Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 3, 1992 TAG: 9203030038
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MELISSA DeVAUGHN
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
But this month, pupils are switching gears. They'll tackle artistic endeavors as they celebrate National Youth Art Month.
Youth Art Month has been observed nationally since 1961. It is designed to emphasize the value of art education for all students.
Parents and others in the community are encouraged to support art in the schools. The event is sponsored by the National Art Education Association, National PTA and the Arts and Crafts Materials Institute.
As part of a celebration of National Youth Art Month, students and pupils from all over the New River Valley have created their own artwork for display in area galleries, such as the Women's Club Annex of the Fine Arts Center in Pulaski.
And some of those pieces have been chosen for display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
Ezra Paulekas at Auburn High and Middle School, Tommy Edwards of Radford High School and Crockett Henley of Dalton Intermediate School are a few of the 32 students chosen Outstanding Young Artists in Virginia. Their work will be displayed for the entire month of March in Richmond.
\ RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL and DALTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are celebrating National Youth Art Month with Fine Arts Week.
With the help of the Council for Community Enrichment, Radford University professionals, parents and community volunteers, Fine Arts Week will cover just about everything in the art world, from weaving to opera.
On Monday, dance students participated in a contemporary dance workshop with Margaret Devaney, head of the RU dance department.
Today, the Council for Community Enrichment is sponsoring two performances of Freedom's Song, a collection of music capturing the spirit of black leaders. The play will be performed by Theatre IV, one of the largest touring theater companies in the United States.
Show times are 10 a.m. for high school students and 1 p.m. for intermediate students. Grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts support the theater group.
Events for Wednesday include a visit from Jane Jones, a weaver from Blacksburg. She will give demonstrations for all students during lunch periods as well as a special workshop for art students.
Clarity James, a musician and Radford University music professor, along with opera students from the university, will perform at 1:30 p.m. for all fine-arts students.
Bruce Mahin, another Radford musician and professor, will lead a music technology demonstration on Thursday during lunch periods. Mahin combines music and computers, producing modern new-age music.
Also on Thursday, from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., the drama students will take part in a drama workshop at Pulaski County High School.
Next week, Theatre IV will entertain PULASKI COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL and BELLE HETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL with performances of "I Have a Dream," a drama chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Jr. from his birth in 1929 to his death on April 4, 1968.
Performances will be March 12 at 10 a.m. at the middle school and 2 p.m. at Belle Heth. The visit is sponsored by the Council for Community Enrichment.
The Greater Blacksburg Chamber of Commerce, Christiansburg-Montgomery Chamber of Commerce and Montgomery County schools are sponsoring the SECOND ANNUAL CAREER FAIR March 10 from 9:30 to 11:40 a.m. at McBryde Hall on the Virginia Tech campus.
Representatives from businesses, industries and governments will provide high school freshmen with information about various career areas.
For more information, call 552-4061.
The NINTH ANNUAL ODYSSEY OF THE MIND competition will be Saturday at Virginia Tech. More than 1,680 students from Montgomery County, Giles County, Pulaski County and Radford schools will compete.
The program encourages creativity in solving both long-term and spontaneous problems. Team members will come up with on-the-spot solutions and winners will be judged on the success of their solutions as well as their creativity.
The Montgomery County Special Education Advisory Committee met last month to review the SPECIAL EDUCATION ANNUAL PLAN. The plan will be available to the public and parents for review beginning Thursday at the school board office, 200 Junkin St., or the Special Programs Center, 1180 N. Main St., from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The final document will be submitted to the School Board on April 7.
The BLACKSBURG HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Health and Physical Education Room.
Angie Dawson, the daughter of Kenneth and Ellen Dawson, is the January student of the month at CHRISTIANSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. She is involved in Student Council Association, junior varsity basketball, indoor track, outdoor track, cross country, Monogram Club and Future Business Leaders of America.
A senior, Dawson has continued her career in running. In cross country, she won the leadership award and placed on both the all-district and all-region teams. She said she runs up to 45 miles a week and plans to run on a college team.
Becky Barlow will call dances and teach children how to dance "Appalachian style" throughout the day Wednesday at MARGARET BEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
She will be accompanied by Les Dotson, artist-in-residence at the school. The event is part of the artist-in-residency program sponsored by the the Virginia Commission of the Arts.
If you have an interesting news item from your school, write Melissa DeVaughn at P.O. Box 540, Christiansburg 24073.
by CNB