Tractor Challenge

Oct. 28, 2008

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The Sterling Golf, Swim & Tennis Club officially kicked off the 2009 golf season with the Annual Frostbite Tournament. There may not have been frost but plenty of wind and not bad play determined the outcome for most of the players. The Frostbite winners were; Championship Flight Ken Albanese,1st Flight Jeff Verhulst, 2nd Flight Morris Jarrett and 3rd Flight Alice Smith. Pictured here are Steve WenPetren, PGA and Club Manager, left, and Morris Jarrett.

Julia Braxton, 14, is this year's winner of the Virginia Icon Competition.

Brittany Loveless, 16, shows off her Future Farmers of America jacket. The club held a tractor driving competition.

Books & Crannies Hosts Poetry Slam

July 13, 2009

Video by Ryan Lytle

Books & Crannies hosted their first annual poetry slam Friday evening in Middleburg. Local poets performed for a modest crowd, and each person had the opportunity to perform two pieces. The winner of the evening was Becka Russell of Middleburg. She was awarded a $50 gift card to use at the bookstore.

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Loudoun Band Battles in D.C.

June 9, 2009

Video by Meghan Louttit

Loudoun-based band No Worries, comprised of Raquel Desouza, vocals; Kyle Wright, guitar; Ryan Babick, drums; Elijah Vaughn, bass; and Dominic Boykin, guitar, took their act to the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on June 6, to compete in Bach2Rock's Battle of the Bands. The young musicians spoke about their influences and their reasons for picking up their instruments and joining the band. No Worries splits their practice time between Bach2Rock's South Riding location and Wright's home. Even though Desouza is the only member in high school - she'll enter 10th grade in the fall - which enabled them to participate in Saturday's high school competition, the rest of the members just finished their seventh-grade year. For the competition, the band performed "Up to the Roof" by the Blue Man Group and "Celebrity Skin" by Hole.

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