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18490 BLUERIDGE MOUNTAIN RD, BLUEMONT Offered at $4,749,995 134 ACRES | 4 BR | 4/2 BA
21004 WILLISVILLE RD, BLUEMONT Offered at $2,250,000 50 ACRES | 5 BR | 3.5 BA
39984 BRADDOCK RD, ALDIE Offered at $1,749,000 27 ACRES | 6 BR | 5 BA
Ryan Clegg (703) 209-9849
Peter Pejacsevich (540) 270-3835
Scott Buzzelli (540) 454-1399
Boulder Crest Estate (1913) elegantly renovated (2008) historic green stone federal house sits on 134 acres (9 parcels) & boasts breathtaking panoramic views. 2 guest houses, pool, tennis & basketball court, english gardens, barn, greenhouse, 3 car garage, full gym, hiking trails, hunting grounds & cabin. Gated entrance. Appt only.
Megan Clegg (703) 209-9429
14903 NEER LN, PURCELLVILLE Offered at $1,395,000 50 ACRES | 2 BR | 1 BA
Build your custom home on 50 serene acres in horse country - 9 stalls, machine shed, hay storage, 220’ x 220’ blue stone riding ring, water & run-in shed in all fields, fully fenced, great rideout. Main house site ready with H20, underground electric & super views. Property currently has 2 bedroom house with garage below.
Anne McIntosh (703) 509-4499
Maria Eldredge (540) 454-3829
Custom 5000+ square foot home on 50 acres with gorgeous views! Open floor plan in European Country design. Gourmet chef’s kitchen, den and sunroom. Main level master suite and full walk-out basement. Outdoor features include flagstone porches, heated pool, 2 car garage with 1 bedroom apartment above.
Scott Buzzelli (540) 454-1399
6,300+ s/f custom stone chateau. Gourmet kitchen with granite countertops and commercial appliances. Main level bedroom, au-pair suite/artist studio. 12 stall barn with full 2nd floor. 8 fenced paddocks with waterers and run-in shed. Equestrian’s dream!
23517 PARSONS RD, MIDDLEBURG Offered at $1,100,000 5 ACRES | 5 BR | 4/1 BA
292 HITE LN, STRASBURG Offered at $998,000 106 ACRES | 5 BR | 3/1 BA
Peter Pejacsevich (540) 270-3835
Carole Taylor (703) 577-4680
Renovated Cape Cod with gorgeous views boasting a main level bedroom, gourmet kitchen, updated bathrooms, hardwood floors, mudroom and main level laundry room. Large unfinished attic space and full unfinished basement provide opportunity for more space! Beautiful vineyard views from front of house. 5 minutes from Middleburg.
Scott Buzzelli (540) 454-1399
Peter Pejacsevich (540) 270-3835
Circa 1812 Mt Pleasant Farm, steeped in history. Beautiful setting & views. Live today’s lifestyle in gracious period home. Sits on bluff overlooking Cedar Creek. In protected area. Crafted from brick made on site. Original millwork & hardware. Beautiful mantels, large kitchen, great floorplan. B&B potential, 1+ hr DC.
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20141 COLCHESTER RD, PURCELLVILLE Offered at $990,000 6.7 ACRES | 7 BR | 4/1 BA
39529 WHISPERING BROOK PL, LEESBURG Offered at $944,000 6.5 ACRES | 4 BR | 3/1 BA
23308 MERSEY RD, MIDDLEBURG Offered at $875,000 4 ACRES | 4 BR | 3/1 BA
Scott Buzzelli (540) 454-1399
Ryan Clegg (703) 209-9849
Peter Pejacsevich (540) 270-3835
Antique brick and stone set the stage for this country property on 6.7 beautiful acres with mountain views. The main house features 7 fireplaces, solid cherry floors, large great room with views, separate dining, and a lovely sunroom. The carriage house wing has two bedrooms with a large living and kitchen area.
Peter Pejacsevich (540) 270-3835
A modern and timeless floor plan includes family room with coffered ceiling, opens to farmhouse kitchen with breakfast nook. You’ll love the double mahogany front doors, rustic hardwood floors, trimmed arches, moldings, 3 flagstone patios, pergola, fire pit and vegetable garden. Mountain views. FiOS and NO HOA.
6827 LORD FAIRFAX HWY, BERRYVILLE Offered at $699,000 20 ACRES | 4 BR | 2/1 BA
LAKE SUNSET LN, HUME Offered at $395,000 28.6 ACRES
Anne McIntosh (703) 509-4499
Carole Taylor (703) 577-4680
Pigeon Hill - Rare find in Clarke County! This 20 acre horse facility in the heart of Blue Ridge Hunt Country comes fully fenced and includes a charming historic house with great room addition made in the 1990’s, country kitchen, rental income cottage, bank barn and 8 stalls. Fantastic views! Offered at recently appraised value.
Maria Eldredge (540) 454-3829
Megan Clegg (703) 209-9429
Spectacular 28.6 acre parcel with gorgeous views. Frontage on 15-acre lake. Secluded, beautiful, located on private road. In Old Dominion Hound territory. Perfect for horse farm.
George Roll (703) 606-6358
Updated Colonial perfect for comfortable family living. Wood floors throughout, spacious and airy rooms with a large sunporch. Unique large living room with built in shelves surrounding a stone fireplace. Master suite and gourmet kitchen. Wonderful lot with plenty of privacy.
CREST HILL RD, HUME Offered at $247,000 5 ACRES
Gorgeous Blue Ridge views, open fields, woods, on paved road. Ready for your builder! 200 x 100 foot riding ring. Heart of Old Dominion Hounds territory. Perfect location for weekend retreat or full-time residence.
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ON THIS PAGE There is plenty of time to take a drive to enjoy the fall colors, drop by a winery, or hit a local orchard for fall decorations before Thanksgiving. Middleburg Life writer Kaitlin Hill shares the history of Stribling Orchard in Markham in this edition. She snapped this colorful pile of pumpkins while out in Markam. Photo by Kaitlin Hill.
