Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 8, 1993 TAG: 9301070113
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Donna Alvis-Banks
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
PICKIN' AND FIDDLIN' IN DUBLIN
Hope you've had a chance to catch your second wind.You're going to need it.
Members of the New River Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club can't wait to get the New Year off to a jumpin' start. They've planned their first jamboree for Saturday night. It gets under way at 7 at the New River Valley Fairgrounds in Dublin.
James Lindsey and the Mountain Ramblers of Galax will open the show, performing at 7 and again at 8:30. The group plays old-time Appalachian music.
At 7:30, the Unique Sounds of the Mountains take the stage. The band features Larry Sigmon of Callaway and Barbara Poole of Low Gap, N.C. The twosome is a favorite at music festivals around the region, including the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax.
Sigmon and Poole will perform a second set at 9 p.m.
As always, the club will sponsor a dance contest for two-steppers, flat-footers and country cloggers. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Admission to the monthly jamborees is free, but donations are taken to help pay traveling expenses for the bands.
\ A DIFFERENT DRUMMER: Al Wojtera, associate professor of music at Radford University, will give a solo percussion recital Monday at 8 p.m. in the university's Porterfield Theatre.
Marimba, timpani, glockenspiel, gong - if it rattles, reverberates or raps, Wojtera can play it!
Numbers in the recital include "Suite for Marimba" by Alfred Fissinger and "Four Pieces for Timpani" by John Birgamo. Faculty member Jill Coggiola, clarinet, will join Wojtera on David Burge's "Sources III," and Wojtera's wife, Carolyn, will perform with him on David Steinquest's "Marimba Duets."
Admission is $3 for the public and free for Radford University students and staff. For more information, call the music department at 831-5177.
\ CHEROKEE PRIDE: For Indians, art is not separated into categories. Pottery is painted with beautiful designs. Metal is cut into decorative and ritualistic objects. Carving, weaving and basketry are fused.
Artist Oliver Loveday, a Cherokee who received his bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of Tennessee, will exhibit his works in Radford University's Flossie Martin Gallery this month.
The exhibit opens Tuesday and runs through Jan. 31. It includes a variety of Loveday's paintings, sculptures and jewelry.
The display coincides with the annual juried student show in the main gallery. The pieces on display represent an assortment of media.
A reception for students participating in the show will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the gallery. The event is open to the public.
Flossie Martin Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
\ START THE YEAR WITH A HEALTHY ATTITUDE: Gilbert Linkous Elementary School's PTA is sponsoring a "Health Fair" and open house Thursday in the multipurpose room at the school. The event offers families an opportunity to visit with professionals from the health care community.
Representatives include Lacy Cundiff from the Mental Health Association. Cundiff will be available to discuss child rearing, nervous habits in children and services available to families through the association.
Dental screenings will be offered by Dr. Matthew Glasgow, and Michael Marcenelle from the school lunch program will explain nutrition for growing kids.
Other speakers from Montgomery Regional Hospital and East Coasters will discuss bike safety and explain how to find the proper fit in a bike helmet.
Representatives from the Fitness Connection will offer fitness tests, check height, weight and percentage of body fat measurements and provide flexibility, endurance and stress tests.
Folks from the DARE program and the Blue Ridge Poison Control Center will be on hand to answer questions, too.
The open house runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Gilbert Linkous Elementary School is at 813 Prices Fork Road in Blacksburg.