Tag: arts
Annandale High School’s orchestra director honored
Angela Ammerman (left) with AHS orchestra students. Angela Ammerman, orchestra director at Annandale High School, has been named the 2015-16 Virginia Orchestra Director of the Year by the American String Teachers Association. Ammerman has taught at Annandale for four years. In addition to her work with AHS students, she was recognized for coordinating a benefit … Continued
Moon Festival at Eden Center features lion dance, eating contest
A cold, rainy day didn’t stop the Vietnamese community from celebrating the annual Moon Festival at Eden Center in Seven Corners Saturday afternoon. Five women and one man compete to see who can eat two moon cakes, including all the crumbs, the fastest. The eating contest resulted in a tie. Falls Church Mayor David Tarter … Continued
Mural art could brighten up Annandale’s many blank walls
The back of Tous Les Jours and the side of Jiffy Lube seen from Columbia Pike. Here’s something we have all over Annandale: lots and lots of blank walls. How about brightening up these boring empty spaces with murals? Several towns have latched onto the mural idea to prop up a sagging economy and attract … Continued
Stuart band students seek donations on Tag Day
The Raider band at halftime. If you think music in our schools is important, please be generous when students in the Stuart High School band or orchestra knock on your door Saturday, Sept. 19, asking for donations. This campaign, known as Tag Day, is vital to ensuring a successful music program at Stuart. One hundred … Continued
Dan Sheehy, of Mason District, honored by National Endowment of the Arts
Sheehy Bailey’s Crossroads resident Dan Sheehy has been named one of 11 2015 National Heritage Fellows by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The award honors individuals for their artistic excellence and supports their continuing contribution to the nation’s traditional arts heritage. Sheehy, a specialist in mariachi and Latino music, is also the recipient … Continued
This Saturday is AHS Band Tag Day
Annandale High School students in the marching band, color guard, and concert band will going door-to-door on Saturday, Sept. 12, soliciting donations and thanking the community for its support. This campaign, known as “Tag Day,” is the largest fundraiser of the year for the AHS band program. Funds collected by student band members will help … Continued
Memoir details a woman’s journey from rural India to success in the U.S.
Urmilla Khanna at home in Annandale. When Urmilla Khanna was a child, living in a tiny house in central India without electricity or running water, and with tigers and snakes all around, she never dreamed she would grow up to be a pediatrician in suburban Washington, D.C The Annandale resident’s remarkable journey is told in … Continued
Free concerts in Annandale continue through the end of August
Polka time with the Continentals at Ossian Hall Park. Polka and waltz music was on tap at Ossian Hall Park in Annandale Saturday evening as the Continentals played old-world favorites on accordion, sax, and drums, including songs in German and Polish. The Continentals was founded in 1972 as a German oom-pah band by Mike Surratt, … Continued
Teahouse with theater opens in Annandale
Soricha Tea & Theater Annandale has something new and different – a beautiful Korean teahouse with live cultural performances and a wide variety of teas – traditional and innovative – designed to restore your health and lift your spirits. Soricha Tea & Theater, at 7112 Columbia Pike, is in the storefront that’s been vacant since … Continued
Two local youths launch online program for learning guitar
Jack Ross and Brian Abod in the studio. Two local youths have invented a new way to learn how to play the guitar. Their online company, Pickup Guitar Club, makes the learning process fun, “like the videogame Guitar Hero but with a real guitar,” says Brian Abod. Abod focuses on the musical side of the … Continued
Taste of Annandale: a celebration of diversity
The Taste of Annandale opening ceremony featured, from the left: Rep. Gerry Connolly, state Sen. Dave Marsden, Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova, Supervisor Penny Gross, and Rev. Clarence Brown. A diverse crowd of people – of all ages from a variety of backgrounds – dined on food from a mix of countries (Thai, Salvadoran, … Continued
Crowds descend on Annandale for first ‘Taste’ Festival
The First Taste of Annandale drew crowds of people to Tom Davis Drive June 13 despite hot, muggy weather. The event started at Annandale United Methodist Church with an early-morning 5K Diamond Dash Fun Run through neighborhood streets. Two lucky 5K participants, Silvia Orellana, 34, of Annandale, and Fernando Sattori, 32, of Springfield, won a … Continued
Taste of Annandale just three days away
The first-ever Taste of Annandale is happening in just three days! In case you’re haven’t heard about it, the “Taste” is a family festival Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., along Tom Davis Drive in the heart of Annandale. There will be about 20 food venders, live entertainment all day, a chili cook-off, 5K “Diamond … Continued
Free summer concerts four nights a week
A little rain didn’t stop the Cool McFinn show Wednesday night. Spotlight by Starlight outdoor concerts are under way, offering free shows four nights a week in Mason District all summer long. The first Spotlight show on a cold drizzly evening June 3 at Mason District Park featured traditional Celtic music by the Cool McFinn … Continued
Public invited to student film fest at Annandale HS Saturday
From the left: Annandale High School student Rahel Tecle, Martha Barnes of the American History Film Project, and former Annandale student Nikki McDonald. History-related films featuring the work of students from Annandale High School and two schools in the Midwest will be screened for the public Saturday, June 6, 4 p.m., at Annandale High School. … Continued