Mill Mountain Theatre has announced the complete cast of "Annie Jr.," a production of the beloved musical with the familiar roles filled by 35 students, ranging ages 6 to 18, from schools all over the Roanoke and New River valleys. The play will be performed Dec. 10-13 and Dec. 17-20 on the Trinkle Main Stage in Center in the Square. Tickets $10-$12.
Cast members from Southwest Roanoke County are: Meredith Green (Faith Christian), Nicole Chaney (North Cross), Julia Peltier (Hidden Valley High School), Shannon Poffenberger (Hidden Valley High School), Jonathan Stoots (Hidden Valley High School), Katelyn Coker (Hidden Valley High School), Anna Allen (Cave Spring High School), Meredith Hartsel (Hidden Valley High School), Tyler Bailey (North Cross), Nate Wulff (Hidden Valley High School).
Arts writer Mike Allen has more details, and the full cast list, on his Arts & Extras blog.
The Bridgewater College Symphonic Band will present a fall concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in the Carter Center for Worship and Music on the college campus.
The Symphonic Band, under the leadership of Dr. Timothy Weir, assistant director of music and director of instrumental music, will present a "Pops" concert featuring a wide variety of music, from classical to jazz.
Beginning with Aaron Copland's "Hoe Down," arranged by mark Rogers, the Symphonic Band will perform a varied program of lighter music, including an arrangement by John Krance of Gershwin's "An American in Paris" and a medley of songs from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story.
Michael Nelson, a senior music major from Roanoke, Va., will be the featured soloist on "The Worried Drummer" by Adolph Schreiner, arranged by Eric Osterling.
Nelson is the son of Russell and Carolyn Nelson and is a graduate of Cave Spring High School.
The afternoon program also incudes "Peanut Vendor" by Moises Simons, arranged by John Morrissey, "Blues Roar" by slide Hampton and Peter Chatman, arranged by Bob Lowden and "Sabre Dane" by Aram Khachaturian, arranged by John Cacavas. The band will also perform Sammy nestico's "Long May it Wave" and a John Williams Medley arranged by Paul Lavender.
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, Cave Spring Elementary School 5th-graders held their annual Veterans Day celebration in the gymnasium called 'A Celebration To Honor Our Veterans'. All of the students attended the event, as well as some parents.
The 5th-graders led the student body in The Pledge of Allegiance and then continued to sing songs which included, Star Spangled Banner, This is America, Lights of Freedom, Heart of America, American Tears, This Land is Your Land, Fifty Nifty United States, God Bless U.S.A., Oh I love America, and Thankful for the U.S.A. A poem entitled, 'I am an American' was also read. The 5th-graders were under the direction of Ann Kelley.
The 5th-graders include: Riley Assaid, Madison Aurnou, Brynn Austin, Mallory Austin, Abigail Baker, Kyle Bridgers, Kole Bridgers, Peyton Brock, Matthew Brown, Grace Burton, Rebecca Butterowrth, Rohan Chakraborty, Shivani Chati, Annie Clark, Kiel Cook, Elaina Corfield, Emma Cummings, Morgan Cundiff, Alec Dalton, Brian Daniel, Chris Daniel, Rachel Delaney, Ermin Delic, Bennett Desimone, Cody Dice, Ross Dixon, Thomas Engl, Jocelyn Essington, Zach Farmer, Travis Finch, Olivia Forbes, Taylor Gray, Sidney Green, Robby Greigg, Randa Habazi, Celia Harding, Sara Harmon, Lauren Harrison, Jared Harvey, Keara Henry, Mari Hooper, Trip Hudson, Faris Iqbal, Jacob Jones, Elizabeth Kemp, Christian Lamanca, Grave Landolt, Noah Laplante, Dylan Lewis, Stephanie Lodico, Drew Lucas, Julia Lucktong, Rachael Lumpkin, Hannah McCormick, Nathan McVey, Julia Melki, Stephanie Meriwether, Casey Murano, Emily Peery, Jesse Morrison, Josh Pompeo, Priyanka Pugazhenthi, John Purcell, Naima Rasul, Drew Ratliff-Fuqua, Garrison Richmond, Clay Roach, Ryan Scribner, Daniele Staykov, Ginsey Stephenson, Caroline Sublett, Matthew Terwilliger, Savannah Thompson, Izabelle Thompson, Jack Thompson, Jessi Tochimani, Mack Werner, Sam Wilkerson, Trey Willard, Brad Williams, Elizabeth Williams, Lauren Winston, Mitchell Yates, Chase Zegarski, and Jack Zeleznik.
For photos, view our slideshow above, or click here for a more tradition view.
Saturday, Nov. 7 made a good day to go visit holiday and gift bazaar's. Colonial Presbyterian Church's bazaar turned out to be a big hit amongst the community. Not only could visitors do a little early Christmas shopping but they also had the opportunity to buy some home-made goodies.
View photos from the even in our slideshow above, or click here.
Some Southwest Roanoke County members got a head start on their holiday shopping by attending Cave Spring United Methodist Church's Holiday Gift Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 7. Vendors sold jewelry, baked goods, and other items.
Check out our slideshow of the event above or click here for a more traditional view.
