Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, August 12, 1994 TAG: 9408130015
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Almena hughes
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The free program begins at 7 tonight at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center Amphitheater, with an orientation and brief program before riding the first-come, first-served shuttle ($2.50) or walking (free) to the mountain top. Shuttle tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. at the Peaks of Otter Camp Store.
Bring a red filtered flashlight and prepare for cool temperatures. Other accessories may include binoculars, blankets, sleeping bags or lawn chairs, camera equipment, bug spray and hot, nonalcoholic beverages.
Star charts and telescopes will be provided. Clouds will cancel the event. Call the Science Museum, 342-5710, or the Peaks of Otter Campstore, 586-1614.
STICKS AND SONGS: Stick player/song writer Greg Howard of Charlottesville explores multiple musical facets on his "seldon-seen Stick," an electric, 10-string innovation that resembles a wide, bodiless guitar, whose strings are tapped rather than plucked or strummed.
Show time is 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sedalia Center Coffeehouse. Tickets are $5; $2 for those 15 or younger. Call Bert Wade (804) 299-5080.
ALL THAT JAM: Jazz Jam II gets underway Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Henry Street Music Center, Roanoke. Featured performers will be Ray Ebbett and Trio, along with Dave Figg, Mark Turner, Ronnie Law, Leroy Taylor, Lenny Marcus, Heather Banker, Ron Maturani, Deborah Liles, Jimmy Landry and Joe Owens.
Tickets, $8, are available at Books Strings & Things on the Roanoke City Market or at the door. Call 981-9110.
NOT AN OXYMORON: Or at least that's what playwright Tom Ziegler says in describing his latest work, "Glory Bound," as a "lighthearted musical about racial tension in a small Southern town." The world-premiere workshop Monday at 8 p.m. in the theater at Lime Kiln is a work still in progress. After the performance, audience members are invited to critique the piece with the writers, designers and cast. Tickets are $5. Call 463-3074.
A FAMILY AFFAIR: Lime Kiln Theater's Family Folklife Festival, beginning Tuesday and running Tuesdays through Saturdays through Sept. 3, features three one-act plays based on Appalachian fairy tales and legends. "Jack & The Big Tree" is similar to "Jack & The Beanstalk." "Munci Meg" is a takeoff on "Cinderella" and "3 Drops of Blood" resembles "Beauty and the Beast."
The plays are on rotating schedules beginning with "Jack & The Big Tree" on Tuesday. Call for specific dates and times. Most performances are at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 per performance for adults, $4 for children, students and senior citizens. Call 463-3074.
WAR AND MORE: The Civil War Living History Weekend returns as part of the Virginia Highlands Festival in Abingdon. Demonstrations and exhibitions, including artillery firings, will be held through this weekend at the Southwest Virginia 4-H Center on Hillman Highway. Admission is free, but a $2 parking fee will be collected at the gate. Call (703) 628-8141.
by CNB