Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 28, 1993 TAG: 9311240256
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SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
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J.D. Myers and the Hard Core Country Boys and the Outlaws also will appear.
Admission is by festival button. A button costs $2 in advance from scads of places, or $5 at the gate.
See this newspaper for daily listings of events. This weekend's highlights include the big river race at Smith Park from 10 to 5 on Saturday, accompanied by lots of music, children's activities and a Caravan Circus Encampment. Elmwood Park becomes the festival site on Sunday and Monday.
SOMETHING NEW: The first Memorial Day Festival '93 will take place Monday at Stage Coach Stables near Fincastle. It will feature five bands, including the Jack Robertson Band and Bobby Deel and the Originals, plus food, arts, crafts and a Memorial Day service at 2 p.m. Col. Michael Bissell, commandant of the Virginia Military Institute, is expected to speak.
The family festival is the idea of Donna Allen, with help from Martha Clark. They've learned a lot about organizing such a thing over the past few months. Proceeds will go to charity. Admission is $5, and the fun will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Food and drinks must be purchased on the premises.
To reach the site, take U.S. 220 north to Virginia 606 (Herndon Street) in Fincastle, then go west for 4.2 miles. Call 992-4005 or 362-2515 for information.
TWILIGHT TIME: That's one of the hits from the Platters that you can hear Sunday from 3 to 8 p.m. during Spring Fest '93 at Bernard's Landing on Smith Mountain Lake. Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters and Don and the Deltones also will perform at the lakeside event, which costs $10 in advance or $12.50 at the gate. Children ages 6-12 get in for $5. Call (800) 572-2048 for your tickets.
No coolers will be allowed at the show, but you may and probably should bring blankets and lawn chairs. Proceeds will benefit the Roanoke/Pskov Sister City Group.
FREE AND EASY: No Strings Attached will perform on the lawn of Henderson Hall of Virginia Tech this evening at 6 as part of Summer Arts Festival '93 sponsored by Tech and the town of Blacksburg. Admission is free. You should take blankets, lawn chairs and, if you like, a picnic dinner. And you can call 231- 5200 or 231-5921 for more details.
The festival will include regular, free showings of popular films at Squires Student Center, art exhibits and plays from the Tech theatre department, among other events.
OPENING DAY: The Coors Concert Series at Lime Kiln Arts in Lexington opens this Sunday night at 8 with music by the Rainmakers. Tickets are $5. In the weeks ahead, get ready for the Seldom Scene, the Freewill Savages, Ranch Romance, John Hartford and the Robin and Linda Williams Band. Call 463-3074 for ticket information.
ROOMFUL OF SOUND: The Monticello Trio and violist Michael Tree will present a concert Wednesday night at 8:15 in Helms Theatre in the Drama Department Building at the University of Virginia. It's the first in a four-performance series at the Albemarle Chamber Music Festival.
The musicians will play Beethoven's Trio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, ``Ghost''; Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Cello; and Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $12.50 for students and senior citizens. Call (804) 971-2074 through Sunday; thereafter, call (804) 924-3376. The festival concludes June 12.
PLEASANT LIVING: The Salem Buccaneers will play the Wilmington Blue Rocks from Monday through Wednesday at 7 o'clock, and they'll continue their piracy with games at Municipal Field through June 6. The mountains are pretty of an evening, and the teams are blessedly free of overpaid, under-motivated athletes who act like they're doing us a favor. These guys are fun to watch - at least when they keep it close.
LAUGHTER, DEATH: ``Deathtrap,'' the two-act thriller by Ira Levin, is under way at the Showtimers Studio in Roanoke. It runs tonight through Sunday and Wednesday through June 6. Peformances are at 8 except on Sundays, when they are at 3 in the afternoon.
Call 774-2660 for information.
by CNB