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By Ken Moore
The Connection
The 40 residents who attendedthe McLean Citizens Associationmeeting last Wednesday, July 8,applauded when the board
voted unanimously to oppose Sunrise’s pro-posed assisted living facility.
“In 15 years, I’ve never seen so much op-position in any case,” said Mark Zetts, chair-man of MCA’s planning and zoning commit-tee. “We’ve been inundated with emails.”
“In the 102-year history of the McLeanCitizens Association, few issues have drivenneighborhood anger like the proposed lo-cation of the 90-bed Sunrise Assisted Liv-ing facility at the corner of Kirby andWestmoreland roads in McLean. After study-ing the proposal for almost two years, MCAvoted to oppose the multiple zoning adjust-ments that Sunrise needs to build on thislot,” said MCA president Jeff Barnett.
Sunrise Development Inc. seeks a Medi-cal Care Facility Special Exception permitto construct and operate an assisted livingfacility at 1988 Kirby Road, at the intersec-tion of Kirby Road and WestmorelandStreet.
Homeowners associations, includingL’Ambiance of McLean, Mayfair of McLean,Autumn Chase, Foxhall Road and civic as-sociations El Nido, Marlborough-Nantucketand Franklin Area Civic Association all op-pose the application, according to MCAdraft documents.
“Given the mass it represents, we believeit should be on a full five-acre site,” saidZetts.
The facility would have a maximum of73 units and 90 beds, according to MCAdocuments, in a 40,309-square-foot build-ing. Approximately 90 employees wouldwork at the facility, although a maximumof 25 employees would be on the site atany time, according to the documents.
Sunrise’s corporate headquarters are inMcLean, and the company operates more
than 300 Sunrise Senior Living communi-ties in the U.S., Canada and the United King-dom, according to its website.
MCA debated last Wednesday for morethan an hour before it voted unanimously.
“I feel this is a really tough issue. We arean aging community and I really believethere is a need for more,” said MCA mem-ber Sally Horn. “But the concern of the sur-rounding neighborhood is something weneed to take into account.”
THE PLANNING COMMISSION has apublic hearing scheduled for Thursday, July28 on the Sunrise application.
Dranesville Planning Commissioner JohnUlfelder attended the meeting on July 8.
“The proposed facility would differ fromthe previously approved facilities in that 1)the property is surrounded by low-densityresidential neighborhoods, 2) the building
as viewed from the east would sit atop a17-foot built-up grade, 3) the building asviewed from the north would present a 3-story, 42-foot building,” according to MCAdocuments.
“While the site would accommodate theproposed 40,309-square-foot building,given the prominence of the subject prop-erty due to its shape, topography and thegeometry of the Kirby/Westmoreland inter-section, and given the height and mass ofthe proposed building, the building wouldbe out of character with the neighborhood,”according to MCA documents.
The documents also state that the inter-section of Kirby Road and WestmorelandStreet averages 21,000 vehicle trips daily“and has chronic traffic congestion duringrush and school drop-off and pick-up hoursdue, in part, to the proximity of LongfellowMiddle school.”
The assisted living facility is projected togenerate 248 daily trips, more than twicethe number of trips if the land was devel-oped for single family residential use, ac-cording to MCA documents.
“With few exceptions, families in the areastrongly oppose this development. A three-story, 42-foot high building is totally out ofcharacter with a neighborhood of single-family homes, many dating from the1950s,” said Barnett.
MCA ALSO VOTED on a resolution re-garding The School Board of the City of FallsChurch’s application to expand MountDaniel Elementary.
That application is scheduled for a pub-lic hearing before the Planning Commissionon Thursday, July 21.
Falls Church City Public Schools operatesMount Daniel Elementary School on a 7.31-acre property located in a residentialneighborhood at 2328 North Oak St. FCCPShas operated the school on the countyproperty since 1952 and expanded theschool by four classrooms in 2005, accord-ing to MCA draft documents.
“It is a lot of intensity for this small site,”said Zetts.
Mount Daniel has a current enrollmentof approximately 348 kindergarten and firstgrade students and 67 employees.
Enrollment would increase from 348 to660, according to MCA documents.
Square footage of the building would ex-pand from 40,347 to 79,491, said Zetts.
In 2015, FCCPS filed a 2232 Review ap-plication proposing to expand Mount Danielto 36 classrooms with an enrollment of 792students and 84 employees, according tothe documents.
The McLean Citizens Association Boardof Directors adopted a resolution opposingthe potential expansion in 2015 because itwas “excessive and incompatible with theneighborhood.”
MCA also opposed the original applica-tion to expand the school in 2015 based onthe “deficiency of North Oak Street, a 26-foot-wide roadway, as the sole access to theschool property” and “the impacts of schoolsoperations on the use of North Oak Streetby its residents.”
