Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 25, 1995 TAG: 9506260134
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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WYTHEVILLE - The final day of this year's nine-day Chautauqua Festival will end at 9 tonight with a performance of the Wytheville Community College Concert Band under the direction of Jack O. White in Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park.
It will be preceded by a day of performances in the park, starting with Lisa's School of Performing Arts at 2 p.m., followed by gospel music by the Rich Family at 3 p.m., the Roanoke Youth Symphony at 4 p.m., Chautauqua Festival Choir at 6 p.m., and Irish folk singer Frank Emerson at 8 p.m. In addition, classical soloist Jeanne Franks will appear in concert at 3 p.m. at Saint John's Episcopal Church.
All performances are open to the public at no cost.
Other Chautauqua activities today include a chess tournament continuing at the Holiday Inn at 9 a.m. On the Wytheville Community College campus, the outdoor art show and sale will start at 10 a.m., the indoor art show and sale at 1 p.m., a craft show and sale from noon to 6 p.m., an antique show and sale from noon to 5 p.m., and a photography exhibit atnoon.
A bus tour of historic places will leave from Saint Paul United Methodist Church at 1:30 p.m. Participants should pre-register at the Chautauqua Office.
Trust to renovate Auditorium
RURAL RETREAT - A $100,000 trust fund established by the late Dr. Charles E. Davis Jr. will help renovate the auditorium at Rural Retreat High School.
Davis, a physician and surgeon who served as president of the Medical Society of Virginia, established the fund before his death last March 17. He graduated from the high school in 1933 before attending Roanoke College and the University of Virginia, where he earned his medical degree in 1940.
The Wythe County School Board formally received the trust this month. Its purpose, in Davis's words, was "to improve the cultural, educational and/or recreational status of this remarkable area which I love very much." The renovation to the auditorium will benefit students, staff, parents and the community.
Narrows graduate wins scholarship
NARROWS - Brian Christopher Ballard of Narrows is one of two high school graduates named as recipients of the Greever Crouse Memorial Scholarship as incoming students at Emory & Henry College.
He and Crystal Michelle Puckett of Cleveland were chosen for the first-year scholarships on the basis of leadership, citizenship, sportsmanship and scholarship. The scholarship was established in 1993 by the Appalachian Officials Association.
Ballard graduated from Narrows High School where he was on the football and track teams for four years. He participated in the Youth in Leadership program, served as vice president of the Key Club and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
by CNB