Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 18, 1993 TAG: 9306180045
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That is, until Woods entered - and won - a national get-married-in-our-cave contest sponsored by Natural Bridge of Virginia. The couple was married June 5 in an underground cavern at Natural Bridge.
Though the ceremony was "pretty neat," and she definitely would do it again, Woods says the planning stage was "horrible." The full-time student at Mary Baldwin College and full-time employee of WSLS-TV (Channel 10) was given only three weeks to put her wedding together - and the only freebies were the cave and the cake.
It was showtime at the Apollo Theater in New York City, where Bill Cosby, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Eric Clapton were among the stars at a fund-raiser for the Harlem theater.
"I grew up on this stage," said Robinson, who made his professional debut at the Apollo with the Miracles in 1958.
He called the Apollo the "granddaddy" in a national circuit of theaters where black performers appeared before integration.
Tuesday's fund-raiser was the first in a series of annual Hall of Fame concerts planned in tribute to Apollo legends, including Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday.
Coming soon to a drugstore near you, the "warts and all" unauthorized biography of famous conservative TV and radio talk person Rush Limbaugh.
The book, by Newsday's media columnist Paul C. Colford, is titled "The Rush Limbaugh Story: Talent On Loan From God." Colford claims he has information that will shock Limbaugh's thousands of devoted fans and listeners, says columnist Liz Smith. Among those interviewed are Limbaugh's ex-wife.
by CNB