Here's the latest news for all who are coming to help us celebrate the 70th Waterford Homes Tour & Crafts Exhibit, October 4, 5, and 6. More entertainment details, updated winery list, a new service for mailing your purchases on site, and more.
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Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps
To Perform Saturday, October 5
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The Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps last performed
at the 2009 Fair [image by Mary Ann Naber]
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We are honored to announce that the U.S. Army's Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps will parade up Second Street to the village center for two performances, at noon and at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
For 52 years, the men and women of the Corps proudly have carried on traditions that accompanied the birth of our nation. Experience history come alive--a proud tradition that began with the musicians of the Continental Army, and continues today.
Mail your Fair purchases from here!
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Too many packages?
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This year we offer fairgoers the opportunity to have their purchases mailed right here from the Fair. The Mail Stop store in Leesburg will be on hand Saturday and Sunday in the back section of the Chair Factory on Second Street to package your items and mail them for you. Have your purchases mailed home or to gift recipients.
Don't forget the Raffle!
 The winner of this year's Fair raffle will get to choose his or her prize from a pair of stunning offerings created by Richard Cruise of Moneta, Virginia. The choice will be a difficult one, between an exquisitely turned, 13-inch-diameter natural edge bowl, or a beautiful, hand-turned cherry salad bowl set with a 16-inch serving bowl and a dozen individual bowls. The Cruises continue to work with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to produce objects from the wood of a large tulip poplar tree at the southwestern corner of Monticello taken down in 2011. They will have a limited number of pieces created from portions of that tree at this year's Fair.  Raffle tickets will be available in the center of the village next to the membership booth from 10 to 5 Friday and Saturday and 10 to 4 on Sunday, with the drawing at 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $3 each or four for $10. You need not be present to win. Proceeds from the raffle support the mission of the Waterford Foundation.
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Purchase Advance Fair tickets
at outlets through October 3
 You have through Thursday, October 3, to purchase discounted advance ticktets at our ticket outlets in the Washington metro area.
An advance ticket for a day at the Fair is $16 (a savings of $4 over the price at the gate). And because you can't really do the Fair justice in a single day, we offer 2-day (at $28) and 3-day (at $40) tickets at discount prices too.
New this year, you can now visit the customer service desk at any of the nine Harris Teeter stores in Loudoun County to purchase single-day Fair tickets. As a bonus, VIC Card customers will receive an additional discount and can purchase tickets at a special price of $15.
Outlets also are listed on the Fair brochure; you can download a copy from our website.
Join our Preservation
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You're never too young or too old
to become a member.
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Complimentary Fair tickets have just been sent in the mail to Waterford Foundation members. If you're not a member already, won't you stop by the Membership Tent in the village center during the Fair and join them? For new Foundation members, we offer a special discounted price of $30 (Individual) and $60 (Family) for a year of membership, which will include free tickets to the Fair next year! Stop at the booth for more details.
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Limited mobility?
How to get around the Fair
The Waterford Fair takes place throughout the village of Waterford and its surrounding fields, with hills and uneven roads and sidewalks. If you are visiting Waterford with someone having physical challenges, see this page of our website for the best ways to enjoy the Fair.
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Sunday at the Fair is "Welcome Home to Waterford" Heritage Day
Waterford was founded in 1733, and the Waterford Foundation was founded in 1943. In this 280th year of the village, and the 70th year of the Foundation's work, we have invited descendants of village residents, alumni of the Old School and Second Street School, and former Foundation presidents to participate in "Welcome Home to Waterford" Heritage Day on Sunday, October 6.
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Early Waterford resident Milton Schooley, in his workshop, about 1890.
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"We have already heard from descendants of Govers, Houghs, Shueys, James, Coates, Jacksons, Schooleys, Hollingsworths, Chamberlins, and Janneys, and expect to hear from more families in the final days before the Fair," says Bronwen Souders, chairman of the Foundation's Education Committee, which is spearheading this effort. On Sunday you may see some of those descendants wearing special badges, featuring the family name of their Waterford ancestor.
"It's not often you can go home again and still find things pretty much as they were when you were growing up, or your great-great grandfather was growing up," says Ms. Souders. "Waterford is that place."
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11 Homes on Tour during the Fair
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In Waterford, residents live modern lives in old houses. Many residents live with hand-dug wells, low ceilings, and no air conditioning. Homes and buildings dating from the 18th century and later have been lovingly restored and renovated for 21st-century living.
Each year, a number of Waterford homeowners graciously open their homes for tours during the Fair, and scores of volunteers are on hand as docents.
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For those of you who plan your visit with Waterford home tours in mind, here is the schedule of open homes. For more information on each, visit the online tour page of our website.
