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AUGUST  

2011


Calendar

 

September 5  

Labor Day Picnic. 5-8 p.m. Picnic at the Old Mill, water quality monitoring in Catoctin Creek, Phillips Farm honey and bee presentation, Monarch butterfly release. (See article.) 

   

September 15

Waterford Citizens Association meeting. 7 p.m., Waterford Old School, 40222 Fairfax St., Waterford.

 

September 30

Check-in begins for Fair Photography and Fine Art Exhibitions and Mill consignments. See Fair participation page for information.   

 

October 1 

Check-in begins for Country Store and Dried Flower consignments. See Fair participation page for information.    

      

October 7-9

Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Waterford. See Fair main page for information.      

   


Velomobiles cruise through Waterford  

 

velomobiles 

Last week almost 40 intriguingly shaped and colorful vehicles appeared in Waterford, a few at a time, heading east. Some stopped outside the Post Office, another outside the Foundation offices. Out of them came very fit looking European cyclists, almost at the end of a month-long, cross-country pedaling tour that began July 28 in Portland, Ore.    

 

One of them, Jörg Bammesberger, from Germany, allowed Foundation staffers and villagers a look inside his velomobile--also called a bicycle car. He said velomobiles can attain a cruising speed of 45 miles per hour, and they are becoming increasingly popular for commuting in Europe. The tour website provides information on the participants, the vehicles, and a gallery of images from their transcontinental trip.

 

We invited Jörg to fill up his water bottle, and he continued on to his final destination in Washington, D.C.  

 

velomobile repair
Top, velomobiles park in front of the Waterford Post Office. Above, one cyclist checks a tire on his vehicle. 

 

  
Villagers asked

to be alert


Broken windows and outdoor lights, destroyed planters, and property taken from porches have been reported by Waterford businesses, homeowners, and the Foundation in the past several weeks. Villagers are asked to be alert, and report further vandalism. 

 

BB-guns are a suspected cause of some of the property damage. 

 

Board of Directors 

Bonnie Getty, President

Walter A. Music, Vice-President

Margaret Bocek, Secretary

Warren Hayford, Treasurer

David W. Chamberlin

Taylor M. Chamberlin

Charlotte Gollobin

Warren Hayford

Melanie Lockwood Herman

Thomas Hertel

Hans Hommels

Debbie Morris

W. Brown Morton

Keith Nusbaum

Phil Paschall

Patti Psaris

Amy V. Smith

Susan Honig Rogers

Bronwen C. Souders

Jim Sutton

Miriam Westervelt


Staff

Nancy Doane
Executive Director

Margaret Good
Director,
Properties & Land Use Programs

Kathleen Hughes
Manager, Development Programs

Fran Holmbraker
Fair Chair

Mary Kenesson
Fair Assistant

Martha Polkey
Communications & Operations Coordinator

 

Picnic with us on the Phillips Farm 

Honeybee on wingstem PF

At summer's end: A honeybee on the Phillips Farm visits flowers of wingstem, which along with ironweed, goldenrod, touch-me-not, Queen Anne's lace, and morning glories cover the acres beside Catoctin Creek and provide a bounty of wildflower nectars for the taking.

 

Join us for a picnic at the Old Mill and activities at the Phillips Farm as this summer of heat and drought and wind and rain comes to a close. On September 5, Labor Day, bring your picnic basket (and chairs) to the Old Mill at 5 p.m.

 

After the meal, Phillips Farm Committee Chair Mimi Westervelt will coordinate a water quality monitoring exercise in Catoctin Creek (and yes, bring your water shoes; you'll be in the creek).  Jeff Pfoutz of Loudoun Center Apiary will talk about the bees and the honey they've made on the Farm, and children especially will not want to miss the Monarch butterfly release.

 

A walk on the Phillips Farm trail will show that the most of the trees planted during the past two years to establish a riparian buffer  have done splendidly. The activities will conclude around 8 p.m. 

 

Rain will cancel this event. 

 
 
36 Days to the Fair...and counting
 

Tickets on sale!

