ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, December 5, 1996             TAG: 9612100155
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                PAGE: E-9  EDITION: METRO 


AROUND TOWN EAST

Harrison museum holds holiday bazaar

The Harrison Museum of African American Culture will hold its sixth annual Holiday Shopping Bazaar Friday through Sunday. On Friday, shoppers will receive a 15 percent discount from the museum store from 5 to 9 p.m., and Stowe & Lowe Productions will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. On Saturday, door prizes will be awarded hourly from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., and Santa Claus will visit from 3 to 6 p.m. The bazaar opens Sunday at 1 p.m. with gospel singing from 3 to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

VWCC sponsors holiday show

Virginia Western Community College Student Activities will sponsor performances of "An Old-Fashioned Christmas," written and directed by Bart McGullion, today, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the school's Whitman Auditorium. Performances will also be held Dec. 12, 13, 14 and 15.

Tickets can be purchased in the lobby of the auditorium from noon to 3 p.m. and the night of the performance. General admission is $8 and student tickets are $4.

Tour Salem homes, church Sunday

The Salem Museum will hold its 1996 Holiday Homes Tour on Sunday. The event, which runs from 2 to 5 p.m., will feature five historic homes on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The tour will also include a tour of College Lutheran Church, live holiday music and an old-fashioned tea party sponsored by the Herb Society of Southwestern Virginia.

All homes and the church in the self-guided Holiday Homes Tour are within walking distance of each other.

Tickets are on sale at the Salem Museum, Brooks-Byrd Pharmacy, Grandma's Attic and Gallery 3 in Roanoke. Cost per ticket is $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

For more information, call the Salem Museum at 389-6760.

Morris to speak at TAP banquet

The Dumas Hotel Music Center will be the site of the Fourth Annual Father/Child Banquet, sponsored by TAP/VA CARES, Friday at 6 p.m.

The event honors program participants' fathers who are trying to re-establish relationships with their children. Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris, former Miami Dolphin, All-American tailback at West Texas State University and author of "Against the Grain," will be the guest speaker.

For more information about the banquet call 345-6781, ext. 341 or 344.


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