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Mount Gordon Farm The Plains, Virginia $9,850,000
128 acres and immaculate 3 level, 13,000+ sq ft stone & shingle main house • 5 BR • 8 FP • Exceptional finishes on every floor • Caterer's kitchen • Elevator • Spa • Separate guest cottage • Pool • Farm manager residence • 3 additional tenant houses • 12-stall center-aisle stable • Pond • Extraordinary land w/incomparable views extending beyond the Blue Ridge Mts • Orange County Hunt Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930
Mayapple Farm Middleburg, Virginia $3,400,000
A purist's delight. Original portion of house built in 1790 in Preston City, CT • House was dismantled and rebuilt at current site • Detail of work is museum quality • Log wing moved to site from Western Virginia circa 1830 • 4 BR, 4 full BA, 2 half BA, 9 FP & detached 2-car garage • Historic stone bank barn and log shed moved from Leesburg, VA • Private, minutes from town • Frontage on Goose Creek • 37.65 acres Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Marley Grange Millwood, Virginia $1,875,000
Understated elegance • Finely appointed home built in 1997 on 76 acres • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths, 5600+ sq. ft. • Very private • 10 stall barn • 224 ft. X 128 ft. blue stone ring • Fine horse property • Choice ride-out • In conservation easement, bordered by farms in conservation easement Tom Cammack (540) 247-5408
Grasty Place
Middleburg, Virginia $750,000
Charming home in desirable Melmore • Adjacent to the town of Middleburg offering proximity to town & privacy of almost 4 acres • High ceilings, light-filled rooms, new kitchen w/granite counters & stainless appliances • Family room w/fireplace, screened-in porch • 3 BR including bright master suite w/bay window • Home office & finished LL & 2 car garage Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930
Fidelio
Old Goose Creek Farm
Prime Fauquier County location minutes from Middleburg • Unbelievable finishes throughout • Antique floors and mantels, vaulted ceilings • 6 bedrooms, 5 full, 2 half baths • 6 fireplaces, gourmet kitchen • Improvements include office/studio, stone cottage with office, spa, guest house, pool and lighted tennis court • Landscaped grounds with stream, waterfalls, boxwood and special plantings • 61 acres. Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Pristine equestrian property in turnkey condition • Exceptional location • Stone home expanded to approx. 7,000 sf. includes 4 main level suites • Lovely gardens, pool, garage apartment & pond • Blackburn designed 6-stall stable w/70x210 indoor arena includes observation deck, tack room, 2 wash stalls & office • Additional 4 stall barn • Entire property is fenced and cross fenced on 26 acres & 8 paddocks Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930
The Plains, Virginia $9,500,000
Game Creek
Middleburg, Virginia $2,985,000
A remarkable property located within a private enclave just minutes from town • Stone and stucco manor house with main level master suite • 7 additional BR • 5 stone FP • Beautiful gardens, terraces, salt-water pool, cabana, carriage house & stable with 2 paddocks • Lovely finishes throughout & sweeping lawn to private trails to Goose Creek • 31 acres • Private, elegant & convenient Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930
Harmony Creek Hume, Virginia $1,650,000
Middleburg, Virginia $4,500,000
Circa 1755, prime Fauquier County location, between Middleburg and The Plains • Additions in early 1800's & 1943 • Home recently restored • 62 gently rolling acres in Orange County Hunt • 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, 6 fireplaces • Improvements include salt-water pool, pool house, large party house/studio, 2 tenant houses, stone walls and pond Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Middleburg, Virginia $1,950,000
Gracious home with 5 BRs • Gourmet kitchen • Two story floor-to-ceiling window display of the Blue Ridge Mountains • 3 FPs, coffered ceilings, random width rustic cherry floors • Large home office, gym, rec room, multiple porches and patios • Three finished stories, approx. 10,000 sf. • Carriage house • Garage • 27 acres Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Creek Crossing Farm
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Purcellville, Virginia $1,325,000
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203 acres in Fauquier w/nearly 1 mile of Rappahannock river frontage • Elegant stone & clapboard house • 5 BR, 4 full & 3 1/2 BA • 4 FP • Wood floors • Gourmet kitchen • Gunnite pool w/stunning views overlooking Blue Ridge Mtns and private pond • Situated amongst protected properties • 5 stall Jim Fletcher barn w/pristinely maintained paddocks, pasture and gardens • 2 car garage w/in-law suite • Old Dominion Hunt territory • VOF Easement Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724
Belvedere
Home circa 1988 • 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths • 4 fireplaces, 3-car garage, vaulted ceilings, natural light • 5-stall barn, tack, hay storage, wash sink, exercise arena • Fenced and cross fenced • 20.56 acres, private with great ride out • Frontage on Beaver Dam Creek Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Village Hamlet • 3 bedrooms • 2 1/2 baths • Fireplace • Gourmet kitchen with granite counters • Hardwood floors throughout • Lovely terrace and gardens • Garage with workshop • Renovated in 2008 • Freshly painted. Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Hume, Virginia $3,600,000
Waverly
The Plains, Virginia $2,950,000
Hill top setting with beautiful distant views • Farm house circa 1920, completely restored and enlarged, • 3BR, 3 BA, 2 fireplaces, wood floors, large country kitchen • 129.15 rolling & useable acres • Improvements include 3-bay equipment shed/work shop, guest house, 4-stall barn complex, riding ring, spring fed pond & stream. Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905
Middleburg, Virginia $680,000
Crest Hill
Middleburg, Virginia $649,500
2+ acres just east of town • Complete renovation • Everything is brand new • Immaculate & charming home with 3 bedrooms & 3 full baths • Main level master bedroom • Oversized windows with excellent natural light • Quality finishes, wood floors, standing seam metal roof, stonework & large deck overlooking open yard & stone walls & pond • Move in ready • Close to town • Owner/agent Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930
The Plains, Virginia $950,000
Well designed stucco single story • 3 BR • 4 full BA • 2 half BA • Master bedroom w/his and hers dressing room/bathroom en suite • Library • Sun-filled sitting room-dining room • Kitchen with breakfast nook and chef’s caliber appliances • 2 FP • Large mudroom off 2-car garage • Cutting garden • Nestled on 10 private wooded acres in sought after Orange County hunt Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724
Patrick Street
Upperville, Virginia $350,000
Charming stucco bungalow on a quiet lane • Hardwood floors, flagstone patio, updated kitchen and baths, home office and first floor master with sitting room • Large fenced back yard • Very well cared for turn-key home and a great value Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930
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70 Years of Giving:
CHRISTMAS SHOP RETURNS TO THE MIDDLEBURG COMMUNITY CENTER
By Erin Bozdan | Photos Courtesy of Linda Wine
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hristmas is a joyous time of year where love, kindness and the spirit of giving fills our hearts. The Christmas Shop, launched in 1948 by the ladies of Emmanuel Church in Middleburg, has embodied that spirit for 70 years. The Christmas Shop has been a beloved staple of the holiday season and an important fundraiser for the community. In the beginning, the ladies would set up shop for a few hours on a Friday night, cook roast beef dinners for their husbands, and encourage them to shop. Now, the magical event encompasses several days and takes in enough funds to help support the church, donate to local charities and assist with the upkeep on the Parish House. The shop returned to the Middleburg Community Center for the first time in 25 years on Nov. 1. The event is open from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3. On Nov. 4, the Christmas Shop will be open from noon until 5 p.m. More than 25 exhibitors from across the country were invited to showcase their goods. Visitors can find jewelry, fashions, home décor, gourmet foods, toys, and soaps along with other wares and art. Artists Kerry Waters and Barbara Sharp will showcase their studio work. It takes a village to organize the annual endeavor. The Steering Committee for this Christmas village included Linda Wine, John Denegre, Kevin Daly. Mary Anne Gibbons, one of the shops oldest volunteers, heads up sponsorships and outside decorations. Through them and a great many others, the Christmas Shop lives on and the spirit of the original mission which is simply to give back. “It’s all about giving” says Wine. “Most people come the first day and shop for themselves, then they come back the next day to buy for other people. We are raising money so Community | Page 5
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Community | From page 4 we can give it back out to the community.” Emmanuel’s Treasures, one of the people’s favorites, returns. Each year parishioners go in to their basements, attics, and barns to rediscover fun items to donate. “Everyone loves it because they are finding great things for a steal of a price,” says Wine. “Who doesn’t love a bargain!” A very unique and special exhibit this year is that of artist Dana Westring’s Neapolitan Nativity scene. For Westring, this has been a 12 year labor of love. The background is that of an Italian village on a hillside with apartments above and shops, bridges and alleyways. Westring adds new figures each year to make an entire an entire village come to life. The crèche can be seen throughout the Christmas season at the Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains. In addition to fabulous finds, the daily activities include raffles running every two hours, lunch by The Aldie Country Store and a photo op with a Christmas fox. We are in Middleburg after all! ML A look back at the past. The Christmas Shop is open at the Middleburg Community Center until Nov. 4.
