Townhound http://townhound.com A community website for the Ashland/Hanover area. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:47:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “Thinking Outside the Classroom” http://townhound.com/events/thinking-outside-the-classroom/ http://townhound.com/events/thinking-outside-the-classroom/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:49:48 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6942 Richard Couto, a renowned advocate of community service as an integral part of the liberal arts curriculum, will present “Thinking Outside the Classroom: Community Service, Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts.” This event is free and open to the public.

Couto’s presentation will address the intrinsic value of community-based education for students, faculty and the general public. Additionally, he will explain how to integrate experiential learning as a substantive academic component through co-learning with community partners. Consistent with Couto’s pedagogy, there will be ample time for discussion and questions.

]]> http://townhound.com/events/thinking-outside-the-classroom/feed/ 0 Calculus: The Musical! http://townhound.com/events/arts-ent/calculus-the-musical/ http://townhound.com/events/arts-ent/calculus-the-musical/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:45:41 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6944 Calculus: The Musical! is a comic “review” of the concepts and history of calculus. Using musical parodies that span genres from light opera to hip hop, they introduce and illuminate such concepts as limits, integration and differentiation. With their unique comic style they dramatize some high points of calculus’ history. From Archimedes to Riemann, the quest for the instantaneous rate of change and the area under the curve comes to life through song! Musical tributes to The Beatles, Gilbert & Sullivan, Petula Clark and even Eminem are just a few of the artists who have inspired this engaging and educational lesson that is nothing at all like your high school textbooks. Calculus: The Musical! promises to be entertaining to the arithmophobe and the rocket scientist alike.

]]> http://townhound.com/events/arts-ent/calculus-the-musical/feed/ 0 Hanover Humane Society Boarding and Grooming http://townhound.com/directory/pet-care-supplies/hanover-humane-society-boarding-and-grooming/ http://townhound.com/directory/pet-care-supplies/hanover-humane-society-boarding-and-grooming/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:40:49 +0000 tdomf_ce7d3 http://townhound.com/?p=6935 GROOMING:
Dog and cat grooming of all breeds. Experienced professional staff.

BOARDING:
Indoor/outdoor runs with heat/AC.
No breed restrictions.

TRAINING:
Basic obedience and indepth one on one behavioral training.

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT HANOVER HUMANE SOCIETY ADOPTION PROGRAMS!

Phone: 804-798-8248

Website: http://hanoverhumanesociety.org

Street Address: 12190 Washington Hwy

City, State, Zip: Ashland VA, 23005

]]> http://townhound.com/directory/pet-care-supplies/hanover-humane-society-boarding-and-grooming/feed/ 0 “Surviving Spain’s Exodus of Men” http://townhound.com/events/surviving-spain%e2%80%99s-exodus-of-men/ http://townhound.com/events/surviving-spain%e2%80%99s-exodus-of-men/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:39:38 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6943 When Imperial Spain lay claim to the New World, many of her men fled the Old World, never to return. The exodus of husbands and potential marriage partners had a practical and profound effect on the women they left behind.

Allyson Poska of Mary Washington University will discuss how some Spanish women coped with this new situation by deliberately opting out of marriage or figuring out ways to maneuver around laws and customs that made surviving the absence of husbands so challenging. Poska is the author of the award-winning Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia.

]]> http://townhound.com/events/surviving-spain%e2%80%99s-exodus-of-men/feed/ 0 Ashland Street Parties Shag Festival http://townhound.com/events/arts-ent/ashland-street-parties-shag-festival-2/ http://townhound.com/events/arts-ent/ashland-street-parties-shag-festival-2/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:37:16 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6929 The Shage Festival is the 1st event on the Street Party agenda this year. This event features the Band of Oz and will be back in its traditional spot, the 3rd Saturday night in May. 6:30 – 11:00. Please visit www.ashlandstreetparties.com for complete info on this and our other 4 events this summer. The Shag Festival features free shagging lessons from the Richmond Shag Club and again features The Hanover Mental Health Association as our partner and beneficiary. See you there.

]]> http://townhound.com/events/arts-ent/ashland-street-parties-shag-festival-2/feed/ 0 This Weekend is Ashland’s Founders Day! http://townhound.com/events/this-weekend-is-ashlands-founders-day/ http://townhound.com/events/this-weekend-is-ashlands-founders-day/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:18 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6914 Every town has a Founders Day – the day that the town was officially incorporated – and Ashland’s happens to be February 19th, 1858.   Most towns celebrate their Founders Day each year, and it’s only fitting that we do the same.  Next year, the Ashland Museum and the Ashland Main Street Association will partner on a proper commemoration of our 155th Anniversary.  We hope to debut some bronze markers for our many historic structures and perhaps even sponsor a Founders Day Ball.

In the meantime, we can still celebrate our 154th by showing our pride in our community.  This weekend, February 17-19, dig deep into your dresser drawer and pull out an Ashland t-shirt, sweatshirt, or cap and wear it when you’re out and about town.  It can be from an Ashland Musical Variety Show, a Railroad Run, the Ashland 150th celebration, the Strawberry Faire, or one of the many other great events held here in the Center of the Universe.

Don’t have any Ashland attire?  Visit one of our great downtown merchants such as The Caboose or Train Town Toy & Hobby and pick up a shirt or cap.  And while you’re downtown, do your weekly grocery shopping at Cross Brothers, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012 – another great milestone that the Ashland Museum and Main Street will help commemorate in May.  Let’s make sure Cross Brothers stays in business for another hundred years!

See you around town this weekend… we’ll be wearing our “Ashland’s Got Talent” shirts.