Assisted living facility and expansion of an elementary schoolto be heard by Planning Commission later this month.
MCA Votes to Oppose Special ExceptionsAdvocacy in action, both for and against the proposed application. The Planning Commission has a public hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 28.
In the 102-year history ofthe McLean Citizens Associa-tion, few issues have drivenneighborhood anger like theproposed location of the 90-bed Sunrise Assisted Livingfacility at the corner of Kirbyand Westmoreland roads inMcLean. After studying theproposal for almost two years,MCA voted to oppose the mul-tiple zoning adjustments thatSunrise needs to build on this lot.
The vote by MCA’s Board of Directorswas unanimous.
With few exceptions, families in thearea strongly oppose this development.A 3-story, 42-foot high building is totallyout of character with a neighborhood ofsingle-family homes, many dating fromthe 1950s.
The Sunrise facility would generate 2
1/2 times the amount of traf-fic generated by private homeson this lot. The Kirby/Westmoreland intersection isalready overloaded during rushhour and school drop-off/pick-up times. No traffic improve-ments are planned; expectedgrowth alone will make today’sunacceptable traffic jams evenmore intense and dangerous.
Protecting McLean’s neigh-borhoods remains the focus of the McLeanCitizens Association. Proposals like Sun-rise are sure to come again. Unless wewant McLean to mirror Tysons, Alexan-dria or Arlington, our community of homesmust constantly stand firm to protect theiconic residential nature of McLean.
Jeff Barnett, PresidentMcLean Citizens Association
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The real estate market inthe first half of 2016 wasrobust in McLean and
Great Falls. The number of trans-actions is up 6 percent over 2015in the same time frame. In addi-tion, compared to the 2006 mar-ket ten years ago, it is up over 18percent. This is excellent news forthe market area as we enter into the summer sea-son. It indicates an environment for the potentialfor price appreciation, provided demand remainsstrong relative to supply.
As was the case for the first quarter 2016, the seg-ment that performed the best in these zip codes wasthe upper brackets, considered to be over $1.25 mil-lion. Not surprising, most of the price points experi-enced greater sales year over year and higher thanat 2006 levels as well.
The price points below $1.25 million were flat forthe first half 2016 over 2015, yet over the 2006 lev-els. The millennial generation comprises some of thismarket niche according to economists. This accountsfor many of the condo purchases in the Tysons 22102area of McLean. Further the first level move up buyernow is confident that their lower priced home willsell quickly so that they can more easily make theleap into the next price bracket with bridge or otheravailable creative financing options.
One of the best performing price points continuesto be the $1.25 to $2 million price range. Much ofthis comprises in-fill new home builders tearing downan older existing home for the land value. In manycases the lots are purchased off market which couldbe skewing the numbers for the lower price points.There is very little available land remaining for de-velopment in McLean and Great Falls, so hard toknow how long this trend will last. As builders com-pete for lots, there is less available for end-user own-ers that would buy the homes to live in. Althoughthis scenario can be a healthy sign of a rising marketthese dynamics can make it challenging for a firsttime home buyer to purchase.
McLean and Great Falls home sellers are currentlyexperiencing “best of times” conditions in 2016 rela-tive to 2006 which was previously a peak marketyear for the area. Looking forward into the balanceof 2016 indicators are that homes priced correctly
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Editorial
Misinterpretationand Misdirection To the Editor:
This is a response to Mr. PeterStorm’s specious letter, (“WhatWas the Founding Fathers’ Intent?”(Connection, July 6-12, 2016) andthe broader leftist propensity to-ward historical misinterpretationand misdirection regarding the2nd Amendment.
Mr. Storm applied a selective“Founding Fathers” taxonomy(limited to the 56 signers of theDeclaration) to assert that it’s notpossible to determine theFounders’ intent behind the 2ndAmendment because they were“hardly involved” in authoring theConstitution, save the six men whosigned both.
With this logic, readers are pre-sumably supposed to feel com-pelled to foreswear an originalisthermeneutic and submit to the lat-est progressive assault on indi-vidual liberties.
Not so fast. This is a distinctionwithout a difference.
Whether the authors and sign-ers of the Constitution are billedas “Founders” or not has almost nobearing whatsoever on one’s abil-ity to discern their intent, or ontheir authority when it comes tointerpreting what they wrote oragreed to. Besides, the morewidely accepted taxonomy for the“Founding Fathers” is one that in-cludes the delegates to the Con-stitutional Convention, a tax-onomy to which our own NationalArchives subscribes.
And irrespective of how narrowor broad one’s definition of “theFounding Fathers” is, the histori-cal record is replete with compel-ling evidence that those men rec-ognized and sought to protect anindividual right to bear arms, asthe Supreme Court reaffirmed
most recently in Heller, and in sodoing, serve as a check on theabuse of federal power.
