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For more than 25 years, Bluemont has been bringing outstanding quality performances to
communities in central and northwestern Virginia - artists you'd expect to find in big
cities around the world. Yet here they are - Friday evenings on the lawn of the Old County
Courthouse, July through August, in historic downtown Culpeper. Inclement weather moves
the concert to the Depot on South Commerce Street, an equally delightful venue, just 3
blocks from the Courthouse green. For a seasonal schedule or for more information,
visit the Bluemont website.
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Bluemont Concert Series
PO Box 208, Leesburg, VA
phone: (703)777-6306
website: www.bluemont.org |
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Directed by Virginia Erwin, this community chorus presents a Spring and Christmas concert each year in May and December. With a wide range of program styles, from classical to show tunes, these concerts are a wonderful way to experience the Culpeper community. Please call for more information on seasonal performances. |
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Blue Ridge Chorale
PO Box 1871, Culpeper, Virginia 22701
Phone: (540) 937-2574
Email: info@brcsings.com
website: www.brcsings.com
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The Community Concert Association (CCA) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that sponsors at least five concerts each "concert year" between September and May, in Culpeper and surrounding counties in central Virginia. The concerts feature artists with proven regional, national or international reputations. In each concert year, there is something for everyone - a mix of classical, popular, dance, vocal, and instrumental music. Culpeper concerts are enjoyed in the auditorium at Culpeper County High School. For a complete schedule and more information about concerts for this season, visit the CCA website. |
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Community Concert Association
PO Box 96, Rapidan, VA
phone:
(540)672-9028
website: www.stagealive.org
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The NAVCC of the Library of Congress is a working facility whose overall mission is the preservation of the nations’s audio-visual heritage collections of moving images and recorded sounds. It is the first centralized facility in America especially planned and designed for the acquisition, cataloging, storage and preservation of these collections. Formerly the Federal Reserve Building, the newly renovated facility is specifically designed for audio-visual preservation and is expected to be the largest facility of its kind, a state-of-the-art center incorporating new capabilities that are unprecedented within the global audio-visual preservation community. With over 420,000 square feet of usable space, the Collections Building includes 135,000 square feet, and the Conservation Building (a 3-floor office building with preservation labs and a 200-seat theatre) has 175,000 square feet, with the nitrate vaults occupying 55,000 square feet of this space. The Center will host regular film screenings, symposia and other events including cooperative film and educational programs with the State Theatre, scheduled to open in 2009. Also planned are a host of other "special events" during the year that will be open to the public. |
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This community brass ensemble performs several concerts throughout the year and treats Culpeper to their wonderful playing for community events around town. For more information contact
Director Dan Schoepflin.
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The Piedmont Brass
phone:
(540)829-6237
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Culpeper is eagerly awaiting the completed renovation of the State Theatre in Downtown Culpeper. Upon completion of the restoration of the movie house and construction of the annex, the theatre will operate as the community’s cultural center, presenting a wide array of programming to appeal to all elements of the growing and changing population in Culpeper. Through close coordination with all other community groups, the theatre management will schedule, promote, and feature a wide variety of events including plays and musicals, films and film festivals, and community and educational programming. The State Theatre is located at 307-311 South Main Street in Culpeper, and is currently closed for restoration. |
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Founded 20 years ago, Windmore is a non-profit umbrella organization based in Culpeper that promotes the arts in the Piedmont Area. Since its inception, Windmore has been a patron of theatre, art education, dance, literature, music and visual arts. Among the various branches supported by the Foundation are the Artists of Windmore, Windmore Community Theater, Windmore & Kids and the Windmore Writers. Windmore presents a three-show theater season and many other events throughout the year. More information about all of Windmore’s activities can be found on their website. |
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