Featuring the Potomac Trombone Quartet

a joint fundraiser for the Waterford Old School & Catoctin Presbyterian Church Music Program

Bring a picnic, lawn chair and suggested $10 donation

info - Mark Fletcher
540-882-3422

~Saturday, Sept.8, 5-7:30pm

SEPTEMBER HEARTSTRINGS CONCERT

Featuring Marc Ramirez & Olivia Hajioff, violin & viola

A Benefit for the Old School.

Greystone
(16158 Clark's Gap Rd.)
Wine, music, appetizers.
Tickets $50
RSVP Required

~October 5, 6 , & 7 10am to 5pm

WATERFORD HOMES TOUR & CRAFTS EXHIBIT

The best 3-day country weekend

Advance tickets (through 9/24) $13

~Sunday, Oct. 21, 4pm

WATERFORD CONCERT SERIES

Featuring Duo Pianists
Heidi Louise Williams & Sandra Wright Shen

Lucketts Community Center, $25

~Sunday, Nov. 11, 4pm

WATERFORD CONCERT SERIES

Featuring The Daedalus Quartet

Lucketts Community Center, Tickets $25

www.waterfordva.org
540-882-3018

This Sunday, Celebrate Summer with an Old-Fashioned Community Concert!
Bring your picnic, lawn chairs or blanket and join us on Aug. 5, 5:00pm on the lawn of the Catoctin Presbyterian Church. Thrill to the glorious tones of The Potomac Trombone Quartet, who graciously donated their music to benefit the Church's Music Program and our own Waterford Old School.

Many thanks to the musicians, Mark Fletcher, and the Catoctin Presbyterian Church for organizing this joint fundraiser. A $10 donation is suggested.
Come enjoy the music under Waterford's bright stars!

GOOD NEWS! Distinguished Architectural Firm Hired for Old School

Dear Friends of Waterford,

I am very pleased to report that the Waterford Foundation's Board of Directors has selected the nationally-recognized architectural firm of Quinn Evans/Architects as the designer for the Rebuild the Old School project.

This mid-sized firm was selected from a list of prominent architects suggested by the Old School Advisory Committee and others, and was based on Quinn Evans/Architects' long and varied experience with historic preservation. The firm has worked on many major National Landmark and historic preservation projects -- including the following:

-Eastern Market
-Federal Trade Commission
-Old Executive Office Building
-Strathmore Hall Arts Center
-Adams House Museum
-Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
-Mount Vernon Treading Barn
-National Museum of Natural History
-The Parthenon, Nashville, Tn.
-Sir Christopher Wren Building, College of William & Mary
-Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park
-George Washington's Ferry Farm
-Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
-Kennedy Center Concert Hall
-Eisenhower Theater and Opera House

Bill Drewer, a principal of the firm, will personally supervise our Old School project. He has assured us that sustainable design as well as historic preservation will be key components of the firm's designs for the new auditorium. The Waterford Board believes that Quinn Evans/Architects matches well with the Foundation's goals in rebuilding the Old School auditorium and renovating the damaged classroom building. Bill Drewer has already begun meeting with members of the Old School Advisory Committee and our Board and will now be working on two concepts for our review before formal design work begins.

Stay tuned for more information about when these concepts will be presented to the community. And thanks to the Old School Steering Committee - Hans Hommels, chairman; Jim Behan, Susan Sutter, and Walter Music - for their diligent search and continued hard work on rebuilding the Old School.

MORE GOOD NEWS! County to Provide Major Funding Support for Old School Sprinkler System

In recognition of the importance of the Waterford Old School to our community and to Loudoun County's history, the County Board of Supervisors has approved $150,000 in funding support for the purchase and installation of a new sprinkler system, including a water storage tank, in the new Old School.

This is another big step towards funding for our rebuilding project. While insurance will cover the basic costs, it will not cover our expenses for this vital fire protection system; upgrading the HVAC and electrical systems; improving performance facilities; sustainable design features, or any of the other new amenities we all want to make our new Old School a facility that will serve the community for at least another 100 years.

Thanks to Tom Edmonds, president of the Waterford Citizens' Association; Hans Hommels; and John DeCourcy, a past president of the Foundation when the Old School was purchased from the County in 1964! They all testified before the BOS about the history and value to the community of the Waterford Old School.

In Memoriam

Longtime Waterford resident and former Foundation president, Leigh Byers, died in May after a lengthy illness. Because of Leigh's many years of service to the Foundation and her active participation in the community, Leigh's family, including brother Bill Burch and sister Wilma Dillon, invite you to a celebration of Leigh's life at Wilma and Ted Dillon's on August 18 at 12:30pm. For further information, call 540-882-3018.

Thanks to all of you!

I've said thank you many times in this newsletter and I could say it a thousand more times for all the support you, our members and community, have given to the Foundation through the years and right now as we work to rebuild the Old School. We really appreciate the efforts of you all and look forward to dancing with you again in the Old School.

Please forward this newsletter to friends who would be interested in Waterford Foundation activities. Please encourage them to share email addresses with us so we may directly contact them in the future.

Kathleen Hughes
President

Buggies Back in Waterford

Just 100 years ago Waterford was crowded with horses, wagons, carriages, and buggies of all descriptions. Literally hundreds of conveyances might show up for special occasions. Now, thanks to the generosity of one of Waterford's founding families, we can again glimpse those times. In memory of her sisters, Ms. Hannah D. Brown has donated to the Foundation four buggies that have been on her nearby farm Oakland since the turn of the last century. They include a two-wheel gig, a "spider" (with a seat for the driver behind the passengers), and one that still faintly sports the family crest. With a good cleaning, fresh paint, and a few repairs, they will be ready to grace Waterford once again for many more years. (Anyone interested in assisting the restoration should email info@waterfordva.org) In the process we will, of course, be mindful of the town order of 1907 "to abate the nuisance of washing buggies on the street."