Archive for April, 2008

Rappahannock County Public Schools News, April 23, 2008

The RCHS Band Wins Big at the Fiesta-val Williamsburg Spring Band Competition: Report from Director Matt Yonkey: “The bands totaled 19 Trophies and Plaques, earning every ensemble, section and individual award possible! The bands were very successful while competing against schools from Maine, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Virginia. The bands and distinct individuals earned highest [...]

Posted: April 23rd, 2008 under School News.
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Wakefield Country Day School News, April 18, 2008

Students Revel in Medieval Celebrations
Last Friday, students in grades three through eight immersed themselves in the fascinating time of knights and ladies. Staff, faculty, many parents and siblings accompanied the students in their travel to the past. Students enjoyed jousting, quarterstaff duels, fortune-telling, quintains, the ladies’ bower with jewelry–making and embroidery, and many [...]

Posted: April 22nd, 2008 under School News.
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Another weddings-events center is proposed near Flint Hill as Bill Fletcher’s similar proposal heads for a May 5 showdown with supervisors

By James P. Gannon
Conference and events centers for weddings and other gatherings are getting to be the thing to do in Rappahannock County, and now another such events center is tentatively in the works.
C.L. “Cory” Koral, who owns the 330-acre Jordan River Farm north of Flint Hill, disclosed this week that he hopes to use [...]

Posted: April 21st, 2008 under News.
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‘Kid Pan Alley’ concert at RCES

[ May 2, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] Paul Reisler, Terri Allard and the Kid Pan Alley Band will perform original songs by local school children in a concert at Rappahannock County Elementary School gym. No admission fee, but donations are accepted.

Posted: April 21st, 2008 under Events.
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Kid Pan Alley concert set for May 2 at RCES

Kid Pan Alley returns to its roots in Rappahannock County with a concert featuring Paul Reisler, Terri Allard and the Kid Pan Alley Band on Friday, May 2 at 7:30 pm at the Rappahannock Elementary School gym.

The students of Rappahannock Elementary School are singing in the halls after a recent song-writing residency [...]

Posted: April 21st, 2008 under Arts/Entertainment, School News.
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A tale of two papal visits: Memories of John Paul, the rock star, contrast with Benedict, the rock in times of trouble

Commentary
By James P. Gannon
In October 1979, when I was the newly installed Executive Editor of The Des Moines Register, I had the privilege of accompanying Pope John Paul II to a tiny, rural parish of St. Patrick in Cumming, Iowa, during the pope’s historic first visit to the United States.
John Paul came to Iowa, the [...]

Posted: April 20th, 2008 under Opinion.
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