Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, December 10, 1993 TAG: 9312140011
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: WENDI GIBSON RICHERT STAFF WRITER
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The Old Southwest Christmas Parlor Tour: The historic Roanoke neighborhood will open 10 of its doors Saturday from 5-9 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Included on the tour is a preview of the renovations going on at the Boxley House, which sits at the corner of Franklin Road and Washington Avenue. Tickets for the tour are $8 and may be purchased on tour days from either the Boxley House or the lobby of Lotz Funeral Home. For more info, call 342-3869 or 343-9099.
The Historic Fincastle Christmas Tour: Heading north from the Parlor Tour on U.S. 220, you drive right into Fincastle for their tour of four historic churches, two 18th-century cabins, four 19th-century houses and the Botetourt County Museum. Be sure to check out the town's bright Christmas lights, too. The tour is Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m., and tickets are $8, available at each house and the Early Cabin. Call 473-2772 for more information.
RUNNING IN WINTER: Now it's time to strip off your walking sneakers and lace up your running shoes for the Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis on Saturday at 9 a.m. in downtown Roanoke. Wait, that's not all: Participants in the 5K run and 1-mile fun walk are encouraged to wear costumes, not that drab running-shorts and tank-top ensemble. A costume contest is before the race at 8:30. Hurry to register, though. Deadline is today at noon. Call 981-1826 for entry information.
BAH HUMBUG!: When your feet have met their weekend treading quota, you can prop them up in a horse-drawn carriage for a ride at downtown Roanoke's Dickens of a Christmas celebration. The fun begins this morning, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and continues Saturday, from 10 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. The Victorian Christmas celebration will offer hot roasted chestnuts, apple cider, hot chocolate, readings from ``A Christmas Carol,'' excerpts from ``The Nutcracker,'' storytelling, carolers, bagpipes, ice sculptures, and, of course, the happy dude in red.
TRA LA LA LA LA: The Blacksburg Master Chorale will present its annual holiday benefit concert, ``An Old World Christmas,'' on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Blacksburg Baptist Church. The popular brass quintet Brass Dominion will join the chorale this year in performing selections from Bach's ``Christmas Oratorio,'' Britten's ``Ceremony of Carols'' and Handel's ``Messiah.'' And, there are the traditional carols, too. Tickets are $5, and nonperishable foods will be collected at the door to be given to the Blacksburg Inter-Faith Food Pantry. To reserve a seat, call 953-1559.
LA LA LA LA: The annual holiday concert by the Roanoke College Preparatory Division of Music Children's Choir is tonight at 7 p.m. at Salem Baptist Church. The concert choir will be fresh from its performances in the Holiday Choral Festival at Walt Disney World. Earlier in the year, they were selected as one of nine children's choirs from the United States to perform in the festival. Concert admission is $3 and children under 12 go free. For more info, call 375-2333.
\ NOT THE NUTCRACKER: The OTHER holiday ballet is ``Coppelia,'' or ``The Girl With Enamel Eyes,'' and it's being staged at Radford University's Preston Auditorium this weekend. First performed in 1870 for the Emperor Napoleon III and the elite of the Second Empire, the ballet is one of the oldest. Husband-and-wife team Frano Jelincic and Dagmar Kessler, Radford's artists-in-residence, bring the dance to the New River Valley tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children. For reservations, call 831-5420.
by CNB