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Dedication of the Polly Rowley Arboretum
The Story of the Arboretum By Huntington Lyman | Photos by Randy Litzinger
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he Hill School in Middleburg unveiled the Polly Rowley Arboretum with a day filled with activities for all ages on Oct. 5. The morning began with teachers and students researching, discussing and drawing the dozens of varieties of trees planted on the school property by Polly Rowley and others. The afternoon ended with a special “storytime” for the visitors. Huntington Lyman, academic dean at The Hill School, penned a story about the arboretum to share at the festivities. In case you missed it, here is “The Story of the Arboretum” which is open to the public. A new plaque unveiled at the dedication features a map and describes the arboretum. THE STORY OF THE ARBORETUM Once upon a time there was a little school
in Middleburg, Virginia. The children loved their school and they learned a lot, but their school did not have enough space. The children didn’t have much room for sports or recess, the classrooms were a little cramped, and everyone wished that there were more trees. And then one day the school got a wonderful gift! The Clark family gave the school the beautiful grassy hills, the red barn, three houses, and the big pond where peeper frogs and blackbirds live. And this land looked very different, because it had been used for farming for many years. So a great friend of the school named Polly Rowley decided to help make the land better for the students and their teachers. She gathered her friends and she brought in rich soil and seeds and saplings, and she and her friends planted trees. And she had a vision in her mind Arboretum | Page 13
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MEET MIDDLEBURG
Tutti Perricone, Caterer Extraordinaire Story and photo by Kerry Phelps Dale
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er smile lights up any room she enters, and her voice and laughter fill it. “You can pretty much always hear me before you see me,” says Tutti Perricone. After 26 years of owning and running her own restaurant in Middleburg, Tutti decided to close shop seven years ago and focus on the catering business she had started out of her very small Back Street Café kitchen. The local favorite garnered the hearts of the local community and those in the know continue to come back for more. Tutti now works out of a spacious, sunlit, stainless steel kitchen at Middleburg Academy just west of town, where she is the lunch lady for the high school and leasee of the kitchen so she can run her catering business. It’s an ideal arrangement—provide lunch to the kids, then the kitchen is all hers. “It’s perfect”, says Tutti. “It’s the best thing. I should have done it 10, no, 20 years ago.” “I was there for a long time for a reason,” says Tutti about Back Street Café. “I learned what I could do, and what I absolutely did not want to do.” No more worrying about the exorbitant rent, water bill, the ups and downs of the economy or the comings and goings of staff. Tutti has taken her loyal clients, her reputation and built a successful catering business, instead. “Catering is always where I got the most satisfaction,” says Tutti. “I get to be more creative, I have more space, and I love it. I absolutely love it.” Client favorites of Tutti’s creations include crab and artichoke dip, tomato basil soup and her famous mushrooms stuffed with maple sausage and smoked gouda. One item, she said that is requested over and over again is her beef tenderloin. “People love the way I cook beef.” “People still talk about my Caesar salad, too—I still do the dressing and people come by and pick it up.” One of Tutti’s fondest memories is when she catered a sit-down luncheon at Hickory Tree Farm where Prince Andrew was the guest of honor. “I remember that being a very proud moment—I even got a photo with him.”
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Tutti’s laughter ripples through the air for a moment as she recalls, “One night a customer was eating a mixed green salad. I had purchased some organic spring mix. He was chewing and chewing and chewing, and said, ‘what is this?’” The man pulled from his mouth a praying mantis that had evidently been processed with the greens to the point of being flat and, well, chewy. “He took it out, looked at it, went ‘oh’, laid it on the table and kept eating,” tells Tutti. “He wasn’t even freaked out about it.” Tutti and husband, Vince, live in Marshall, “I love my house. Marshall has great places to eat and I love that area—so close to Warrenton, Manassas and Haymarket.” About her husband of 28 years, “He’s a great man. I am so stinking lucky. He is kind. He is considerate,” crows Tutti. “He always has my back and has always been supportive of me and what I do.” “He accepts me for the loud, crazy black
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woman that I am,” Tutti quips. “He does a lot of the cooking,” she adds. “I get home and dinner’s ready and I love that.” “I don’t necessarily have a lot of free time,” says Tutti who enjoys going out to eat, to the movies or just sitting herself down in a recliner and binge watching, say, Orange is the New Black. Tutti sees retirement somewhere down the road, but there’s still plenty of time to hire her for your next party, tenderloin included. Or perhaps you can get on her list to pick up a quart of her famous Caesar salad dressing with anchovies. And if you are at a party Tutti is catering, you may find yourself chasing a plate of her beloved stuffed mushrooms around the house as her laughter cascades from a nearby room. ML Tutti Perricone
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FAMILY FUN AT STRIBLING ORCHARD
Story and photos by Kaitlin Hill
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s leaves change and temperatures chill, autumn activities in Virginia beckon. Small towns turn out for fall festivals, farmers’ markets pile up pumpkins for purchase, cider is served hot, and flannel is back in fashion. In quaint Markham, families, friends, couples and harvest hobbyists come from all over to pick apples, buy pies and relax at scenic Stribling Orchard. With postcard-worthy rolling hills neatly lined with a staggering 2,500 apple trees, a seemingly limitless selection of homemade provisions in the Harvest House and live music, Stribling is a playground for young, old, and everyone in between. Like many of Virginia’s sprawling sites, the orchard’s history and apple tree roots date back to the 1700s. The land was part of the 1733 William Burgess land grant, leased to William Marshall in 1765, and apparently always had apples. Today, orchard owner Rob Stribling and his wife, Stacia, run the family business. He took over the business 11 years ago and they continue to keep it all in the greater Stribling family, including a few “adoptees.” “As far as we know, there have always been apple trees here. The original land grants from Lord Fairfax included 100 apple trees, so many swine, and so forth.” Half a century later in 1819, Stribling’s great-great-great grandfather, Dr. Robert Stribling, purchased the 93-acre Mountain View property, and it has remained in the family ever since. Over the next 200 years and with each new generation, the property has been updated and repurposed without losing sight of family traditions and historic charm. Under the charge of Stribling’s great-grandfather, the site would become an apple export business. Stribling says, “It wasn’t until my great-grandfather that they started to really ship overseas. A lot of the apples from here went to England.” After World War II, the family had to rethink the property’s purpose. For a few years, the land sat largely untouched, until Stribling’s great-grandfather, William Clarkson Strib-
