Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994 TAG: 9410200003
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E11 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CHARLES STEBBINS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The event will kick off Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. at Salem's Municipal Field. The main event will be the next day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. along Salem's Main Street between Thompson Boulevard and Union Street.
Polly Gibson, chairwoman of the event for the Salem Jaycees, the sponsoring organization, said that about 65,000 people will turn out for the festivities, which will include more than 400 crafts booths, about 250 antique cars, entertainment by various music groups and a children's fair at Longwood Park.
The children's fair will include crafts, rides, entertainment and clowns. The Salem Police Department will fingerprint children, to help parents if they get lost or kidnapped, Gibson said.
Gibson said five shuttle buses will run continually on Saturday between the Salem Football Stadium parking lot and downtown .
The Friday night kickoff will include entertainment by two bands, the Rhythm Doctors, who will perform at 6 p.m., and Trucker's Delight, who will perform at 8:45. Tickets, which cost $3 for those 12 and older, will be sold at the gate.
Entertainment will be held throughout the day at three spots - in front of the old courthouse, Longwood Park and Library Square.
Olde Salem Days was started 14 years ago by the Salem Jaycees and is the organization's only fund-raising event, Gibson said. Revenue is used to support a number of the club's community projects, including several programs for children, the Salem Christmas Store, prevention and treatment of juvenile diabetes and muscular dystrophy, and several other community projects.
by CNB