
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 1, 1995                   TAG: 9509010029
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: STACY JONES
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

THE TIPOFF

AWESOME WAVES, DUDE!: I know, we don't have waves here (unless you count the really friendly men in pickup trucks who wave to me at stoplights.) Nevertheless, Beach Festival '95 will bring the ocean to Roanoke. The party takes place at Victory Stadium on Sunday and boasts some big-name oldies groups from the 1960s. For example, The Kingsmen (remember ``Louie Louie''?) and Jan & Dean (remember ``Deadman's Curve'' and ``Little Old Lady From Pasadena''?). The Original Drifters and Key West will also play some tunes. Admission is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Kids 10 and under get in free. The gates open at 3 p.m. with the first band taking the stage at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Roanoke Civic Center and through Ticketmaster. Call 366-6679.

TEA AND SYMPATHY: In the tradition of the ``We Are The World'' collaboration, Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea will host ``Harbor Art,'' a joint effort by local artists and community leaders to raise money for the Turning Point Shelter for Abused Women and Children. The paintings and music of local artists will be on display and for sale Sunday from 1-5 p.m. The music, titled ``Harbor for Tomorrow,'' is a cassette of songs by local singers that deal with the topic of abuse. Heather Banker, Barb Martin and Leslie Tucker are a few of the locals on the $5 cassette. Sherry Christensen and Amy Grigorieff are the featured painters. All proceeds will go to the Turning Point Shelter. Call 387-7541.

POWER POETRY:Tuesday, the Iroquois has a special guest: Gayle Danley, the 1994 National Individual Slam Champion. That's slam as in poetry slam. The publication, Poet's Week, stated that Danley's poems ``have the power to heal and transform.'' That may be going overboard, but you can be pretty confident she'll have more to say than ``Roses are red, violets are blue...'' The performance begins at 9 p.m. Admission is free. Call 345-6335.

PARK ART: This being Labor Day weekend, most people will be outdoors looking for that last hurrah of summer. One option is the 17th Annual Claytor Lake State Park Arts & Crafts Festival being held Saturday-Monday. Sure, it may not rate a 10 on the Last Hurrah Scale, but it has food, music, art, a beach area and hiking trail: a decent foundation on which to build some fun. Claytor Lake State Park is in Pulaski County near Dublin, two miles southwest of exit 101 on I-81. For information about the festival, call 389-6163. For information about Claytor Lake State Park, call 674-5492.

SUMMER SEND-OFF: The leisure season is winding down. School, vacationless months and FALL are on the horizon. Don't want to think about it? Then forget it (at least for one more weekend) and indulge in a soothing Sunday concert at the Garth Newel Music Center in Warm Springs. This, the last concert of the summer chamber series, will have three offerings: Bolling's Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano; Paine's Sonata for Violin and Piano and Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Admission is $12, $6 for students. Call 839-3154.

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