The Botetourt Genealogy Club and the Botetourt County Historical Society have partnered with Homespun Legacy in sponsoring the Fourth Annual Lifewriting Contest. The contest coincides with Personal History Awareness Month in May which promotes the writing of personal histories.
This year’s contest theme is front porches, focusing on a particular front porch from the writer’s childhood. Stories must be based in Southwest Virginia and the writer must have lived in or have ties to Southwest Virginia. Entries must be at least 500 words and no more than 1,500 words, and must be postmarked between April 25 and May 31. Cash prizes will be awarded for the first-, second- and third place-winning entries. Winners will be announced during a public Writers’ Reception at the club’s regular monthly meeting Wednesday, June 18 at 6:15 p.m. at the Fincastle library. A memoir anthology of the eligible entries will be donated to the Genealogy Room of the Fincastle library.
Complete information and contest rules can be found at Homespun Legacy’s website at www.HomespunLegacy.com or by calling Susan Mason at 540-473-3998. For information about the Botetourt Genealogy Club, call Rena Worthen, president, at 473-8339 or visit the website at www.geocities.com/genclub01. For information about the Botetourt County Historical Society, call the museum at 473-8394 or visit the website at www.bothistsoc.org.
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Locally acclaimed actress and director Mendy St. Ours has agreed to take charge as artistic director for the 13th annual Spirit Walk of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society.
The Spirit Walk is a guided history tour of historic Old Charlottesville, including popular haunts such as the old City Jail, the County Courthouse, and the Maplewood Cemetery. The fundraiser supports the work of the Society, and has a cast of around 50 local actors and musicians, many of whom also perform regularly in local theatre companies. The actors portray actual historical characters from Charlottesville, Albemarle County and environs, raging from the early 18th Century to the mid-20th Century.
This year’s Spirit Walk takes place on the evenings of October 26th, 27th and 28th. Tickets go on sale September 24th at the Society, and are $12 for adults, and $5 for children under 12 for tours before 8:00 p.m. Tours leave from the County Courthouse every 15 minutes.
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Auditions for the 13th annual Spirit Walk will be held 9-10 September at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society in the McIntire Building downtown, from 6-8pm. Roughly 50 people are needed to act as “Spirits,” tour guides, singers and musicians in the popular late-October fundraiser for the Historical Society.
The Spirit Walk is a guided moonlight tour of Historic Charlottesville, in which the participants encounter the apparitions of the town’s previous inhabitants.
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Albemarle County is known for its natural beauty, and the trees and forests in the area anchor the County’s landscape. Trees were an integral part of early settlers’ lives and work, and they fueled one of Albemarle’s most important industries–lumber. The story of the trees–use, overuse, and conservation–is the story of the growth of the County, both socially and economically.
The exhibit, which will open with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, 7 September in the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society’s exhibit hall in the McIntire Building downtown, is primarily the work of guest curator Catherine Anne Daley, a University of Virginia summer intern through the Institute for Public History. Her stipend was awarded from the Historical Society’s 1857 Fund, whose purpose is to encourage research on local topics by those affiliated with the University.
The exhibit will trace Albemarle County’s use of forest products from the time of the Monacans to the present day and will feature forestry tools belonging to the first State Forester, Richard Chapin Jones. Society Vice-President Steven Meeks has also loaned his family’s collection of tools, traditional split-oak baskets, and locally-made oak chairs. Historic photographs and paper ephemera illustrate the history of local lumber companies, including Barnes, Charlottesville, King, Augusta, and Crozet Lumber Companies.
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Hey folks - sorry for the lack of posts, but I’m in the process of moving while working full time (and on weekends!). The process will be over about Labor Day, and I’ll be updating the site at that time. Stick with me!
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