
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 3, 1993                   TAG: 9309170425
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

THE TIPOFF

WRITER'S LIFE: Clyde Edgerton, the Southern author who was at the center of a book-banning controversy in Carroll County, will tell stories, sing songs, play the banjo and piano and read from his works Thursday night at 7:30 in the Grand Ballroom of the Radisson Patrick Henry Hotel in Roanoke.

He'll also talk about writing and sign his books.

Edgerton's ``Floatplane Notebooks'' precipitated a controversy more than a year ago after a radio preacher protested its use in classes at Carroll County High School. The matter eventually was settled. Edgerton went on writing, of course. His other titles are ``Walking Across Egypt,''

``Raney,'' ``Killer Diller'' and ``In Memory of Junior.''

The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library Drive. Tickets are $10. They are available from Roanoke City's main library and and branches, and they'll be available at the door. Call 981-2473 or 981-2474 to reserve yours.

\ LIGHTS DOWN: A couple of outdoor dramas will have their final performances of the season this weekend. ``The Long Way Home'' in Radford will tell the story of Mary Draper Ingles' escape from Indian captivity tonight and Saturday night at 8:30. The theater opens at 6:30, with a tour of the ferry site at 7 and of the theater complex at 8. The historical drama was written by Earl Hobson Smith.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $3.50 for children. Call 639-0679.

And ``The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' in Big Stone Gap will be presented tonight and Saturday night at 8:15 at the June Tolliver Playhouse. It's adapted from the novel by John Fox Jr. It depicts the coal boom in Southwest Virginia.

Tickets are $7 and $5. Call 523-1235.

\ NEW SONGS: Canticum Novum, a 12-member chamber singing group specializing in a cappella renditions of difficult and unusual musical works, will present a concert Sunday night 7:30 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Roanoke. Jeffrey Sandborg will conduct. A freewill offering will be taken, with proceeds to benefit victims of the Midwestern flooding.

\ EXPLOSIVE: The Metropolitan Blues All Stars will play lively music for dancing and listening Sunday night at 8 at Lime Kiln Arts in Lexington. This is the traditional season finale. Tickets are $12 and the number is 463-3074.

\ FRENETIC: The Tony Rice Unit, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Chubby Wise and the Lost & Found

are among the bands to perform this weekend at the Bass Mountain Family Style Bluegrass Music Festival in Burlington, N.C.

The show starts this afternoon at 3 o'clock and continues through Sunday. The Bass Mountain Music Park is actually south of Burlington on North Carolina 49.

For complete information call (919) 228-7344 (day) or (919) 376-3670 (night).

\ UPLIFTING: A big gospel singing show will take place today through Sunday at Dominion Valley Park in Stuart. Today's groups include the McKameys and the Nippers. On Saturday, the Primitive Quartet will sing with other groups, and a Sunday highlight will be the Easter Brothers.

Admission is $10 today and Saturday and $5 on Sunday. Call 694-7009 for information.

\ LAKE LIFE: The Virginia Mountain Crafts Guild's annual Claytor Lake Arts and Crafts Show will be

Saturday through Monday at the lake near Dublin. More than 50 artists and craftsmen will sell and exhibit their products. Live entertainment will be featured. Admission is free, but there's a small parking fee.

by CNB