So, when your readers hearthings like RepresentativeConnolly’s call for reinstatementof the scary-looking (er…assault)weapons ban, they can easily con-sult any number of fellow Virgin-ian Founders to see how contraryto their intent such proposals are:Thomas Jefferson and RichardHenry Lee (Declaration signers);or George Mason and James Madi-son (Convention delegates).
Progressives rely heavily onemotional appeals and logical mis-direction to advance their anti-gunagenda, counting on the public tohave forgotten their history. Yourreaders should not fall for it.
Jonathan CloughSpringfield
School BoardPolitics andTransgenderPolicyTo the Editor:
The perception from many likeme is that the Fairfax CountySchool Board is hungry for na-tional media attention as evi-denced by their 2015 vote on theGender Nonconforming andTransgender Student Policy. Thefact is the board has had a strongnondiscrimination policy for manyyears, its verbiage covered race,gender, culture, etc. So why didthe board take it upon itself toidentify and present thetransgender issue when only .3percent (according to a WilliamsSurvey) of the population identi-fied with this issue on a nationallevel? A question never reallyposed to the board.
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The Fairfax County SchoolBoard has lost its focus of the realissues such as the delivery of edu-cation in a global environment,renovations of current facilities ina timely manner, partnering edu-cation opportunities with institu-tions of higher learning, expand-ing language programs to the el-ementary schools, etc. It is myunderstanding the gender issuebecame a topic of discussion dueto the persistence of a few indi-viduals who took it to an at largemember and then later to the lo-cal Democratic party. However,board members are to be impar-tial of political party loyalties butlet us not be naive, board votes aredriven by party directives.
Our education board is brokenif they are letting political partiesdetermine board topics and voteson matters of curriculum andother issues for the sake of gain-ing party votes during an electionyear. Let there be no misunder-standing, this is exactly what thetransgender issue is all about;party votes and expanding a so-cial agenda. It is doubtful parentsand constituents know the board’svote in 2015 impacted the budget,student sports, the use of bath-rooms, locker rooms, etc. Theirseven-page policy is not meant forthe occasional light reader.
The board has hit a sensitive
nerve with its constituents andparents on this issue and now pre-fers to shy away from additionalmedia controversy and discussion.In fact many parents are unawarethe Transgender Policy is beingbrought forth again at a SchoolBoard Forum on July 14, whichproves excellent planning on theboard’s part. The month of July isa wonderful time for controversialissues, the timing takes advantagethat a large majority of parentsand residents are gone on vaca-tion; therefore it is easier to passmotions and generate policies. Af-ter such, the board will go intorecess and all controversies willseem to be forgotten due to a lackof media attention. Thus there islittle vocal objection from the pub-lic or notice.
Unfortunately for ElizabethSchultz, FCPS Springfield DistrictSchool Board representative, shehas little hope in changing any-thing on this issue due to theboard’s political party influenceand the timing of this issue. Hervote will continue to be a lonelyvote. Common sense and true edu-cational issues have been lost inFairfax County.
Elizabeth Torpey BradsherFormer Fairfax County School
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HomeLifeStyle
By Marilyn Campbell
The Connection
The clean, crisp look ofa white kitchen hasstaying power and versatility, according to
the National Kitchen and Bath As-sociation. The organization reportsthat white cabinetry is the topchoice for 67 percent of its mem-bers. In fact, the percentage ofhomeowners requesting whitekitchens has increased by 20 per-cent over the past two years.
The trend is also apparent locally,said designers. When a family offive returned to the Washington,D.C. area after spending 30 yearsin the U.S. Foreign Service, theysettled into their home in Bethesda,a 1960 brick Dutch colonial thatthey purchased in 1986. They de-cided to give the home a makeoverbecause, after being a rental formany years, it felt dated and dingy.The family felt that the kitchen wasold, dark and closed-off from theliving room. They needed a largerspace to accommodate their fam-ily of five.
The homeowners knew theywanted the new kitchen space tobe free flowing and light-filled.They also wanted to incorporatesome of their existing furniture,
Underwood of Case Design/Re-modeling. “I think the grouping ofmaterials the client selected withus are unique, definitely notcookie-cutter, and these make thespace really interesting,”Underwood said.
Among the fixtures, accessoriesand materials used are Caesarstonecountertops, a marble and granitebacksplash and reclaimed shelving,provided by homeowners, which,“made the kitchen look moreunique and gave it an eclectic feel,”
such as an antique table and chairs.Designed by Bruce Wentworth of
Wentworth Inc., the new kitchenis sunny and spacious. It includeswhite cabinetry and an island withdark gray granite countertops. Alarge stainless sink, dishwasher,pull-out trash and bookcase forcookbooks make the island func-tional. Facing the dining room is ashallow cabinet with mullionedglass doors.
