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<cal2>New Faces: Showcasing Young Artists in Loudoun art exhibit features works from 49 students who attend seven schools in Loudoun County at the George Washington University Virginia Campus Gallery, 20101 Academic Way, Ashburn, 7-8:30 p.m. Exhibit on display through Feb. 20. Call 703-726-8304.
To Hold and to Have-Cups & Mugs The Greater Reston Arts Center has assembled the works of 23 different potters and ceramicists from around the world to share their latest creations in clay, porcelain and ceramic. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The exhibit runs through March 9. For more information call 703-471-9242.
Ballroom Dance Studio offers weekly "Friday night Drop-In" Workshops on Fridays from 7:30-9 p.m. in Nite Club Survival. Cost $15. Call 703-444-3061. The studio is located in the Sterling Plaza Shopping Center.
<cal1>WEDNESDAY/FEB. 20
<cal2>Oatlands Plantation Lecture on "Life for the Left Behind - The Civilians of the Civil War" will be presented by Meredith Bean McMath at 7-8.30 p.m. in the Oatlands mansion, six miles south of Leesburg on US Rte. 15. Cost $5. Free to Friends of Oatlands and Loudoun County students. Call 703-777-3174.
Bunny Bags: Children ages 3-6 can meet the resident bunnies while learning simple animal care. Decorate a bunny bag to take home from the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, at 9:30 a.m. Cost $5. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-421-5322.
Business After Hours Mixer hosted by The Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce at The Middleburg Bank in Ashburn, 20955 Professional Plaza, #100, from 5:30-to 7 p.m. The cost is $5 for members, $10 for non-members. To RSVP and for directions call, 703-777-2176 .
Family Trees: Learn the basics of making a family tree in a program specially designed for a multigenerational experiance at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. A parent or grandparent is asked to accompany their child and share family history. Bring a few photos, a family folktale, or a treasured memory to share. All ages. Cost 7.50. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-424-5322. The Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum is located at Claude Moore Park 21544 Cascades Parkway in Sterling.
<cal1>THURSDAY/FEB. 21
<cal2>George Washington: Chartering New Territories in Leadership is the topic of a four-person panel discussion at the GW campus in Ashburn at 3 p.m. Event sponsored by GW and the Loudoun Museum. Free to museum members, $10 for non-members. Call 703-726-8300 or e-mail reservations@va.gwu.edu for reservations.
Forest Layers. A nature program that teaches preschoolers (ages 3-6) about the creatures of the forest. 9:30-11 a.m. or 12:30 to 2 p.m. at Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling. $7.50/session. For more information or to register call 703-444-1275.
Dr. Vaughn Frigon, with the Dulles Orthopedics Group, speak on walking and degenerative joint disease. 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Eastern Regional Library in Cascades, 21030 Whitfield Place. For more information contact Bob Wright at 703-737-2175 or rcwright@erols.com.
<cal1>SATURDAY/FEB. 23
<cal2>Ballroom Dance Studio is having a Swing Dance with a free swing dance class from 8-8:30 p.m. and Swing Dancing from 8:30-11 p.m. Period costumes are encouraged. Cost $10. For more information call 703-444-3061. The studio is located in the Sterling Plaza Shopping Center.
Bluegrass Music featuring Blue Daze and the group Southern Sage at Lucketts Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Call 703-771-5281.
Home-Based Business Expo at the Sterling Annex Community Center, 1115 W. Church Road. Booth cost is $35. Call 703-430-6673.
"Little Red Riding Hood Puppet Show," performed by Susan Wall's Carousel Puppets at the Lucketts Community Center, 42361 Lucketts Rd, 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Cost $5. Reservations not required. Tickets available at the door. Call 703-444-9426 or pay an online visit to www.carouselpuppets.com.
Manil Suri is discussing his book "Death of Vishnu" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers 1851 Fountain Drive, Reston, Virginia 20190, at 4:30-5:30 p.m. Call 703.437.8147 for information.
Learn Belly Dance at the Senior Center at Cascades, 21060 Whitfield Pl., at noon-2 p.m. Participants should wear comfortable clothing, and bring a sarong or shawl to wrap around the hips. It costs $25 if you are pre-registered and $30 at the door. Call 703-433-2460 for registration or e-mail at katayoundance@hotmail.com.
* The Master Singers Winter Concert 8 p.m. at Episcopal Church, 14 Cornwall Street, Leesburg. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students of any age. For tickets or additional information contact the Master Singers at (703) 327-6628 or visit www.lcmastersingers.org.
"Investigate Insects" at 2 p.m. at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum at the Round Hill Center, 20 High St. in Round Hill. This is a great learning opportunity for elementary-age kids!
Pre-registration is required. Admission $5/child. Scout troups and groups are welcome. To register or for more information, contact the Center at 540-338-7973 for more information.
