Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 20, 1993 TAG: 9309170419
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
It will begin with a square dance tonight at 7:30 with music and calling by the Bow Shakers of Blacksburg. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for those age 15 and under. Saturday morning at 10, storyteller and singer Kay Zentz of Norfolk will present a show for children and others. Admission is $2.
Saturday night at 6:30, the main concert will feature the Brother Boys of Tennessee playing ``new hillbilly music,'' plus Bob Zentz, a minstrel singer from Norfolk, and Robert Cardwell and the Voices of Zion, who are from Lynchburg.
Concert tickets are $12.
Saturday afternoon's workshops on choosing an instrument and on songwriting and arranging, cost $10 apiece. They run from 2 to 5.
The center's stage will be open Sunday from 2 to 5 for anyone who wants to perform. To sign up for that, or to get details of the festival, call (804) 299-5080.
\ MARK THESE DATES: ``OKLAHOMA!'' opens Wednesday night at 8 at the Squires Haymarket Theatre at Virginia Tech. It's the current Summer Musical Enterprise of the New River Arts Council and other regional organizations, and it will continue in Blacksburg through August 29.
From Sept. 2 to 5 the production will be in Preston Auditorium of Radford University. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 381-1430 for times and other info.
\ HAUNTING LYRICS AND HONEST MELODIES: That, they say, is the what makes Bill Miller worth seeing Sunday night at 8 at the Bowl theater of Lime Kiln Arts in Lexington. He is of Mohican extraction, and his music tells of ordinary men and women and their search for meaningful lives. Styles range from acoustic ballads to country rock.
Tickets are $9 and $7. Call 463-3074.
\ TAKE IT OUTSIDE: The Vinton Old-Time Bluegrass Festival and Competition is under way through Sunday at the Vinton Farmers Market. Tonight's bands are the Bluegrass Brothers, Southern Aire, Inheritance and Original Orchard Grass.
The competition takes place Saturday, and the winners will perform in concert Saturday evening. On Sunday morning, a church service at 11 will be followed by a day of gospel music and an appearance by the Lewis Family.
Carnival rides and crafts also will be featured today through Sunday. Call 345-8548 for details.
\ SKY'S THE LIMIT: The top of Dominion Tower in Roanoke will be the site of Thursday's ``Fantastic Fantasies'' fund-raiser of the Virginia Museum of Transportation and the Roanoke Valley History Museum. Hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, a silent auction and a live auction will be the attractions. Admission is $10.
Call 342-5670.
\ DIVERSE: Club Conga is today's featured band at the Brown Bag Arts lunchtime performance series in Crestar Plaza in downtown Roanoke.
It's an ensemble of jazz musicians, visual artists, builders and social workers who mix African and Latin rhythms in their music. The performance is at 12:15 p.m., and it's free. Call 342-5790.
\ VIBRANT: Stowe and Lowe, the African-American peformance duo, will present West African stories and music Saturday morning at 10 at the Roanoke Main Library on Jefferson Street.
The performance complements the West African art and artifacts on display on the library's second floor through Aug. 26. Both the exhibit and the performance are free.
by CNB