PARTY HEARTY: GOOD TIMES AT SURF EVENTPublished: Thursday, August 22, 1991
For the past four years, I've dutifully trotted down to check out the action at the East Coast Surfing Championship. I have yet to see any surfing - this is just the sorriest time of the year for waves. But I've never regretted the sport slump. There's always plenty of people to watch, beer to drink and lots of good music. This year's party, held Friday through Sunday at the south end of the resort strip, looks like more of the same. On the top of the bill is The Fixx, headlining at the big beach bash from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the beach stage on First Street. OK, before we go further, let's go ahead and admit that this isn't the entire, original Fixx that burned up the charts in the '80s with hits like ``Saved by Zero'' and ``One Thing Leads to Another.'' This version of The Fixx has original lead vocalist Cy Curnin and lead guitarist Jamie West-Oram, and we don't know who else. Still, it's free and fun. The social activity begins with the ECSC Kick-Off Party, from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday on the beach. Hotcakes, a Top 40 favorite, provides tunes. Also on the bill: Reggae from Jamalad at noon Saturday and progressive rock from Locals Only at 2 p.m. Saturday, Panic at 11:30 a.m. Sunday and Killer Neighbors at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. For a look at hardcore surfing, there's a screening for the surf flick ``Rolling Thunder'' at 8:45 p.m. Saturday at the Dome. It's not your typical wave-a-thon; it's an ecological, futuristic, surf movie that takes place in a ravaged world 50 years in the future, where youngsters look back at the world their surfing forefathers inhabited. It's all set to cool new music from the likes of Deee-lite, Metallica, Pixies and Happy Mondays. Admission is $5 in advance (tickets available at local surf shops) and $6.50 at the door. The Virginia Beach Jaycees started the event in 1963 as a get-together for locals and surfers. It's the second oldest continuously run surfing contest in the world - we're beat out for first place by an Australian event. For any info, call the ECSC hotline at 456-1227.
Brew Ha-Ha All those vats, and so little beer. The 19th Street Brewery has again changed direction, halting production of beer and gearing up for concerts. The brewery-concert hall just doesn't sell the home-brewed beer fast enough to keep the operation running, said Dan Moore, general manager. Since the beer is un-pasteurized, it does not keep well. There is plenty of Busch on tap though, along with lots of bottled brew. No shortage of tunes, either. Thursday night rocks hard with a slate including Freezer Burn, Subjugator, False Sacrament, Buzzard and the Flying Chinchillas. On the schedule for this weekend are Ant Man Bee and F-Word on Friday, Uncommon Ground on Saturday.
Halfnotes The Kempsville Inn celebrates its 10th anniversary with a Sunday blowout, featuring classic rock from TOB and country rock from Tracy Wilson. The club, nicknamed the KI by patrons, is tucked into a shopping center at 5266 Princess Anne Road. For Wednesday evening readers only: The Natch'el Blues Network holds a membership meeting tonight (that's Aug. 21), at 7 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Central Library, meeting room B. Talk, talk, talking about the Elizabeth River Blues Festival, recruiting some volunteer help for that shindig, and just generally rousing the blues fans. More blues news: Mike Rau, Natch'el organizer and blues concert promoter, has a new radio show on WLPN in Suffolk. ``Blues at Sunset'' runs from 7 to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday (DJ Joe Rivers takes over the blues slot on Friday). The station is found at 1450 on your dial, but you really won't get it out here at the Beach. But hey, if you happen to be in the Suffolk area, listen in.
Correction: The Kempsville Inn has closed, and will not hold a 10th anniversary party today. An item in the Aug. 21/22 edition of The Beacon was incorrect. Correction published in the Virginia Beach Beacon on Sunday,
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