Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, July 9, 1994 TAG: 9407280036
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ABINGDON - Three weekend seminars on Southwest Virginia folklore and how to collect it will start July 23-24 at the William King Regional Arts Center.
The others will be July 30-31 at the Buchanan County Public Library in Grundy and Aug. 6-7 at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap.
Participants will include Garry Barrow, director of the Virginia Folklife Program; Richard Blaustein, East Tennessee State University and former director of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services; William Lightfoot of Appalachian State University; Nancy J. Martin-Perdue, University of Virginia, and Charles L. Perdue Jr., also from the University of Virginia and author of "Outwitting the Devil: Jack Tales from Wise County, Va."
"These are nationally prominent experts on the folklore and folk life of the Southern Appalachian Mountains," said Ramond Burgin, president of the Southwest Virginia Folklore Society, which is sponsoring the seminars in collaboration with the Virginia Folklife Program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
Each seminar will include three three-hour sessions starting at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free for Folklore Society members and $5 per session, or $10 for all three sessions, for the general public. Further information is available by calling Burgin at 523-1826.
Showtimers audition
Showtimers, Roanoke's community theater group, will hold auditions for its upcoming production of ``Steel Magnolias'' on July 31 and Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. at the studio on McVitty Road in Roanoke. Six women are needed, ages 19-25 and 40-60s.
For more information, call director Denis Deane at 586-1180.
'Flintstones' show
Characters from ``The Flintstones'' will be at Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke on today and Sunday. They will perform four 20-minute shows of ``The Flintstones Go Hollyrock.'' All are free.
Show times are noon, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The performers will greet children at 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Comedy at Barter
ABINGDON - "Three to Get Ready," a comedy by David DeBoy dealing with children and an aging parent, is playing at the Barter Playhouse through July 30.
Three brothers get together at their childhood beach house to try and decide what to do about their mother, who is encountering difficulties because of her age.
"People see this play and say 'This is my family' or 'This is my mother,'" said Richard Rose, Barter's artistic director. "We can all identify with the situation. The play is more fun because it relates directly to our own experiences."
Scott Harrison, Randall Rapstine and Robert Walsh play the brothers and Marya Lowry, the mother.
Lowry recently played "Birdie" in "The Little Foxes," which Walsh directed. Rapstine played the lunatic "Renfield" in "Dracula!" and "Tito" in "Lend Me a Tenor" last season at Barter.
Cliff Goodwin is directing "Three to Get Ready." Scenic designer is Daniel Ettinger; costume designer, Amanda Aldridge; lighting, David Friedl, and sound designer, Don Tindall. Further information and reservations are available by calling 1-800-368-3240.
by CNB