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ling, had an idea. “My great-grandfather said, ‘let’s just open it up to the public.’ And so, he is still credited with the ‘pick-yourown’ thing, around here at least.” Their “pick-your-own” concept started small but has expanded with each generation. Stribling remembers in the beginning, “We would have maybe like 30 cars a day.” However, when Stribling’s grandmother, Mildred, became boss, the business started to blossom. He says, “My grandmother, in particular, said, ‘we are going to redo everything.’” Buildings were upgraded or added, like the Harvest House in 1990, sales were streamlined, and baked goods became part of the orchard’s offerings. Increasing popularity required full family, and often community participation. Everyone chipped in. Stribling’s grandparents replanted the orchard. His parents lived on-site and baked the famous and in-demand bread. Even at a young age, Stribling and his siblings worked alongside their relatives. “It was our job as kids to face the crowds and run the bread out to the building, but it was usually sold before we reached the fence.” He says with a smile, “We could only make about ten loaves an hour back then.” The Striblings hire local high school students seasonally to staff the registers and help in the bakery. Beth Pinner, a lifelong family friend, is co-manager. Nancy Sickel, the first to arrive and last to leave, runs the high-volume bakery, and she has worked with three generations of Striblings. Stribling admits, it’s only, “with lots of help from family and friends, my siblings and their significant others, their neighbors, churchgoers, their friends, who have become our friends, that we are able to pull together every September or late August and run through early November.” Though there are familiar faces and adherence to ancestral traditions, the business has undoubtedly changed. Perhaps the most obvious difference in recent years can be described generally as volume and variety. They still sell their famous bread but on a much larger scale alongside new menu Orchard | Page 11
Orchard | From page 10 items. The bakery that once produced 10 loaves of bread an hour now sells upward of 2,000 donuts in a single day. Sweet seekers travel from far and wide to buy the Apple Raisin Swirl Bread, which is freshly baked and swirled with cinnamon and something similar to apple pie filling. They are known for their pies, too, like the fresh apple pies with classic double crust, Grandma Mildred’s recipe, and an updated and equally delicious crumb-top version. In the Harvest House, there is a dizzying array of jarred delights, including every fruit butter flavor you can imagine, that fills the shelves and then quickly disappears. As for the apple picking, there is no shortage of selection there, either. Some of the trees date back to the 1930s, but others have been replaced and replanted over time. Pickers puttering through row after row can find everyday apples like Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Fuji and Granny Smith but will likely come across something new. The Striblings also Orchard | Page 12
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Orchard | From page 11 grow Lodi, Tydeman Red, Ginger Gold and Cortland, to name a few. New and old seems to describe the guests that visit Stribling Orchard, as well. “We have people who have been coming for 60 years. One gentleman brings his whole family, including his great-grandchildren, and they just spend the whole day out here.” Stacia adds, “We call them our ‘legacy families.’” Though, perhaps the title of “legacy family” is more fitting for the Striblings themselves. Rob and Stacia work tirelessly to carry on the nearly 200-year-old tradition of excellent customer service, exquisite baked goods and an emphasis on family fun, creating an experience that is so much more than apple picking. As Stacia puts it, “The reason we do it is, it is tradition for families. They come out, make memories, spend time together, be outdoors. We need more of that in this world. We need people to unplug and connect with others. That what’s most important to us.” For more information on hours, tours or directions, visit striblingorchard.com. ML
- FROM HERE TO THERE If you can’t make it to Stribling Orchard, Virginia has an abundance of orchards that offer fruit picking among other fall activities. Just across the way from Stribling is Hartland Orchard that has cherry picking starting in mid-June and apple picking in September and October. They also have a corn maze for kids and a pumpkin patch. At Hollin Farms in Delaplane, you can pick your apples or dig your potatoes. They have a wide variety of vegetables to harvest and even peanuts to scavenge. Just north of Middleburg, near Hamilton, is Wegmeyer Farms, where you can pick your strawberries and even enjoy a fall hayride!
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Arboretum | From page 7 of how, many years in the future, these trees would grow strong and healthy, children would play in them and learn from them, and the trees would make the school beautiful. And because of her dream the ground was prepared and the trees were planted and they matured. And the students grew up too and some of them got married and had children, and when those children came to the school it felt like the trees had always been there. Until finally the trees got very tall, and they sheltered the paths and buildings, and every year they created hundreds of thousands of leaves. And they became an important part of what the children learned, and everyone who came to visit was amazed at the beauty that was the trees’ gift to the school. And even the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC noticed and recognized the school as a special arboretum, which is what you call a museum for trees. And ever since that day everyone at the school loves the trees and learns from them. And the moral of the story is this: “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The
second best time is now.” And everyone at Hill School is grateful that Mrs. Rowley decided to be such a good friend to the school more than
twenty years ago, so we can enjoy her beautiful trees now—and remember to keep planting more for the next generation of children. ML
Page 7, top: A plaque was unveiled at the dedication of the Polly Rowley Arboretum at The Hill School in Middleburg. Page 7, bottom: Polly Rowley talks about the arboretum after the dedication ceremony. Page 13: Visitors got a glimpse of the arboretum at the dedication ceremony on Oct. 5.
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FOOD, FUN & FRIENDS 54th Aldie Harvest Wine & Food Festival Flourishes Photos by Laura Pizana The sun and crowds came out for the 54th Aldie Harvest Wine & Food Festival on Saturday, Oct 20. Historic and civic organizations highlighted notable events and people in local history. Mr. Peanut himself made an appearance to push peanut sales for the Aldie Ruritan Club. Local crafters and businesses supplied the food and fun. Todd Wright provided part of the day’s musical menu. ML
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COOKING UP NEW SPACES IN HUNT COUNTRY By Beth Rasin | Photos by Randy Litzinger
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s the turkey roasts and green beans simmer, a wine bottle clinks against a glass, and laughter spills out of the elegant, softly lit kitchen, where 20 people have gathered for the holiday. To Kathy Gray, it felt like a scene from a movie: Everyone cooking, crowded together, but having fun. The couple hosting the meal had started as clients, but here she was, sharing Thanksgiving with them and both sides of their family. She’d grown to know them as close friends while designing their kitchen more than six years ago. “The kitchen functioned beautifully,” says Gray. “Although the kitchen was crowd-
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ed, it was so much fun to see all these people gathered together, cooking, and having a great time.” Projects and relationships like that fuel Gray’s work and passion of putting together the many pieces—functional, aesthetic and personal—involved in design. Her father was a general contractor in her native Los Angeles, and she enjoyed watching him build and design projects. “Design got in my blood when I was in elementary school,” she says. “In a perfect world I’d be a painter or sculptor, however I do love architecture. Because of my passion for cooking, this became the right fit for me. I enjoy designing space for people to create in. Everyone ends up in the kitchen.”