Admission to homes on tour is free with your ticket to the Fair.
Friday, October 4 The Pink House, Main Street William Nettle House, Second Street
Old Acre, Second Street
Wisteria Cottage, Main Street
Saturday, October 5 Jacob Mendenhall House, Second Street Samuel Steer House, Second Street
Braden House, Second Street
Asbury Johnson House, Second Street
Sunday, October 6 James Lewis House, Butcher's Row Goodwin-Sappington House, Main Street The Pink House, Main Street Talbott's Tavern, Main Street |
www.waterfordfoundation.org
P.O. Box 142 Waterford, Virginia 20197
540.882.3018
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Got GPS?
Program your device for the trip to Waterford:
40183 Main Street Waterford, Virginia, 20197
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Your Fair Booklet:
A Guide
After you park your car and make your way to the ticket booth at the front of the lot, one of our volunteers will hand you a copy of the Fair Booklet.
Pull up a hay bale, have a seat, and plan your day!
The Map. On the center pages of the booklet is a map of the village, with parking lots, buildings, tour houses, exhibit areas, first aid station, ATM, and restrooms marked on it.
House Bare? In the booklet you can find artisans by craft and by location. Looking for a Windsor chair, some woven table runners, a redware bowl, a copper weathervane, or a special piece of silver jewelry?
Got Children? The booklet lists the heritage crafts our artisans will demonstrate, and where youngsters can learn hands-on the history of hand-made. And they won't want to miss The Waterford Magician.
Hungry? From fried mushrooms and artichokes, cheese from a Virginia sheep dairy, and pork barbeque, to the best Boy Scout burgers and PTO Brunswick stew ever, you can plot your culinary itinerary using the booklet's food pages.
Need music? Throughout the village: bluegrass, traditional folk music, barbershop harmony, gospel, fife and drum, harp and dulcimer, lute. The booklet lists musicians, locations, and times.
Tour houses? The booklet lists houses on tour by day, their histories, their locations, and the gracious owners who open them to visitors during the Fair.
Missing your regiment? You might find it here, in the Union or Confederate encampments--and perhaps in time for the skirmish or the march up to the Union of Churches Cemetery to honor the fallen. Camp locations are in the booklet.
And at the bottom of each page, note the names of generous donors who help sponsor the production of this indispensable publication. Also noted are our generous Fair sponsors.
And that's not all--articles on Waterford's history and the Foundation's 70-year history, and bits and pieces about the fair and its familiar characters round out the booklet.
Many loyal fairgoers have collections of Fair booklets, and this 70th edition will find a place on their shelves.
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MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment Schedule in place!
The entertainment schedule for the Fair is now set, with times and other details in the Fair booklet. Here are performers by day: FRIDAY: Madeline McNeil, hammered dulcimer; Ray Owen, farm equipment demonstrations; Mike Hansen and Friends, traditional folk music; Bob Bellamy and Wendy Barlow, handmade dulcimer and harp; Mark Jaster (mime) and Sabrina (interactive comic). SATURDAY: Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps; Madeline McNeil, hammered dulcimer; John McLaughlin, The Waterford Magician; Dearest Home, Civil War music; The Loudoun Chorale, vocal music; Stonewall Brigade, Civil War camp life demonstrations; Terry Bender, organ grinder; Sheri Nelson, violin; Bob Bellamy and Wendy Barlow, handmade dulcimer and harp; 8th Virginia Confederate camp; Melissa Dunning, "waulking the wool" singing; Mike Hansen and Friends, traditional folk music; John Durant, lute and 18th century songs; Liberty Hall Drum and Fife Corps; Jubilo, string band playing old-time country and Latin. SUNDAY: Madeline McNeil, hammered dulcimer; John McLaughlin, The Waterford Magician; Sliders, barbershop harmony; Stonewall Brigade, Civil War camp life demonstrations; Mount Zion Methodist Church Choir, gospel; Mike Hansen and Friends, traditional folk music; Terry Bender, organ grinder; Bob Bellamy and Wendy Barlow, handmade dulcimer and harp;Liberty Hall Drum and Fife Corps; Jubilo, string band playing old-time country and Latin.And here is the updated schedule for the Old School Stage: SATURDAY
2 p.m. Celtic Rhythm
School of Dance
3 p.m. Furnace Mountain
4 p.m. Furnace Mountain
SUNDAY
2 p.m. Nothin' Fancy
3 p.m. Corey Harris
4 p.m. Tara Linhardt Band
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Wine tasting update
A $10 winery tent ticket gets you a sample of each of these wineries' vintages and a commemorative wine glass. Here is a list of the wineries participating this year:
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