Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 18, 1994 TAG: 9411250006
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
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The hillbilly rock band, which originated almost 10 years ago in Chapel Hill, N.C., will bring its bizarre style of country music to the Iroquois in Roanoke on Thursday at 10 p.m.
The group's offbeat repertoire includes often-outlandish lyrics accompanied on various combinations of guitar, bass, organ, fiddle, drums, tambourine, castanets and bongos. The band has also been known to toss a few greasy chicken bones at the audience from time to time. Admission is $5. Call 982-8979.
MOMMA MIA: Dry eyes will be the exception Tuesday and Wednesday at the Roanoke Civic Center when New York playwright Michael Matthews' gospel musical "Momma I'm Sorry" hits the stage. The heart-touching tale stars Tony-award winner Melba Moore as a mother dealing with widowhood and her four sons' growing into manhood. Two sons don't respect their mother, and because of this the other two disrespect their brothers. An all-star cast includes David Peaston, Ronnie Wilson of the GAP Band, Todd Davis, Kene Holliday, A.J. Johnson and Ji Tu Cumbuka.
Show time is 8 p.m. both nights. Tickets are $16.50 at the civic center box office, 981-1201, at TicketMaster outlets or charge by phone, 343-8100.
DRIBBLING AFTER DARK: Cave Spring High School's "Midknight Madness" basketball fund-raiser, tonight from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., will be the first time a Virginia high school hosts such an event, and one of the few times that the girls' and boys' teams share a project. Players and fans will kick off the 1994-95 basketball season with shooting contests and slam dunk competitions, plus win chances at thousands of dollars worth of donated door prizes. Proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House of Roanoke and the Barbara Rhodes Memorial Scholarship Fund, in memory of the deceased mother of a senior girl basketball player.
Admission is $1. The doors open at 10 p.m. Call 772-7550 or 989-6101.
FAMILY FUNNIES: Max Dolcelli will bring his own brand of clean comedy, suitable for family listening, to a family night at the Rex Theatre in Galax tonight. Dolcelli has toured nationally and internationally, appearing with such funnymen as Soupy Sales, Redd Foxx, Pat Paulson and Sam Kinison. His shtick will leave you in stitches, and there'll be no need to wash out his mouth with soap.
Show time is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 adults; $3 students; and $12 for families. Call 236-0668.
MACY'S, EAT YOUR HEART OUT: The annual Children's Mini Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Grandin Road Village Business and Professionals Association and the Raleigh Court Civic League will be held Saturday morning at 11. Lots of local marching bands, imaginative floats and new to the lineup this year, two members of the Roanoke city mounted police on their mounts.
The parade will proceed along Grandin Road. Bring canned or nonperishable foods for curb-side collections for donation to the RAM House, if you wish.
SERIOUS CIVIL WAR STUDY: Original Confederate and Federal uniforms, weapons, excavated relics, period currency, original documents and expertise will all be available this weekend in Richmond at the Capital of the Confederacy Civil War Show. Sponsored by the Central Virginia Relic Hunters Association and the Museum of the Confederacy, the show - said to be the largest exhibition of its kind in the eastern United States - will feature 450 tables of rare artifacts. In addition, Richmond museums will exhibit items from their collections and present programs and expert speakers on the Civil War.
Show times are Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $3.50 for adults; children under 12 free (with adult supervision). The Virginia State Grounds are at 600 East Laburnum Ave. Call Allen Lane, (804) 282-1821 or the Museum of the Confederacy (804) 649-1861.
MADRIGAL MUSIC: Madrigals, secular music written for several voices and usually sung without accompaniment, were extremely stylish during the 16th and 17th centuries, when the courts of Europe delighted in the sophisticated word painting and symbolism used in these pieces.
Tonight at 8 and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Resurrection Catholic Church on Route 122, Moneta, the recently formed eight-member Madrigal Singers will present this unique musical form. Admission is $5 at the door. Call 721-7224.
SIGHTHOUNDS ABOUND: Get an eyeful of greyhounds, whippets, salukis and other unusual hounds going through their paces at the The Blue Ridge Association for Sighthounds' ASFA Regional field trial, Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m., Eichelberger Farm, Virginia 695, Montvale.
Sighthounds are bred to chase game, but during this coursing event, 80 or more expected entrants will chase plastic lures and be graded for speed, agility, enthusiasm and endurance. Ribbons and trophies will be awarded.
Admission is free for spectators, but there is an entry fee for running dogs. To enter a dog or for information, call Judy Godsey, 992-5793.
by CNB