Tag: arts
Supervisor Gross presents the highlights of 2013 in Mason District
The Tallwood Trio entertains at the Mason District Holiday Town Hall. About 40 people gathered at the Mason District Government Center Dec. 4 for Supervisor Penny Gross’s annual Holiday Town Hall, featuring seasonal music, refreshments, door prizes, and a review of the past year. Among the highlights of 2013, Gross said, was the ongoing effort … Continued
Conflict at an Annandale HS football game: coaches kick band off field
The Marching Atoms [Photo by Briar Creek Photography, published in the A-Blast] Actions by Annandale High School football coaches—along with some players and parents—to force the AHS Marching Atoms off the field during half time at the Nov. 8 football game has generated a huge amount of attention. An editorial published in the student newspaper, … Continued
Holiday shopping is fun at a craft show
Doll dresses by Nancy Riley of Springfield on display at the Annandale United Methodist Church Craft Bazaar Nov. 9. It’s holiday craft fair season, with local artisans and crafters showcasing their work at venues all over the Annandale/Mason area and beyond over the next few weeks. As you check off names on your holiday shopping … Continued
Crowds converge on Annandale for annual Fall Festival and Parade
Annandale was a hub of activity yesterday, with the annual parade in the morning and the Fall Festival all day. The festival brought crowds of people to the Little River Plaza shopping center parking lot for children’s games, craft vendors, food, live music, a NASCAR demonstration, antique cars, fire department vehicles, children’s entertainment, and displays … Continued
Halloween in Annandale
Holborn Avenue Bent Branch Avenue Medford Drive Duncan Drive The pumpkin patch at Friendship United Methodist Church on Gallows Road Sleepy Hollow Road Terrace Drive Murray Lane Bent Branch Road Fern Lane
Annandale Parade and Fall Festival set for Oct. 26
Columbia Pike, the parade route. Annandale’s biggest annual event—the pre-Halloween parade and fall festival—is less than three weeks away. On Saturday, Oct. 26, beginning at 10 a.m., high school bands, fantastically costumed Bolivian dancers, antique cars, Scouts, fire trucks, kids in Halloween costumes, waving politicians, and much, much more will travel down Columbia Pike, beginning … Continued
Free concert at St. Albans features Indian/Jewish music fusion
St. Alban’s The public is invited to a free concert Sunday, Oct. 13, at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Annandale featuring the Om Shalom Trio, an award-winning world music ensemble that plays a fusion of classical Indian and Jewish folk music. The show starts at 7 p.m. St. Alban’s is at 6800 Columbia Pike. The … Continued
Support the Annandale HS Orchestra on Tag Day Oct. 5
The AHS quartet. Saturday, Oct. 5, will be Tag Day for the Annandale High School Orchestra programs. When AHS music students knock on your door, please give generously. This important fundraiser helps the orchestra programs purchase sheet music, repair instruments, and support other needs not covered by the school system budget. You can also make … Continued
Vietnamese community celebrates Moon Festival at Eden Center
Eden Idol contest winner Jamie Nguyen, age 4, from Baltimore at the mike. Hundreds of people from the entire D.C. region came to the Eden Center on a rainy afternoon, Saturday, Sept. 21, to celebrate the annual Moon Festival. The sixth annual Moon Festival at the Vietnamese shopping center in Seven Corners included a lion … Continued
Elvis is coming to Annandale
The weekly classic car show at the Juke Box Diner will be extra special next Friday, Sept. 13. Elvis tribute artist Lionel Ward will present a free concert. There will also be an Elvis tribute car and prizes. The Blast from the Past show, sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care and the Juke Box Diner, … Continued
Concert series ends on a blues note
The 2013 Spotlight by Starlight concert series at Mason District Park and Ossian Hall Park is finished, so we’ll leave you with one last video from Bob Kovacs: It’s Clarence “Bluesman” Turner doing the blues classic “See See Rider.” “Turner has an interesting guitar technique where he strums and picks the strings with his fingers … Continued
Support high school band programs on Tag Day, Sept. 7
The Marching Atoms in the Chapel Square Halloween Parade. Saturday, Sept. 7, is Tag Day, when high school band students will be knocking on peoples’ doors asking for donations to help support band and other music programs. In the Annandale/Mason area, band students from Annandale High School, Falls Church High School, and Stuart High School, … Continued
Bob Kovacs not only videotapes local concerts, he performs, too
Annandale videographer Bob Kovacs not only works behind the camera, capturing many performances from Mason District Starlight by Spotlight concerts throughout the summer, he’s a talented musician, too. The video below is from a lunchtime concert of country, pop, and novelty songs Kovacs presented Aug. 22 at the Shepherd’s Center of Annandale-Springfield, a nonprofit, interfaith … Continued
Festival celebrates Vietnamese culture
The lion dance. Culture, arts, and cuisine of the three regions of Vietnam were showcased at VietFest 2013 at Landmark Mall this weekend. The second annual celebration was aimed at reaching out to the younger generation of Vietnamese Americans and the broader community, said the organizer, Daniel Albert. The first VietFest last year drew 6,000 … Continued
Peruvian cultural heritage showcased at Ossian Hall Park
The cultural heritage celebration at Ossian Hall Park in Annandale Aug. 24 featured traditional music and dance from different regions of Peru. The program was organized by Centro Cultural Peru, a nonprofit organization that promotes Peruvian dance and folklore. Tinkuy uses a mix of traditional and modern instruments. Marinera Nortena, a dance from the … Continued