Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 1, 1995 TAG: 9509010019
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS BANKS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
How about Anatevka?
Anatevka is the little Russian village where you'll find the fortuneless Jewish milkman, Tevye, and his five unmarried daughters.
"Fiddler on the Roof," the tender musical based on the tales of Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem, continues this weekend on the stage of Radford University's Preston Auditorium. The Summer Musical Enterprise production shows tonight and Saturday at 7:30 or you can catch the Sunday matinee at 3.
Steve Brown plays the role of Tevye and Claire Fischer-Davies stars as his wife, Golde. More than 100 local people are involved in acting, staging and producing the show directed by Jeff McCoy, the drama teacher at Pulaski County High School.
"Fiddler on the Roof" features a Jerry Bock musical score with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. You'll hum along with your favorite tunes: "If I Were a Rich Man," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "Sunrise, Sunset."
Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for senior citizens or $4 for students and children. Summer Musical Enterprise T-shirts for "Fiddler on the Roof" are available, too. Prices range from $10 to $12.
For more information, call 382-1810.
LAST CHANCE: The cast of "The Long Way Home" will present its final performance of the 1995 season Saturday. This season marked the 25th anniversary of Radford's outdoor historical drama.
You're invited to stay for the strike-the-set party to be held after the last show. The cast, crew and volunteers who helped make this year's drama a success will be recognized at the event.
Curtain time for "The Long Way Home" is 8:30 p.m. Historical tours of the site where the play's heroine, Mary Draper Ingles, lived begin at 7 p.m. Make sure you take a look at the monument placed near the site of the Ingles cabin earlier this year. Dedicated to the bravery and resourcefulness of pioneer women, the monument honors Ingles as a representative of the Virginia Historic Trail.
For reservations or more information, call the box office at 639-0679.
MUSIC MAKERS: Youngsters ages 8 and older with at least two years playing experience are invited to check out the New River Valley Youth Strings, a group that encourages "musical camaraderie in an atmosphere of artistry and enjoyment."
Rehearsals for beginning and advanced groups begin Wednesday in the band room at Blacksburg Middle School. Beginners meet from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. with conductor Carol Stone. The advanced ensemble meets with Lisa Bazuzi from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The New River Valley Youth Strings is a program sponsored jointly by Montgomery County Public Schools and the New River Arts Council.
Suzie Jackson is parent coordinator for the project. For details, call her at 231-5898 or 951-4580.
MARVEL-OUS: Illustrator Charles Vess, award-winning comic book artist, will give a slide show and talk Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. in the community room of the Blacksburg Police Department, 200 Clay St.
"Fantasy Illustrators I Like" is the title of the program. Vess, who has been published by DC, Marvel and Dark Horse Comics, is the artist-in-residence at the William King Regional Art Center in Abingdon. In addition to his work with comic art, he also illustrates folk ballads and fairy tales for grown-ups and has designed sets and costumes for the Barter Theatre.
Vess won the 1990 Inkpot Award for Excellence in Comics, the 1991 and 1992 World Fantasy Awards and the Comic Creators' Guild prize for 1993's best comic book cover. He illustrated "Spirits of the Earth" for Marvel Comics in August 1990, and "Swamp Thing" for the DC Comics 1993 series.
The Blacksburg Regional Art Association is bringing Vess to the area as part of its fine arts series this year. His talk will be free and open to the public.
WINDS BENEATH OUR WINGS: The New River Chamber Winds will have us flying high this weekend.
The musicians, directed by maestro Mark Camphouse, will play a variety of works in concerts Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the recital salon of Virginia Tech's Squires Student Center.
One set in the program is a selection of Renaissance music for brass instruments. In addition, the ensemble will play pieces by Paul Hindemith and Antonin Dvorak.
Hindemith, a German-born composer who later became a U.S. citizen, wrote some of the most important works of the first half of the 20th century. The New River Chamber Winds will perform his "Septet for Winds," a piece for seven wind instruments.
The Czech composer Dvorak, best known for his powerful symphonic works, also wrote lively, lyrical chamber music. Serenade, Op. 44 is the piece you'll hear this weekend.
Tickets, on sale at the box office in Squires Student Center, are $7 for adults or $5 for students and senior citizens. Season subscription tickets for eight concerts in the University Chamber Music Series also are available by calling 231-5615.
by CNB