Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, January 8, 1995 TAG: 9501070050
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 6 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OCCUPATION: Free-lance production stage manager. Is in charge of operating and maintaining the technical side of the show once the set is built. Has worked on Broadway and on touring shows. Is currently senior production manager for The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular, which is on tour.
LIVES IN: A rent-controlled apartment in New York, a house in Roanoke - and frequently, on the road.
MARRIED: To the actress/singer/dancer Tarry Bond.
CHILDREN: Slade Bond, 20, of Colorado, from a previous marriage.
HOMETOWN: Roanoke.
PARENTS: Nelson and Betty Bond.
EDUCATION: Patrick Henry High School, Roanoke College.
ARRIVED IN NEW YORK: 1978.
REASON: Had been working as technical director of the music program at Virginia Tech, where he also co-founded the New Virginians. Left for New York, he said, after realizing Tech was not going to allow the New Virginians to grow.
ON BEING MARRIED BUT TRAVELING ALL THE TIME: "We met on the road. She [Tarry Bond] understands it pretty well."
QUOTE: "In my life, Roanoke has been the place that keeps me grounded."
by CNB