By JAN GAILLARD By Jan Gaillard Correspondent So, what's the word on the street these days? If you picked Drum! or Blast!, you're on the right track. PULSE and STOMP work, too.

By LEE TEPLY By Lee Teply Correspondent Flutist James Galway was the guest of honor at a concert Friday night by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. For him, the Ferguson Center for the Arts was nearly full of people anticipating an unusual and memorable musical experience.

down the road changes Because dates and times of some performances might change, call the phone numbers listed to verify. jan. 1 tuesday "The Wedding Singer." Various times Jan. 1 through Jan. 6 at Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul's Blvd. at Charlotte Street, Norfolk. 671-8100. jan.

By Mike Holtzclaw, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Jul. 23--Amy Tan, the best-selling author who has explored mother-daughter relationships in such novels as "The Joy Luck Club," will speak at Christopher Newport University on Sept. 11. Tan's 7 p.m.

By Sam Mcdonald, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Feb. 15--HAMPTON -- Local entertainment and arts leaders on Thursday greeted a plan for a 2,000-seat theater near Hampton Coliseum with a mixture of curiosity, admiration and bewilderment.