ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, March 1, 1996 TAG: 9603010019
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
LOTTA WOMEN and several men make up the cast that sets the literary classic "Little Women" to music in "Jo." Showtimers' family-oriented season opener, directed by Lee Cruise with music by William Dyer and lyrics and book by Don Parks, will be performed tonight and Saturday night at 8, Sunday at 2 p.m., then Wednesday through March 9 at 8 p.m., with a final performance at 2 p.m. on March 10. Tickets cost $10. Call 774-2660.
TALENT TEST: Youngsters aged 6-18 from the Lansdowne and Jamestown housing communities tonight will mark the end of eight weeks of studying the performing arts with an evening of drama, drumming, dances of Africa and Vietnam, skits, songs and other shows of talent. The program in Virginia Western Community College's Whitman Auditorium begins at 7 p.m. A $3 donation will help support ongoing youth club activities. Call 982-1427.
SPORTS AND A SPOT: A spot of tea with crumpets will be served from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday as the Virginia Museum of Transportation and the British Sports Car Club kick off a show of fine British sports cars including MGs, Jaguars, Morgans, Triumphs and a rare Sunbeam Tiger. Admission to the show, which runs through March 10, costs $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for children aged 3-18. The museum opens at 10 a.m Mondays through Saturdays and at noon on Sundays and closes daily at 5 p.m. Call 342-5670.
ART'S SAKE AUCTION: Proceeds from Theater at Lime Kiln's sixth annual auction and dinner gala Saturday at Virginia Military Institute's Moody Hall will help fund Lime Kiln's Artists-in-Residence program, which places the theater's artists in area schools to help students develop creativity, self-esteem and appreciation for cultural diversity.
The $75 per couple or $40 per person auction ticket price includes a 6 p.m. cocktail reception, a bidding number, dinner with wine and dessert and a performance of "The Baker, The Bear & The Blacksmith," plus opportunities to bid on a ton of tempting items. Call 463-3074.
MUSICAL MINISTERS: In addition to performing and recording their inspirational music, gospel artists Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig and Dan Dean are able to hold down ministries of their own, respectively, in Austin, Texas; St. Louis, Mo. and Irving, Texas. Saturday, at 7 p.m., the multiple music-award nominees will be in concert with Aaron Jeoffrey and JoAnna Carlson at Lakeside Baptist Church in Salem. General admission will cost $7 in advance, $9 at the door or $10 for Gold Circle seating. Tickets are available at local Christian book stores or call (800) 627-9747.
MOZART'S MYSTERY: Mozart's "Requiem" was anonymously commissioned and was not finished when the composer died. One of Mozart's pupils took on the task of completing the work, and in the process added passages of his own.
Sunday at 3 p.m., the Rockbridge Chorus - under the direction of William McCorkle and featuring soprano Christine Schadeberg, mezzo-soprano Patricia O'Brien Campbell, tenor Michael Henry and bass Wayne Kompelien - will perform the "Requiem" at the Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts in Lexington. Admission will cost $6 for adults; $3 for students. Call 463-8000.
BIG BRASS: Brass Blowout 1996 will bring four brass groups together for a blast of Renaissance, classical and romantic works, as well as 20th Century jazz and new and popular favorites, Sunday at 3 p.m. in Virginia Tech's Squires Student Center. Admission is $3 at the door. Call 231-5200.
CLASSICAL CLASSIC: Robert and Pamela Swenson Trent say that 19th century classical music was "written for husbands and wives to play at home." On Thursday at 8 p.m., the husband-and-wife duo will bring its audience onto the stage of Radford University's Preston Auditorium, close the curtains in an attempt to create an intimate home ambience, and perform works of Beethoven, Molino and Giulianion on period instruments including an authentic 19th century guitar and a fortepiano built especially for the couple, which bills itself as Duo Frienze. Tickets cost $3 for the general public, $1 for children. Call 831-5324.
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