Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, February 22, 1991 TAG: 9102220065
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Their trademark sound - heard on recordings, television commercials and movie soundtracks - has been taken from night clubs to symphony halls. Many say the group is a legend.
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $4 for children.
For information, call 831-5420.\
AFTERNOON TUNES: The Roanoke Symphony's chamber-sized aggregation will present a "Sunday with the Symphony" concert Sunday afternoon at 3 at Cave Spring High School auditorium in Roanoke.
The program will include J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Mozart's Symphony No. 29, as well as other works. Wayne Kompelian, a bass from Liberty University, will sing two arias from "The Marriage of Figaro."
Tickets are $10 and $12. They are half-price for students and senior citizens.
For information, call the symphony box office at 343-9127.
The symphony will present the same program Saturday night at 8 at the Franklin County High School auditorium.
Tickets in advance are $10 for adults and $3 for children. At the door they will be $12 and $4. For reservations and information, call Ferrum College at 365-4358. The concert is sponsored by the college and the Franklin Guild.\ \ SLITHERERS: The Science Museum of Western Virginia will have a Reptile Expo on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Roanoke's Center in the Square.
The events will include guest appearances by live reptiles and amphibians, plus herpetologists who will provide information about them throughout the day.
Meanwhile, "Dinosaurs Alive!" continues in the fifth floor exhibit area.
The museum's telephone number is 342-5710.\
AMERICA: Radford University will be the site of the fourth annual Powwow sponsored by its Native American Heritage Association, starting tonight and continuing through Sunday in Peters Gym.
Registration is at 6 tonight with inter-tribal dancing to begin at 7:30. Two to three dozen Indian tribes will be represented. On Saturday, there will be a trading post and Native American cuisine.\
GOSPEL TRUTH: The Emme Kemp Trio will present a concert tonight at 8 at the Martinsville High School auditorium. Advance tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. At the door the tickets will be $6 and $4.
Kemp has composed music for "Captain Kangaroo," appeared on Broadway in "Raisin in the Sun," and contributed songs as well her stage presence to the Broadway production of "Bubbling Brown Sugar."
The event is coordinated by the Piedmont Arts Association.\
SHORT TAKES: The Coryton Trio will play Thursday night at 8 at Olin Theater at Roanoke College under the sponsorship of the Roanoke Valley Chamber Music Society.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for senior citizens. They are available from the Olin Hall box office.
The trio consists of flute, cello and harp and features Michael Debost, a renowned French flutist. The program is titled, "The French School: Impressionists in Music."
THE NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE will perform Tuesday night at 8 in the Lenfest Center of Washington and Lee University in Lexington.
It consists of 10 players from some of the leading orchestras inthe Netherlands.
Ticket information is available from the Lenfest box office at 463-8000.
Virginia Tech's New Virginians put on their Great American Variety Show tonight at 8 at the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium. Tickets are $7.
Folksinger Steve Key, a New York native now living in Washington, will play at Third Street Coffeehouse in Roanoke tonight from 7 to 9. Doors open at 8.
Key has been praised by those who follow the folk music circuit for compositions that range from sunny to gritty.
Admission is free but donations are accepted for the performers. The coffeehouse is in the basement of Trinity United Methodist Church at Third Street and Mountain Avenue in Old Southwest.
by CNB