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Now she bases her Hunt Country Kitchen & Bath Studio in Marshall, Virginia, but kitchens and baths are far from her only projects. She’s created home libraries, entertainment centers, tack rooms, mud rooms, even a bar in the home of her neighbors Sherry York and Andy Hertneky in Orlean, Virginia. “One of my favorite periods in architecture and design is the early 1900s French Art Nouveau. My clients have some beautiful pieces of furniture from this period, which made it exciting to recreate that feeling for their new bar,” she says, “to emote that feeling of the past.” She went for exotic woods, incorporating Spaces | Page 17
Spaces | From page 16 mahogany. “I thought, ‘Let’s create something unique to this home,’ I used ribbon mahogany as a nod to Art Nouveau movement, which often used exotic wood species,” she says. “The columns supporting the glass shelves have a tiered stepdown design, also featured on the cabinetry doors and wainscot paneling, and are accented with aged brass wall sconces reminiscent of that time period. It was really fun working with clients who also appreciate the design of this period. The bar is reminiscent of the bar at the Ritz-Carlton in Paris circa 1930s.” All the woodwork for the bar was built to order by Wood Mode with her specified wood species and had a custom stain finish. She shopped with York and Hertneky for the countertop, backsplash details, and lighting. “I love the countertops and the back-bar stone shelf,” says Gray. “The tops are polished brown lapis, a natural stone in the granite family. This stone has a high mica content. These bits of mica give a wonderful iridescent shine when the light hits the stone just right.” Whether she’s working in a home on the East Coast, West Coast, or the middle of the country, Gray, who’s designed from Alberta, Canada, to Florida, is focused on making the space special to the client. “I look at different elements they have in their home, design features,” she says. “For the bar project, I had often admired the furniture in their living room. Often people can’t tell you what they want, so you must look at their home, talk to them and gauge their cooking and lifestyle. It’s my job to pull all that together and draw from maybe an antique piece they have in another room [to dictate the feel].” Gray had been working out of an office on her farm in Orlean until two years ago, when a spot became available at Dan Moore’s building at 8393 West Main in Marshall, which also houses Daniel J. Moore Design. “It’s exciting for me, because I hadn’t planned to open a showroom,” says Gray, who can often be found with her rescued Afghan Hound at her side in the showroom. “It felt like a good space. At first thought I’d have a small office, then things evolved, and now we are a full Wood Mode dealership.” Gray’s background includes a degree in interior design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, but she comes to Virginia via a stint in Nashville, where she worked for a remodeling firm. “I often had the opportunity to work on a team with architects, builders, and with other designers,” she says. “I enjoy the oppor-
tunity to recreate spaces, moving walls and windows. It was a dream come true.” Creating the best space for a client means delving into that person’s needs and personality. “Everybody cooks with a different lifestyle, whether they have children or not, for instance,” she says. “I enjoy finding out who my clients are, how they live and shop, what foods they enjoy cooking. If I know what kinds of foods they cook, that guides me to the right appliances. It all goes together, knowing whether they need one or two sinks, what size sinks. I enjoy figuring out how the kitchen needs to function and designing it to do that.” One of most important things to Gray is the functionality of her spaces. “I like to hear that they have enough storage; they have a place for everything and everything within reach of cooking needs,” she says. She recalls one couple who were engineers redoing their kitchen. “They called me to say they had figured out the cubic inches of their existing kitchen and the new kitchen based on my drawings because they were concerned they had fewer cubic inches in the new kitchen,” Gray says. “I assured them, ‘I promise this is going to be a much more functional space; you will have ample storage.’ They called me laughing [when it was complete] and said, ‘We have empty cabinets now. All that extra space we thought we need; we don’t need it.’ Beautiful space is beautiful, and I love that, but when I have the client tell me their new kitchen is working as well or better than expected, that makes me feel great.” Right out of college, Gray worked for an architect who had a German kitchen showroom. “I went to lot of training, and it’s all about function, function, function,” she says. “That has stuck with me forever.” After 30 years in the industry, she continues to enjoy emerging technologies, whether new techniques of distressing and painting wood, new lighting, appliances or features like mahogany drawer boxes. And with her real family a continent away in Los Angeles, clients have turned into family and friends, people to share a holiday with. “I feel like I’ve found a new home,” says Gray, who can be found enjoying a ride on her mare when she has free time. “I go home [to Los Angeles] one or two times a year to visit, but really this is home, and everybody is incredibly friendly. I really enjoy living out here, and it’s really fun to design spaces for people to enjoy.” ML
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Olympic Gold Medalist JOE FARGIS INDUCTED INTO WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW HALL OF FAME
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Medalist | From page 20 Fargis was inducted into the WIHS Hall of Fame on Oct. 26. He was recognized for his five decades of involvement with the show as a competitor and judge as well as serving on the show’s board of directors. Fargis won the President’s Cup Grand Prix at WIHS in 1984 aboard his gold-medal Olympic partner, Touch of Class. “Joe’s skills, awards, accolades and accomplishments in the sport would be more than enough to join the Washington Hall of Fame, standing alone,” said WIHS Vice President Claudia Frost. “But Joe has done far more. He has been an exhibitor, trainer and supporter of the Washington International Horse Show for decades, helping to preserve and sustain Washington as the country’s leading metropolitan indoor international horse show.” Fargis first attended WIHS in 1959, selling programs at the show while a student at Jane Marshall Dillon’s Junior Equitation School in Vienna, VA. He showed ponies and junior hunters at WIHS in the ‘60s. In 1966,
Fargis graduated to the professional hunter and jumper divisions. His career on the U.S. Equestrian Team began in 1970. He competed for the United States in Nations Cups at WIHS for many years in addition to jumping in the President’s Cup Grand Prix. The talented horseman went on to help the U.S. team take silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games riding Mill Pearl and to serve on many winning Nations Cup teams, including at the 1985 WIHS. Established in 1958, the WIHS is one of North America’s most prestigious and entertaining equestrian events attracting more than 26,000 spectators annually to Washington, D.C., for Olympic-level competition and events. More than 500 top horses and riders arrive from all over the globe each year to jump for more than a half a million dollars in prize money. Details and photos from the event were unavailable due to Middleburg Life’s production deadline. ML Joe Fargis. Photos by Joanne Maisano.
