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Sometimes serendipity works in this business. I saw a listing for a one-man show in the Virginia Commission for the Arts touring roster. I contacted the actor, John Hardy, about coming to Waynesboro to do his original script Rattlesnake, and we agreed on an April date and I wrote and secured a VCA matching grant to bring him to WTA’s Gateway.
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Folks in Waynesboro realize that there’s a jewel of a basketball team that plays up on the hill overlooking downtown, right? Um, well, no. I mean, Roy Williams knows. You know, the North Carolina basketball coach? Won a national championship or two? He was in the gym watching a game in the Best Western Waynesboro Caisson Shootout today.
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The Holiday Fashion Showcase returns to downtown Waynesboro on Saturday for a little bit of Christmas cheer to get you ready for the holiday season.
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The buzz at Fishburne Military School Thursday had to do with a particular gentleman wearing a sweater of a distinctive shade of blue on hand to watch the opener of the FMS Best Western Waynesboro Caisson Shootout. North Carolina coach Roy Williams was in the stands for the opener of the Shootout pitting Miller School and St. John’s Northwest Military School, ostensibly to see Isaac Copeland, a 6’9″ forward at Miller School who is getting serious attention from UNC, Virginia, North Carolina State, Missouri and Ohio State.
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Aaron’s, a national leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of residential and office furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, has signed on as the title sponsor of New Year’s Chaos, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Va.
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Fishburne Military School’s postgrad basketball team is at #6 in the Recruit Dirt Top 10 national poll of postgraduate basketball teams.
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Virginia State Police are still investigating the death of a male subject discovered Monday morning at a rest area in Albemarle County.
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Community Action Partnership of Staunton, Augusta and Waynesboro – CAPSAW – is releasing its annual funding application for human service programs working with low income residents of Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County.
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of December, is exhibiting the paintings and drawings of Waynesboro artist, John A. Hancock, whose artworks are an exploration of the natural world and our place in it. He tries to bring together naturalistic and abstract elements into a balanced, if rather tentative, harmony.
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Wayne Theatre Alliance’s 2012 Christmas Home Tour will be a chance to experience the holiday traditions and decor of some of Waynesboro’s finest homes. The annual event will feature six homes and two institutions dressed for the holiday. The Tour is from 10 am to 4 pm on December 1st. Tickets are available in advance at WTA’s office. They will be available at the Plumb House and at WTA’s Gateway before 2 pm on the day of the tour. Again this year, WTA will offer a special bus tour for those who would rather ride than drive.
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