Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 29, 1994 TAG: 9407290056
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Donna Alvis Banks
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Set up a lemonade stand.
Get out there and mow someone's yard!
You've got to come up with $13 - quick!
That's what it's going to cost you for advance tickets to tonight's show at Blacksburg's South Main Cafe. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will perform, along with Skeeter Brandon and Highway 61 and Tommy C. & The Blue Hounds.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is an eight-man group from New Orleans. Folks who've heard the band's live performance swear they've never heard anything like it.
"Innovative" is the word you'll usually see somewhere near the band's name in music reviews. The musicians play just about every style of jazz, funk and R&B in inventive combinations.
Since it was formed in 1977, the band has released six albums and is featured on recordings with Phil Alvin, Buckwheat Zydeco, The Neville Brothers, Elvis Costello, Manhattan Transfer and others.
Currently, the Dirty Dozen is with Columbia Records. The group's latest release on the Columbia label is "Jelly," a collection of Jelly Roll Morton's music.
Those advance discount tickets are on sale now at the cafe, 117 S. Main St.
Better get moving, though. If you wait until tonight, you'll have to pay $17 at the door.
The music starts at 10. See you then.
WE'LL HAVE FUN, FUN, FUN: The Longshop-McCoy Ruritan Club is having its annual "Fun Day" Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the McCoy Ballpark. The community get-together is always a bright spot in the long, hot days of summer.
The K-9 Corps will be there, along with lots of other attractions such as an antique car show, a crafts fair, games for everyone and plenty of food.
The entertainment starts with a parade at 10 a.m. Here's the schedule:
10 a.m. - Highland Gospel Singers
10:30 a.m. - Jerry Surface
11 a.m. - Fun Day ceremonies and judging
11:30 a.m. - Highland Gospel Singers
Noon - Strings of Faith
12:30 p.m. - Second Chance
1 p.m. - Judging for the Little Miss and Master Fun Day contest for children, ages 3-6, and for the baby contest for children under 2
1:30 p.m. - The Singing Scotts
2 p.m. - Joyful Heirs
2:30 p.m. - Second Chance
3 p.m. - Jerry Surface
3:30 p.m. - Alfred Sublett
Admission to the festivities Saturday is free, but bring some change for those tempting treats. The Longshop-McCoy Ruritan Club will be selling ice cream for a quarter and there will be other concessions available all day.
VOICES FROM THE VALLEY: Four gospel groups will lift up their voices for the annual "Singing in the Valley" concert tonight at Belview United Methodist Church. It starts at 7.
Old-time gospel music is the specialty of Sonshine Express, a local group from the Check community of Floyd County. Jehovah Jirah, a band from Vesta in nearby Patrick County, will play contemporary Christian music with a country twist.
Glory Road, a women's trio from West Virginia, also will perform, along with Second Chance of Christiansburg. Second Chance features the husband-and-wife team of Bob and Sandy Mullins and their partner Brian Linkous.
The gospel singing is open to everyone. The church is six miles west of New River Valley Mall off Virginia 114. Look for the signs.
WHOOPEE TI YI YO! James Wright is inviting all kids to his rodeo Saturday.
James, a member of Boy Scout Troop 704 in Blacksburg, is putting on a bicycle rodeo for his Eagle Scout project. It runs from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church at Prices Fork and Toms Creek Road.
Artie Levin, Roanoke's "Mr. Fitness," is one of the guest speakers at the event. Levin is a nationally ranked triathlete and a biking expert.
Other activities include a bike inspection, as well as lessons in bicycle maintenance, safety, fitness and nutrition. Kids must have a bicycle helmet to participate in the biking events.
Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. For more information, call James at 951-1403.
TAKE A HIKE: Gather your gear! The YMCA at Virginia Tech will sponsor another hike Sunday.
To participate, all you have to do is show up at the YMCA parking lot, 403 Washington St. in Blacksburg, at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. The hikers will form carpools for a trip to Giles County to hike from Mountain Lake to Bald Knob on the Appalachian Trail. Also known as "Bear Cliffs," the site features rocky cliffs at the highest elevation in the area, 4,363 feet.
Dottie Abashian is the hike leader.
Don't forget to bring water, a lunch, a jacket and sun screen. You may drive a group in your car or bring gas money for transportation with someone else.
For more information, call the YMCA at 231-6860.
by CNB