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JUNIORS IN THE HUNT FIELD: REPRESENTING THE FUTURE OF FOXHUNTING
Story by Erin Bozdan | Photos by Joanne Maisano
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ox hunting is a sport that is not only exhilarating and fulfilling, but also contagious especially for young children. If you were a junior foxhunter, you may recall the excitement felt the first time you heard the hounds open on a line, how your pony started to dance and how you knew something great was about to happen. Things like getting scolded for running past the adult members or not wearing a hair net, make for fond memories later. For some young local riders, the hunt may become a lifelong passion or perhaps even a career. Juniors are important to the longevity of
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the sport because these youth riding in the hunt field are the future members, masters, staff and supporters of the hunt. They are essentially the life line of the sport who along with land preservationists, land owners, and hound and kennel management keep the tradition alive. For some children who grew up in a foxhunting family, it is like learning to tie your shoe. It’s just something you do. Alex and State Senator Jill Vogel’s two youngest children, Olivia and Thomas, have been riding since they were 2-years-old. The pair recently started their first season with the Piedmont foxhounds where their mother is a member. After watching their older siblings
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return from the hunts with exciting stories, it was only natural the youngest Vogels would continue in the family tradition. Brought up under the tutelage of Nancy Dillion, legendary foxhunter and trainer in Virginia, going out hunting was high on the list of activities and skills the children would partake in. “If you’re at Nancy’s barn you can’t avoid being socialized to this whole notion that the end prize to all your hard work, is that you get to go hunting. You get out there and you’re out of the ring, going really fast, seeing the hounds, the fox and the countryside and you think, wow this is what all that work was for,” said Vogel. Hunt | Page 23
Hunt | From page 22 For Vogel, just one of the many benefits of her children being involved in the sport is the exposure to the world outside of the riding arena. “To have young people appreciate the land and actually understand the value of it is so important,” the senator said. For 6-year-old Olivia and 9-year-old Thomas (or Tas as he is known to his friends and family), their favorite aspect of foxhunting is “being around the hounds and going fast!” Olivia’s hunt pony Firestorm has “a great canter and loves to go fast!” Her brother rides his horse Coffee and says “Coffee does whatever you ask him. He’s chill and doesn’t freak out”. Ten-year-old Hayley Rees is another outstanding local junior. She is featured on this month’s cover. She has been hunting for four years now both with The Blue Ridge Hunt and Loudoun Fairfax Hunt. Her grandmother, Donna Poe, who is an avid foxhunter, started
taking her out hunting when she was 6. Now, Hayley rides first flight on her pony Glock, an 8-year-old Dales pony, jumping the same big fences the adults do. She says her favorite thing about hunting is that “you get to be free on your horse” and the jumping is fun too! Glock clears fences with room to spare and with Hayley grinning ear to ear! They are a fantastic pair and a perfect example of what a junior foxhunter embodies. Her advice to a younger junior just starting out in the hunt field is great advice not just for juniors but for adults, too! “Just stick with someone you know and ride in the field you are comfortable with.” Having a buddy and a solid mount are both very important to a youngster starting to dip their boots into hunting, not only for safety but for guidance. Today, many hunts have junior days, junior handler hound shows, mock hunts, and clinics geared toward encouraging juniors to participate. Learning proper etiquette, turn out, being supportive in ways like
volunteering to get gates for the field and staff and being educated on what is actually happening on a day’s hunting, are all key. According to the Junior North American Field Hunter Championships (JNAFHC) website, it was founded in 2003 to help teach children the importance of land conservation, particularly for the sport of foxhunting, to let like-minded foxhunters meet each other and make it interesting by adding a little competitive flair. Children from all over the country come to ride in different hunts during the week where they are judged on their turn out, manner and suitability of their horse or pony. This vehicle brings juniors together to see all types of hounds, gain new experiences and meet new friends. All of which will hopefully lead to a future commitment and love for the sport. ML Page 22 | Left: Olivia and Tas (Thomas)Vogel. Middle: Georgiana Runyan, age 7, first time hunting. Right: Olivia Johnson with Mickey about to compete in the Junior Field Hunter Championship.
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The Loudoun Fairfax Hunt Ball took place at the beautiful River Creek Country Club in Leesburg on Oct. 19. Guests enjoyed a night of fun, food and fundraising. The group raised more than $1500 to continue with the Foxhound Retirement Program. Upon the conclusion of the live auction, auctioneer Brian Damewood made an appeal specifically focused on raising funds for tracking collars and radios to keep hounds safe while hunting. Guests donated some $7,000 to the cause. ML
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Middleburg Music Fest International piano recital on December 2nd At Greenhill Winery The Middleburg Music Fest International once again delivers the excitement of the virtuosic piano world. On December 2nd at 4 p.m., pianists Katerina Zaitseva and Nikita Fitenko will be performing their favorite piano compositions at the Greenhill Winery Barrel Room. The program will take the audience through selected compositions by Schubert, Chopin, Grieg, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninov. Internationally acclaimed pianist and Yamaha Artist Nikita Fitenko has performed recitals and with orchestras at important venues throughout Europe, Asia, South and North America. He holds degrees from the Saint Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (BM) and from the University of North Texas (MM & DMA). He has also recorded seven commercial CDs for Altarus and Classical Records labels. Dr. Fitenko has been invited to serve on numerous international piano competition juries. He currently holds the position of Chair of The Department of Music Performance at the Rome School of Music, Drama and, Art and at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; and he is also the Artistic Director and Co-founder of the Middleburg Music Fest International. Praised by Fanfare magazine as a pianist with an “imaginative and colorful approach”, Katerina Zaitseva has performed at major venues in the United States, Europe and Asia. Her six CD recordings released by the Classical Records label have garnered international acclaim. She is a winner of national competitions and awards including the MTNA Competition, SMU Concerto Competition, Von Mickwitz Prize in Piano as well as the University of North Texas Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award among others. Dr. Zaitseva holds her DMA degree from the University of Maryland, Master of Music from the Southern Methodist University, Bachelor of Music from the University of North Texas, and Diploma from the Music School under the Moscow State Conservatory in Russia. She is also faculty and the Levine School of Music. After the concert there will be a reception to meet the artists and to have the opportunity to enjoy the wine and delicacies produced at the beautiful facilities at Greenhill Winery. This event is made possible thanks to the patronage of Greenhill Winery and the support of the Town of Middleburg.
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The Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championship brings together fox hunting enthusiasts from across the U.S. and Canada to participate in a week long trial. The Championship took place on Saturday, Oct. 13 before the Virginia Fall Races at Glenwood Park in Middleburg. Judges were selected from various hunts from the U.S. and U.K. Spectators had the opportunity to watch high level field hunter and rider combinations. Riders participate in a mock hunt then the finalists are asked to individually ride a course and jump. The horse’s hunting skills are judged and a champion is determined. John Wittenborn from the Smithtown Hunt, New York was Champion with horse Socrates. ML Photos: 1. Participants of the N.A. Field Hunter Championship. 2. Reserve Champion Linden Ryan on Cruising For Gold. 3. Champion Field Hunter Socrates with owner-rider John Wittenborn from Smithtown Hunt, New York. 4. Devon Zebrovious Best Turned out Reserve. 5. Mock hunt.
