THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, May 12, 1996 TAG: 9605100159
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ERIC FEBER, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: JUBILEE '96 LENGTH: Medium: 65 lines
Chesapeake's own springtime festival - takes place from May 14, when it kicks off with the annual Chesapeake Kiwanis Shrimp Festival, and goes on with live entertainment, food, children's activities, fireworks, 4-H livestock shows and a carnival midway until May 19.
The Jubilee began in 1983 to observe the 20th anniversary of the city's founding. That event was so successful that event volunteers and city officials decided to hold the party every year.
The musical entertainment on the main stage during this year's Jubilee will feature a variety of musical styles:
FRIDAY, MAY 17
6:30 p.m. - Molly Hatchet, named after a fictitious 17th century ax murderess, is the Jacksonville guitar army that gained popularity during the heyday of Southern rock. The group rode into fame on the coattails of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers and scored with its million-selling long player ``Flirtin' With Disaster.'' Back with original lead singer Danny Joe Brown, the Hatchet boys plan to present the same hard-driving country rock Friday night as it did during its sizzling '70s days.
8:30 p.m. - The Bellamy Brothers will continue Friday's country flavor with its own brand of country pop. The Florida-based sibling duo of Howard and David celebrated its 20th anniversary in show business last year. In fact, David Bellamy first gained national fame and success when at the age of 17 he penned the hit novelty song ``Spiders and Snakes'' for singer Jim Stafford. The two are noted for such international hits as ``Let Your Love Flow,'' ``If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?,'' ``You'll Never Be Sorry'' and ``Big Hair.''
SATURDAY, MAY 18
6:30 p.m. - Saturday night's musical flavor will be strictly rhythm and blues and expert balladry when crooners Bill Pinkney & The Original Drifters take the stage for a set of classic early pop songs and lots of memories. Pinkney was the group's original bass voice who sang along with such Drifter stars as Clyde McPhatter, Ben E. King and Johnny Moore. The group is known for such classics as ``Under the Boardwalk,'' ``There Goes My Baby'' and ``This Magic Moment.''
8:30 p.m. - The evening's soulful groove continues with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, one of the top proponents of the classic and slick R&B style known as TSOP, or The Sound of Philadelphia. Once featuring such luminaries as Teddy Pendergrass and Billy Paul, the group is noted for such songs as ``Bad Luck,'' ``If You Don't Know Me By Now'' and ``Wake Up Everybody.'' Saturday night, Melvin will be joined by new Blue Notes Rufus Thorne, Anthony Quarterman, Dwight Johnson and William Spratley.
SUNDAY, MAY 19
5 p.m. - Sunday's main stage musical flavor will be strictly country as modern country pop crooner Aaron Tippin entertains the crowd with his own slew of slick Nashville hits.
Before Tippin takes the stage at 5 p.m., he will be preceded by other local and regional down-home acts as The Cruzin' Coyotes, the country parody of the Ill-Eagles and the rockabilly of Jason D. Williams. In addition, Sunday's entertainment will kick off with ``The King,'' as South Norfolk's own Sterling Riggs presents his very popular ``Tribute to Elvis Show.''
A former mill mechanic, Kentucky native Tippin began his career as an in-house Nashville songwriter. by CNB