with Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Asheville and Healing Art Missions for an exhibition of Haitian art, called “Art from the Heart,” through Nov. 9 at Weizenblatt Gallery in the Moore building on the campus. The art will then be auctioned at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church on Sunday, November 13. All proceeds from the auction will go for medications and operating expenses for a medical clinic funded by Healing Art Missions in Dumay, near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.