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MISC ANNOUNCEMENTS

August 1-3 and August 8-10 Stage4 Theatre presents “The Who’s Tommy” Friday and Saturday performances are 7:30pm, Sunday matinees start at 3pm. Tickets prices are $15 for reserved, $12 for adult general admission, $8 for student general admission. 540-248-1868

July 18^th-August 23^rd Staunton Augusta Art Center Presents “Iron & Wood” sculpture by Katharine Gilbert and Ida Trusch. Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-2pm, and Sunday 1pm-4pm at the RR Smith Center for History and Art. www.saartcenter.org 540-885-2025

Open for the season through Labor Day weekend: The Miller-Kite Museum (Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters) at 310 East Rockingham Street, Elkton. Free and open to the public. Air-conditioned. 540-298-1717 or 540-298-8531

Now through August 26^th “Praise in the Park” Summer Concert Series (7pm) at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton. Each night, two local groups or individuals will be featured performing various styles of Christian music. In addition to the music there will be children’s activities, concessions, t-shirt and more! Interpreters provided for hearing impaired. www.lindenheightsbc.com or 540-886-1138

On display now through November 1^st: “Valley Weddings: Then & Now, 1870-2008” at the Shenandoah Valley Folk Art & Heritage Center Museum at the corner of Bowman and High Streets in Dayton. Admission is $5 per person and free to members. In conjunction with this exhibit on June 14^th the HRHS will hold a tea. 540-879-2616

Stonewall Brigade Band performs at Stonewall Brigade Bandstand, Gypsy Hill Park every Monday at 8pm in July, and August. Concerts are free and open to public, held rain or shine. Limited amount of permanent seating available, so bring a lawn chair. www.stonewallbrigadeband.com or 540-213-3880

Cat’s Cradle is looking for good foster homes for mama cats with kittens, orphan kittens that need to be bottle fed, and for older special needs cats. You provide food, shelter, and love; Cat’s Cradle assumes the medical costs of our cats in foster care. Training is also provided. 540-438-5222 or catscradleva.org

Intensive English Program (IEP) at EMU seeking Host Families for young people from other countries for three different summer programs August 4^th-15^th.  Host families provide lodging, breakfast and dinner, transportation to and from EMU and social interaction for students.  Compensation $130 per week.  Call 540-432-4059 or email Amanda Roberts at Amanda.Roberts@emu.edu

LAWN PARTIES

August 2^nd: 4pm KUMC Lawn Party at Ruritan Hall. Fried chicken, country ham sandwiches, homemade ice cream, dime pitch, cake-walk, and bingo. Music by Southern Grace. 540-269-8531

August 6^TH-9^TH Grottoes Fire Department Lawn Party and 60^th Anniversary Celebration

August 7^th-9^th Edinburg Vol. Fire Company Lawn Party. Fireman’s Parade Friday 7pm. There will be food, games, and music. 540-481-0790

BIBLE SCHOOLS

July 28-August 1^st Keezletown UMC – Theme: “Rainforest Adventure” light dinner, bible lessons, crafts, refreshments, recreation, and lots of fun. Runs each evening 6:00pm-8:30pm for children 3 to 18. Church is located on Indian Trail Road in Keezletown. 540-269-8531

LOCAL COLLEGE WEBSITES:

EMU Activities: www.emu.edu/events or 540-432-4362

JMU School of Music upcoming events: www.jmu.edu/music or 540-568-6863

JMU Theatre & Dance upcoming events: http://www.jmu.edu/theatre/prod.htm

Blue Ridge Community College Activities: www.brcc.edu/cal

LOCAL ART & CULTURAL WEBSITES:

Waynesboro Cultural Events: www.waynesboroculture.com

Oasis Gallery, Harrisonburg VA: www.oasisartgallery.org or 540-442-8188

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance: www.downtownharrisonburg.org

Harrisonburg Children’s Museum: www.hcmuseum.org

The Art Group of Mount Jackson: www.theartgroup.org or 540-477-4131

Winchester-Frederick County Convention & Visitors Bureau: www.visitwinchesterva.com

Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation & National Historic District: www.shenandoahatwar.org

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WEBSITES:

Massanutten Regional Library: www.mrlib.org or 540-434-4475

Winchester Connection: A social organization for single professionals over 40. www.winchesterconnection.org or 540-678-9500

Harrisonburg Tourism: www.harrisonburgtourism.com or 540-432-8935

JULY ANNOUNCEMENTS

JULY 17^TH-19^TH

7pm nightly Tent Revival in Timberville at Fire Department Lawn Party Grounds on Hollar Circle.T There will be special singing and testimonies each night. Speaker is Evangelist Bob Silling. 540-249-1854

JULY 18^TH-19^TH

7^th Annual Anthem “Put the Squeeze on Pediatric Cancer” LemonAid 2008 at Bridgewater Exxon Friday from 12pm-5pm and Saturday from 10am-4pm. Proceeds will benefit Children’s Miracle Network of Richmond.

JULY 18^TH

6pm-8pm Verona Community Assoc. Football & Cheerleader Signup Ages 8-13 at Verona Elementary School.

JULY 19^TH

8am Clay L Sellers 5K Memorial Run & Walk sponsored by Singers Glen Vol. Fir Co. and Shenandoah Valley Track Club. Held at Singers Glen Vol. Fir Co. Registration fee is $20, includes a t-shirt. Proceeds will be used toward endowing the Clay L Sellers Memorial Scholarship. www.claysellers5k.org or 540-833-2491

8am-12pm Harrisonburg Monthly Household Hazardous Waste Collection at 2055 Beery Road in Harrisonburg. Collection is for Harrisonburg residents only, and is limited to 5 units per vehicle. 540-434-5928

10am-12pm Verona Community Assoc. Football & Cheerleader Signup Ages 8-13 at Verona Elementary School.

5pm Outside Gospel singing and preaching at town parking lot in Stanley (beside Stanley Pharmacy). Guest Speaker: Pastor Mike Reynolds. Many local singers. Bring your lawn chairs. 540-271-1037

5pm Rocky Bar Episcopal Church Lawn Party. Music by the Miller Brothers Band. Food: plate dinners, chicken, country ham sandwiches, barbeque, hot dogs, homemade ice cream.

JULY 20^TH

6pm “McMillan & Life” from Tennessee perform at Church of the Blue Ridge in Afton. Church is located on Route 151 in Afton. 540-456-6869

7pm FREE concert by “Barbershop Harmony” at Oakdale Community Park, Bridgewater. Will entertain you will songs that follow the them of “Let’s Get Away From It All”.

JULY 25^TH

5pm Verona Vol. Fire Co. Cake Walk at fire department. 540-248-2480

JULY 26TH

17th Annual Shenandoah Valley Bike Festival. Ride will support Free Food for All Soup Kitchen and Our Community Place. Tax-deductible $20 registration fee includes t-shirt, ride maps, ride support, rest stops, mechanical support, water and Gatorade, and shower facilities. Free homemade lunch afterward. www.ourcommunityplace.net, www.svbikeclub.org. or 540-442-7727

9am “Puppy Parade” sponsored by “SWAN” Successful Women’s Alliance Network at Sweet Dreams Festival Stuarts Draft Park. Registration $10 per puppy. www.swanladies.com, 540-8551-0257 or 540-649-1479

JULY 27^th

7pm FREE concert by Southern Grace at Oakdale Community Park, Bridgewater. This group is devoted to sacred music. Featuring Kenny Williams, Scott Crickenberger, Larry Kyger, Dwight (DL) Smith, and Lee Saylor.

JULY 31^ST-AUGUST 2^ND

4^th Annual Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge Music Festival where 100% of the net proceeds go to benefit the Shriners Children’s Hospital. Held at Page Valley Fairgrounds, Luray. Three days of bluegrass music, food, with two big tents for shade so bring your lawn chairs. www.bluegrassintheblueridge.com.