<cal1>SUNDAY/FEB. 24
<cal2>The Master Singers Winter Concert 3 p.m. at Our Savior's Way Lutheran Church, Waxpool Road and the intersection of Claiborne Parkway, Ashburn. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students of any age. For tickets or additional information contact the Master Singers at (703) 327-6628 or visit www.lcmastersingers.org.
Dlood donation buses are scheduled to visit St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 37730 St. Francis Court, Purcellville from 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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<bt>Glad, the veteran contemporary Christian band, will perform a concert at 6 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the Christian Fellowship Church, 21673 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn. Glad has appeared at events with Chuck Colson, Dr. Billy Graham, Dr. James Kennedy, and R.C. Sproul among others. Drawing from its repertoire of 21 albums, Glad will sing a variety of music. Their performance will emphasize the group's A Cappella Projects as well as its new band worship recording, "Pure and Holy Passion." For more information, call Christian Fellowship Church at 703-724-4913. Tickets can be purchased at the church office or by phone at 1-800-965-9324. To place an online order, visit: www.christianhappenings.com.
<cal1>MONDAY/FEB. 25
<Cal2>Stacey Allison, the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has been named the 2002 Alison Harrison Goodyear Fellow. She will speak at Engelhard Gymnasium, located on Foxcroft campus, at 8 p.m. For more information visit www.foxcroft.org. To sign up call 540-687-4518 by Feb. 18.
Blood donation buses will be at Eastern Loudoun Regional Library, 21030 Whitfield Pl., Sterling from 1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
The Growing Stage holds auditions for their summer musical production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Purcellville Baptist Church in Purcellville. Men, women and children who can sing and dance are invited to audition. Auditioners must prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song and 16 bars of a ballad.
<cal1>TUESDAY/FEB. 26
<cal2>Which came first: The chicken or the egg? Children ages 3-6 can learn how to identify birds and their eggs at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum at 9:30 a.m. Cost $5. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-421-5322.
<cal1>WEDNESDAY/FEB. 27
<cal2>Oatlands Plantation Lecture on "A timeless Garden - Oatlands Garden," 7-8.30 p.m. in the Oatlands mansion, six miles south of Leesburg on US Rte. 15. Presented by Karen Mazza. Cost $5. Free to Friends of Oatlands and Loudoun County students. Call 703-777-3174.
Frozen Fun. Elementary age program (grades 1-5) about the science of snow and ice will take place at 3:30-5 p.m. at Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Highway, Sterling. The cost is $7.50/session. For more information or to register call 703-444-1275.
Funny Farm Children ages 3-6 can learn about animal life on the farm at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, at 9:30 a.m. Cost $5. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-421-5322.
<cal1>FRIDAY/MARCH 1
<cal2>The Growing Stage holds auditions for their summer musical production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Purcellville Baptist Church in Purcellville. Men, women and children who can sing and dance are invited to audition. Auditioners must prepare 16 bars of an up-tempo song and 16 bars of a ballad.
<cal1>SATURDAY/MARCH 2
<cal2>Bluegrass Music featuring Jeanette Williams and Clearwater at Lucketts Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Call 703-771-5281.
Susan Wall's Carousel Puppets will perform "Little Red Riding Hood Puppet Show" at the Sterling Community Center Annex, 1115 W. Church Road, 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Cost $5. Reservations not required. Tickets available at the door. Call 703-444-9426 or pay an online visit to www.carouselpuppets.com.
The Master Singers Winter Concert will take place at 8 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal church, 37018 Glendale Street, Purcellville. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students of any age. For tickets or additional information contact the Master Singers at (703) 327-6628 or visit www.lcmastersingers.org.
"The Irish Princess & The Pea" presented by VSA arts of Virginia-Loudoun County. 8 p.m. at Blue Ridge Middle School in Purcellville. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5/person and $18/family. Children under 3 are admitted free. For more information contact Special Recreation Programs with Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services at 703-777-0343.
<cal1>Sunday/March 3
<cal2>"The Irish Princess & The Pea" presented by VSA arts of Virginia-Loudoun County. 4 p.m. at Blue Ridge Middle School in Purcellville. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5/person and $18/family. Children under 3 are admitted FREE. For more information contact Special Recreation Programs with Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services at 703-777-0343.
Bird walk with John Keith, ages nine and up, at Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, at 8-10 a.m. Bring binoculars and a water bottle. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free admission. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
<mh>Monday/March 4
<lst>Children ages 3-6 are welcome to join a teeny, tiny hike at Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling. They will look at small things in the nature through magnifying glasses and microscope. Time: 9:30-11 a.m. or 12:30-2 p.m. Cost $7.50. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
<cal1>TUESDAY/MARCH 5
<cal2>In order to address a larger number of items, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors' regular monthly public hearing will start two hours earlier on March 5. The meeting will begin at 4:30 in the Board Room of the County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E., Leesburg.
