The weather is warming up and so are the events in the River City
Published 9:15 am Monday, April 25, 2016
From a classic car show to a live theatre production at the Strand, there were many activities happening in Vicksburg this weekend.
Muscle cars, convertibles, motorcycles and pick up trucks were just some of the vehicles on display at the 10th Red Carpet Classic car show Saturday at Blackburn Motors.
The Vicksburg Cruisers Car Club hosted the event as a fundraiser for Haven House Family Shelter, and winners included Best in Show: Patsy Boykin with a 1930 A Model Ford; People’s Choice: Danny Chambless with a 1937 Chevy Pickup; Vicksburg Cruisers Choice: Dave Worman with a 1966 Chevy Chevelle; Mayor’s Choice: Robert and Pam Coleman with a 1958 Chevy Impala; “Most Likely to Get a Ticket” Police Choice: Jack Curtis with a 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT; Blackburn Motors Choice: a 1968 Road Runner.
“Doubt: A Parable,” a production offered by the Westside Theatre Foundation, opened Friday at the Strand Theatre and performance are also scheduled for this weekend. Directed by WTF founder Jack Burns, the play has four characters, who are played by local residents, Matt Mitchell, Linda Hadala, Kimberly Madson-Thomas and Cathy Sanford.
“The crux of the show is about thinking for yourself and questioning your prejudices and assumptions about other people,” Mitchell said. “Because there are volumes unwritten about every person that you meet and you can’t possibly know the circumstances that are beyond your knowledge.”
Other events this weekend included the Old Court House Museum flea market. Vendors sold furniture, jewelry, soap, photographs and more during the biannual event. Bubba Bolm, curator and director of the Museum, said he estimated about 3,000 people shopped and ate at the event and around $7,000 was raised from the flea market to aid in the general upkeep of the Old Court House building.
On Sunday, the Southern Cultural Heritage Center hosted the Sangeet Sabah-Music and Dance Reflections. The event included eight different Indian performances — three Bharatnatyam dances, one semi-classical/Bollywood dance and one each sitar, Bansuri, Mridangam, and tabla piece.
For more than 40 years, the Indian community has been living in the South and integrating with the American society and institutions and being part of the melting pot.
“We feel that we also are a part of the Southern Cultural Heritage, and I am very thankful to SCHF for providing us the opportunity to share our music with the Vicksburg community,” local resident Shaheena Haque said.