Chamber steps away from role as co-host of Daylily Festival
The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce said Monday that it will no long serve as manager and co-host of the successful Daylily and Wine Festival held annually in Fishersville.
The Chamber had said recently that it would explore other possible locations for the festival. The Andre Viette Farm and Nursery has hosted the event for its first 15 years.
In a news release, the Chamber announced plans to explore a “different type of event” to take place Sept. 21-23, 2012, at the Frontier Culture Museum. The event would take place on the weekend that had been reserved for the Fortune/Williams Music Festival, which ended its nine-year run at the museum last weekend.
The new festival will feature locally produced beverages and is envisioned to include musical activities both Friday and Saturday evenings.
“The Chamber has been pleased with the success of the Daylily event over the years, and expresses their deep and sincere appreciation to the Viette family for their past association with the Chamber. The Board of Directors and Chamber Staff wish the Viette family continued success with the July festival next year. Chamber officials believe the community will be well served by having two unique events, and the Chamber would support and encourage our membership and the community at large to continue patronage of the Daylily Festival event,” according to the release.
Boys & Girls Club announces Photography at The Pavilion fundraiser
A new photo contest will tell the story of the Boys & Girls Club locally while celebrating the youth-service organization’s five core values.
Photography at The Pavilion will culminate with an exhibition at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton on Thursday, June 30, at 6 p.m. The exhibition will feature entrants into the photo contest being sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club.
Entries can illustrate any of the five core values of the Boys & Girls Club:
- Character & Leadership
- Education & Career
- Health & Life Skills
- The Arts
- Sports, Fitness & Recreation
Winners will be decided by a panel of professional photographers as well as by the attendees of the Photography at The Pavilion event. Submissions must be received by June 30th with an entry fee of $25 for up to three photographs.
All submissions must be made digitally via e-mail to bgclubva@gmail.com.
Entry fees must be received by mail at
Boys & Girls Club
302 E. Main St.
Waynesboro, VA 22980
Fees can also be paid through a PayPal link at our website – www.augustabgclub.org.
Tickets for the Photography at The Pavilion event on June 30 are $40 each and include dinner and drinks. Tickets can be purchased at the Boys & Girls Club in Waynesboro and also are available online via PayPal.
Helping more kids Ride With Pride
Ride With Pride will be hosting its first benefit concert on Friday, Sept. 10. The concert will take place at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. Gates will open at 6 p.m., and music will begin at 7 p.m.
The bands performing at the Ride With Pride Benefit Concert will be local artists Lisa Meadows and the Virginia Dreams Band as well as Faithful Men Gospel Group. Tickets are $15 per person, which will include lawn seating and a BBQ dinner catered by Tim Flick.
“Everything is being donated, including the catered dinner. The performers are also donating their time and energy,” says Debbie Winters, Ride With Pride Program Director.
All proceeds from the benefit concert will directly benefit the organization.
Ride With Pride is a nonprofit organization that has been in the Valley since 1989. The organization helps special-needs children and adults with “therapeutic equine activities.” Winters says, “Having special-needs people work with horses also helps with their attention and cognitive skills. It also helps children with emotional issues. Just being around horses that they know are going to be there for them really helps.”
The organization sees about 80 kids throughout the week. They also work with the Department of Social Services as well as special-education programs.
“This is the first time we have tried something like this benefit concert,” says Winter. We are very excited that these bands are helping out. We usually do fundraisers that involve horses, so we are a little out of our element, but hopefully we will make lots of money for our program and be able to help even more people in the Valley.”
Music will go from 7 p.m until 9 p.m.
For more information about Ride With Pride, visit their website: http://ridewithprideva.org.
Story by Jenny Hypes. Jenny can be reached at jenny.hypes@emu.edu.
Shenandoah Pizza owners branch out into concert promotion
Edited by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
When Shenandoah Pizza owners Cheryl and John Huggins started following one of their favorite bands the Allman Brothers around from concert-to-concert years ago, they never imagined that a few years hence they would be hosting musicians associated with the band in their very own concert series.
“We just loved that music scene and wanted to be a part of it all back then,” said John Huggins. “Now we want to bring some of that same excitement and enjoyment to the local music scene.”
