New Night Hawk adventure at the Radio Hour
The Popular Night Hawk Mysteries return to May’s River City Radio Hour.
This time the would-be private eye takes on a homicide at the local amusement park. Cora the owner of Cors’ Big Cups Restaurant is to be married to her childhood sweetheart. Before the big day, a killer strikes. Night Hawk and Murder at the Wedding was written by Bob Crawford and stars Bob Lunger as Night Hawk with Richards Anderson, Clair Myers, Boomie Pedersen, and Llyn Walker. The shows are at 6:30 and 8:00 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro. Read more
Richard Adams’ Friday the 13th Spectacular
The Richard Adams Variety Show for April lands on Friday the 13th and to keep the evil eye away, Adams has put together spectacular entertainment. Heading the show is Bert Carlson and Ray Cohen. They are joined by Blues musician Lisa Miller and the cast of musical City of Angels. Completing the spectacular will be the dueling Colggers.
Ray Cohen is known for his wailing blues harmonica. He has lived and played music in the Valley most of his life, performing with a variety of area blues/rock bands including The Rainmakers and Loose Change. He was last seen at WTA’s Gateway as part of Fatty Lumpkin and the Love Hogs. Read more
Richard Adams All-Stars at WTA’s Gateway
This month’s Richard Adams Variety Show will feature an All-Stars line up on Friday, Feb. 10, at WTA’s Gateway, 329 West Main Street in Downtown Waynesboro.
The evening will bring together a cross-section of talents that represent the best in the Valley. Performance is at 7:30 p.m.
Joining the All-Star cast will be The Judy Chops. Molly and Sally Murphy, William Howard, Jessica Bergh, and Remy Duguet, make up the core members of The Judy Chops. While popular in Central Virginia, the Group has toured widely in Virginia and Washington, DC, as well as West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and the Chicago area! Their mixture of styles from blues and hot club & gypsy jazz, to R& B, and reggae creates a unique new sound they like to call “Modern Vintage” or “The New Old School.” Read more
Packed Third Fridays schedule in Downtown Waynesboro
‘Radio Hour’, Children’s Hour, It’s All About the Kids (And Parents, Of Course)
Edited by Chris Graham
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The ‘River City Radio Hour’ combats the winter blues: The “River City Radio Hour” is bringing up the temperature with its Friday, Feb. 19 performances.
The ever-popular Boogie Kings headed by Richard Adams with William Hayes on keyboard and J. T. Fauber on percussion will warm the hearts with a new set of tunes. Joining them will be Andrea Saunders. Saunders has been singing since she was 13 and has won numerous talent contests and performed for many Valley benefit events. Active in area theatres, she was heralded for her exception performance of Always Patsy Kline at ShenanArts. Saunders serves in the National Guard as a combat medic and will be leaving soon for Texas to continue her military training as physical therapist.
February also marks the second installment of Bob Crawford’s new Night Hawk Mystery. In Chapter One of Night Hawk and Murder at Stan’s TV and Appliances, Chester Burch, aka the Night Hawk, agreed to locate Sally Swisher’s brother, whom she feared may have broken into Stan’s murdered the manager. Before they can locate the brother, they were lured into a basement room at Arnold’s Book Emporium and locked in with the rats and bats. In the new installment, Night Hawk must free them and find the lost brother before there is another murder. Featured in the role of Night Hawk is Bob Lunger. Read more
One cool cat
That Richard Adams fellow does it all
Story by Chris Graham
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It’s hard to imagine Richard Adams stifled. Or without a gig.
But Adams, who you can see several nights a week in Staunton and Waynesboro playing Shenandoah Pizza or the “River City Radio Hour” or doing local community theater, felt stifled by what was shaping up to be a solid career in education and left his counseling job without another gig lined up. Read more
‘Radio Hour’ to feature Santa, singers, news updates, more
You want to know how the Martians stole Christmas, of course. That and Christmas in the River City are the focal points of the December “River City Radio Hour” on Friday.
The 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. shows at Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship at 329 W. Main St. will feature the final installment of Staunton author Matthew Warner’s serial How the Martians Stole Christmas. Also on the bill are The Thea Jordan Singers making their “River City Radio Hour” debut along with vocalist Claire Sax and “Radio Hour” regulars Richard Adams and The Boogie Kings. Read more
‘River City Radio Hour’ returns Friday night
The debut of the Remember November Quartet and the third installment of local author Matthew Warner’s How the Martians Stole Christmas will highlight the November installment of “The River City Radio Hour” set for Friday night.
The 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. performances are offered free of charge at Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship at 329 W. Main St. in Downtown Waynesboro. Read more
