Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 27, 1995 TAG: 9506270036
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Miss America 1995, Heather Whitestone, will be in Roanoke on July 6 to kick off a professional development workshop for sign-language interpreters and to speak at a 6 p.m. banquet that will be open to the public.
The two-day program at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center is sponsored by Virginia Tech's Division of Continuing Education.
Tickets for the banquet are $30. Sponsor tables are available for $500, which includes dinner for eight, a listing in the program and the opportunity to meet and to be photographed with Miss America.
For tickets or more information, contact Connie Mack, program director for the Division of Continuing Education, at 857-6055, send an E-mail message to meckvt.edu, or send a fax to 857-6058.
Help with the heat
Help frail seniors beat summer's heat with a tax-deductible donation of new or good-condition used fans and small window air conditioners. Cooling units may be dropped off at the LOA Area Agency on Aging, 706 Campbell Ave., Roanoke. For more information, call 345-0451.
Rockbridge fair
The Rockbridge Regional Fair will exhibit the talents of area quilters from July 25-29 at the Virginia Horse Center, Lexington.
Quilts completed from 1992-1995 are eligible for awards and cash prizes from $15-$200. There is any entry fee of $5 per quilt.
The fair will also include the Cole Shows Midway and Carnival, music and entertainment, a rodeo, antique tractor pull, 4-H competition and exhibits, a horse show, art show, flower show and other displays and exhibits.
Admission to the fair is $2 and $1 (ages 6-18).
For more information and quilt exhibit entry regulations, contact Cyndy Szarzynski, Route 2, Box 305-C, Raphine Va. 24472 or call 377-5927.
Seniors pageant
Women age 55 and older are invited to participate in the Ms. Virginia Senior Citizen Pageant to be held in Roanoke from Aug. 24-26.
Contestants will be judged based upon a personal interview; in talent, evening-gown and day-wear competitions; and for their unique beauty.
The Virginia pageant winner will compete in the National Senior Citizen Pageant in Joliet, Ill., in October. Deadline for state entries is July 15. For information and applications, contact pageant chairman Dotty Talbott, P.O. Box 239, Dublin, Va. 24084; 674-5534.
Tour guides
African-art enthusiasts are wanted to serve as volunteer tour guides during a special "Spirit of the Motherland: African Art from the Virginia Museum" exhibit Sept. 22-Dec. 31 at the Art Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke. Extensive knowledge of African art is not required.
Prospective guides will attend training sessions on Sept. 19, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m.; Sept. 27, 10 a.m. - noon; and Oct. 5, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m and will be asked to provide at least four one-hour tours between Oct. 6 and Dec. 15.
Museum officials hope the temporary experience will lead volunteers to make a long-term commitment to the museum's docent guild.
For additional information and applications, contact volunteer coordinator Sheryl Perry, 342-5795, or director of education Mark Scala, 224-1222.
Doctorate in guitar
Classical guitarist Robert Trent, director of guitar and lute studies at Radford University, recently became the first and only person to receive a doctorate of Musical Arts in Guitar from the Peabody Conservatory of The John Hopkins University.
Trent has just completed a seven-state tour where he premiered recently-discovered Schubert works for piano and solo voice.
As a soloist, performer of chamber music and concerti, Trent has performed in North and South America and in Europe. He frequently performs on an original instrument from the early 19th century.
by CNB