ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, July 5, 1996 TAG: 9607050026
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
BLUEGRASS AND BARBECUE: Eat, drink and make music at the Vinton Old-Time Bluegrass Festival and Competition's Pig-N-Grass festival warmup, from 6-11 p.m. Saturday at the Vinton Farmers' Market. Entertainment will include music by Second Chance and Swift Creek and clogging by the Patrick Henry Travelers. Pork barbecue dinners will cost $5 per plate for adults and $3.50 for children 12 and younger. For more information, call Rhonda Wray at 345-8548.
MUSICAL MELANGE: The classic ensemble Top Brass will perform music ranging from Renaissance to pop at Historic Fincastle's Concert in the Park, 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Big Spring Park on Back Street in Fincastle. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Admission is free, but donations will be appreciated. Call 473-3077.
JULY 4 FOLLOWUP: Freedomfest - the 3-year-old brainchild of bands Radar Rose and Red Weather to celebrate a family-oriented July 4th - will go from 12:30 p.m. till dark Sunday in the Highland Park Amphitheater in Old Southwest, Roanoke. Musicians appearing, in addition to the organizers, will include Parallax, Symphony Creek, Timbo Sims, Bill Hudson and Sundried Possum. Face painting, juggling, arts and crafts also will be offered at the freebie event. Bring picnics, water guns, the kids, blankets, grills, happy feet and good vibes but, please, no glass. Call 343-5343.
BOY MEETS "B": Theater at Lime Kiln's latest tale, "The Baker, The Bear and The Blacksmith," will be performed Monday at 10 a.m. in Hollins College's Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science Building. A three-member cast punctuates with original music this allegorical story of how a boy named Simon uses his wits to grow from naive youth to wise old man. The performance is free. Call 362-6000.
PEPPER PLAY: Sen. Claude Pepper, during his 50-plus-years in Washington, had his hands in so many significant legislative pieces, particularly affecting older Americans, that House Speaker Tip O'Neill declared him "a national treasure." The silver-haired senator died in 1989, the oldest member of the House of Representatives. But he'll be remembered in a one-man performance Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Reynolds Homestead in Critz. Admission is free. Call 694-7181.
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