Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 18, 1993 TAG: 9306170109
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: Donna Alvis-Banks
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If you answered "whip," "robber," "food," "hanging" and "an orphaned calf" - in that order - you've earned the right to wear your Stetson.
If not, you sold your saddle.
Either way, you'll want to pull on your boots and head for the New River Valley Fairgrounds in Dublin. The cowboys (and girls) are coming!
The Triple Valley Rodeo opens today and runs through Sunday with shows at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Sanctioned by the International Professional Rodeo Association, the event features some of the top competitors in professional rodeo.
The acts include bull riding, saddle-bronc riding and steer wrestling. Gutsy members of the audience may join in the calf scramble and wild cow milking, too.
In addition to the rodeo shows, there's a saddle tack sale at 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by an all-breed horse sale at 1 p.m.
On Sunday, a team penning will be held after the show. It starts at 6 p.m.
Admission at the gate is $8. Advance discount tickets, $6, are available at Sue's Western Store and the Kwik Shop in Christiansburg and at the Radford Travel Center.
The first 150 kids at the gate tonight and Sunday afternoon get free cowboy hats.
For information on any of the events, call David Sale Promotions, 639-9011.
\ MERRYMAKING: It's time for the annual "Festival Around Town" in Pearisburg.
The festivities get under way tonight on the lawn of King Johnston School where members of the Pearisburg Lions Club will be dishing out their zestful barbecue from 5:30 to 7. Starting at 7, the Blacksburg Community Band will entertain.
The fun picks up Saturday with a full day of activities in downtown Pearisburg, beginning with a 5K race for adults and a one-mile "Fun Run" for children. Musical entertainment, dancing, games, contests, food sales, art and craft displays and special events will be held throughout the day.
There's a sports card show at the King Johnston School, a "Sound of Music" exhibit at the Andrew Johnston House Museum, tours of the newly renovated downtown housing project and live broadcasts by WPSK radio personalities.
If you're planning your day around the main-stage entertainment, here's the schedule:
\ 9:30-10 a.m. Puppets by Pizzazz
\ 10:30-11 a.m. The Confederate Cloggers
\ 11 a.m.-noon Giles High Ensemble
\ Noon-1 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. Changing Lanes
\ 1-2 p.m. and\ 4-5 p.m. Broken Reins
\ 2-3 p.m. and\ 6-7 p.m. Bad Habitz
\ 5-6 p.m. Magic show and performance by a jug band featuring the Old Campaigners, Vic Baker, "Tinker" Thornton and Jeff Dillon
"Festival Fizz," the official nonalcoholic festival drink will be available all day and festival T-shirts will be on sale, too.
Children's activities are from 10 a.m. until noon and include face painting, a bubble pool, marble painting and more.
A dance for teens, 12-18, will run from 9 p.m. until midnight at the Pearisburg tennis courts. The festival is a cooperative effort of Pearisburg's Business and Community Association.
\ THE BLUE AND THE GRAY: Newbern's annual Civil War weekend draws soldiers from as far away as Massachusetts and Ohio. The Civil War re-enactors arrive in the historic Pulaski County community today to set up camp.
On Saturday, the camps will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to noon. Living history displays and demonstrations will take place in and around Newbern's Wilderness Road Regional Museum.
Special events include tactical maneuvers at 1 p.m. on the battlefield, a traditional ladies' tea at 2:30 p.m. in the museum and entertainment by the Bow Shakers with camp dancing from 8 to 10 p.m.
A parade honoring Newbern citizens and soldiers who fought in the Battle of Cloyds Mountain 129 years ago will be held Sunday, starting at 9:30 a.m. The parade features music by the Virginia Highland Pipes and Drums.
At 11 a.m. Sunday, the Newbern Christian Church will hold a worship service. The church on Virginia 611 was built before the Civil War and is one of the community's historic landmarks.
The highlight of the weekend is a mock battle Sunday at Tabor's Farm two blocks from the museum. It starts at 1:30 p.m. and will be narrated by Bob Thomas.
All events are free but donations of $2 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under are requested for the battle re-enactment Sunday.
Civil War artifacts are on display in the museum. Some items for sale there are a new book, "The 54th Virginia Infantry," ($17.50) and T-shirts with "The Battle of Cloyds Mountain" imprints ($11). In addition, museum volunteers will sell raffle tickets on a numbered print of Robert E. Lee.
Novelties such as Civil War replica clothing and military equipment will be available all weekend.
To get to Newbern from Interstate 81, take Exit 98 and follow the brown signs.
\ HAVE A BALL: The King and His Court, the famed four-man softball show team led by Eddie "The King" Feigner, will be at Pulaski's Calfee Park tonight for a game against the Pulaski All Stars.
"Who are the Pulaski All Stars?" you ask.
No one knows - not even the Pulaski All Stars themselves. The nine-man team was assembled just last week for this escapade.
"We want to hide the identity of all our star players," explained Dave Hart, director of Pulaski's parks and recreation program. "That way we might be able to sneak up and beat The King."
Yeah . . . sure, Dave.
Eddie Feigner has pitched more than 11,000 games and has had 130,000 strikeouts, some 10,000 of which he accomplished while blindfolded. His team wins 90 percent of the time.
His star hitter is David Booth who holds the record for slugging the longest fast-pitch softball ever - 428 feet! The record was set at Firebird Stadium in Phoenix.
Advance tickets, $3, are available at the Pulaski Recreation Department and from members of the Pulaski Jaycees. Tickets at the gate are $4.
The game starts at 7:30 tonight. Calfee Park opens at 6:30.
by CNB