Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 1, 1994 TAG: 9407020005
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
James Glazebrook will conduct the symphony musicians. Kingma will serve as master of ceremonies with his usual charm, and the singers, both from the Virginians and the larger Community Chorus, will provide energy and vocal beauty to the scene.
The fireworks will come last, at dark. Big crowds are the norm for this annual event, so arrive early.
A LITTLE QUIETER: Sunday will be Kid's Day on the Roanoke City Market from 1 to 5 in the afternoon. V Magazine's Sunday Art event will present music, face painting, a children's parade at 4 p.m and free admission to the Science Museum of Western Virginia, among many other things. For adults? Arts, crafts, food, music and shopping.
CALLING CARY HARVEYCUTTER: Salem's civic center manager and promoter extraordinaire says there are two under-publicized lures that make the Salem Fair at least the equal of other activities vying for your attention these days. The first is that it runs from today through July 10, giving you 10 full days to come up with credible excuses to convince your kids the fair is something you just cannot do. The other is the number of free attractions on the civic center grounds. They include alligator wrestling, a bear show, Fantasy on Ice and Sunday's K92 Summer Blast. It stars Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Atlantic Starr and Dennis DeYoung from Styx.
Of course, there are plenty of rides, games and food booths where you can spend money, too. Estimating the crowds is no easy task, but Harveycutter puts it in the 300,000 range, making this the second-largest fair in the state. A few years ago he and his staff figured its local economic impact at $11 million. It's no small thing, this fair.
SODA POP AND THE DANCIN'S FREE: The sturdy town of Ivanhoe will hold its 1994 Jubilee today through Monday at Jubilee Park. It starts tonight at 7 with bluegrass music from the Blue Grass Revival and other groups. It continues Saturday with a parade, volleyball tournament, clown acts and a deejay and music at 8 that night. On Sunday, gospel music will start at 4 in the afternoon and peak with the Singing Nippers at 8. Monday, activities from 1:30 and the crowning of Miss and Master Jubilee contestants at 9:30 that night.
For information, call 699-1434.
THIS HAS LEGS: ``Something Special'' is the theme of the 1994 Miss Virginia Pageant under way tonight and Saturday night at the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium. Nancy Glisson, Miss Virginia 1993, and David and Julianne Smith Kiedinger (she held the title in 1986) will be featured, as well as the contestants.
Tickets are $9.50 and $5 for tonight's semi-finals, and $15 and $8 for Saturday night's finals. Info is at 983-0700.
by CNB