Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 2, 1995 TAG: 9511020058
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The Roanoke Youth Symphony and Junior Strings will present a free concert Sunday in the Northside High School auditorium.
The concert begins at 3 p.m. On the playlist are works by Aaron Copeland, Hector Berlioz and George Frederic Handel.
James Glazebrook, concert master of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and professor at Virginia Tech, will conduct the symphony. Joanne Steele, band and orchestra director at Breckenridge Middle School in Roanoke, will conduct the strings.
For more information, Todd Lacy, youth orchestra manager, at 343-6221.
Ceramics workshop
Ellen Shankin, a nationally acclaimed ceramic artist who lives in Floyd County, will conduct a workshop at Roanoke County's Brambleton Center on Nov. 11.
The in-studio session runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the 3738 Brambleton Avenue location.
Shankin is a full-time studio potter. She has had exhibitions in all over the United States and in Reykjavik, Iceland. In 1991 she earned a National Endowment Visual Arts Fellowship and in 1992 won the San Angelo National Ceramics Competition.
The workshop will consist mainly of a demonstration by Shankin, with interaction between Shankin the participants.
Potters of all skill levels and others are invited. The $25 fee must be paid by Nov. 8. Registration is limited to 30 participants.
For more information or to register, call Vicki Salisbury, 774-1977.
Ceramics workshop
``The Lost City of the Incas: Who Built These Impossible Architectural Monuments?'' is the subject of a talk and slide show South American-born architect Gonzalo Gouffray will give Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., at Life*Works in Roanoke.
Gouffray, now living in Roanoke, will present a new approach to explain how and who built Machu Pichu, Ollaytantambo, Cuzco, Sacsayhuaman and other Incan sites.
Cost for the event is $5.
Life*Works in located at 1402 Grandin Rd, across from the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op. Use the Westover Avenue entrance to the second floor.
For more information, call 774-6910.
Murder mystery
Suffering OJ withdrawal? Be judge and jury as the fictitious Hunley clan - attired in authentic Civil War apparel - gathers to inter its patriarch's last remains.
Did old man Hunley's dominance finally turn deadly? Was murder key to keeping a skeleton locked in its closet? Did the prospect of a huge inheritance incite a homicide?
Get the clues and cast your call on Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Fishburn Mansion. The $8 admission fee includes entertainment and light refreshments. Reservations are required by today. Call Roanoke City Parks and Recreation, 981-2236.
Book signings
November will be a busy month for authors at Books-A-Million in Crossroads Mall, Roanoke.
Peter Viemeister will sign copies of his book Saturday, from noon-2 p.m. His titles include, ``Start All Over,'' ``A History of Aviation,'' ``The Beale Treasure'' and ``The Peaks of Otter.''
Dr. Christopher Neck will sign copies of his new book, ``Medicine For the Mind: Healing Word to Help You Soar,'' on Nov. 11, from noon to 2 p.m.
Local authors Don Bloss (``Sammy Seahorse Teaches Chess'') and Peggy Crawford (``Stitching the Wildflowers of Virginia'') will sign copies of their books Nov. 18 from noon to 2 p.m.
Veterans parade
A Veteran's Day parade for the Roanoke Valley will start heading down Main Street, Salem, on Nov. 22 at 12:30 p.m.
All veterans living in the area are invited to participate. Veterans will form in units by branch of service on South Broad Street, near the court facilities, and walk the four blocks from the Farmers' Market to Longwood Park for a brief ceremony. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Salem.
Veterans are invited to wear part of all of their former uniforms.
The Virginia Highlands Bagpipes and Drums will play in the park and in the parade.
The public is invited.
For more information, call 774-2574.
Art show winners
The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge has announced the following winners of the 1995 Kemper Dobbins Transportation Art Exposition, an event of the Roanoke Railway Festival, held earlier this month:
Best in Show: David Dooley, ``Under the Jefferson Bridge.''
Best Representational: Laura Horner, ``Boats For Hire.''
Best Abstract: Page Chichester, ``En Route.''
Honorable Mentions: James Knipe, Susan Lockwood and John O'Connor.
by CNB