ally in the spring. Recent tour destinations have included Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New Orleans, San Francisco and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Instrumental ensembles include the Lyon College Orchestra, the Lyon College Flute Choir and the Lyon College Band.
Opportunities in Theatre Harlequin Theatre, the oldest collegiate theatre organization in Arkansas, presents major productions in the fall and spring. Students from all disciplines are welcome to participate as actors, technicians, designers, and staff. The completion of the Holloway Theatre in 1991 provided the Harlequin Theatre with a space designed to meet the diversified needs of modern collegiate theatre. Theatre at Lyon is part of the liberal arts educational process. Students are given opportunities to act, direct, design, and write plays. Students have their work exhibited at state and regional festivals. The Hyde Park Players is a student-run group offering students the opportunity of producing, directing, and designing their own shows in Holloway Theatre.
Cultural Events To support the broadening influence of the liberal arts curriculum, Lyon College provides its students with a variety of cultural events each year, ranging from lectures to art exhibits to concerts to films to theatre. Such ongoing series as the Hugh B. Patterson Endowed Lecture Series, the Ashley-Lewis Endowed Concert and Recital Series, the Dan C. and Sidney Childs West String Music Endowment, and the Leila Lenore Heasley Prize Lecture support the College’s efforts to provide an environment rich in cultural offerings.
Athletics Intercollegiate Athletics The intercollegiate athletic program at Lyon College provides student athletes with experienced coaching, appropriate facilities, and challenging competition. Women’s varsity teams at Lyon compete in basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball and volleyball. Men’s varsity teams compete in basketball, baseball, crosscountry, golf and soccer. The Scots are student-athletes, recruited both for academic promise and athletic excellence. Students may try out for these teams and for the varsity cheerleading squad that provides them with support. As a member of the TranSouth Conference,
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