Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 16, 1994 TAG: 9409160028
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe kennedy
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What they are is popular with the young. One thousand seats have been set up inside the museum building, and Saturday's shows, at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m., have sold out - to people from as far as Charlotte, Kingsport, Richmond, Norfolk and Maryland. The Sunday afternoon shows, which were added to the schedule, are selling well, too. At mid-week, only 400 tickets remained for each. The shows will be at 1 and 3. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. They may be purchased at the museum today and, if any remain, Saturday and Sunday, as well.
To cope with the crowds, the museum will run a free shuttle bus all day Saturday from the municipal parking garage on Church Avenue to the museum, all of three blocks away. Bev Fitzpatrick, the city's former vice mayor and a bus and truck devotee, will do the driving.
MOONGLOW: Jazz music from the Heather Banker quartet will be the foundation for Skyline Jazz, a fund-raiser of the Young Arts Patrons of the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Saturday from 8 to midnight on the roof of the parking garage at Roanoke's Center in the Square.
Ten Roanoke restaurants will provide food and drink. Admission is $3, dress is very casual, and you have to be 21 to attend. Information is at 342-5795.
CORE BUSINESS: Beautiful Boones Mill will present its 17th annual Apple Festival on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. As usual, it will be family oriented, with food, crafts, antique cars, a tractor pull and the crowning of the festival queen. The Franklin County High School Band will present a concert, and the parade, at 4:30 p.m., will be marshalled by Larry Dowdy of WDBJ-Channel 7.
EAGLE ROCKS: Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlemen will perform twice on Saturday at Pig on the James, a roast-pork dinner and bluegrass show in Eagle Rock from 4 to midnight that day and 1 to 6 on Sunday.
Other groups for Saturday will include Plum Sideways, Kim Wood and Home Spun, Clearwater, Omega 4 and the Bluegrass Brothers.
Sunday's lineup will feature the Bluegrass Cardinals, the Churchmen and the Expressions.
Ticket information is available from 772-1081 or 992-5493. Take some lawn chairs if you go.
FESTIVITIES: The Wilderness Trail Festival will take place again in Christiansburg on Saturday. It's an all-day affair with arts and crafts, music, a quilt show and lots of food vendors. It'll be in downtown Christiansburg, and you can find out more about it by calling 382-4251.
MUSICAL MIX: The Klezmer Conservatory Band will play Tuesday night at 8 in Olin Theater in Salem to lead off the Roanoke College Performing Arts Series. The band plays klezmer music in the style of the 1920s and '30s. Klezmer is a hybrid of Jewish music from Eastern Europe, American Jazz and music from Yiddish theaters.
Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 at the door. For senior citizens and students, the prices are $10 and $12.
Information and reservations are at 375-2333.
TWO AND OUT: The Rockbridge Mountain Music and Dance Convention will be tonight and Saturday at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista. A square dance will be tonight. Old-time music will be Saturday afternoon, and another square dance will be Saturday night. Admission is $5 for the weekend. Call 377-2231.
And the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke will present Bo Chagnon, a guitarist and singer of songs from '30s pop to contemporary folk, Saturday night at 7. Admission is by donation. Call 342-8888 for details.
by CNB