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aura Ingalls Wilder once quipped, “I don’t want to marry a farmer.” When pressed by her soon-to-be farmer-husband, she said “Because a farm is such a hard place for a woman. There are so many chores for her to do, and harvest help and threshers to cook for. Besides a farmer never has any money.” Having an 1870s property where everything seems to break spontaneously, her books have found a nice home here. Those words written over 100 years ago resonate. When winter comes and the air turns cold, gardener spirits change. There is work to be done to prepare the beds and protect the vegetable garden. There are bulbs to be planted. There are flower pots to re-dress with pansies, ornamental cabbages and kale. There are seed catalogues to order. But that charging forward optimism of spring changes. The nights come quick and the mornings start late. The house gets cold, and we sleep just a little longer, lingering under the comforter. The kale and chard leaves in our raised beds slow down, too. I am reminded of Laura’s worry of a farm being a hard place to live. What happens at mealtime when the garden rests? My gardening friend Kate Shields in Unison likes to grow broccoli rabe in her beds for as long as it will go. She sautés the broccoli rabe with olive oil, garlic and chili powder to warm her up on cold evenings. After the harvest, she covers her beds with 4-5 inches of aged manure and lets the “winter and worms do the work.” Gardens and soil need the cold to stay healthy and regenerate. English gardener Monty Don notes that a month of frost kills off garden enemies like fungus, aphids and snails better than any spray. Snow insulates the soil and draws seeds down into the beds. You have time to clean your tools and get organized. However, if you like to keep your garden going through winter and have salad every day, you can. Sunny windows, bed sheets, cold frames, green houses and cold storage all do the trick. Gary Hall, who ran Brassicas Farm Fresh Market and Café in Aldie, is turning to his garden this winter. Greenheart, the local juice company that sources produce from nearby farms, has Winter | Page 31
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ROASTED CARROT & APPLE BISQUE (VEGAN) Recipe by Gary Hall
Winter | From page 30 moved into the old Brassicas space. Gary is clearing out corn stalks and dried bean and tomato vines. He moved herbs like mint, parsley, dill, cilantro to a sunny spot in the house. Onion seeds went in outdoor raised beds. Garlic cloves, as well, for their early shoots in December for soup garnishes and for harvest next year. With frost protection Gary also grows (in a good year) kale, spinach, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, beets and carrots. He covers his winter crops with a bed sheet to protect them from early morning frost. He removes the sheet in the morning so the plants can absorb the sun and keeps them watered to survive the chill. Later, when it gets colder, he uses row cover or a greenhouse to extend the growing season. Gary noted that you can leave carrots in the ground to be harvested when needed – the ultimate cold storage for sweet roots. He advises to leave a pitch fork in the ground where you last harvested so you know where Winter | Page 32
Creamy and sure to please, a worthy rival to any winter squash soup recipe. In a mixing bowl combine the following: • 4 cups carrots chopped into 1/2” thick rounds (peeled or unpeeled) • 2 large white or yellow onion, cut into 1” pieces • 6 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped • 5 apples (Granny Smith works best) cored and cut into large pieces, skin on
• 2 whole bay leaves • Drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1. Toss all ingredients in mixing bowl so that carrots, apples and onions are evenly coated with spices. Line a baking sheet(s) with parchment paper and roast mixture in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until carrots are soft. 2. Remove the bay leaves and transfer the roasted mixture to a large soup pot. Add 2 quarts of vegetable broth or water and bring to a boil. Once boiling reduce to a LOW and simmer for 20 minutes. 3. Turn off heat and puree mixture until smooth. (One can very carefully use a blender or food processor here but an immersion blender is best for this step).
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4. Once pureed, add 1/2-1 can of coconut milk to soup (depending on desired creaminess) and stir with spoon or ladle. Garnish bowls with anything from diced apple; fresh thyme, chives, parsley or sage; croutons or crostinis; spiced and toasted nuts. Voila!
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Winter | From page 31 to dig post snowfall. Before it’s too late in the season, I like to pick the last of the apples and pumpkins up at beautiful Hollin Farms in Delaplane for use in soups. Hot homemade soup and fresh bread are the best part of the cold. Sourdough is our favorite thanks to a starter carefully nurtured by Joan Gardiner, another Unison neighbor. Not only is Joan’s sourdough bread mind-blowing, she says she can make twelve loaves for the price of one at the store. And Joan’s no-knead bread is easy and comes out talking to you as the crisp crust crackles while it cools. Laura Ingles Wilder would be proud. While at Hollin, take a page from Hill School mom Jen Hudson and collect the pumpkin blossoms. Jen sautés the flowers in butter and salt and pepper as a side dish. With fresh bread on the table, homemade soup and sautéed blossoms, I felt like a very gourmet pioneer. Gathering around the fire, we designed our fantasy greenhouse to extend the garden into winter and like Laura, to “farther on.” ML
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Fauquier Farmland Donated to Land Trust of Virginia 130 acres Protected for Future Generations
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remain anonymous. With the addition of these easements, LTV now holds 167 easements protecting a total of 18,613 acres in 15 counties across Virginia. The Land Trust of Virginia is proud to have played a role in protecting this land and, in the future, maintaining it as a working farm and partnering with a farmer who is employing environmentally friendly and sustainable management practices said Kerry Roszel, development associate for Land Trust of Virginia. The farm is home to a herd of over 150 beef cattle that are raised completely on pasture, well-tended, and managed in an environmentally friendly manner. The cattle are rotationally grazed, which allows vegetation to regenerate and minimizes erosion into wa-
terways from exposed soil. To protect water quality, the cattle are fenced out of all wetlands, ponds, and streams. Meanwhile, the herd has constant access to minerals, waterers and plenty of shade from some trees and mobile shade frames that travel with the herd as they enjoy newer, greener pastures. The easement will protect a total of 78 acres of forest and over 100 acres of soils designated as either “Prime Farmland Soils” or “Soils of Statewide Importance.” Scenic open space is another important conservation value of the property, as it is highly visible from two Virginia Byways. Protection of the property adds to a larger network of protected land in Fauquier County. More than 78 percent of land within a mile of the property is permanently protected, including 34 other conservation easements. ML
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elebrating strong courageous women seemed to be the theme at this year’s Middleburg Film Festival. The veterans were honored for the roles they have played in building bridges, opening eyes and ears to social issues. “Celebrating and highlighting the accomplishments of women in film is very important to all of us at the Middleburg Film Festival,” said Middleburg Film Festival Executive Director Susan Koch. “We’re especially thrilled this year to be able to honor such a diverse group of talented women, both behind and in front of the camera.” Maggie Gyllenhaal received the 2018 Leading Actress Award at this year’s Middleburg Film Festival. The Golden Globe winning and Academy Award® and Emmy-nominated actor Gyllenhaal was recognized for her courageous artistic choices and for breaking down stereotypes of women through these roles. A special screening of her recent film, The Kindergarten Teacher, directed by Sara Colangelo, was held. In it, Gyllenhaal plays a Staten Island kindergarten teacher who discovers a gifted student in her class and becomes obsessed with the child and his talent. Grammy award-winning Diane Warren
