Ashburn
Jazz, Master Singers, MusicFest and a yard sale
By Jeanette Gandhi
Jazz on the Potomac: Start off your Memorial Day weekend on the right foot with Jazz on the Potomac. This is the second year for this Friday night jazz series, presented by Lansdowne Resort. This Friday's first concert of the season features Steve Oliver playing from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is free and the resort's culinary team prepares some of your favorite summer foods and beverages. For more information, visit www.lansdowneresort.com and click on Events.
Master Singers auditions: The Master Singers of Virginia are still auditioning all voice types for its upcoming 2008-09 season. Under the direction of Dr. Erik Reid Jones, the Master Singers have been lauded as the premier a cappella choral ensemble in Northern Virginia, concentrating on 20th and 21st century choral music. They perform three major concert programs each season as well as other engagements throughout Northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. area.
The concert series scheduled to be performed this season includes Benjamin Britten's "A Boy Was Born"; Francis Poulenc's "Mass in G Major"; William Byrd's "Mass for Five Voices"; Shakespeare songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Martin and Jaakko Mantyjarvi; and more. For more information, visit www.msva.org. To schedule an audition, call Mary Ellen Bufalo, president, at 703-729-5269 or Meomusic@aol.com.
MusicFest: The Loudoun Summer MusicFest takes a break this Memorial Day weekend, only to be back with Foreigner on June 1 at 6 p.m. All concerts take place on the lawn in front of Belmont Country Club. The gates open at 5 p.m., unless you have a season pass or Gold Circle ticket; if so, you can get in 15 minutes early. The show begins at 7 p.m. No coolers are allowed, as all proceeds from the concerts – including concessions sales – go to local Loudoun County charities. General admission tickets are $15 and Gold Circle tickets are $35. There are also various levels of season passes available. For more information, visit www.liveatbelmont.com.
Yard sale: Mark your calendars now for the Ashburn Farm community yard sale. It's June 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Residents puts items for sale out on their own driveways. You can pick up a listing of resident addresses that are participating at the Ashburn Farm Homeowners Association, located at the corner of Ashburn Farm Parkway and Windmill Drive, before the event.