Granite tops the counters in theremainder of the kitchen and whitecabinetry houses a sub-zero refrig-erator, microwave drawer, smallprep sink and a gas range with astainless steel range hood. “Wallcabinets with clear glass mullionedcabinet doors [give] visual depthand make space feel larger,” saidWentworth.
When the owners of an Arling-ton home decided to update theirdark and dated kitchen, theyopened the space to the living anddining rooms and added naturallighting and white cabinetry. Theresult was a room with a crisp andairy aesthetic. The new, open con-cept allows the homeowners tobetter interact with family andfriends.
“Prior to the remodel, the kitchenwas essentially closed off to the restof the home,” said April Case
said Underwood.“I think in general the perfect
combination of the various mate-rials, from smooth and glossy torough and textured, is simple butinteresting and shows beautifully,”said Underwood.
A large picture window over-looking an expansive backyard isthe focal point of a white kitchenin Falls Church. When thehomeowners decided to renovateand expand the space, they enlistedthe help of designer Keira St. Claire
of Anthony Wilder Design Build,Inc. The project included addingadditional space to the back of thehouse and removing a wall be-tween the kitchen and the diningroom.
“Although we opened up the wallbetween the kitchen and diningroom, one challenge was maintain-ing a distinction between the twospaces, which was important to theclient,” said St. Claire. “In order tocreate a feeling of separation, whilepreserving the sense of openness
… [we designed] a custom glasscabinet piece, which is accessiblefrom both rooms,” said St. Claire.
The new unit gives thehomeowners extra storage and aplace to display their crystal. Sun-light from the new picture windowin the kitchen reflects off the crys-tal stemware and refracts, causingboth rooms to glisten with radiant,natural light.
White cabinetry was contrastedagainst dark wood as part of akitchen renovation in Centreville.While the basic layout of thekitchen remained the same, thespace, which was designed by AllieMann of Case Design Build, Inc.,was brightened with whitecabinetry, a built-in pantry and acustom cherry wood island. “Thewhite kitchen is classic and time-less,” said Mann. “It can work withmost color accent palettes.”
A cramped and dark Potomac,Maryland, kitchen was lightened,brightened and redesigned to givethe home’s owners a connection totheir natural surroundings, whichincluded a landscaped yard createdfor outdoor entertaining.
The kitchen was designed by JimRill of Rill Architects who added aworking island around which thefamily can gather and preparemeals. He described the new lookas a, “simple, clean design withsubtle elegance.” “
We added functional space withlots of windows and a place foreverything, so kitchen could becleaned up and used as an enter-taining area,” Rill said.
The family wanted a whitekitchen, he said, because it, “cre-ates a great backdrop for art andaccentuates the exterior colors ofspring, winter and fall.”
White kitchens are a trendwith staying power.
Bright White
“The white kitchen isclassic and timeless.It can work with mostcolor accent palettes.”
— Allie Mann,Case Design Build, Inc.
Photo by John Cole
A large picture window is the focal point of this white kitchen by Anthony WilderDesign Build, Inc.
Photo by Jamie Cobel
A Potomac, Maryland, kitchen was lightened, brightened and redesigned by Rill Archi-tects to give the home’s owners to a connection to their natural surroundings.
Photo by Geoffrey Hodgdon
In this kitchen, designed by Wentworth,Inc. a cabinet with mullioned glass doorsface the dining room.
Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg
Natural lighting and white cabinetryhelped transform this kitchen, by CaseDesign Build, Inc. into light and airy space.
Photo by Jamie Cobel
A Potomac, Maryland, kitchen was lightened, brightenedand redesigned by Rill Architects to give the home’s own-ers to a connection to their natural surroundings.
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By Alyssa Miller
The Connection
On Friday, several dozen highschool girls gathered at GreatFalls Library to hear about how
they could get involved in volunteer op-portunities. As part of CongresswomanBarbara Comstock’s 10th CongressionalDistrict Young Women Leadership Pro-gram, these students were taught aboutthe benefits of giving back to their com-munities.
A panel of guests spoke at the event,many of whom were from the organiza-tion Women Giving Back, which providesfree clothing to homeless women andchildren in the area.
“Volunteerism really makes a differ-ence,” said Terri Stagi, the president ofthe WGB executive committee. “It addssomething to your life.”
According to Stagi, the young womenat the program could volunteer for WGBby sorting clothing or even being per-sonal shoppers for some of the teenag-ers being served by WGB.
Shirley Clark, the CEO and executivedirector of the Women’s Center inVienna, echoed Stagi’s sentiments. Ac-cording to Clark, volunteering is aboutmore than just building a resume — al-though it can help with that as well.
