ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, February 28, 1997 TAG: 9702280032
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: the tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
SYMPHONY SAMPLER: Fifteen 13- to 18-year-old members of The Roanoke Youth Symphony will vie for $600 in prize money during the annual Young Artists Competition on Sunday. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in Hollins College's Talmadge Hall. There is no admission charge. Call Todd Lacy at 343-6221.
IRISH-IZED: Mike Casey and Don Giuseppe on March 8 will explore "What Makes Irish Music Irish?" The workshop, at the Sedalia Center in Big Island near Bedford, will be from 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. and cost $20.
The Chapel Hill, N.C., duo also will interweave storytelling with performances on wooden flute, lap dulcimer, mandolin, Irish cittern and accordion at the center at 7:30 p.m. that same day. Admission will cost $6 for adults, $4 for students and $2 for children under 16. Call (804) 299-5080.
MUSICAL MIX: The 50-voice Valparaiso (Ind.) University chorale, as part of its spring break tour of the United States, will highlight music of four different centuries from the Italian Renaissance and early baroque, passages from British composer David Fanshawe's "African Sanctus," and American sacred, secular and folk music in a concert Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, Roanoke. Call 982-8334.
EXCITEMENT SITE: The Bowman Stadium Club at Cassell Coliseum will be the turnout point for Virginia Tech alumni and fans at the 12th annual Hokie Celebration, Sunday. The event is co-hosted by the Blacksburg Hokie Club and the New River Valley Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and is held in conjunction with Tech's home basketball game against Atlantic 10 rival Xavier. Festivities start at noon; tipoff is at 2 p.m. Game tickets cost $10. Tickets for the celebration, which will include hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar, cost $5 for adults, $1 for children 12 and younger. Proceeds go toward scholarships for Virginia Tech students. Call (800) VA-TECH4.
STYLE AWHILE: District 24 Order of Eastern Star of Virginia PHA will present "Eyes on Style '97," featuring the Gatsby Models and Jellybean Models by Kit Kelso, as well as modeling by members of the Masonic family. The entertaining evening will begin at 6 at William Fleming High school. Tickets cost $10 in advance for adults, $5 for students; $13 or $8, respectively, at the door. Call 362-0033 or 563-1137.
SPIKE TO SPEAK: Fiery film director Spike Lee will speak at Washington and Lee University's Lee Chapel in Lexington at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The W&L Film Society also will show Lee's films "She's Gotta Have It," tonight; "Do the Right Thing," Saturday; "Malcolm X," March 7; and "Get On the Bus," March 8. All screenings will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Troubadour Cinema. There is no admission charge for the speech. For additional information, call 463-8978.
HANG IN THERE: At the fourth annual Star City Climbing Crank indoor climbing competition at the Rocwood Indoor Climbing Facility on Reserve Avenue, men, women and juniors will vie for awards and climbing gear. Climbing is from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, and 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday. Call 853-6807.
THREE RINGY DINGYS: The three-ring Piccadilly Circus, featuring the White Tigers of Las Vegas, high-flying trapeze artists and cavorting chimpanzees, will be in Blacksburg on Tuesday and in Roanoke on Thursday. The Community Center Gym will be the Blacksburg site. The Roanoke show will be at the Patrick Henry High School gym. Tickets cost $5.75 for children and $8.75 for adult general admission seating. Show times are 5:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with face painting, slide rides and other fun activities for kids starting one hour prior to show time.
HIGH TIMES: The Patrick County song and dance troupe Belles 'N Beaus tonight and Saturday will present its musical interpretation of "Senior Year - 1964." At the imaginary Racine High School, the world's oldest teen-agers agonize over young love, sing about hot rods and dance to the Motown beat. Show time is 7 both nights at the Williams Barn Theater, Route 8, two miles south of Stuart. Admission costs $3 in advance or $4 at the door. Reservations are recommended. Call 694-7247; 694-3135 or 694-7181.
DOLLY WOOD: The Roanoke Ballet Theatre will present the Richmond Ballet in "Coppelia," the funny tale of a man who mistakenly falls for a life-like doll and the antics that get him back on track with his real-life love. Tickets for the performance 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Roanoke Civic Center will cost from $18.50 to $34.50, with proceeds helping the Roanoke Ballet Theatre. Call 345-6099 or 981-1201.
THE TIPOFF SIGNS OFF: After years of running this column, with Jeff DeBell, Joe Kennedy, me and occasional other authors compiling the copy, we've decided that it's time for a change.
Starting next week, instead of The Tipoff column, you'll see something completely different (and, we hope you'll agree, lots of fun) for planning your weekends.
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