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April 2006 Newsletter
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Calendar of Events
For more information on
any event, please call us at 800-445-5330 or
Daily News Record
and
Harrisonburg & Rockingham Visitors bureau.
Events calendar updated every Thursday.
April 1-30 – Blackfriars Playhouse - Staunton.
Blackfriars Playhouse
presents “Playhouse Show Tour” on the 1st-29th; “Much Ado About
Nothing” on the 1st-30th; “Return To The Forbidden Planet” on
the 2nd-29th; “Shakespear’s birthday celebration” on the 23rd.
Free event featuring songs, scenes, games and swordplay,
followed by cake and refreshments. 540-885-5588.
March 25- April 9 - Green Valley Book Fair -Mt Crawford
Open only during
scheduled dates from 9AM to 7 PM Daily. Located just south of
Harrisonburg, Virginia, in the heart of the beautiful Shenandoah
Valley, the Green Valley Book Fair is a discount book outlet
store featuring over 500,000 new books at incredible bargain
prices. Save 60%-90% off retail on over 40,000 different titles
in more than 60 different categories.
March 8 - Living History: Gathering of Eagles &
Encampment-Harrisonburg
Presidents and
generals from both sides of the Civil War will present their
policies and strategies. Come and meet Abraham Lincoln, Robert
Lee, Thomas Jackson, Phillip Sheridan, George Custer, Ulysses
Grant and others. There will be book signings, a special music
concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, food, demonstrations, and a Civil
War worship service at 9 a.m. on Sunday. A cost of $5/over 12
and $3/under 12 ensures entry into all events. Call Al Stone at
304-466-4544 or the Fairgrounds at 540-434-0005 for more info or
visit www.gatheringofeagles.leeslieutenants.com.
April 1-29 - Civil War Battlefield Tours
Take advantage of
this fabulous opportunity to participate in one, two, three, or
all four mini four-hour Civil War courses taught by Rudy Tucker.
April 1-Ashby at Harrisonburg and the Village of Port Republic;
April 8-Battle of Cross Keys; April 22-Battle of Port Republic;
April 29-Battle of Piedmont. $35 each Saturday, or $125 for all
four Saturdays. Call (540)453-2215 for more information.
April 15 - Open House at Breneman-Turner Mill -Linville
Explore the 200 year old mill along Linville Creek and hear
plans to restore and preserve this only remaining pre-Civil War
mill in Rockingham County, which is still fully equipped with grist mill equipment. Tour the mill,
see the old grist stones and water wheel, take pictures, hear
how the mill was saved during the Civil War, learn about
restoration plans, and discover how to support the restoration
process.
www.vbmhc.org
April 21-22 - Elkton Valley
Bluegrass
Festival -Elkton
Two Day Event.
Tickets: Friday $15.00 Advanced - $18.00 Gate, Saturday $20.00
Advanced - $25.00 Gate 2 Day Advanced $30.00
April 21 - Museum and Gallery Walk –Harrisonburg
From 4 pm to 8 pm the
streets of Downtown Harrisonburg come alive with the arts!
Downtown shops and galleries will be featuring special artists
and special deals! Pick up your maps at the Hardesty-Higgins
House which will let you know where you need to go to see what
and when. This event is free
to the public, and everyone is invited to attend!
April 21-23–Stonewall Jackson Symposium
-Lexington.
11th Biennial
Stonewall Jackson Symposium will be held at the Stonewall
Jackson House (8 East Washington Street) the only house the
Jackson’s ever owned. Jackson and his wife lived in the house
while he taught at the Virginia Military Institute before the
Civil War. 540-463-2552
April 29 - Riverfest -Waynesboro.
Riverfest--“Year of
the Great Blue Heron” in the downtown area. Come early for free
canoe rides and wildlife carver demonstrations, then later on
the fish’n fun rodeo, stream safari, reptile world, and the
road/river relay. Annual River Spirit pageant followed by
awards, prizes and trophies for middle school science projects,
and the popular eyeball to eyeball encounter with every fish
species hauled into the river bank aquarium. All day events
include nature exhibits, food, annual native plant sale, face
painting and musical entertainment. “The Great South River Duck
Race” at 3 p.m. 540-942-4423.
