Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 16, 1990 TAG: 9003162016
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
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Everyone is invited to participate by wearing green, marching and singing their favorite Irish ditties. At 11:45 a.m. a "spuds race" will be staged, with participants using sticks to knock potatoes through an obstacle course.
And after the marching, participants may retire to Campbell Court for a party. There, they may also board Valley Metro buses for a ride along the Ring of Roanoke - a safe way to visit restaurants and watering holes across the valley.
Tickets for the bus are $2.
\ HEAVENLY SINGING: The choir of Clare College of Cambridge, England, will perform Sunday night at 7:30 at St. John's Epsicopal Church in Roanoke.
The concert will be one of only 19 the group is giving on this tour of the United States.
Founded in 1326, Clare is the second oldest of the Cambridge colleges. In 1972 it was among the first to admit women. At that time a mixed choir replaced the previously all-male ensemble.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for stuents. They will be available at the door, or you can call Stan Baker, the St. John's choir director, at 343-9341. \ TRAVELING MUSIC: The Roanoke Symphony will hit the road Saturday for an 8 p.m. concert at Franklin County Junior High School and take the same program Sunday afternoon at 3 to the Cave Spring High School auditorium in Roanoke.
Among the selections will be Mendelssohn's Allegro from the Violin Concerto in E minor, with Jane Wang as violin soloist.
Monday evening from 5 to 7, Symphony After 5, a a lively bunch of supporters, will party and listen to Irish tunes from Second Wynde. The event will be at First Virginia Bank at Franklin Road and Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke.\ VOICEWORK: Two performances of "Sacred Service" by Ernest Bloch will be presented by the 50-voice Sanctuary Choir of Calvary Baptist Church in Roanoke.
The first will be Sunday evening at 5 at Temple Emanuel in Roanoke. It will celebrate the temple's 100th anniversary.
The second will be Sunday, March 25, at 5 at Calvary Baptist in downtown Roanoke.
Helen Robertson directs the group.\ CASUAL PICKING: The Amsterdam Guitar Trio will perform Monday night at 8 at Olin Theater on the Roanoke College campus. The concert is sponsored by the Roanoke Valley Chamber Music Society, which is recommending casual attire in keeping with the trio's relaxed attitude.
The performers are Johan Dorrestein, Edith Leerkes and Helenus De Rijke. Their program will include works by Debussy and Prokofiev. Tickets are $10.\ MORE CHAMBER MUSIC: The Kandinsky Trio of Roanoke College will play in concert Saturday night at 8 at Olin Hall. Tickets are $5. Mozart's Trio in E Major is one of the works on the bill.\ ART AUCTION: The Medical Clinic of New River Valley will have its annual art auction Saturday at the Blacksburg Holiday Inn. Bidding will begin at 7:30 p.m.
More than 100 artists have donated works to the auction.
The clinic provides free medical and dental services to more than 1,200 New River Valley residents each year.
For information about the auction, call Rebecca Noftsinger at the clinic at 382-6186 or Paul Lancaster at 231-6997.\ THIRTY YEARS: Madison Smartt Bell, author of "Soldier's Joy" and Rolling Stone's "Hot Writer" of 1987, will be among the prominent authors participating in the 30th annual Literary Festival at Hollins College.
It takes place Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. It's free and open to the public, with readings, panel discussions and writing competitions prominent on the agenda.
Bell graduated from Hollins' creative writing program in 1981. Other featured participants are novelist Jean Gould, author of "Divorcing Your Grandmother," and poet Elizabeth Spires.\ SPECTACLE: That's the word for the Ballet Folclorico Nacional de Mexico, which comes to the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium Saturday night at 8.
It's an all-new production with colorful costumes, scenery and dances, including a show-stopping exhibition with the lariat by Lorenzo Escamilla.
Tickets are $5. For information, call 857-7334.
by CNB