Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 24, 1995 TAG: 9503240074
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS BANKS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
People, that's what.
PeO ople with a talent for carving a thing of beauty out of a rough stone or covering a white canvas with the colors of the rainbow.
People with heart.
More than 100 local artists showed how big their hearts are recently when they donated 132 pieces of art for the 13th annual art auction to benefit the Free Clinic of the New River Valley.
"We have a nice variety of work," said Paul Lancaster, vice president of the Free Clinic's board of directors.
"People come [to the auction] looking for unusual things," Lancaster said. "They may have to look around, but they'll find what they want."
If you're looking for original paintings, stained glass, baskets, fiber art or photographs, you'll find 'em!
The auction will be held Saturday at the Blacksburg Holiday Inn. Be there at 6 p.m. to view the items and participate in the silent auction. Bidding for the live auction starts at 7:30.
Admission is $6 per person or $10 per couple. All proceeds from the event will go to the Free Clinic which provides health and dental care to people in the area who cannot afford private medical services or who don't have medical insurance.
Last year, the Free Clinic recorded more than 2,800 patient contacts, double the number of only five years ago.
NEW HORIZONS: That's the name of tonight's concert in Radford University's Preston Auditorium.
The concert features works by four innovative composers: Richard Brooks, Judith Shatin, Byron Petty and Nicholas D'Angelo. The composers will conduct their own music performed by Radford University faculty musicians Caryl Conger on piano, Jill Coggiola on clarinet, Curtis Johnson on saxophone and Al Wojtera on percussion.
The "New Horizons" concert starts at 8 tonight. Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for children and free with Radford University identification.
ALL THE RIGHT DOORS: That's the title of a new album by the Nashville-based group, Mullins & Co.
"On this album, we got to take off the masks and be who we really are," says lead guitarist and singer Buddy Mullins. "We just took a step of faith, praying that the Lord would bless it and he really has. That's the reason for the title of the project. God has been opening all the right doors."
Mullins & Co., a five-man group rooted in Southern gospel, will perform tonight at the Street Light Cafe in Christiansburg's Straight Street Youth Center. The event is part of a fund-raising weekend for the center. Admission at the door is a $5 donation.
On Saturday, Mark Alan Spangler will perform his blend of country and rock music with a Christian message. John LeMasters will open the show. A $3 donation is requested.
The cafe will be open from 7 to 11 both evenings. While you're there, check out the gourmet coffee and homemade desserts. A full menu selection is available, too.
Straight Street is at 300 N. Franklin St.
TRY, TRY AGAIN: The Audubon Quartet, Virginia Tech's quartet-in-residence, will perform the fifth concert of a two-year Beethoven cycle this weekend - unless the New River valley is pounded by an unexpected ice storm!
The concert, originally scheduled last January, was postponed then because of bad weather. Now, the Audubon Quartet is ready to try again.
The concert includes the final three of Beethoven's string quartets. The performance features cellist Clyde Shaw, violist Doris Lederer and violinists David Ehrlich and David Salness.
The first performance is Saturday at 8 p.m., and a repeat concert will be offered Sunday at 3 p.m. in Squires Recital Salon. Salness will give a talk 45 minutes before each concert.
Tickets from the January concert will be honored at the door. If you don't have tickets, you may reserve them by calling the box office in Squires Student Center at 231-5615.
CELEBRATE! The New River Valley Gospel Singers, a group made up of voices from churches around the valley, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with good food and good music this weekend.
The singers will be hosting a banquet Saturday, starting at 6 p.m., in the T.J. Anderson student lounge at New River Community College in Dublin. C.L. Penn, superintendent of Surry County Schools, is the guest speaker.
Tickets for the banquet are $10 and are available by calling Carlton English, 639-6934; Richard English, 639-5542; Carrie Taylor, 674-4336, or Ann Turner, 382-6459.
On Sunday, the group will have an anniversary concert at First Missionary Baptist Church in New River. The singing commences at 6 p.m.
The Rev. Theodore Payne and his choir from Waynesboro will join the New River Valley Gospel Singers.
Admission Sunday is free.
I GET A KICK OUT OF COLE: Porter, that is.
Cole Porter wrote the music and lyrics for more than 50 musical plays and movies during his life. Some of Broadway's biggest hits were Cole Porter hits - "Red, Hot and Blue," "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Silk Stockings," to name just a few.
Porter also wrote the tunes for "Anything Goes," the show that made a star out of Ethel Merman in 1934.
The Virginia Tech Union will bring the great musical back to life Monday when 3-D II International arrives in Blacksburg. The traveling company will set the stage in Burruss Hall for one show at 7:30 p.m.
This production is the 1987 revival of "Anything Goes" that was nominated for 10 Tony Awards. The new script was written by Timothy Crouse (son of one of the original writers, Russell Crouse) and John Weidman.
The play is set aboard an ocean liner and involves some crisscrossing of romances. The passengers include Reno Sweeney, a sexy female evangelist, and Moonface Martin, a sweet, bumbling outlaw.
Tickets for "Anything Goes" are on sale now at the box office in Squires Student Center. They are $16 for adults, $8 for children under 12, $13 for Virginia Tech faculty and staff or $5 for Tech students.
STRIKE UP THE BAND: The Highty-Tighties, Virginia Tech's regimental band, will play classical, contemporary and patriotic music in a concert Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Squires Haymarket Theatre.
Maj. George McNeill will lead the Highty-Tighties. The Southern Colonels, Tech's oldest big band, will play some tunes, too.
Admission is free and the concert is open to everyone.
by CNB