The Bruce Katz Band will headline the Shenandoah Summer Blues Fest Aug. 21 at the Steve B. Dod Amphitheater located at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. Katz has toured with the Allman Brothers and still plays with Gregg Allman regularly, who says about Bruce, “He can play jazz, blues, Bach, anything. Man, he’s a heavy!”
A deep well of local blues musicians will round out the schedule, with a variety of food, drink, vendors and other special activities on tap. Read more
The June/July 2010 New Dominion Magazine is online
Edited by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
The June/July 2010 issue of The New Dominion Magazine – our annual Health and Wellness Issue – is available in print in Staunton, Waynesboro and Harrisonburg and is now also online.
Stories in the issue include:
- Follow the signs: Easy decisions to improving your health http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/follow-the-signs-easy-decisions-to-improving-your-health/
- Brighter days: Mental and spiritual fitness is key to a healthy lifestyle http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/brighter-days-mental-and-spiritual-fitness-is-key-to-a-healthy-lifestyle/
- Trading spaces: New RMH opens on June 22 http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/hospital-for-the-next-100-years-new-rmh-opens-on-june-22/
- Well-oiled machine: The making of ‘The Good Parts’ http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/buddy-movie-collaboration-builds-on-set-of-local-film-project/
- Hoops dreams: Basketball program at Fishburne is a winner on and off the court http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/hoops-dreams-basketball-program-at-fishburne-is-a-winner-on-and-off-the-court/
- One-stop volunteer shop: United Way, Mary Baldwin College launch the Greater Augusta Volunteer Center http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/one-stop-volunteer-shop-united-way-mary-baldwin-college-launch-the-greater-augusta-volunteer-center/
- June-July Calendar http://thenewdominion.com/2010/06/15/june-july-calendar/
Locations where the magazine is available include …
Staunton: Downtown Visitor Center, Sacred Circle, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Mugshots, George Bowers Grocery, Frontier Culture Museum.
Waynesboro: YMCA, Waynesboro Public Library, Chickpeas, Stone Soup Books, Tailgate Grill, Scotto’s, El Puerto, Big Apple Bagel, Giovanni’s.
Augusta County: Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.
Harrisonburg: Massanutten Regional Library.
The sun’ll come out tomorrow
It’s not exactly an ideal time to be opening, say, a new exhibit at the ol’ museum, what with the economy being what it is and all. But you can’t always account for what shape the economy is going to be in when planning has to begin several years out.
“We actually think this could be a big boost to us because it opens us up to a new population that we haven’t had solid programming for in the past,” said Mike Sutton, the director of marketing at the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, which is on schedule to open a new West Africa Farm exhibit in the fall. Read more
Stan Horst: A look back at our frontier days
Posted by afp on July 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A visit to the museum quickly shows how the typical Appalachian farm is a blend of all the other farms, as immigrants kept some of the best features from their homeland, and adopted other features from their neighbors who came from other countries.
The FCMV is known for its educational programs, festivals, volunteerism, and research. Classes are available, where participants can learn how the settlers raised livestock, grew field crops, and used natural resources. For example, the Irish raised sheep … shearing, carding, and spinning their wool long before the advent of mechanized processes.
The West African farm is unique in that the people from West Africa did not come to America of their own free will, but were brought here in slavery by the thousands. Despite their forced entry into this country, many adapted quite well and developed farming techniques that were well suited to the environment, as well as an extensive system of trade. On the West African farm today you can learn about the Igbo culture and explore their favorite pastimes.
The Frontier Culture Museum is home to many festivals and events, including a Wine and Beer Festival, the West African Dedication Day, the Fortune Williams Music Festival, Creepy Tales, a BBQ Competition, and Lantern Tours. Even when no special events are happening, costumed living history actors help visitors to see and learn first-hand.
Host your own special event at the FCMV by renting part of the facility. Their octagonal barn is one of only eight in Virginia that is available, and comes complete with kitchen and bathrooms.
For more information, you can visit their website at www.frontiermuseum.org, or call them at 540.332.7850.
Stan Horst, along with his wife Debbie and two teenage children, have been hosting visitors in their Blue Ridge Mountain Cabins since 1995. Their detailed knowledge of activities and attractions in the area make them a favorite of visitors from all over the world, who are seeking first-class Virginia cabin rentals and first-hand knowledge of things to see and do.
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