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]]> http://townhound.com/events/dylan-pritchett-master-storyteller/feed/ 0 Ezibu Muntu – an African Dance Group http://townhound.com/events/ezibu-muntu-an-african-dance-group/ http://townhound.com/events/ezibu-muntu-an-african-dance-group/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:34:42 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6905 Believing that Black History should not be celebrated just one month a year, the Hanover Arts & Activities Center, Ashland Community Theatre Foundation and AARP are co-sponsoring a series of three events to entertain and educate us in celebration of Black History. The third and final part of our free Black History Celebration will be a visit by Ezibu Muntu – an African Dance Group – on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the Hanover Arts and Activities Center from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.According to their web site, ”Ezibu Muntu African Dance and Cultural Foundation is a professional organization of dancers, drummers, entertainers and other individuals dedicated to invoking a better educated positive understanding of African culture, values, traditions and the cultural arts as a whole. Through exposing the community-at-large to educational and artistic programming based on African culture and art forms, Ezibu Muntu hopes to enrich the diversity of the community and reintroduce basic African concepts of family and community into society by informing and exhibiting.” To read more about this organization, please click here.

]]> http://townhound.com/events/ezibu-muntu-an-african-dance-group/feed/ 0 Auditions for “Guys & Dolls” – April 22 and 23 http://townhound.com/events/auditions-for-guys-dolls-april-22-and-23/ http://townhound.com/events/auditions-for-guys-dolls-april-22-and-23/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:59:42 +0000 Admin http://townhound.com/?p=6899 The Hanover Arts & Activities Center is sponsoring its sixth summer theatre production in 2012.  Auditions for the stage production of “Guys & Dolls” is open for rising 6th through rising 12th graders.  Auditions will be held on Sunday, April 22, 2012 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm and Monday, April 23 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center.  Auditioners will be asked to sing a song a capella and to read from the script.   Attendance at only one of these two audition dates is necessary; however, a call-back audition may be scheduled later, if needed.

Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, “Guys & Dolls” introduces us to colorful characters who have become legends in the musical theatre canon: Sarah Brown, the up­right but uptight “mission doll”; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide, a nightclub performer whose chronic flu is brought on by the fact that she’s been engaged to the same man for 14 years; and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé, desperate as always to find a spot for his infamous floating dice game.

Lorie Foley is returning as Director for the sixth musical production at the Center.  Fred Horn, Music Director at First Baptist Church in Ashland, and Karen Lynne, Dance Instructor for the Central Virginia Dance Academy, are also returning as Music Director and Choreographer, respectively.

For those who are chosen for the cast, rehearsals will run from July 9, 2012 through August 9, 2012 (Monday through Thursday, 3:00 pm – 5:00pm).  Performances are Friday, August 10 at 6:30pm, Saturday, August 11 at 6:30pm and Sunday, August 12 at 1:30pm.

For more information, please visit www.hanoverarts.org or call 804-798-2728.  Cost for “Guys & Dolls” is $250.00.  Financial aid is available for those who qualify.  All proceeds benefit the Hanover Arts & Activities Center, a non-profit organization, whose mission is to promote arts, education and community-building.

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The next Hanover Idols will be chosen during two exciting shows on Sunday, February 26, 2012.  The Junior Idols Show starts at 3:30 and the Hanover Idols Show starts at 7:00.  Tickets for the Hanover Idols shows are $7.00 each and may be purchased at the door on Sunday, February 26 beginning at 1:00.  Tickets may also be ordered by calling the Hanover Arts and Activities Center at 798 2728.  
The Hanover Arts and Activities Center sponsors this family-friendly show during the year when Ashland does not present its Ashland Musical Variety Show.  And Lorie Foley and Sue Watson, who produce and direct the Ashland Musical Variety Show, enjoy the Hanover Idols’ process during which they discover amazing singing talent throughout Hanover County.  Fred Horn is the musical director for the Hanover Idols show.
Abram Dean, the Hanover Junior Idol, and Ammie Mines-Derricott, the reigning Hanover Idol, will perform at both Idol shows.  Abram Dean credits his being named as the Hanover Junior Idol as launching him into the prestigious Septien Program, a highly-selective program in Texas for young performers who are training for singing careers.  And Hanover Idol Ammie Mines-Derricott has performed throughout her reign at the Strawberry Faire, the Tomato Festival, and the Ashland Musical Variety Show.
Two lucky audience members of the Hanover Junior Idols’ show will be chosen to receive a back-stage pass to have a special dinner with Abram Dean after the show.  And a lucky winner will be chosen during the Hanover Idols’ show to receive a famous cheesecake baked by our Hanover Idol Ammie Mines-Derricott, who is a Chef at the Ironhorse Restaurant and the pastry chef at Randolph-Macon College.  That winner does not have to be present to win.
The Hanover Junior Idol Show will begin at 3:30 and doors open at 3:00.  The talented Junior Idol Finalists, ages l0-15, are as follows:  Jordan Brown, Blake Draper, Allyson Flinn, Faith Gitchell, Haley Joyce, Kayla Lipford, Sara Newcomb, Sarah Prevost, Austin Riley, Brooke Walker, Kendall Wilkinson, and Jean Woodrum.
The Hanover Idols Show will begin at 7:00 and doors open at 6:30.  The impressive Hanover Idols Finalists are as follows:  Carrie Cauthorne, Lindsay Coggins, Jamie Flanagan, Andrea Fornel, Sarah Hopkins, Zhane Jackson, Beth Martin, Tricia Wiles, Lisa Williams, Tim Wilson, Jr., and Alyssa Wright.
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