Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, December 2, 1994 TAG: 9412030010
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TWENTY TREE TREATS on which to feast your eyes and imagination comprise the Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley's 12th annual Festival of Trees, today through Dec. 24 in Fitzpatrick Hall of The Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave., Roanoke. Hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mondays-Thursdays; 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $1.50 for adults, $1 for children ages 6 -12, children under 6 admitted free. Call 344-0931.
HISTORY'S SPOTLIGHTED at the third annual Stonewall Theatre Celebration 8 p.m. Saturday in Clifton Forge. Bob Campbell, formerly of the Statler Brothers, Shelly Cole and her band Silver Wolf, the Virginia Opry Gospel Quartet and its band, Gloryland, and the Mountain Heritage Cloggers will be among the entertainers helping to raise funds for the Appalfolks of America Association's Stonewall Theatre Restoration Project.
The theatre, built in 1905, is listed in both the state and national registers of historic places. The nonprofit AAA, whose purpose is to "improve the literacy and dropout rate by promoting drug-free living via programs in the literary and performing arts," uses the theatre as a performing arts center. Advance tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for children 12 and under; $6 for adults and $3 for children at the door. Call 862-1234 or 862-7407.
SANTA IN SALEM will be only one of many drawing cards during Ye Olde Salem Christmas, an old-fashioned celebration of the holiday season at Library Square and Market Square Saturday from noon-5 p.m. The Salem Merchants Association, Kiwanis Club of Salem, City of Salem, Salem Junior Woman's Club, Salem Times Register and radio station WWWR-910 AM will sponsor the giving of free horse-drawn carriage rides, refreshments, music, dancing, children's games and storytelling, and an open house at the Salem Museum.
If you'd like to give back, donation boxes for cash, clothing, new toys and nonperishable foods to benefit the City of Salem D.A.R.E. program will be set up at Library Square, Market Square and Longwood Park. Rain date is Sunday, same time, same place.
SMOOTH MOVES that won dancers Peter Collins and Amy Cousins the title of Best Amateur Smooth Couple in the United States will be demonstrated as part of the entertainment at the U.S. Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association's "An Affair of the Heart" dance Sunday. Collins and Cousins, also 1993 and 1994 Feather Award Winners, will also perform waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, fox trot and quickstep. You can put on your dancing shoes and do your dance, too.
Proceeds from the event, sponsored by the Martinsville Chapter of the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association, will benefit the American Heart Association, Martinsville affiliate. The place is the National Guard Armory, Commonwealth Blvd., Martinsville, from 3-7 p.m. Men, dark suits; women, dressy attire. Light refreshments served; no alcoholic beverages. Tax-deductible tickets are $12.50. For reservations or information, call Isola Peters, 629-2693 or George Brown, 647-7704.
TOE-TALLY COOL best describes the Roanoke Ballet Theatre's performance of "A Toyshop Holiday" Sunday at Richfield Retirement Community in Salem. The excerpt from the show, about a shop keeper who finds true love after all the toys in his store magically come to life one holiday season, is set to the music of Dimitri Shostakovich. The free event, including light refreshments, is part of the Holiday Open House at the Oaks from 2-4 p.m. Call 380-6544.
CLASSIC CHRISTMAS is "A Christmas Carol" presented Tuesday by an ensemble of 36 actors, singers, musicians and technicians performing an array of traditional Christmas carols interwoven with Dickens' novella of Ebeneezer Scrooge and company. The presentation, which starts at 7:30 p.m. in Virginia Tech's Burruss Auditorium, is part of the VTU Entertainment Series. Tickets are $14 general admission; $11 Tech faculty/staff; $7 children. For information, call 231-5200, or to order tickets, call Tech's box office, 231-5615.
STRINGS SYMPHONY is assured when Poland's Wilanow Quartet performs 8 p.m. Wednesday in Roanoke College's Olin Theatre. The group, touted as one of Poland's premiere string quartets, has a discography of more than 25 recordings, has toured internationally and received numerous awards, including the prestigious Golden Orpheus. Selections will include Haydn Quartet in G major, Op. 76, No 1; Szymanowski Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 and Brahms Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2. The quartet is being sponsored by the Roanoke Valley Chamber Music Society. Tickets are $11. Call the society at 774-2899 or the college box office at 375-2333.
HOMESTEAD FOR THE HOLIDAYS and benefit a worthy cause, to boot, at the fourth annual Lime Kiln Arts theatre's fund-raiser, at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Dec. 10. Proceeds benefit Lime Kiln's Arts-In-Residence programs at several regional high schools. Options include afternoon tea, a sumptuous dinner, dancing, Appalachian Christmas tales, caroling, maybe even overnight accommodations and a breakfast buffet at the elegant 18th century resort set on 15,000 acres in the Allegheny Mountains. Prices range from $20 per person for storytelling and caroling only to $298 per couple for the entire package. For reservations and information, call 463-3074.
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