Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 7, 1994 TAG: 9410080002
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Additionally, regionally created arts and crafts, from quilts to hand-painted bird houses, will be available; music, comedy and other entertainment will be continually showcased on outdoor stages; children will find a full bill of diversions, including train rides, clowns, music, fun activities and more; and vintage autos will be on display.
A few tickets remain for the festival's acclaimed excursions through the spectacular Blue Ridge Mountains on a vintage N&W passenger train. Saturday's half-day trips go to Walton, Va.; Sunday's full-day outing is to Bluefield, W.Va. For excursion costs and times, call 366-0916. For general festival information, costs and locations, call 342-2028 or 342-6025.
STAGE RIGHT: Play a supporting role in the perpetuation of fresh new drama by American playwrights at the Norfolk Southern Festival of New Works in Theatre B of Mill Mountain Theatre. This year's New Play Competition finalists "Blues for Miss Buttercup" by Dr. L. E. McCullough and "Jewish Sports Heroes and Texas Intellectuals" by Missouri Downs, along with new work "Cherry Phosphate Saturday Afternoon" by Jo Weinstein will make up the script-in-hand rolling repertory presentations.
Play dates are Tuesday through Sunday, including Saturday and Sunday matinees. General admission is $5. For times and tickets, call 342-5740.
SEASONS' STARTER: The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra on Monday kicks off its impressive 1994-95 calendar with Niccolo Paganini's "Violin Concerto: Star Spangled Banner," performed by Naumberg Violin Concerto Competition winner Tomohiro Okumura. Also on the ticket are "Thinking Like a Mountain," a world premiere composition by symphony conductor Victoria Bond, and Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, Opus 43, D Major.
The concert begins at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $12 to $20. Call the RSO box office, 343-9127.
GRAMMY GRABBER: Five-time Grammy and 10 time Dove Award winner Larnelle Harris tonight brings his joyful contemporary Christian music to the Multi-Purpose Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg.
Harris, who also has been named Male Vocalists of the Year three times at the Dove Awards, was recently honored by the Gospel Music Association for his 25 years in the gospel industry.
Among tonight's repertoire, he will perform selections from his latest release, "Beyond All The Limits."
The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, available at the Liberty University Bookstore, New Life Books & Gifts and Bible Baptist Bookstore in Roanoke, are $8 for reserved seating or $7 general admission.
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