Calendar
March 17 See article. April 8
April 16
Waterford Foundation 70th Annual Meeting. Waterford Old School.
April 20
See article.April 22
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Presidential Bank $20,000 Challenge Grant advances Thank you to all the generous donors who have contributed to the challenge grant offered by Presidential Bank CEO Bruce Cleveland in January. The bank will match
every donation dollar-for-dollar until March 31, and we're now more than
halfway to the $20,000 goal. The Waterford Foundation is gratefully accepting donations to the Presidential Bank Challenge Grant: online, by telephone at 540-882-3018, ext. 117, or by mail: P.O. Box 142, Waterford, VA 20197. All donations to the Presidential Bank Challenge will directly reduce the debt on the reconstruction of the historic Old School in the Waterford National Historic Landmark District. |
Save the date:
May 5 dinner fundraiser 
The Waterford Concert Series Committee invites you to joint us for dinner at the beautiful home and gardens of Ellwood following the Waterford performance of famed pianist John O'Conor, at the Old School on May 5.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Ellwood was designed by nationally known architect, Waddy Butler Wood for Lawrence Rust Lee and built in 1911. Set upon gently rolling hills overlooking Leesburg, this gracious home affords open, extended views of Balls Bluff Battlefield and the Potomac River beyond. Ellwood is considered one of Loudoun County's finest Colonial Revival-style homes.
We'll tell you more about this special event soon.
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Corner Store has new hours, history exhibits
With the completion of the
move of Foundation staff to the Old School, the historic Corner Store has been revamped, and is now open on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visitors can pick up walking tour books and a pint of local honey produced from hives on the Phillips Farm, neighbors can come to chat, and all can enjoy rotating exhibits from the Foundation's rich archives collections.
Additional plans are in the works for this choice village center location.
 | | A mourning dress from 1902, worn by an early Waterford resident, on exhibit at the Corner Store. |
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Care to host a Fair artisan?
One of the reasons artisans so love the Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit is the warm welcome they receive from residents in and near the village, who open their homes year after year to demonstrators who spend three days demonstrating their skills to Fair visitors.
Once again, the Fair Committee is asking for hosts who have spare beds to share for the craftspersons who travel to Virginia for the October Fair. Contact Fran Holmbraker at 540-882-3018 x 114 or by email if you would like to find out more about hosting artisans during the Fair.  | | Have a spare bed come October? |
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Board of Directors
Walter A. Music, President
Margaret Bocek, Vice-President
Susan Honig Rogers, Secretary
Jim Sutton, Treasurer
Charles Beach
Bonnie Getty
Chris Gleckner
Charlotte Gollobin
Jim Gosses
Thomas Hertel
Hans Hommels
Kent Marrs
Debbie Morris
W. Brown Morton
Patti Psaris
Amy V. Smith
Craig Steidle
Bronwen C. Souders
Staff
Ken Rosenfeld Executive Director
Margaret Good
Director,
Properties & Land Use Programs
Kathleen Hughes Director, Development Programs
Fran Holmbraker
Fair Chair
Mary Kenesson
Fair Assistant
Martha Polkey
Communications & Operations Coordinator
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A full spring for Waterford  | |
We're not there yet, but the daffodils have pushed up leaves in village gardens, and we look forward to their sunny cheer.
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With spring just days away, we have a blossoming list of events filling the calendar. The Concert Series begins another season on March 17 (with a special offer for those purchasing subscriptions between now and March 15--see below). The Foundation's Annual Meeting in April will celebrate this grassroots preservation organization's 70th year. A second "Old School House Rocks" concert brings more home-grown talent to Waterford on April 20. Virginia's 80th Historic Garden Week comes to Waterford on April 22, with tours of historic homes and gardens in and near the village. And stay tuned for details on the first
Waterford Farm & Village Day, planned for the weekend of May 18-19. Join us!
