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Purcellville
Heritage Day, Shakespeare, and a cleanup thank you
Marge Kraft
Heritage Day: The Purcellville Preservation Association's Centennial Heritage Day takes place Saturday, May 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the train station on 21st Street in Olde Towne Purcellville. Mixing history with a whole lot of fun, the PPA is planning an old-fashioned country fair in celebration of the town's incorporation in 1908, kicking off with a children's parade at 10 a.m. down West Main Street. Festivities include historic walking tours by local historian Rich Gillespie, oral history film programs (“The Stories Behind the Story of Purcellville”), historic scavenger hunts, carnival games, old-fashioned dress-up and photo ops, educational craft demos, storytelling, sack races, crafts and farm/wildlife animal programs, an art show, lectures, live music at the gazebo (bluegrass, folk, jazz and barbershop quartet), a pie-baking contest, an art show, an ice cream social, and a grand finale country dance hosted by the Bluemont Concert Series at the roller rink at 6 p.m. For more info, visit ppa-va.org.
Volunteers are still needed to make Purcellville's Centennial Heritage Day a success! If you can spare a hour or two the day of the celebration, please go to the ppa-va.org site and sign up to have fun with your neighbors and help Purcellville celebrate.
Shakespeare: Shakespeare will be at the Purcellville Library Saturday, May 10, 1-4 p.m. Actor Bolton Marsh, Aurora Artistic Director Meredith Bean McMath and other veteran performers will be working with students to explore short scenes from Shakespeare's most famous comedy while providing an overview of professional acting techniques. Students are encouraged to come with a prepared monologue of any length from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This is recommended for teens. Advance registration is required. There is a limit of 15 students. For more info on this and other library activities, contact the library at 540-338-7235.
Cleanup thank you: Libby Blackman and her wonderful volunteers deserve a huge round of applause. Wow. In the Purcellville community-wide clean up, the town itself and the Keep Loudoun Beautiful campaign, these participants and volunteer organizations collected more than 200 bags of trash, which were taken to the landfill. This resulted in more than a ton and a half of trash and more than 50 car and tractor tires that were collected from throughout the streambeds and on vacant lots within the town. Thank you again to Keep Loudoun Beautiful Volunteer Coordinator Libby Blackman and her volunteer groups.
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