Advance tickets for the 68th Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit, October 7, 8, and 9, went on sale August 8 online and at ticket outlets throughout the region--from Baltimore to Winchester and from Frederick to Williamsburg. One-day advance tickets are $15 each ($2 off the price at the gate), with even greater discounts for 2- and 3-day tickets. See the ticket page on our website to order and for a list of outlets. You may purchase tickets online and by phone or mail through September 23, and at ticket outlets through October 6. But why wait? 

 

 

Poster and raffle item

 A new Fair poster is in the works, and the raffle item has been

Horowitz bowl raffle item

donated--a beautiful hand-painted and gilded bowl by Connecticut artisan

Shaari Horowitz . Guided by an old world color palette, with designs based on classical sources such as medieval manuscripts, ancient textiles, and the frescoes of Pompeii, Shaari creates her pieces on the surfaces of carved and turned wooden bowls created by Alistair Jones . Look for an image soon on the website, and details about purchasing raffle tickets for this beautiful object. Funds raised support the mission of the Waterford Foundation. We thank Ms. Horowitz and Mr. Jones for their generous donation.

 

 

More top musicians announced  

Seldom Scene
The Seldom Scene

The Fair welcomes one of the nation's top bluegrass bands the Seldom Scene, which will perform on Saturday on the Old School outdoor stage. In an article in local paper The Blue Ridge Leader, Waterford resident and Waterford Citizens Association president Ed Good provides a concise description of these performers: "The band has been entertaining audiences since its inception 40 years ago. One of the founding members is banjo player Ben Eldridge, now 73. Fans love his scat singing in the favorite "Lay Down Sally," the fire he brings to the banjo, and his enthusiasm, which has characterized the band's music for the past four decades. Joining Ben's banjo is Dudley Connell's guitar and powerful lead vocals." We thank Tuscarora Mill, Magnolias, South Street Down Under, and Fireworks Restaurants  for their generous sponsorship of this performance. 

 

And on Sunday mandolinists Mike Chapman and Caterina

Marshall-Lichtenberg

Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall

Lichtenberg will perform in the John Wesley Community Church. Together they play musical styles ranging from the historically rich traditions of European classical music to the freewheeling spirit of the new American string band, --from Bach to Brazil, and Mike's own compositions.  

 

Says Good: "Ever heard the music that opens NPR's Car Talk? That's Mike Marshall along with Earl Scruggs, David Grisman, and Tony Rice. Regarded as one of the most versatile and accomplished string players in the country, Mike Marshall's career has spanned 35 years. Whether playing bluegrass, Brazilian choro music, or Baroque classical, Marshall has inspired audiences around the world. Mike has played with some of the world's most famous musicians. Caterina Lichtenberg, Europe's foremost mandolin player, has toured the world for over 18 years playing solo and duo, and with chamber groups and orchestras from both Europe and the United States. She serves as the sole Professor of Mandolin in all of Europe at the Cologne University of Music, Germany."   

 

The Fair is also pleased to welcome back Patent Pending, the bluegrass band we have long heard and loved on local public radio station WAMU. They will perform on Saturday and Sunday on the Old School outdoor stage.

 

And visitors also can enjoy some very local bluegrass and old style string music  from Waterford village resident Tara Linhardt & Friends on Sunday on the Old School stage.

 

All for the price of a Fair ticket!

 

Fair art and photo entry deadline approaches 

There is still time to enter the Fair's fine art and photography competitions and exhibitions, says Mary Kenesson, Fair Assistant. The Red Barn art competition and Photography competition judges have been selected (check the web pages on these events for information; they will be updated regularly).

 

See the Fair art exhibits page for information on entering the two fine art exhibits, and you'll also find information there on the photography competitions.       

 


A bird's eye view... 

 

OS big hole crop

...Of the auditorium construction at the Old School, taken by Waterford resident Tom Simmons from his plane in mid-July. By late August, the foundation for the structure had been poured. Fundraising continues for building completion and furnishing of the new auditorium.

 

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