“Volunteerism looks great on a resume,but more importantly, it helps you thinkdifferently,” said Clark.
Clark and Sally Turner, the presidentand chair of the Women’s Center Boardof Directors, also discussed combattingpressures on women in the workplace.
According to Turner, when she wasgrowing up, girls were told they couldbe secretaries, teachers or nurses. How-ever, her grandfather owned a businessschool, so Turner went to business col-lege during the summers and was able
to get a job in the IT field. Turner urgedthe girls to get out of the office and meetpeople in their future careers, and toknow when to move on from one job tothe next.
Clark said she noticed during her bank-ing career that many women didn’t speakup or use their voice at work.
“While they may have had food andclothing and housing and even a job, theywere really disadvantaged, as well, be-cause they didn’t have the confidence orthe support they needed to get to the nextlevel,” said Clark.
Clark said that seeing women “give ourpower away” encouraged her to getstarted working to help women,
She encouraged the girls to volunteerand help women, even if only for a shorttime.
Comstock, who hosted the event, saidthat volunteering helps to enrich the livesof those who are helping, as well as thosewho are being helped.
“Whatever that passion is that youhave,” said Comstock, “when you shareit, you probably learn more about your-self and your abilities by doing that.”
Benefits of Giving Back
U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10) introducing the panelists forthe Young Women’s LeadershipProgram at the Great Falls Li-brary: Students were taughtabout the benefits of giving backto their communities.
Family and friends reminisced aboutthe life of Hunter Brooks Watson,a 20-year-old man who died in acar crash in Delaware on June 18.
On July 9, a memorial service was held atThe Potomac School, which Watson at-tended from kindergarten through highschool.
He had recently finished sophomore yearat Syracuse University. Watson was remem-bered for lighting up the room with his un-forgettable smile and laugh. He lived in themoment and would dedicate his undividedattention to whomever he was speaking. Hewas described as larger than life and perse-vering, so much so that he inspired othersto take risks and accomplish more.
Watson was also remembered as creativeand clever at school, renowned for beingfun-loving and using the classroom as hisstage. He was musically talented and wouldspend much of his free time attending con-certs, listening to and producing music. Hehad a talent for producing videos, as well.
As a 10-year-old, Watson produced amusic video that has had over 5 millionviews to date for a song his band wrotecalled “Video Games” that parodied children
addicted to video games.He is survived by his his mother, Judy
Watson, father, Jerry Watson and, one sib-ling, Theodore (Teddy) William Watson, 25,NYU Class of 2016; his aunt Connie(Zeigler) Thomasson (husband Mike); andcousins Denise Fruik (husband Chris); Lynn(Watson) Ireland (husband Robert); Nancy(Watson) Thomas (husband George); andJamey Watson (wife Lisa).
History Revisited at Claude Moore FarmThe Claude Moore Colonial Farm will host 18th Century Summer Market Fair Saturday
and Sunday, July 16 and 17; 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Watch colonial Virginia tradesmen, suchas the blacksmith and try crafts such as spinning and dyeing. Test your watercolor andwriting skills. See heritage breed animals including turkeys, pigs and chickens. Enjoymusic, games and dancing as well as interacting with colonial family members in cos-tume and character. Savor grilled chicken, sausages, cheese and breads, seasonal veg-etables, watermelon, roasted olives, fruit pies and more. Colonial Tavern offers cask ale,beers and authentic ginger ale. Period food, beverages and wares available for purchase.Fun, educational and affordable.
Adults: $8; Children 3-12 and Seniors: $3; Children under 3: complimentary admis-sion. Free parking. Directions at www.1771.org. Weather permitting.
The Claude Moore Colonial Farm is located at 6310 Georgetown Pike, McLean.
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Hunter Brooks Watson, 20, remembered forlighting up the room with his unforgettablesmile and laugh.
Remembering Hunter Watson
From left: Shirley Clark, the CEO and executive director of theWomen’s Center in Vienna; Sally Turner, the president and chair of theWomen’s Center Board of Directors; U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10), who hosted the event; and representatives of Women Giving Back— Terri Stagi, the president of the executive committee; Pat Leader,the secretary and treasurer; and Fiona Hughes, the vice president.
Young Women Leadership Programhighlights importance of volunteerismfor high school girls.
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Hunter Brooks Watson recentlyfinished sophomore year at Syra-cuse University.
Hunter Watsonsmiled as hegraduated highschool in 2014at The PotomacSchool, wherehe attendedsince kinder-garten.
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Ruth Donahue knows childrenneed to have fun to learn. That’swhy every year at SummerStrings music camp, Donahue’s
elementary school campers are encouragedto dress up in costumes while they rehearsefor their upcoming concert.
