ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, February 21, 1997 TAG: 9702210036
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
COLUMN: out & about
SOURCE: DONNA ALVIS-BANKS
Virginia Tech students Mark Greeley and Jason Price will be in the spotlight Saturday when the New River Valley Symphony takes the stage in Burruss Hall. They're the soloists for the orchestra's winter concert.
Greeley, a senior music major, has been playing clarinet since he was 10. He has performed with the Virginia Youth Symphony and the American Youth Philharmonic and currently is the principal clarinetist with the New River Valley Symphony. He's also a member of the University Symphonic Wind Ensemble and studies with Virginia Tech music professor David Widder.
At Saturday's concert, Greeley will perform Claude Debussy's "Premiere Rhapsodie."
Price, who has lived in Blacksburg since he he was an eighth-grader, is now in his fourth year at Virginia Tech. He studies trumpet with Allen Bachelder and jazz with Chip McNeill, both professors in the university's music department.
Price also plays with the New River Valley Symphony (principal trumpet) and the University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, as well as several local bands and musical groups.
"Trumpet Concerto" by Alexandre Arutunian is the piece you'll hear Price perform Saturday.
You may find yourself humming along when the orchestra breaks into Modest Mussorgsky's tone poem, "A Night on Bald Mountain." The 19th century Russian composer's piece was made famous in this century by the Walt Disney movie "Fantasia."
A suite drawn from Walter Piston's ballet, "The Incredible Flutist," is the last work on the program. Piston, an American composer, based the work on a story about a circus coming to a small town. The featured act is the "Incredible Flutist" who charms the town while he is there. After he leaves, the spell is broken. The concert piece portrays the 10 significant scenes of the ballet.
Saturday's concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets, on sale now at the box office in Squires Student Center, are $5 for adults or $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 231-5615 for reservations.
HEAD-ON: The three guys say they collided in Nashville. They've been having a bang-up time ever since.
3 Car Pile-Up is the name of the group. The young musicians count among their influences the Smashing Pumpkins, Starflyer 59 and Oasis. Their No.1 influence, however, is Jesus.
The trio uses modern rock to spread their Christian message to teens. 3 Car Pile-Up recorded its first album (self-titled) in 1995. The band is now on a national tour with Jesus Music.
You can catch 3 Car Pile-Up tonight at the 180 Club in Christiansburg. Doors at the youth center open at 7 and the music starts at 8. Mt. Zion, a local group playing folk alternative rock, will open the show.
Admission is free. The 180 Club (formerly Straight Street) is next to Dr. Video on Radford Street.
KIDS' STUFF: Thank goodness, this stuff is for kids of all ages.
Winterfest, an annual event designed to quash the midwinter blahs, is Saturday at Virginia Tech's Squires Student Center. The fifth annual event runs from noon to 6 p.m. and admission is free.
Games such as laser tag, bouncy boxing, jousting, virtual reality and sumo wrestling are among the diversions. The carnival atmosphere is complete with booths for caricature artists, palm readers and tattoo givers (not to worry, Mom, these are the tattoos that wash off in the tub).
A student theater festival, performances by jugglers and a dance company and live music will be offered, too. Winterfest is sponsored by the Virginia Tech Union.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: "Home," says Lou Warren, "is sitting between two major airports."
Warren, a 34-year-old comedian who lists his height at 5-feet 111/2-inches and his weight as "smaller than appears in a mirror," spends a lot of time on the road.
The stand-up comic has to leave his wife Rita and five children (ages 6 to 14) to share his weird take on life with folks all over the country.
Warren will be sharing in Radford Saturday at the Bus Stop's "Comedy Zone." The show starts at 10 p.m.
His act is described as "outrageous adult entertainment which patrons won't find objectionable." One of the funniest parts of his routine has to do with bizarre hair tricks. He calls his hair "brown, curly and only partially there."
The Bus Stop is at 960 Norwood St. The cover charge Saturday is $5. To make reservations, call 639-4646.
SISTER, CAN YOU SPARE THE TIME?: Pearl Cleage's play, "Flyin' West," is the story of four "sisters" and the men in their lives.
Set in 1898, it's about African-American homesteaders on one level but on another it's about some relevant modern issues - racism, community, survival, being a woman in a man's world and what really happens to dreams deferred.
"Flyin' West" is a Theatre Arts-University Theatre workshop production that opens Sunday and runs through Wednesday in Room 204 of Virginia Tech's Performing Arts Building. The play was selected for Black History Month and the upcoming Women's Month celebrations.
Admission is free but seating is limited. Although showtime is at 8 each evening, you might want to come early to make sure you get a seat.
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