ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, February 21, 1997 TAG: 9702210031
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The tipoff
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES
THE JEFFERSON CHORAL SOCIETY will feature the voices of its 100 members tonight and Sunday in the society's annual concert: Music for a Mid-Winter's Day, A Festival of International Music.
Secular and sacred music by composers such as Alan Hovhaness, Randall Thompson and Robert H. Young will be performed.
Tonight's concert will begin at 8; Sunday's will start at 3 p.m. Admission to either show at the Heritage United Methodist Church on Leesville Road in Lynchburg is $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Children under 16 get in for half price. Call 237-1822.
THE NEW RIVER VALLEY SYMPHONY will present its winter concert in Virginia Tech's Burruss Hall at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Modeste Moussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" - made famous through Walt Disney's "Fantasia," - and Walter Piston's "The Incredible Flutist" will be among the works played.
Admission is $5 for general seating, $3 for students and senior citizens. Call 231-5615 or 231-5200.
THUMBS UP: For Theatre IV's production of "Thumbelina," wherein nationally known actors will take awed audiences on an adventure during which tiny Thumbelina meets strange frogs, helpful fish, fickle beetles, a match-making mouse and finds true love.
Performances will be at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Brambleton Center. Admission is $3; tickets will be sold at the door on the day of the show. Call 387-6086 or 387-6078.
GO HEAD, GO HEAD: On Sunday, Hair Attitudes will present "Hair Theatrics, An Evening of Hair, Fashion & Excitement," featuring the H.A. Babies with a Motown Review. Hosts suggest you "dress to impress" for the 7 p.m. fete at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22.50 at the door. Call 562-1540 or 362-4891.
DE-STRESS YOUR BODY, tune up your brain and experience other wellness and enlightenment modalities during a Spiritfest Saturday and Sunday at Three Feathers Bookstore and Grandin Galleria, next door to Roanoke Food Co-Op. Lectures will include music and spiritual health, various aspects of healing, astrology, intuitive problem-solving and personal empowerment.
All day cost for the lectures is $5; select consultations are $15 for 15 minutes. Call 343-7300.
THE BLUE RIDGE CHAPTER of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's annual banquet and voice auction , 5 p.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn, Tanglewood, will feature Steve Stark as Teddy Roosevelt. For more information, call John Rokisy at 772-1414.
THEATER AT LIME KILN's auction and dinner gala March 1 at Moody Hall, Virginia Military Institute, will have a Mardi Gras theme. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.., guests will be able to sample a Louisiana buffet and bid on a variety of silent-auction items. Following will be the world premiere of the theater's newest one-act folktale, "The Silver Sword."
The auction's proceeds will benefit the theater's artist-in-residence program. Tickets are $40 for individuals or $75 per couple. Call 463-3074.
JAKE'S GOT REASON to be a little neurotic as he is visited, often simultaneously, by the women who most influenced his life - wives, living and dead; sister; daughter; girlfriend; and psychiatrist - in this Neil Simon comedy, "Jake's Women."
The Showtimers cast includes "Low-Budget Comedy Hour" host Jim Galloway and WDBJ Channel 7 morning anchor Melanie Moon. The play, at the Showtimers theater on McVitty Road, will run through March 2, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Call 774-2660.
VETERAN DANCER Carol Parker, whose credits include being former dance captain and touring director of Pilobolus and touring with and dancing opposite Mihkail Baryshnikov, will perform Wednesday at Hollins College's Hollins Theatre. The performance, Helen Tamiris' "Negro Spirituals, a series of solos inspired by the Black religious tradition," will be held at 8:15 p.m. Call 362-6517 or 362-6451.
FIFTEEN DANCERS, who comprise the Wonju Korea Dance Troop, will fill their approximately 90-minute show with multiple costume changes, drums, songs and traditional dance forms. The group will perform Monday at 10 a.m. at Patrick Henry High School; Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Fishburn Park Elementary School; Wednesday at 9 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. at Northside High School; and Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Roanoke College's Olin Hall.
There is no charge for the presentation sponsored by Roanoke Valley Sister Cities. However, donations are always welcomed. Call 721-6200.
ROANOKE TRIBUNE PUBLISHER Claudia Whitworth will speak Thursday in celebration of Leadership Week and Black History Month at 7 p.m. in Roanoke College's Antrim Chapel. The speech by the multiple award-winning civic activist is free. Call 375-2282.
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