ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, August 2, 1996 TAG: 9608020064
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
BEST FEST: One of the top 100 tourist events in North America and one of the top 20 tourist events in the Southeast will begin in our own back yard Saturday. The 48th annual Virginia Highlands Festival in historic Abingdon features one of the largest antiques markets in the Southeastern United States, a juried arts and crafts show, music, performing arts, youth activities, special seminars and more. The gathering, which is expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors, will continue through Aug. 18. Call 623-5266 or (800) 435-3440.
SACRED SOUNDS: Liberty University's Sounds of Liberty will perform a distinct style of sacred and secular music Saturday at 7 p.m. at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, Huddleston. During its 20 years' existence, the group has recorded at studios in Nashville, Chicago and Los Angeles and performed at the White House for special events. Admission to the concert is free; however, there is a $3 parking fee. Call 297-6066.
SHENANDOAH SHAMROCKS: Solas, featuring Seamus Egan, will bring the sounds of Ireland to the Shenandoah Valley on Sunday at 8 p.m. at Theater at Lime Kiln in Lexington. Multi-instrumentalist Egan has played with musicians including Vernon Reid of Living Colour; Peter, Paul and Mary and John McCutcheon and soloed with the National Symphony. If you missed him in concert, perhaps you caught him on the sound track for the movie "Dead Man Walking." Solas also includes a fiddler, singer, button accordionist and guitarist. Admission costs $13-$15. Call 463-3074.
PEACH TREATS: The Northwest Child Development Center's annual peach of a fund-raiser will be under way 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday in Crestar Plaza, downtown Roanoke. Local artists will entertain while patrons partake of peach cobblers, sundaes, milk shakes and short cakes at $3.75 each. Call 342-2028 or 342-0233.
DOGS' DAY: Actually, dogs' weekend. The Roanoke Kennel Club Dog Show will be held Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Salem Civic Center. Call 375-3004 for ticket information. Almost every breed of dog recognized by the American Kennel Club will be under one woof as the New River Valley Kennel Club hosts its All-Breed Dog Show Sunday at 8 a.m., also at the civic center. Call 951-8513 or 544-7223.
SHOW 'NUFF: The second offering of the annual Roanoke Valley Shakespeare Festival will be King Lear, presented at 8 tonight and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. The show will play again on Aug. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Aug. 11. Admission to the event at Virginia Western Community College is free. Call 384-6946.
Showtimers' "Sweet Charity" will play tonight through Aug. 18. Thursday through Saturday performances are at 8 p.m.; Sunday performances are at 2 p.m. Call 774-2660.
The wacky Little Sisters of Hoboken in Mill Mountain Theatre's production of "Nunsense" prove once and for all that nuns are definitely fun. The show will run on the theater's main stage through Aug. 18. Call 342-5740 or (800) 317-6455.
Botetourt County's community theater, Attic Products Inc., will present the musical comedy "The 31/2 Musketeers" Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 8-Aug. 17. Nightly performances at Lord Botetourt High School will be at 7:30. Saturdays also will have 2:30 p.m. matinees. Call 473-3216.
"Glory Bound," an effective, provocative musical comedy about racial tension, returns to Theater at Lime Kiln, Lexington, Thursday through Aug. 31. Performances are at 8 p.m.; tickets cost from $7 to $15. Call 463-3074.
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