“Kids need to experience playing [music]in the summer, because it’s so much fun,”Donahue said, adding that practicing whenthey’re not in class helps keep their skillsfresh for the school year.
According to Donahue, a typical campweek includes dress up days on “MessyMonday,” “Wacky Wednesday” and “FreakyFriday.” Campers dress as everything froma Ghostbuster to a giant squid.
They sight read — play without previously
reviewing the material — around 50 pieces.The campers then vote on the pieces theywant to play at the end of camp.
Noor, a camper who plays the viola, saidhis favorite part of camp is “playing [music]with everyone and doing all different pieces.”
Donahue, who started Summer Stringscamp in 1983, also teaches composer history
Campers keeporchestral skills freshthrough sight reading,music history.
Summer Strings Camp Mixes Monsters and Music
to the campers. The camp is held in St.Thomas Episcopal Church in McLean and issponsored by local music store Music Masters.
While the idea of keeping several dozenelementary school children engaged whileplaying music for hours may seem daunting,Donahue’s strategy is simple: “Just playing as
much as possible” and providing downtimeonly in small amounts allow the campers tostay focused and ready to learn.
Sarah, a camper who plays the violin, enjoysthe ability to “learn more techniques” at camp.
The children, with Donahue conducting,play everything from country to jazz to clas-sical music on their string instruments, tak-ing a short break to play kickball during theday. Donahue doesn’t have a favorite piece,but emphasizes the idea of providing a vari-ety of options.
She also gets input from the campers; theyvote on every piece to decide whether or notit will be performed in the concert, and sheasks campers what pieces they want to reviewduring the day.
Many of the campers are enthusiastic abouttackling a challenge. Nafisa, a violinist, saidher favorite part of camp is the music, andshe loves “playing fun pieces.”
Nicolas, a cellist, said he likes playing whathe considers their hardest piece, a militarymarch called “Men of Harlech.” He said thehardest part of the piece is the difficult timing.While Nicolas won’t be able to attend theconcert, he can’t wait to hear about “Men ofHarlech” from his friends.
“I’m interested to see how that will workout,” said Nicolas.
From left, Amin Kaleen and RamiAbdalla rehearse at SummerStrings Camp.
Campers rehearsing.
Bass players.Campers rehearsing during Summer Strings Camp. Photos by Alyssa Miller/The Connection
The Arts Council of Fairfax County wasrecognized by Americans for the Arts’Public Art Network Year in Review pro-gram for its Imagine Art Here: TysonsTiles temporary public art and engage-ment project with artist Julia Vogl. “Weare delighted to have Imagine Art Here:Tysons Tiles selected for the 2015 publicart Year in Review,” said Linda S.Sullivan, president and and CEO of theArts Council of Fairfax County. “We’vehad wonderful public participation in thisproject and great community support. Welook forward to continuing Imagine ArtHere as a public art and community en-gagement series throughout the county.”
The Arts Council is currently in the processof planning two new Imagine Art Hereprojects — at Seven Corners and Spring-field — to be carried out in 2017-18. Work-ing with Fairfax County government, Na-tional Endowment for the Arts, corporatesponsors and community partners, the ArtsCouncil will continue to engage, inspire andprovide a vision for future public art inFairfax County. Imagine Art Here: TysonsTiles can be viewed at http://www.americansforthearts.org/by-program/networks-and-councils/public-art-network/pan-year-in-review-database.
To find out more about the artist JuliaVogl, visit http://www.juliavogl.com.
Arts Council Recognized forInnovative Public Art
Installation at Tysons West by artist Julia Vogl.
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Students of the MetropolitanSchool of the Arts of Alexandriaare putting on their fifth stu-dent-directed and producedshow—the Tony Award-nomi-nated “Spring Awakening.” Theperformances are on Friday,July 29 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday,July 30 and Sunday, July 31 at2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the 1stStage Theater at 1524 SpringHill Road in McLean. Ticketsare $20 per person and can bepurchased atwww.metropolitanarts.org.
“Spring Awakening” is basedon Frank Wedekind’sgroundbreaking and controver-sial play, as well as Steven Saterand Duncan Sheik’s brilliantrock score and book. It’s thestory of a sexual awakening,youth revolt and self-discoveryinto a new century. It’s 1891,and grown-ups hold all thecards. Headstrong Melchior andnaive Wendla stumble into eachothers’ arms, passionate andcurious, while anxious Moritzstruggles to live up to the strin-gent expectations of society.With only each other for guid-ance, this group of young menand women travel the fraughtand rocky path of adolescence,discovering their bodies, theirminds, and themselves alongthe way. An electric, vibrant cel-
ebration of youth and rebellion,fuses issues of morality, sexual-ity, and rock and roll into a storythat packs a powerfulemotional punch.