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Wayne's Adventures
Wayne's Adventures~Rollin on the River!
Last year it
was the Volga....This year, I couldn't resist...The
Rhine and Moselle Rivers are beautiful in
Springtime!!! The Easter Holiday was an enchanted
time for a slow scenic cruise though these River
Valleys. Meandering on a small river cruiser (which
served French/German gourmet food) through the Black
Forest and German/French Wine Country is an odyssey
that will sensuously and clearly imprint my memory
forever...guaranteed! Eating wonderfully prepared lamb
shanks at sunset while viewing the passing picturesque
countryside of small villages, is life about as good as
it gets!
The Moselle
River Valley which winds northward from Koblentz from
it's confluence with the Rhine, is famous for the best
Riesling Wine in the world. Picturesque small hamlets
and villages, each with an old and grand Castle,
Cathedral, Cobblestone streets, and a Town Hall with
ancient city walls and gates, built by the Romans
centuries ago. And of course, each with a local winery
that boasts "The Best Riesling of the Moselle"! for
$6. A large goblet of it with a Wurst on a French
Roll...unforgettable!
Heidelberg,
which was never bombed, is truly a mandatory day's visit
at the starting point of the 9 day cruise. This is the
area of Germany where Martin Luther and John Guttenberg
changed the course of western civilization freeing the
commoner from the illiterate dark ages and feudal
system. Thus, Dripping with Renaissance and Reformation
History it is rich and captivating in beauty as it's
character and ambiance has been secured by the very
historic and famous, Heidelberg University.
Rudescheim,
Koblentz, Spreyer, Cochem, Strasbourg, Bearcasltle are
all towns visited that are relatively unspoiled by
industry; thriving on the huge and colorful Vineyards
and wineries, and tourists that come to enjoy the
historic ambiance of the architecture, frequent
festivals and the beautifully scenic river and towns.
Rudesheim and Strasbourg are especially memorable,
being alternately occupied by the Romans, French and
Germans for centuries, each leaving an important and
lasting legacy of history and beauty.
All that
for $110 a day, including airfare...irresistible!
Wanna go? I'm game....Come stay with me and we will
talk about it!
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Arrington's
Journal Book of Lists
We have been selected again this year to be
in Arrington's Journal Book of Lists!
We
have been voted as one of the best B&Bs for
"Best Near a College or University",
hereby making it one of the top 3 percent of bed and
breakfasts and country inns throughout the United States and
Canada.
This is our 3rd award for "Best
Near a College or University" and
won
"Best for Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts"
in 2005.
Click here to Vote us for Arrington 2007 Book of Lists!
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Did you know?
Cinderella did not wear glass slippers to the ball!
Cinderella wore fur slippers to the ball. French writer
Charles Perrault retold the ancient and international Cinderella
story in his book, Stories or Tales from Times Past, with
Morals published in 1697.
Instead of giving Cinderella Pantoufles en vair (slippers
made of white squirrel fur), as told in old French versions of
the story, Perrault wrote that Cinderella wore Pantourfles en
verre (slippers made of glass), confusing the two similarly
pronounced words. The mistake has been passed down to this day.
And now you know!
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Recipe of the Month
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Eggs with Potatoes presented by
Autumn Leaves Bed & Breakfast |
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1/2 medium onion, finely chopped
1 Tablespoon butter or margarine
3 cups cold, cooked potatoes, cut into small cubes
4 oz. can diced green chilies, drained well
1 cup small curd cottage cheese
1-2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
10 eggs, lightly beaten
1 t salt
¼ t pepper
pinch nutmeg
Brown onion in butter. Mix all ingredients together and
place in greased 9'x13" pan. Cover and refrigerate
overnight.
In the morning, bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until set.
Serve with salsa on the side; garnish with fresh cilantro
and tomato slices.
Serves 8-10
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