Second meeting of Hands on History Club for children ages 6-10, at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, at 3 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-421-5322. The Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum is located at Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway in Sterling.
Children ages 5-6 are welcome to look at animals and learn about their homes and what they need to survive in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, at 9:30-11 a.m. or 12:30-2 p.m. Cost $7.50. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
Hands on History Club: Second of two meetings of history club for children ages 6-10 at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum, 3 p.m. A new craft or subject will be taught each week. Cost $7.50. Pre-registration is required. Call 703-424-5322. The Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum is located at Claude Moore Park 21544 Cascades Parkway in Sterling.
<cal1>WEDNESDAY/MARCH 6
<cal2>The Eastern Loudoun Regional Library is offering a Wednesday morning adult book discussion group at 10:30 a.m. The book is "Nop's Trials" by Donald McCaig. Call 703-444-3228.
'Reimagining the Suburbs' will open at the Wadell Building Gallery on the Loudoun campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The exhibit looks at smart growth approaches to suburban planning and design. A discussion of the issues and challenges involved in "Reimagining the Suburbs" at 7:30 p.m. The exhibit runs through March 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday. Admission is free. For more information call 703-777-7427 or visit www.loudounmuseum.org.
Be among the first to walk the recently opened Potomac Overlook Trail. Total distance is about 2.5 miles. Wear appropriate footwear. Walkers gather at the playground in the Potomac Lakes Sports complex. For more information contact Bob Wright at 703-737-2175 or rcwright@erols.com.
Children grades 1-5 can learn about reptiles in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, from 3:30-5 p.m. Cost $7.50. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
<cal1>THURSDAY/MARCH 7
<cal2> Outback Steakhouse, along with the Broad Run Band Booster’s Association, presents the third annual Fine Arts Festival Dinner. Dinner will be served from 5 – 6:45 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Desserts will be provided by the Band Boosters. The cost is $10 for adults, $7.50 for students and $5 for children under 6 years of age. Tickets must be purchased in advance by February 18 and will be held at the door. No tickets will be sold at the door. For more information, call 703-724-1338. The Fine Arts festival begins at 7 p.m. Artwork will be displayed throughout the evening.
Potomac Falls High School presents the female version of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door.
<cal1>Friday/March 8
<cal2>Potomac Falls High School presents the male version of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door.
Children (age 3-5) can enjoy the nature through stories, games and a hike in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, at 10-11 a.m. Cost $5/child. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
Janet Schreiber will speak about Feng Shui, the Asian art of placement, at the March 8 general meeting of the CountrySide Women's Club. Feng Shui concerns manipulating one's environment to create an harmonic balance. A student of the Feng Shui Design Living Center in California, Schreiber started Connect & Harmonize Interiors in 1999.
The meeting, which will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the Parkway Pool Meeting Room, is open to all women from CountrySide and surrounding areas. An opportunity will be available to socialize prior to Schreiber's presentation and the business meeting. For more information, call club president Betsy McIntire at 703-724-9316.
<cal1>SATURDAY/MARCH 9
<cal2>Bluegrass Music featuring Lonesome Highway at Lucketts Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door. Call 703-771-5281.
To help with the W&OD Trail Clean-up meet at 8:30 a.m. at Partlow Brothers store on Ashburn Road. Walkers choose whether to walk east into Ashburn or west toward Leesburg. Walkers can walk as far as they want, then turn around and pick up trash on the way back to the store. For more information contact Bob Wright at 703-737-2175 or rcwright@erols.com.
Potomac Falls High School presents the female version of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door.
Who's who in the zoo? Ecologist Dexter Hickley will take children on a tour of the zoo in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, at 9-10 a.m. He will talk about mammals, reptiles, birds etc. Ages 6 and up are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
<cal1>Sunday/March 10
<cal2>Potomac Falls High School presents the male version of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" at 2 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door.
<cal1>Monday/March 11
<cal2>Children ages 3-6 can learn everything about the beavers in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, from 9:30-11 a.m. or 12 noon-2 p.m. Cost $7.50.
<cal1>THURSDAY/MARCH 14
<cal2>'Loudoun's Existing Resources for Shaping the Future' will be explored by David Edwards, Director of the Winchester Office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources; Joel Garreau (tentative), author of "Edge City: Life on the New Frontier"; and a member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. 7:30 p.m. at the Loudoun Museum. For more information call 703-777-7427 or visit www.loudounmuseum.org.
Children ages 3-6 can learn everything about the beavers in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, from 9:30-11 a.m. or 12:30-2 p.m. Cost $7.50. Call 703-444-1275 for reservations.
<cal1>Friday,/March 15
<cal2>Potomac Falls High School presents the female version of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door.
Learn About Frogs and Toads in Claude Moore Park, 21544 Cascades Parkway, Sterling, at 6-7 p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call 703-444-1275 before March 15, for reservations. Cost $2.