Event News From Our Community

TODAY
VNPS President, Sally Anderson will lead a walk, at 1 p.m., at the VNPS registry site at GR Thompson Wildlife Management Area on the brilliantly flowered Trillium Trail.  Meet at the Trillium Parking Lot (formerly lot No. 6) on Virginia Route 638 north of Linden off I-66.   Contact 540-722-3072 or 540-364-4525.

Lecture on the Horse Artillery at Brandy Station during the Civil War, from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Graffiti House, 19484 Brandy Road, Brandy Station. Free to the public. For more information and directions to the house, please visit www.brandystationfoundation.com or call 540-727-7718.

MONDAY
The next meeting of the newly formed Piedmont Landowner Association will be Monday night at 7 p.m. in the Madison Extension Office/Auditorium in the Madison War Memorial Building.  This association has been formed to provide a forum on land use within the Madison, Green and Rappahannock county area.  Membership is open to all with an interest in how the land in this area is used and ways to be a better steward of the land.

FRIDAY
The Hispanic Committee of Culpeper will host Culpeper Fiesta at the downtown train depot from 6 to 10 p.m.  All Culpeper residents and neighbors are invited to come enjoy a taste of Latin culture, from music and dance to great food! 
Bring your own chair and enjoy the evening.  It is the first of many downtown Culpeper parties this summer.  Culpeper is a fun place to visit and an even better place to live.  

The Blue Ridge Chorale will hold its spring concert, in honor of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown. The concert will be held at Culpeper Baptist Church, available at the Wachovia Banks in Culpeper, Orange, Warrenton and the Corner Shelf in Culpeper for $15. Tickets for the Lake of the Woods concert are at Germanna and Orange Wachovia Banks, presale tickets are $10 and $15 at the door of LOW Worship Center May 5. Questions call 825-5583.

May 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12
Fauquier High School Theatre presents "All Shook Up" in the Addison Lightfoot Auditorium at 8 p.m. on May 4, 5, 11 and 12 and at 2 p.m. on May 6.  Adults/$10, students and seniors (60+)/$7.50.  347-6100, ext. 2317; or .

May 5
The Madison County Habitat for Humanity Walk-a-thon and Family Fun Day will be held at the American Legion Hall in Madison at 10 a.m. and another walk at 2 p.m. to accommodate those walkers who may be invoved with youth sports events in the morning.  Family Fun Day will run from 10 a.m. to 4  p.m., featuring all kinds of games and contests; barbecued chicken by Yoders; and crafts, bake sales, flea markets and homemade ice cream.  Free parking.  Contact Journey Beasley at 948-4701