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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1997
Page
19
Stephen Ferrell an Edgefield Potter presents at Redcliffe porch on Saturday August 30 at 3 30 pm at Red Cliff State Park. Admission 3 dollars. Registration due by August 27. For more information call 827 1473.
A long list of events across the region includes concerts by Clay Walker and Lee Ann Womack at Fort Gordon Barton Field on September 5, a Whiskey Road Race at H O Weeks Center on September 6 with a tot trot and races from one to 10K, and the Area 18 Championship Cutting Horse at the Hippo drome in North Augusta. Also on September 6 to 7 Jump Little Children at The Music Farm Charleston, and September 12 to 13 Aiken’s Makin’. September 10 to 13 Pirates of Penzance by Augusta Opera at Imperial Theatre. Arbor Stroll at Redcliffe State Park September 10. Ridge Encore Cultural Arts Festival September 13 in Batesburg Leesville. The Monkees perform September 19 at Peace Center Greenville, Scholastic’s The Magic Schoolbus at Riverbanks Zoo Amphitheater September 20, Indigo Girls September 21 at Township Auditorium Columbia, and Widespread Panic with others September 26 at Riley Ball Park. Alison Krauss and Union Station September 27 in Ashville and John Fogerty September 28 in Charlotte. The Aiken Symphony Guild presents the Augusta Symphony with Barrueco, Thompson and Chieh Chang across the 1997-98 season at Etherredge Center. USC Aiken Cultural Series includes several ensembles. Grayson-Sellers School of Fine Arts seeks a director and performers for Taming of the Shrew in February at the Aiken County Municipal Building. Aiken Community Band rehearsals run Tuesdays at Etherredge Center. Ridge Community Theatre seeks a director for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and The Foreigner with resumes to Ridge Arts Council.
Sunday polo games will be held at Whitney Field starting September through November at 3 pan. For more information call 641-1111.
Monday v The North Augusta Parks and Recreation Department Kicks 99 Smile Gas and Southern Bell sponsor a Labor Day celebration at Riverview Park starting 2 p m Sept 1. Live music carnival rides games and concessions planned with a fireworks finale. The Muscular Dystrophy Association broadcasts live as part of the 32nd Labor Day Telethon with donations benefiting MDA.
Tickets available at TicketMaster outlets and by phone for Braves home games in September. Dates include Detroit and Colorado series plus San Francisco, New York Mets and Montreal through September 22. General admission $6.50, box seats $6.50, reserved $5, seniors military and kids $3.50, children under 3 free. August 2031 Macon Braves.
AP list ranks the top five TV shows led by Air Force One and Dateline NBC with Seinfeld and 60 Minutes also in the positions. Music singles feature Puff Daddy and Mace Notorious B I G Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys with platinum and gold certifications noted.
The 32nd annual Jerry Lewis Telethon will air live from Riverview Park on Labor Day Monday September 1 sponsored by North Augusta Parks and Recreation and local sponsors. Activities begin at 2 pm with carnival rides games and entertainment ending with a 9 pm fireworks show. Local bands balloon animals a talent contest and a Greenjackets Kicks 99 Speed Pitch Booth are planned with free admission and proceeds to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
In Hollywood, action star Steven Seagal will act and perform country as he chooses Nashville for the Sept. 4 premiere of Fire Down Below and launches a new career as a country musician the same day.
Geena Davis, while filming Long Kiss Goodnight with husband Finnish director Renny Harlin at Planet Hollywood in Atlantic City, filed for divorce Tuesday after nearly four years of marriage.
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