Charles Town, WV – And they’re off! The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival (SVMF) Guild is sponsoring a Derby Day Trip to the Charles Town Races and Slots.
Celebrate the “Run for the Roses” with the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival Guild. The Guild, the Shenandoah Music Festival’s friends group, is celebrating the nation’s most famous...
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Shenandoah National Park – SPRING HIKING – From the Park’s latest press release: “Shenandoah Superintendent Martha Bogle announced that the 12-space “upper lot” on the park boundary at the Ridge Trailhead access for Old Rag Mountain will be permanently closed to public vehicle access and parking.
Temporary signing in the upper and lower lots and...
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Martinsburg, WV – Opera singer Jenny Lind, as portrayed by Joann Peterson, will visit the Martinsburg Public Library on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 7:00.m. in the Martinsburg Room (located at 101 West King Street).
Known as ‘The Swedish Nightingale,” Johanna “Jenny” Lind (1820-1887) started life in foster care, but grew up to be a...
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Walden Pond, near Concord, MA – In 1847, Henry David Thoreau wrote: “The phenomena of the year take place every day in a pond on a small scale. I am alert for the first signs of Spring…” And so too, are we.
On a web site dedicated to transcendentalism, a commentator writes: “Thoreau definitely liked...
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-18 Feb 2010 Winchester, VA - The Winchester Orchestra invites you to get out of the winter blues and help out a great local resource at the same time. Running now through March 22, 2010, their third Online Auction is open for your perusal. One can even place bids on one or more of over 86 auction...
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Woodstock, VA – Peggy Lahn from the Shenandoah County Animal Shelter spoke about volunteering and pet adoption opportunities at the January 20, 2010 lunch meeting of the Rotary Club of Woodstock.
The Shenandoah County Animal Shelter – located at 288 Landfill Road between Edinburg and Woodstock on Route 11 – provides essential animal services for...
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Berryville, VA – Get ready to hold your number up. Want to do something different for New Years Day? Why not participate in a real auction at The Hash Auction Center in Berryville, Virginia, just east of Winchester.
Some of the items in their Annual New Years Day Auction include the following:
10-pc Italy made Dining...
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Strasburg – It’s all about the kids! Come one, come all. The mouse is calling you. Not Mickey Mouse, but Christmas Mouse!
On Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Strasburg Youth in Arts will hold their Third Annual “House of the Christmas Mouse” Program at the Strasburg Christian Church, located...
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Strasburg – With this article, we launch our new web feature, “Hot Sites.”
Daily, as editors of 7Bends.com and 7Bends of the Shenandoah Valley magazine, we come across websites that are of interest to our changing lives – from a practical, entertainment and/or technology perspective. And, we also receive emails from our visitors suggesting web...
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