Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, October 8, 1993 TAG: 9310120270
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: JOE KENNEDY
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Can this be Roanoke?
Sure. Once a year, anyway. Center in the Square will make merry in its 10th year with its annual fund-raiser, ``Affair in the Square,'' which brings together all the elements listed above to create a lively time of it, Saturday between 8 p.m. and midnight. People dress up for this event and in doing so they raise funds for the downtown arts center. It happens every October. You'll want to keep that in mind, because this year's edition is sold out.
FEAST OF FESTIVALS: Western Virginia's biggest growth industry, the slate of seasonal festivals, continues unabated this weekend with outdoor doings devoted to everything from arts and crafts to more of the same. It's a good reason to get outside before the getting gets bad. Here are a few choices:
The Floyd County Arts and Crafts Festival, Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Floyd County High School. 745-2149.
Fall Festival at Smith Mountain Lake, Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m., Bridgewater Plaza and along Virginia 122.
Fall Festival of Arts and Crafts in Newbern, today through Sunday. That's at exit 98 off I-81. 674-6880. On Saturday it will coincide with the Original Newbern Fall Festival put on by the Olde Newbern Foundation. 674-5853.
The Craig County Fall Festival, by the county historical society, Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. New Castle.
The Native American Heritage Festival and Pow Wow today and Saturday at Green Hill Park in Roanoke County. Tonight, 6-11 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Dancing, singing, drumming, flint-knapping.
The Woolwine October Festival, Saturday, starts at 9:45 a.m. on the fire department grounds.
\ MAKE A NOTE: The Roanoke Valley Historical Society is accepting reservations for its tour Oct. 16 to Buena Vista and Lexington. Buena Vista, an 1890s boom town, retains many of its turn-of-the-century houses and buildings, some of which are undergoing restoration. Stops in Lexington will include the expanded VMI Museum. Tickets are $30 for museum members and $35 for non-members. The buses will leave First Presbyterian Church in Roanoke at 8:30 a.m. and return about 5:30 p.m. For info, call 342-5770.
And, the Dutton Family, a troupe of nine musicians, singers and dancers playing country, bluegrass and classical music, will perform Oct. 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. in Whitman Auditorium of Virginia Western Community College. They're from Utah. Tickets are $7, on sale at the college bookstore. You can charge them by calling 857-7334.
I HEAR A SYMPHONY: Victoria Bond and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra will lead off their concert Monday night with Bond's saxophone concerto, ``Urban Bird.'' Cynthia Sikes will be the saxophone soloist. Reviewers have lauded her ``sinewy urgency'' and ``go-with-it sense of adventure.''
Also on the program: Hindemith's ``Mathis der Maler'' Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, ``Pathetique.'' For tickets, call 343-9127.
The concert will be repeated Tuesday night at 7 at Coeburn Middle School in Wise County. For details, call 328-0156.
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