Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, July 14, 1994 TAG: 9408060003
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MARION - About 125 crafts people and artisans from Southwest Virginia will display and sell their wares at the 21st annual Hungry Mother Arts and Crafts Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Hungry Mother State Park.
The festival, sponsored by the Art League of Marion in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, is the longest-running crafts event in Virginia's state parks. Admission is free, but there is a $2 parking fee.
The event includes traditional and contemporary artwork, woodworking, leather crafts, pottery and plants. Crafts demonstrations, music and children's activities will be going on throughout the festival.
Musicians will include a barber shop quartet and choral group.
The 2,180-acre park opened in 1936. Further information is available by calling the park at 783-3422 or the Marion Chamber of Commerce at 783-3161.
Theater for youths
ABINGDON - Barter's First Light Theatre for young audiences is performing "Spirits of the South" through July 23.
Playwright Susanne Boulle, one of First Light's associate directors, said Barter is a good place to do the play "since Barter is the oldest theater in the South and this is a uniquely Southern production. It's pure fun - not scary, but haunting."
The cast includes Bob Anglin, Ida Beirne, Allison Latta, Cortny Linton, Andreas Lopez, Jeremy Van Meter, Jolene Vattesse and Stephen A. Wilson. Noel Williams is stage manager.
Performances will be at 7 p.m. Mondays; 10 a.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 1 p.m. Fridays. Further information is available by calling 1-800-368-3240.
Looking for data
Lewis Erenberg, a professor of American history at Loyola University in Chicago, is writing a book on the history of swing and bebop bands of the 1930s and '40s. He is interested in hearing from anyone who was young during the days of the Depression, World War II and after who were fans of swing and bebop.
Erenberg will accept letters or recorded tapes of your memories for use in his book, using names only where authorized to do so. He is seeking information on fan behavior and fan involvement with the bands. Where did people dance? Was the music accepted or criticized by parents? When did involvement with the music stop? What were favorite bands, singers and songs? The professor also wants to learn what role youth culture played during the '30s and '40s.
Send letters or tapes (tapes will be returned) to Erenberg, c/o History Department, at Crown Center 509, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 60626.
Softball tour
Men's and women's slow pitch softball teams are invited to participate in the Huddlefest Softball Tour on Aug. 12 and 13 in Huddleston. Deadline for entry is Aug. 5, and the fee is $100 per team.
For more information, call 297-1402 or 297-4803.
Lecture moved
The July 19th performance and lecture by Sandra Summer, which is part of Hollins College's children's literature lecture series, has been moved from Babcock Auditorium to Talmadge Hall in the Bradley Building on the Hollins campus.
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