May 20, 2007 2pm
Rebuild the Old School Public Forum
Waterford Elementary School
Your chance to present ideas for rebuilding and to share memories of wonderful events in our lost Old School auditorium.
www.waterfordva.org
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Waterford Concert Series
Next Generation Concert will be held on June 3rd at 4pm at Lucketts Community Center. The Next Generation Concert is made up of competition winners from the Levine School of Music. This is always a crowd favorite!
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Waterford Gateway Sign Competition
The
Waterford Citizens' Association and Waterford Foundation announce a competition
to design gateway signs for the Village of Waterford, Virginia.
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Eligibility:
The design contest is open to
all Loudoun County residents and design
professionals.
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Entry Deadline:
All design entries must be
received by July 1, 2007.
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Sign Locations:
Subject to County and VDOT
approval, it is anticipated that the gateway signs will be located at the three
(3) main entry points into the Village (i.e., First Street, Loyalty Road, and Clarke's Gap Road).
The winning design(s) will be
announced on or about August 1, 2007.
please go to www.waterfordva.org for information and contest rules.
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The 64th Annual Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibit:
October 5, 6, 7, 2007 |
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Dear Friends of Waterford,
I bring you greetings as new president of the Waterford
Foundation and from our other new officers - Nancy Doane, vice president;
Susan Sutter, secretary; and Mark Beisler, treasurer.
Our main goal this year is, of course, to rebuild the Old
School so it is again a symbol of Waterford's
long history and promising future. Hans
Hommels is heading up our Steering Committee which has been meeting regularly
to plan first, for renovating the Old School Classroom Building (we hope to
have it ready for this fall's Fair!), and then begin the more complex
rebuilding of the Auditorium Building.
We invite you to be part of it all! Come to the Waterford Old School Public Forum on Sunday, May 20 at
2:00 pm at Waterford
Elementary School. Bring
your old photos and videos of events you celebrated at the Old School before
the fire, and bring your ideas for rebuilding it anew. This will be a chance
for all of us to share memories and add our thoughts to the plans for making
our beloved Old School an even better center for parties, community meetings,
and wonderful cultural events.
Until the Old School Auditorium stands again, join us this
for the Waterford Foundation Concert Series at the Lucketts Community Center.
This Sunday, May 6, world famous pianist Leon Bates and the Grammy nominated
Borealis Wind Quintet will celebrate French music. On Monday, Mr. Bates will
give students and teachers at Waterford
Elementary School a piano
concert - courtesy of the Waterford Concert Series. You can still get tickets
to Sunday's concert by calling the office (540-882-3018) or at the door. You
can go to www.waterfordva.org for
information.
Making music is not all we do. If you are looking for a way
to meet new friends and help us protect the Waterford National Historic
Landmark at the same time, join a committee! Preserve our historic buildings
with Rich Biby (Properties Planning
and Management); share our history and culture with Sherry Satin (Education);
protect our open spaces with Ann Goode and Patti Psaris (Land Use); and find
ways to pay for it all with Marilyn Gentry (Development).
Thank you to all our generous friends and supporters. We
welcome your help and suggestions!
Kathleen Hughes
President
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Sunday, May 6, 4pm
Lucketts Community Center
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The world famous pianist Leon Bates and
the Grammy nominated Borealis Wind Quintet will perform together on Sunday, May
6, 4 PM, in the second concert of the 2007 Waterford Concert Series. Due to
fire, which destroyed the Waterford Old School auditorium on January 25, 2007,
the concert will be held in the Lucketts
Community Center, 8 miles
north of Leesburg on Route 15.
Leon
Bates has wowed audiences in major concert halls all over the USA and abroad,
gaining top reviews. The New York Times
called him "an elegant player, with a keen ear for color, and a flair for
poetry." His annual schedule includes about 100 concerts, TV appearances,
recordings, and as many as 50 programs in schools to bring classical music to
young people. Elementary and high school students are mesmerized by Mr. Bates's energy, discipline and physique: Every day he
practices piano for 6-7 hours and bench presses over 300 lbs. On Monday, May 7,
students and teachers at Waterford
Elementary School will
learn how piano playing and pumping iron can go together.
Members
of the Borealis Wind Quintet are noted for their rapport, lively effervescent
style, and skillful playing, winning them prestigious grants, awards and a 2006
Grammy nomination for their CD, A La
Carte-Short Works For Winds. Reviews from across the country praise
Borealis for music that is "the very best of chamber playing," "sensitive" and
"scintillating."
For their May 6
Waterford concert in Lucketts, Leon
Bates and the Borealis Wind Quintet will celebrate French music, beginning with
short works by Deslandres and Rameau (Borealis); then pieces by Roussel and
D'Indy for piano and wind quintet; followed by a Ravel piano solo; and
finishing with Poulenc's delightful Sextet
for Piano and Winds.
The
Loudoun Mutual Insurance Company is sponsor of this concert.
Call 540 882-3018 or go to www.waterfordva.org for information.
Seating is limited. Advance ticket purchase recommended.
Support for the 2007 Waterford Concert Series will help
rebuild the Waterford Old School auditorium. Now in its 13th season,
the concert series is a program of the Waterford Foundation.
The
Waterford Concert Series contributes to the larger work of the Foundation,
which is dedicated to education and to the preservation of the historic
buildings and open spaces of the Waterford National Historic Landmark District.
The Waterford Foundation is supported through grants, contributions, and
proceeds from the annual Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibit in October.
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