Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 27, 1995 TAG: 9510270043
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS BANKS/
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Garlic will keep most vampires (and friends) at arm's length.
Fortune tellers always wear size medium costumes.
Monsters will never attack you if your head is under the covers.
Don't hide your head under the covers this Halloween, though. It's more fun to join in all the activities going on around the New River Valley.
Costume contests, haunted houses and tales to send shivers up your spine - just some of the things you have to look forward to as the Halloween celebrations get underway this weekend.
Check out all the listings in today's Arts & Entertainment calendar. You're sure to find something to help you let off a little scream.
Nothing like a bad pun to get you started, right?
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? John was 13 in 1953. His teacher described him as "Hopeless. Rather a clown in class. He is just wasting other pupils' time."
Paul was only 14 years old when his mother, Mary, died of cancer.
George was born Feb. 25, 1943, the son of a bus driver. By 1963, he was able to buy his parents a new home.
Ringo received his first drum set at the age of 19. It was a Christmas present from his parents.
Together, John, Paul, George and Ringo changed the world with their music. Even though they parted company in 1970, the Beatles still influence popular music.
Everyone who loves the Beatles (i.e., everyone!) will want to take in the 1964 concert this weekend. 1964 is the Beatles tribute band voted best major concert act last year by the readers of Campus Activities Today magazine.
The Fab(ricated) Four from Akron, Ohio, will perform at the Dedmon Center as part of Radford University's family weekend celebration. The concert starts at 8 Saturday night.
Because the members of 1964 spent years researching the Beatles, their show is legit right down to Beatle boots and Vox amplifiers. The musicians also worked hard to capture the original group's mannerisms and unmistakable harmonies.
Tickets for Saturday's concert are $6 for the public or $3 for Radford University students and staff. For information, call Heth Student Center, 831-5420.
MAGIC FINGERS: When Anne Koscielny made her debut in London, she saved this clipping from The Daily Telegraph:
"Fire and feeling. Outstanding interpretations. Power and control. This was a remarkable debut."
That was in 1972.
Koscielny, now a professor of music at the University of Maryland, is an internationally acclaimed pianist. She is visiting Virginia Tech this weekend for the Virginia Music Teachers annual state convention.
Koscielny will present a solo performance Saturday at 8:30 p.m. in Squires Recital Salon. Her program includes a group of Chopin pieces, as well as piano works by other classical composers.
The recital is free and open to the public.
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE: Radford University's Appalachian Events Committee will celebrate mountain life Saturday with a festival on the lawn at Heth Hall. Events run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Folk art and live entertainment are the attractions. You'll hear favorite stories told by Cat White and Les Dotson, as well as musical treats by the Barr Family, Special Delivery and musicians of the Celtic community.
At noon, Kem Darden will conduct a live auction.
Admission to the festival is free.
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: Chili, hot dogs and drinks await you at the Newbern Community Center. The dinner is a benefit for the Newbern Volunteer Fire Department put on by the Pulaski chapter of Modern Woodmen of America.
You're invited to eat for donations to the cause. Proceeds up to $2,500 will be matched by the home office of Modern Woodmen of America. The money will be used to buy equipment for the fire house in Newbern.
The evening also includes some fine entertainment. The Willis Family will kick it off with gospel music at 5 p.m. At 6, make way for the New River Community College Twirlers.
Singing and dancing by Terri Peterson follows at 6:30, and the Gateway Quartet will wrap things up at 7 with more Southern gospel singing.
AH, LOVE! Mike and Tina Vaughn won't have to do a whole lot of acting in this weekend's production of "Love Letters," a play by A.R. Gurney presented by The Giles Little Theatre in association with Playmakers & Company.
The Vaughns play a loving married couple, Andrew and Melissa, whose lives have been intertwined since childhood. The two characters look back at their lives through memories of letters they have written to each other over the years.
In real life, Mike and Tina Vaughn have their own love story. They met in the early 1980s while working together in community theater. They were married five years later and they're still working together in community theater!
The curtain goes up for "Love Letters" at 8 tonight and Saturday in the Pearisburg Community Center (formerly the King Johnston School). The production is directed by Bonnie Shortt.
Admission at the door is $4 for adults or $3 for students and senior citizens.
ENCORE: If you missed her the first time around, don't fret.
Jane Powell, that dynamic lady of song, will be back at the Cafe at Champs for a repeat performance tonight. Her show starts at 9.
Classic jazz, R&B, blues, reggae, gospel - you name it, Powell can sing it.
A native of Roanoke, Powell has performed with the likes of Lou Rawls, B.J. Thomas, Melba Moore and many others.
The Cafe at Champs is at 111 N. Main St. in Blacksburg. The cover charge tonight is $8.
ALL ABOARD! This is your last chance to reserve a space for the historic homes and sites tour of the Snowville area. Sponsored by Montgomery Museum, it's happening Saturday.
Museum volunteers will provide car pools. The tour starts in Christiansburg at 9 a.m. and includes stops at Snowville landmarks such as Humility, the Masonic Lodge and the Christian Church. The United Daughters of the Confederacy will serve lunch at the McNeil home in Snowville.
Tickets are $12 with proceeds benefiting Montgomery Museum.
For reservations, call Linda Martin, 381-3628, or the museum, 382-5644.
by CNB