December 28 The Hessians Are Coming. Reaneactment demonstrations, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bond Street Meadow, Waterford. December 29 17th Annual Central Loudoun Christmas Bird Count. Groups will be counting in the Waterford area. Contact Joe Coleman at jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org, 540-554-2542. March 2 April 13 |
New WCA officers elected for 2014
The Waterford Citizens' Association (WCA) elected officers for 2014 at its December 5 meeting. Liz Hale is the new president, with Annie Goode her vice-president. Caroline Malone is secretary and Betsy Gibson treasurer. The Waterford Foundation (with its mission of preserving and protecting the National Historic Landmark of Waterford) is pleased to partner on many initiatives with the WCA, which serves as the village's civic association, sponsoring community events and addressing community issues.
The Foundation thanks outgoing president Ed Good and his fellow officers for their service on the WCA board, and looks forward to the year ahead. |
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Waterford area birds:
Stand up and be counted
Join members of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (LWC) for the Seventeenth Annual Central Loudoun Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 29. The LWC count-circle has a 15-mile diameter and covers 177 square miles of Loudoun's countryside: north to Waterford, south to Aldie, east to Ashburn, and west to Purcellville. The circle includes the village of Waterford, the Phillips Farm, and a lot of the private farms that surround it. Everyone is welcome - beginners are teamed up with experienced birders, and every eye helps!
Have fun and make a difference at the same time! For more than a century thousands of people have participated in the longest citizen science project in the world and counted every wild bird they can find on Christmas Bird Counts. The information from the more than 2,000 bird counts is used to create a database of the sightings from which bird populations can be studied. Come explore the country's natural and not-so-natural areas. Counters share their wonder of the wild beauty of feathered creatures with like-minded people, and sometimes they find truly rare birds.
And after all the counting is over, the counters will meet at Morven Park's Carriage Museum for a Tally Rally where we'll find out who saw what and share stories about the day's highlights.
If you are interested in participating for the whole day or just a portion, Sign up online or contact Joe Coleman at 540-554-2542 or jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org. If you are a land owner in the Waterford area and are comfortable with a small team visiting your property please let us know.
--Joe Coleman
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy
 | | Great blue herons patronize the Catoctin Creek's South Fork. |
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Weddings in Waterford
& Receptions, Rehearsal Dinners, Engagement Parties, Special Events  Just engaged? Looking for a charming and affordable place for your wedding? Graceful old buildings and peaceful meadows--let beautiful historic Waterford set the stage for your special event. The spare and lovely John Wesley Church is ideal for simple ceremonies. The recently restored Waterford Old School with its lovely new wing is perfect for receptions, dances, rehearsal dinners, parties. We have open dates this winter, while 2014 is booking up fast. Call the Foundation office (540-882-3018) and ask for Margaret Good to make your plans. |
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Board of Directors
Walter A. Music, President
Joe Goode, Vice President
Margaret Bocek, Secretary
Jim Sutton, Treasurer
Charles Beach
Peggy Bednarik
Roy Chaudet
Chris Gleckner
Charlotte Gollobin
Jim Gosses
Thomas Hertel
Debbie Morris
Susan Honig Rogers
Amy V. Smith
Mark Andrew Sutton
Bronwen C. Souders
Stephanie Campbell Thompson
Staff
Ken Rosenfeld Executive Director
Margaret Good
Director,
Properties & Land Use Programs
Fran Holmbraker
Fair Advisor
Mary Kenesson
Fair Assistant
Martha Polkey
Communications & Operations Coordinator
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Our grateful thanks to those who already have donated to our Annual Appeal. Read more about our campaign and contribute online here.
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The Hessians are coming (again!)
A regiment of Hessian soldiers will be camped on the Bond Street Meadow Saturday, December 28. There they plan to share with visitors just what the military and camp life of a Hessian soldier would have been like in early America during the Revolutionary War.