AUGUST ANNOUNCEMENTS

AUGUST 2^ND

6am-12pm Yard/Craft/Vendor Sale to benefit 2008 Relay for Life sponsored by Rockingham Express Relay Team at South Pointe Office complex on 42 south between Dayton and Harrisonburg. Spaces are $15 each for a 10x15 area, tables are not provided. Delicious food will be available by the “Faithful Caterers”. 540-433-9043

4pm KUMC Lawn Party at Ruritan Hall. Fried chicken, country ham sandwiches, homemade ice cream, dime pitch, cake-walk, and bingo. Music by Southern Grace. 540-269-8531

AUGUST 3^rd

7pm FREE concert by The Faithful Men at Oakdale Community Park, Bridgewater. This group consists of twelve men vocalists and an accompanist. Their repertoire is primarily familiar sacred and inspirational with some tastefully selected secular pieces.

AUGUST 4^TH-9^TH

Community Mediation Center workshops in Basic Mediation Skills. Courses available will be Mediation & Conflict Resolution, The Judicial System, and The J&DR Family Mediation. 800-653-0019

AUGUST 6^TH-9^TH

Grottoes Fire Department Lawn Party and 60^th Anniversary Celebration

AUGUST 9^TH

Timberville All-School Reunion 1914-1972. Held at Plains Elementary School. Visitation at 4pm, dinner at 6pm. Cost of dinner is $16.50. Reservations by August 4^th. 540-434-4359

AUGUST 10^TH

7pm FREE concert by Rhythm Road at Oakdale Community Park, Bridgewater. This band performs their unique brand of music with a vitality and style that is rare in today’s world of “music by formula”. A mix of original tunes, folk, blues, and popular music with a traditional flavor and contemporary twist.

AUGUST 13^TH

9am-5pm 7-hour workshop on Communication and Conflict Resolution at the Community Mediation Center in Harrisonburg. Workshop is offered to promote improved communication and conflict resolution skills as a personal life skill, as well as having application in workplace situations. $175 cost includes training materials. CEU credits are available. 800-653-0019

AUGUST 16^TH

Stanley New Hope Pentecostal Church presents an evening of Southern Gospel Music with The Perry Sisters & the Bates Family at Page County High School in Shenandoah. Tickets are $8 in advance. 540-271-1037

AUGUST 17^TH

6:30pm FREE concert by The Good Time Gospel Quartet at Oakdale Community Park, Bridgewater. Quartet features songs specializing in Southern Gospel, from old tunes to recent top 40, hymns, and other secular and patriotic music. Features Janet Dellinger, Ernie Wine, George Dowrey, Ken Brumbaugh, Tom Wetsel, and Brisco Dellinger.

AUGUST 24^TH

6:30pm FREE concert by the Boogie Kings at Oakdale Community Park, Bridgewater. The three-piece trio mixes boogie, old country, jazz and rhythm and blues.

Virginia Blood Services Upcoming Blood Drives ~ Valley Area

Montezuma Ruritans                                                                             

Saturday, July 19 7:00am-12:00pm

Montezuma Hall, 4736 Ottobine Road, Montezuma

Americast                                                                                    

Wednesday, July 23 11:00am-3:30pm

RMH Atrium Distribution Center, 411 Stone Spring Road, Harrisonburg

Dayton Mennonite Church                                                          

Thursday, July 24 2:30pm-6:30pm

Social Hall, 4887 John Wayland Highway, Dayton

Weyers Cave Community Center                                                

Saturday, July 26 9:00am-1:30pm

Weyers Cave Commuity Center, 945 Weyers Cave Road, Weyers Cave

Curves at Stuarts Draft                                                              

Monday, July 28 2:00pm-6:00pm

Bloodmobile, 2627 Stuarts Draft Hwy., Stuarts Draft

Cornerstone Church of Augusta                                                              

Wednesday, July 30 2:00pm-6:30pm

Fellowship Hall, 1156 Tinkling Spring Road, Staunton