Led by MSA students --director, Chad Vann of Lorton;musical director, James Woodsof Alexandria; producer, SamCornbrooks of Springfield; cho-reographer, Georgia Monroe ofAshburn, assistant stage man-ager, Emma Cook of Lorton;and stage manager, KyleDannahey of Springfield -- thisyouth-directed productionbrings a non-traditional inter-pretation focusing on the im-portance of communication be-tween adults and adolescents.This production will includethematic elements reminiscentof Wedekind’s original play andpromises a darker interpreta-tion of the popular musical.“Spring Awakening” containssome mature language andthemes might not be suited foryoung audiences.
“Our student-run musical the-atre group continues to inspire,create and excel in bringinggreat musicals to our localstages—we’re so proud ofthem,” said Melissa Dobbs,founder and executive directorof Metropolitan School of theArts Alexandria.
‘Spring Awakening’ at1st Stage in Tysons
Photo courtesy of Metropolitan School of the Arts
From left, top row: MSA Students: Levi Meerovich(Springfield), Angelica Miguel (Fairfax), Sarah Lore(Alexandria), Gulet Isse (Fairfax), Merritt Palmer(Fairfax), Tyler King (Springfield), Emmeline Jones(Southern Md.), Marc Manaloto (Fairfax), RachelTurner (Fairfax), Bethel Elias (Springfield); bottomrow: Erin Claeys (Arlington), Carlos Castillo (SilverSpring), Lexi Rhem (Springfield), Quentin Araujo (VABeach), Usman Ishaq (Woodbridge) and Drew Bondy(Fairfax)
By David Siegel
The Connection
The dazzling, fantastic world of Cirque duSoleil’s “Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities”will be under the famous blue-and-yel-low Cirque du Soleil Big Top at Tysons II.
It promises to be an astonishing journey meant toopen the mind and imagination. And it is all live.
“Nothing is predictable in this magical, romantic,very ingenious world of dreams,” said Michel Laprise,artistic director behind “Kurios.” Laprise made clearthat the show “is meant to transport both young andold into a steampunk fantasy world where all ispossible.” It is a world not needing computergenerated animation or 3-D effects. The real-life castof performers “is taking daring risks right beforeeveryone’s eyes,” said Laprise.
“Kurious” is meant to transport the audience intoan alternative world full of characters conjured intolife by a Seeker who becomes the Master of Ceremo-nies. He believes there are invisible worlds waitingto be connected to the curiosity in everybody.
In a show that Laprise calls “wild and free,” theSeeker is helped by Mr. Microcosmos with a fancifulcollection of otherworldly, hybrid characters. Theyperform in an eccentric large-scale, steampunk fan-tasy with working mechanical marvels. It all takesplace under the colorful 62-foot-high Cirque du SoleilBig Top with its capacity to seat 2,500.
What will pop out, float down from over 40 feetinto the air or appear out of nowhere will be contor-tionists, acrobats, large hand puppets, aerial swing-ing bicyclists, comic acts, flying performers, an in-visible circus, trampoline net performers, chair bal-ancing acts, an upside-down world full of mirrors,to name just a few of the many acts. There will alsobe arcade-like performers, such as an accordion man,and others.
There will be well over 400 props and 100 uniquecostumes to further express, all without words, whatis happening before the audience. Even the hard-at-work stagehands will be visible and in costume. Andif the weather permits, there will be artists up on theexterior of the Big Top greeting everyone.
“The show was created and is performed so thatthe audience will not miss their computer screens
and smartphones,” said Laprise. “What if, by engag-ing our imagination and opening our minds, we couldunlock the door to a world of wonders?”
Laprise added that he wanted the audience “to feelclose and connected with the performers and askingthemselves ‘how do they do that?’”
Cirque du Soleil magical ‘Kurios’Under the Big Top at Tysons II
Where and WhenCirque du Soleil “Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities” at
Tysons II, The Lerner Town Center, 8025 Galleria Drive,Tysons. Performance July 21 to Sept. 18, 2016. Tickets$39-$170. Tuesday-Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8p.m., Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30p.m. and 5 p.m. Call 1-877-9 CIRQUE (1-877-924-7783 orvisit cirquedusoleil.com/kurios
Photo by Martin Girard/shootstudio.ca
Costumes: Philippe Guillotel 2014 Cirque du Soleil
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TheCuriosistanians,Cirque duSoleil“Kurios.”
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“Footloose.” Fridays and Saturday, 8p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. July 8-24. AldenTheatre, McLean Community Center,1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean. Basedon the movie of the same name.McLeanPlayers.org. 866-811-4111.
McLean Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon. Fridays from May 6-Nov. 18.Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain BridgeRoad, McLean. The market providesarea residents an opportunity topurchase locally grown or producedproducts. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/farmersmarkets.
