ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, March 15, 1996 TAG: 9603150024
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
THE YOUNG & THE WRESTLERS: The Children's Miracle Network and the Christiansburg High School Athletic Booster Club both will benefit from the proceeds of this professional wrestling show tonight at the high school. The show features the Rock-N-Roll Express; Doink, the wrestling clown; international stars Bambi and Peggy Lee Leather; and other favorites. Doors open at 7 p.m. for a special autograph session; matches get under way at 8. Tickets cost $10 ringside, $8 general admission. Call 967-9606.
GREEN SCENE: Whether Irish by heritage or at heart, don your green and watch or march in the eighth annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday in downtown Roanoke. Register at First Union Tower Plaza between 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. The march begins at the plaza at 3 p.m. Judging - for reddest hair and other categories - will take place at the reviewing stand in the Roanoke City Market. Call the Roanoke City Office of Special Events, 981-2630.
REMOTE CONTROL: The Roanoke Valley Radio Control Club will holds its 18th annual Swap Shop and Auction on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lord Botetourt High School in Daleville. Radio-controlled airplanes, boats, cars, helicopters and more will be offered for sale or trade. Admission costs $3, children under 12 get in free.
TOT TEMPTERS: Everything from clowns to canines will entertain Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Kids' Day at Tanglewood Mall. The Jack Tale players, Miss Mona's Sunshine Kids and Roanoke Ballet Theatre are among the scheduled performers. Roanoke County Police will offer free child-identification fingerprinting and showcase feats by its K-9 patrol. Admission is free.
CONDUCTOR COMING: RSO conductor finalist Yong-Yan Hu will mete Mozart, Brouwer and Brahms on Monday at 8 p.m. at the Roanoke Civic Center. Tickets range from $7 for students to $22. Come early, at 6:30 p.m., for composer-in -residence Margaret Brouwer's question-answer session, then hear the Junior Strings perform in the lobby from 7:20-7:50 p.m. Come earlier still - Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to be exact - and for $1, catch the rehearsal. Call 343-9127.
CIRCUIT CIRCUS: The Royal Palace Circus, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Salem Civic Center, will spotlight internationally acclaimed acrobat Emil Popsecu and his amazing sea lions. Other animal acts will include Lipizzan Stallions, fancy poodles, a black panther and some albino pythons. Human performers include gymnasts, clowns and aerialists. Adult admission is $8, but a limited number of free children's tickets is available at participating Kmarts, Food Lions, Harris Teeters, Krogers, Wal-Marts and Burger Kings.
ON TRACK: The Virginia Museum of Transportation's all-day bus tour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 23, will track the N&W railroad's heritage in the New River Valley. Stops will include the Radford water tower, station office, freight station, engine facility, curved bridge and the former passenger station, as well as passenger stations in Christiansburg, Dublin and the Pulaski Depot. The $20 fee includes a box lunch. Call 342-5670.
CHOW CHECK: The 14th annual "Tasting & Toasting" benefit, featuring samples from 16 restaurants and five Virginia wineries, is set for 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. March 24 in the Moody Center at Hollins College. New this year to the Planned Parenthood fund-raiser is a raffle for dinner at a dozen restaurants. Tickets cost $35; none will be sold at the door. Call 362-3968.
OSCAR OUTING: Roanoke Festival in the Park's "A Night at the Academy Awards," March 25 at the Cinema USA Theater in Crossroads Mall, will run a live broadcast of the Hollywood ceremony on one of the big screens. A second theater will show clips and highlights from previous Academy Award shows. Photo opportunities will be available with "Celebrity Heads" of Bob Hope, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor and Burt Reynolds. A fashion show, silent auction and other entertainment also will be offered. The black-tie fund-raiser, which starts at 8 p.m. and continues until the Hollywood ceremony ends, benefits the festival's scholarship program. Tickets cost $20 per person. Call 342-2640.
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