The regiment's first appearance in Waterford took place during Farm and Village Days last May. We welcome them back to the village for this event, which will include shooting demonstrations, drills, and descriptions of camp life. You may be able to practice your German as well.
The encampment will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bond Street Meadow (next to the John Wesley Community Church, across from the Old Mill), and is free and open to the public.
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Village Christmas events begin
| Shoppers fill the Corner Store last Sunday, after singing and ornament making in the John Wesley Church. |
"For several years, Mr. Smith rented the closed Paxson's store during the holiday season and used it as a Christmas store. Oh! What a thrill it was to see so many things near and dear to a little boy's heart. There were little red wagons, sleighs and tricycles, then, for the girls, dolls and games. No mall today can give the pleasure of that little Christmas store."
--John E. Divine, When Waterford and I Were Young
The snowy weather this month added extra feeling to the voices in the John Wesley Church last Sunday at the Christmas sing-along, Christmas stories, ornament-making for children at the John Wesley Church, the first activities of the Merry Old Christmas in Waterford event sponsored by the Waterford Foundation and the Waterford Citizens' Association.
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Afterward, children and their parents walked or rode to the Corner Store to decorate the trees on the porch, then went inside for cookies, warm drinks, and to do a little shopping. A special curtained children's shopping area, and the appearance of Santa Claus added to the festivities.
The Store will be open this Final weekend before Christmas on Saturday, (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Sunday (12:30 to 3 p.m.), if you have more shopping to do. Here are some of the hand-crafted items available from our juried artists at present.
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A Second Street School wish
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Children arrive for a morning as a student in 1880 Waterford.
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If you want to give a
gift this season that many will benefit from, think about donating to the Second Street School painting fund. This building and the Living History program housed there will have provided enrichment for Loudoun County students for 30 years in 2014. That means nearly 32,000 of our young people have spent a special day in their fourth grade year learning about life in an 1880s one-room school. Taking on the identity of an actual student who attended this school gives special meaning to the day and to their young lives. It is an experience few of them forget.
To continue protecting this building, we are seeking the funds necessary to get it a much-needed new coat of paint: $3,000. If we exceed that goal, another $2,000 would allow us to do some needed repointing of the masonry and make repairs to the outhouse.
If you would like to help us meet this goal, what better gift to give so that our young people can continue to benefit from this very special educational experience?
Donate online by following this link.
Thank you!
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Waterford Concert Series
reaches a milestone
The Waterford Concert Series marks its 20th year in 2014 with five concerts and a history that began when a family chamber orchestra with a grant but no venue asked a Waterford Foundation member if Waterford had a suitable space. It did.
That was 1994, and the following year, a world-famous clarinetist, the Metropolitan Opera NationalAudition Regional Finalists, and a vocal octet brought classical music to the Old School. The concert series has presented new and well-known classical musicians of the highest caliber each year since, to an audience that grows in number and enthusiasm.
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J. Reilly Lewis.
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The 20th series season begins March 2 with the Washington Soloists Chamber Orchestra with Xiayin Wang, pianist. Then on April 13, the Tempest Trio performs, followed by the Best of Levine--select competition winners (including a jazz combo) and well-known pianist, composer, Levine alumnus and faculty member Sam Post--on June 1. On October 19 J. Reilly Lewis and members of the Washington Bach Consort will fill the Old School Auditorium; the season will conclude with the Daedalus Quartet on November 9.
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The Tempest Trio.
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Subscriptions to the series are $100 for adults and $50 for students (no charge for children under 12); subscribers are invited to attend a reception during the season. Single concert ticket prices vary by concert (from $15 to $30). The Concert Committee also welcomes additional donations to support its mission of bringing the best classical music to Loudoun.
See the concert pages of our website to purchase subscriptions and tickets, to donate, and to read more about the series and performers. Concert brochures will be mailed in January; phone (540-882-3018 x117) or email the Foundation to make sure you are on the mailing list.
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P.O. Box 142 Waterford, Virginia 20197 540.882.3018
www.waterfordfoundation.org
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