Author: Press Release

The deadline for individuals and groups to apply for inclusion in the 2016-2017 Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Performing Arts Tour Directory is 5:00 p.m., July 15, 2015.  Applications and all supporting materials must be received at the Virginia Commission for the Arts office at 1001 East Broad Street, Suite 330, Richmond, VA 23219 by the deadline (this is not a postmark date).  For more information about the tour program and to download an application, visithttps://www.arts.virginia.gov/PATD.html or call the Commission at (804) 225-3132.

The Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Performing Arts Touring Directory is intended to support Virginia performing artists and ensembles as well as increase opportunities for Virginians to experience high quality performing arts events statewide.  Performing artists and ensembles apply to be listed in the Tour Directory with a set amount of funding reserved to support their touring; grants are made to the presenter, not the touring artist(s).  Individuals and groups on the roster are excellent and experienced performers available to communities, schools and other venues.

Stafford is hosting musical acts through the Songfest Series on the third Sunday of each month through September. The concerts are held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Celebration Stage at Pratt Park, 120 River Road, Falmouth, VA. Admission is $10 per car.

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What was it like to be a kid in 18th century Colonial Virginia?  To have heard Patrick Henry’s famous “Give Me Liberty” speech?  Come spend five mornings with us and find out!

Historic Dumfries and the Weems-Botts Museum will help you see how a child would have dressed, used manners, played and lived in Colonial Virginia! Learn to make colonial foods and churn butter, stencil designs, do candle making,  quill pen and ink writing, make clay beads, and learn how to play and dance like you’re living in 18th century Virginia!  Join George Washington and Patrick Henry and explore the meaning of “Liberty.” Take a scavenger hunt in the oldest chartered town in Virginia, make a colonial hat or mop cap, and participate as one of the members of the “Dumfries Resolves.”

Forty-one Mustangs Track Club athletes have qualified for the 2015 Amateur Athletics
Union (AAU) Jr. Olympics, which will be held August 1-8 on the campus of Norfolk State University. The
athletes advanced to the national event after a strong showing at the AAU Region 5 Qualifier Meet in
Suffolk, VA June 26-28th.

When coaches Raymond Gee and Damien King completed their 2014 track season, they purposed to
make 2015 even greater. Together, the duo and their team of volunteer coaches have expanded the
reach of the club, which includes practice sites in Culpeper, Manassas and Fairfax. Although the club was
established three years ago, this is its second season competing in AAU. “I’m blessed to have such a
great coaching staff and parents that understand the dedication and hard work it takes to get to this level,”
states Gee.

Caila Chavez, 7, has been chosen as a state finalist in the Virginia National American Miss Pageant to be held Aug. 1, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Reston.

The National American Miss pageants are held for girls ages four to 18, and have five different age divisions.

None of us are far from homelessness. One layoff. One foreclosure. One weakness that leads to addiction.

If you are anything like me, you have several pairs of sneakers and you probably only wear one or two on a regular. The others sort of collect dust and maybe see the light only when you open the blinds. The funny thing is, we continue to buy more as if we don’t have enough.

The Hylton Performing Arts Center is pleased to introduce two exciting events as part of itsSummer Performances for Young Audiences. Juggler and comedian Mark Nizer presents “Juggling and So Much More!” onWednesday, July 22, 2015 at 11 a.m., and multicultural dance ensemble Footworks appears on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 at 11 a.m.

One of the greatest entertainment comedians and jugglers performing today, Mark Nizer brings original comedy, world class juggling, dance, music and technology to his craft for a unique and spellbinding performance. This juggling master keeps it all up in the air with flying household items, clubs, balls and balancing sticks. Nizer’s wild antics have landed him on MTV, HBO’s “Just for Laughs,” Arsenio Hall, Bob Hope and Other Young Comedians, Comic Strip Live and “L.A. Law.” He has brought his one-man show to The Improv, Walt Disney World, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and to countless college campuses, and opened for the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Hope and George Burns. “Without a doubt the hottest juggler [out there], Mark Nizer is simply incredible.” (Entertainment Magazine)