Krop’s Crops Flea Market. 9 a.m.-3p.m. Second and fourth Saturdaysfrom May to August. 11110Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Shop
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Weekly Storytime. Wednesday andSaturday. 11 a.m. Barnes & Noble,7851 L Tysons Corner Center,McLean. Themes and Titles vary.Free admission.
Tai Chi Beginners’ Practice.Saturdays, 8-9 a.m. St. Luke’sCatholic School Gymnasium, 7005Georgetown Pike, McLean. WeeklyTai Chi practice. Group has met forover 20 years. Free. FreeTaiChi.org.703-759-9141.
MONDAY-FRIDAY/JULY 11-15Olympic Camp. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Providence Baptist Church, 8980Brook Road, McLean. For rising first-to sixth-graders. Cooking for fun,acting, experiments and explosions,magic, dance and sports.ProvidenceToday.org. 703-893-5330.
WEDNESDAY/JULY 13Stories and Sprinklers. 1 p.m.
Vienna Town Green. Join HistoricVienna, Inc. for a good story andsome water play each Wednesdayafternoon. Free. 703-255-6360.
THURSDAY/JULY 14Delta Spur. 6 p.m. Tysons Corner
Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road,Tysons Corner. Part of SummerfestConcert Series on the Plaza.tysonscornercenter.com.
Ms. Virginia Senior Pageant. 1 p.m.James Lee Center Theater, 2855Annandale Road, Falls Church.Entertainment-filled afternoon tohonor this year’s contestants andVirginia’s seniors. RSVP to 703-549-7012 ormsvirginiasenioramerica.com.
Pakistan Night. 6:45-8:45 p.m.Church of the Apostles Vale RoadMeeting Place, 10922 Vale Road,
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SATURDAY/JULY 16Used Book Collection. 9 a.m.-1:30
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SUNDAY/JULY 17The Reflex. 5 p.m. McLean Central
Park, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd.1980s tribute band. Part of theAlden’s Sunday Summer Concerts.Free. aldentheatre.org. 703-790-0123.
TUESDAY/JULY 19Kehinde Wiley Lecture. 6-8 p.m.
McLean Project for the Arts, 1234Ingleside Ave., McLean. Karen Gettywill discuss contemporary artistKehinde Wiley and his latestcollection of portraits and sculptures,“A New Republic,” on display at theVirginia Museum of Fine Arts. Free.mpaart.org. 703-790-1953.
WEDNESDAY/JULY 20Faith@Work Evenings. 5:30-7:30
p.m. Maggiano’s Little Italy, TysonsII, 2001 International Drive, McLean.$25/$35. Food, networking,inspirational speaker and discussion.Speaker Shira Harrington. http://www.bridgepointconnections.org/faith-at-work/.
FRIDAY/JULY 22Magic! 7 p.m. Tysons Corner Center,
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Satisfaction. 5 p.m. McLean CentralPark, 1468 Dolley Madison Blvd. TheInternational Rolling Stones Showtribute band. Part of the Alden’sSunday Summer Concerts. Free.aldentheatre.org. 703-790-0123.
Parlor Talk. 2 p.m. Freeman Store,131 Church St. NE, Vienna. Author of“Chronology of the Civil War inFairfax County” Edward T. Wenzel,of Vienna, will give a talk. 703-938-5187.
TUESDAY/JULY 26Preschool Science ABC. 2:30 p.m.
Dolley Madison, 1244 Oak RidgeAve., McLean. An adventure withsong, dance and puppets presentedby Wolf Trap Master Teaching ArtistPenny Russell. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/dm/.
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Am I living proof that what I am doing isworking (keeping the cancer cells from grow-ing/moving)? Impossible to say. However, itdoesn’t seem to be hurting; I will admit tothat. But given the fact that the FDA (Foodand Drug Administration) doesn’t research/analyze/corroborate/dispute the allegedbenefits of non-prescription supplements, Imay actually be winging and praying my waythrough life. No matter. I’m happy to livewith the consequences of my actions. Quitefrankly, it would be naive to think that if Itook no action I’d experience similar results.In the cancer-patient world, wishing and hop-ing likely doesn’t make it so. Being proactive,at least for me, has been a path of least resis-tance. Doing nothing would have been givingin to the disease, which I have no intention ofdoing. Ergo, to keep my pill inventory fullystocked, I either mail-order them or shoplocally. I try to reorder/buy so that I nevermiss a dose. But if I do, I try not to stress overit. I figure the years-long effort I’ve made hasbuilt up enough pill-equity in my body that itwill barely notice a day or two without dan-delion root, beta glucons or my newest pill:Chinese wormwood (as but a few examples).
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