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Concert Series Season begins March 17
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The Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists from the Washington National Opera will open the 19th season of the Waterford Concert Series on Sunday, March 17, at 4 p.m. in the Waterford Old School auditorium, 40222 Fairfax Street, Waterford. The first series concert is sponsored by the family of Alfred P. Dennis and Friends of the Waterford Concert Series.
Series subscriptions for the six concerts are just $125 for adults and $60 for students (children under 12 attend free)--and if you subscribe between now and March 15 you'll receive a free ticket to the concert of your choice! Subscribers receive discounts and other benefits such as priority seating, invitations to a reception with artists, and other special events. Subscribe now.
On March 17, professional young artists of the highest caliber will sing and perform arias and ensembles from grand opera (Verdi, Rossini, Puccini and more) and operetta and Broadway musicals, including Showboat, a spring Washington National Opera production. A lyric soprano, a dramatic soprano, a coloratura mezzo-soprano, a lyric tenor, a dramatic baritone and a bass will give voice to this wonderful variety of music, displaying a wide range of talent honed by classical training. Their concert is sure to please newcomers to opera and aficionados alike. The Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, founded by Plácido Domingo in 2002, is a leading program for artists on the verge of international careers. Come see these rising stars shine!
Single ticket prices for this concert are $25 adult, $15 students (ages 21 to 13), children 12 and under free.
All concert ticket holders are also offered free, guided walking tours of the historic village of Waterford at 2 p.m. before each concert. Please reserve a tour by 5 p.m. on the Friday before your concert by calling 540 882 3018, ext. 117.
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Waterford gardens highlight
Historic Garden Week in April
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The iris path at the Mahlon Schooley House in Waterford.
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The 80th Historic Garden Week sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia will bring visitors to Waterford on April 22 for tours of six historic homes and gardens in and around the village.
With the Old School as headquarters, the Waterford focus of this year's tour, themed "where the past is always present," will feature some favorite village gardens as well as the home and gardens of Ambassador Keith Wachope outside the village.
The Leesburg Garden Club and the Fauquier-Loudoun Garden Club are the sponsors of this tour. Tour homes will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance tickets ($30) can be purchased online through April 12 online, and at the Old School during office hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday), and at the Corner Store on Fridays and Saturdays (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.).  | |
Side yard at the Griffith-Gover House.
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Old School House 'Rocks on'
with April 20 concert
Following on the sellout James McMurtry concert last November, you can again dance to the music of home-grown indie music talent, when Janet Emma Garbe takes the stage in the second of our Old School Rocks concerts Saturday, April 20.
Known as "Miss Jan" around Waterford to just about every resident aged 5 & older, Janet Emma Garbe has carried many of the youngest Waterfordians to school for over 15 years on a Loudoun County Public Schools yellow school bus...singing holiday carols at the top of their lungs in December. Her 2009 Release Ghostfields, recorded with Walt Wilkins in Austin, Texas, garnered several Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) nominations.
In 2006, Janet led Loudoun-based band One Horse Town to earn the "Wammie" for New Artist of the Year with Dawn Will Deliver (produced by Jon Carroll and recorded in Leesburg). Janet Emma & Seven West features a few of Washington's finest musicians including Wil Gravatt, David Kitchen, Angus Mackay & Robbie Magruder.
Doors will open at 6:30 for the 7 p.m. concert.
Tickets for this Foundation fundraising concert are $15 apiece, and can be purchased online at the Foundation's website (scroll down to Old School House Rocks tickets).
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EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT New benches, path improvements greet Phillips Farm hikers  | |
Stepping stones provide sure footing for stream crossing.
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Eagle Scout candidate Brandon
Morris has completed a project on the Phillips Farm Trail, adding two sturdy benches, stepping stones, planks, and steps where the trail crosses the creek. The benches, one at the dam and one near the halfway point on the trail, provide sturdy seats at choice views for bird and wildlife watching, or just a quiet spot to read a book. We thank Brandon for these fine additions to the Trail.  | |
Brandon and a new bench at the dam.
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P.O. Box 142 Waterford, Virginia 20197 540.882.3018
www.waterfordfoundation.org
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