From doll clothes and jewelry to Christmas wreaths- the spirit of the holiday's loomed at the Brambleton Center Saturday, Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local vendors gathered together with their hand-made items and sold them during the craft show. We caught some of those moments on camera.
View the slideshow above, or click here for a more traditional view.
About 200 people came out for Cave Spring School Band's 4th annual Jazz Cafe on Thursday, Nov. 5 at St. John Lutheran Church. The annual show featured music from the 7th-grade Jazz Ensemble directed by Melinda Sarver, the 8th-grade Jazz Ensemble directed by Brian Quakenbush, the Cave Spring High School Ensemble directed by Brian Quakenbush and guests from Downtown Music Lab and Radford University. John Carlin was Emcee for the event.
Music included, Gimme Some Lovin', Simply Swing It, Play that Funky Music, Birdland, Count Bubba, Ran Kan Kan, The Girl from Ipanema, Bellavia, and Groove Merchant.
Star City Coffee House served their coffee. Water and many desserts were also served by band students who were not in the jazz ensembles.
Honored guests included Dr. Lorraine S. Lange, Dr. Cecil Snead, Barry Tucker, Steve Spangler, Steve Boyer, Fuzzy Minnix, C. Drew Barrineau, Bill Svec, and John Carlin.
Guests from Downtown Music Lab and Radford University played with Brian Quakenbush, included Drew Lawhorn, Christopher White, Wayne Gallops, and Joseph Scartelli.
Check out our slideshow above for photos of the event, or click here for a more traditional view.
In honor of Veterans Day (a celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good) the American Legion Post 248 will conduct their Veterans Day Poppy Drive, Friday, November 13, 2009, and Saturday, November 14, 2009, at the Kroger stores located on Brambleton Avenue and at Cave Spring Corners.
All funds collected will be used locally at the Salem VA Medical Center, the Virginia Veterans Care Center, and for Veterans in need.
Thank you for your support of our local Veterans, they were there for you, now you can be there for them.
For More Information Contact:
Robert Delano, Commander American Legion Post 248
The American Legion … Still Serving America
Phone: 540-389-9520
Also refer to The White House Proclamation for additional information regarding Veterans Day by logging on to http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/docs/proclamation_2009.pdf
Submitted by Commander Robert Delano of American Legion Post 248.
ROANOKE, Va. (November 5, 2009) – Area children are completing a massive quilt decorated with images of peace and tolerance as part of the Conflict Resolution Center’s Peace by Piece initiative.
Peace by Piece is an ongoing art project sponsored by the CRC to increase the community’s awareness of and interest in peace, tolerance and collaboration. The CRC is bringing together children from a variety of neighborhoods, communities and organizations so they can each create a quilt square to illustrate a story representing what peace means to them.
Reflecting the ties that bind individuals into healthy communities, each of the hundreds of squares will connect to one another and to a centerpiece containing an image of a dove, the universal symbol of peace.
“Once assembled, the quilt will embody the ideal that, when we work together, our diverse perspectives and world views are the pieces that strengthen the fabric of harmonious, sustainable communities,” said Alice Burlinson, chair of the CRC’s board of directors. “The quilt will serve to show that there is endless strength and opportunity within our communities because people see things differently.”
To complete the project, children were asked to convey their thoughts, ideas and dreams about what peace means to them on an 8-inch quilt square. With the help of Kim Weitkamp, a nationally recognized storyteller, the children were guided through the creative process using imagery techniques to write a story about peace.
Using these stories as a guide, the children created their quilt squares to reflect or illustrate the peaceful memory or vision described in their story. Once the quilt has been assembled, the quilt and each of the stories will be on display in the Taubman Museum of Art. The display will allow viewers to identify the corresponding stories and quilt squares.
Peace by Piece debuts at the CRC’s invitation-only annual meeting on Nov. 17 at the Taubman museum and will remain on display in the auditorium through January. On Dec. 3, children involved in creating the quilt will showcase their work to their families with an event at the museum.
The non-profit Conflict Resolution Center offers innovative ways to resolve differences outside of the courtroom. The Center serves families, businesses, community organizations and governments throughout southwest Virginia through mediation, facilitation, training and restorative justice. To learn more, visit www.conflictresolutioncenter.us.
The Cave Spring high school bands conducted by Brian Quakenbush, will be presenting their Fall Concert performance titled “An American Music” concert on Monday, November 16th. Both the Concert and Symphonic bands will be playing in the Cave Spring auditorium at 7pm and admission is free.
Pieces being performed are by American composers or arrangers. Selections will include;
The Light Eternal James Swearingen
American Riversongs Pierre La Plante
Hymnsong Variant Robert W. Smith
Celebration and Song Robert Sheldon
America the Beautiful Samuel Ward arr. Carmen Dragon
Liturgical Dances David Holsinger
an American Elegy Frank Tichelli
Bayou Breakdown Brant Larrick
In the Temple of Zion Steven Reinike
Hunter Kopczynski is a student intern from Virginia Tech and he will be conducting a few of these selections on the concert.
The fall concert is being given to bring attention to needs of the school’s bands for instruments and refurbishment of older instruments being used by the performers. Many students share instruments from Concert to Symphonic band. Often many are not able to practice at home due to shortage of school owned instruments. So, a lot of time is spent in class to perfect individual musical responsibilities. Donations will be accepted for these purposes.
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