received the 2018 Impact Award. New talent was also recognized by the judges. The festival which celebrated its sixth year, opened Thursday, Oct.18 with Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, starring Yalitza Aparicio. First-time actor Aparicio was honored with the Festival’s 2018 Rising Star Award. Lebanese director Nadine Labaki accepted the Festival’s 2018 Visionary Award for her film, Capernaum. “This year’s film slate literally takes us around the world – from the rugged landscapes of Iceland to the streets of Beirut to 1970’s Mexico City to an isolated village in Italy,” said Middleburg Film Festival Founder Sheila C. Johnson in remarks prior to the festival. “These remarkable stories entertain, inform and engage us – and most importantly help broaden our understanding of the world and one another.” ML Above: Maggie Gyllenhaal watches the screening of her latest film, “The Kindergarten Teacher,” at the 2018 Middleburg Film Festival. Bottom: Yalitza Aparicio took home the Festival’s 2018 Rising Star Award for her work in “Roma.” Photos by Tony Gibson.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH VIGGO MORTENSEN AND PETER FARRELLY
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he moment credits start to roll, chairs scrape as the entire room rises quickly to its feet. An immediate standing ovation secures Green Book the 2018 Middleburg Film Festival Audience Award for a narrative film. Based on a true story, the film follows “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen), a crude-mannered Italian-American bouncer from The Bronx, who takes a job driving the elegant and eccentric African American piano genius, Dr. Don Shirley (Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali), on a concert tour through the Deep South. The year is 1962, and Jim Crow laws force the unlikely pair to rely on their travel guide, The Green Book, to navigate dining, lodging and “traveling while black.” Woven together with sound by composer and pianist Kris Bowers from Netflix’s Dear White People (see Q&A, p. 44), who painstakingly
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reconstructed Shirley’s music by sounding out old audio recordings, as well as scoring the film, the story follows the bumpy beginning of a real -life friendship that would last over fifty years. Mortensen’s character is introduced as a racist tough guy, but his complexity and evolution throughout the journey are executed with likability and side-splitting humor. “He wasn’t what you expected him to be,” says director Peter Farrelly as we discuss the film over shared fries and crab cakes in the Salamander Inn break room. “And that kind of stuff warms your heart, because you realize he’s a complicated character. He’s not one thing.” “And neither is Doc,” adds Mortensen. “It’s a movie that subverts first impressions, which are always limited, obviously, from both sides.” “It’s also great that it’s not a story that specifically from one ideological point of view,” Mortensen continues. “But it respects the audience’s intelligence and allows them to make up their own mind what they think about it by just
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showing things that happened on this trip. And I think that’s a strength.” Green Book is a drama debut for writer and director Peter Farrelly, who is often credited for co-creating the modern comedy with his brother through hits like There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber. The dialogue ranges from heartbreaking to hilarious in what may come to be seen as a breakthrough film for Farrelly, though that was not his motivation for taking the project on. “It was hearing the story,” says Farrelly. “I just loved the two guys. I knew it was an odd couple story. I loved everything about it, and it’s true, and they’re on the road, and it’s 1962, and it just—right away I thought, ‘I want to do this.’” “It wasn’t an effort to do something different; I wasn’t even thinking that. It didn’t occur to me until I started trying to get it made, and people were like, ‘I don’t know…’ and I’m like, Green | Page 37
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Green | From page 36 ‘What, are you kidding, this is so good!’ And they say were like, ‘Well, you never did this.’ And I went, ‘Ok, I hadn’t even thought about that,’” he concludes, in his conversational tone, adding with a laugh that the only people who ever doubted his ability to make the film were “studios and money people, those guys.” Farrelly is self-deprecating about his versatility as a writer, and chalks his success up to being a failure early in life. “I was good at failure. I wasn’t afraid of it; I could handle it….Some people, if you’re a success at everything you do in life, you won’t take a chance at something that odds are you’re going to fail at.” “You made me feel that about just doing the part,” says Mortensen, who is best known for his role as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, describing how his doubts were assuaged when Farrelly asked him to play the lead role. “I was like, ‘Ehh I don’t know, I think I’ll blow it.’ And you said, ‘Hey, I wouldn’t ask you if I didn’t think you could do it.’” In order to convince Mortensen that he was the right man for the job, Farrelly described a casting hurdle from Dumb and Dumber. “The studio said, ‘Not Jeff Daniels; he’s not funny.’ And I was like, ‘What does that mean; he’s a great actor. If he does a funny role, he’s gonna be funny.’” Turning back to Mortensen, he adds, “I wasn’t talking you into something I didn’t believe. I knew 100% you were going to nail this part.” And nail it, he did. Both Mortensen and Ali are rumored favorites in this year’s Academy Awards for their exquisite performances. “Any part you play as an actor, you’re putting yourself in a situation where your job in part is to look at the world from a point of view different from your own. In some cases, really different,” says Mortensen, trying to describe how he became Tony Lip. “In this case for me, this is a guy who thinks very differently about many things, and hasn’t travelled as
much as I have, and, I don’t know, just has a different world view, totally. But I don’t know, that’s my job. I really enjoy it.” I ask if anything special was left on the cutting room floor as they condensed pieces of the true story together into the film, which only chronicled the first two months of what was ultimately a year-long journey. Farrelly has an answer at hand. “During their trip, JFK was assassinated…they cancelled the tour for a while, and they went to the funeral, in Washington. In the first draft, that was in there.” “It would have been cool, but it would have unbalanced it,” says Mortensen. “The only thing I didn’t like losing, if there’s something funny that came out of that—this is gallows humor—is when they found out, they were in a lobby,” says Farrelly. “And this is Tony Lip telling this story; we have audio tape of him telling it. He goes, ‘Yeah, you know, we’re in this lobby walking along, and I see all these people around a TV set. So I go over and I look at it. And I walk over to Dr. Shirley, and he said, ‘What’s goin’ on over there?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know, some president got killed.’” Dr. Shirley responds that “some president” is his friend, President Kennedy. Every decision Farrelly made, from what to cut, to whom to cast, from writing to music, comes together in this powerful, poignant and uplifting tribute to a beautiful friendship set in a period of deep racial divides. It is a story about overcoming differences and looking beneath the surface. I ask Farrelly if the nation’s racial and political climate today were a factor in making the film. “It wasn’t like, ‘Hey, let’s make a movie about what’s going on today,’” he responds. “It was the other way around. It came to me and I realized, ‘Hey, this really resonates with what’s going on today,’ which was kind of lucky.” Green Book opens in theaters nationwide on Nov. 21. ML
Upon conclusion of the the annual four-day event, Middleburg Film Festival released the Audience Award winners for Best Narrative Film and Best Documentary Film and the winners are.... The award for best narrative went to Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly. The award for best documentary went to Biggest Little Farm, directed by John Chester. With 29 films from 17 countries, the festival featured a mix of Oscar contenders, critically acclaimed foreign language films, and compelling documentaries. “This year’s slate included fantastic films from all over the world that not only entertained and engaged our audiences, but also contributed to our understanding of the world and one another. It was especially fitting to close the festival with Green Book, a film that speaks to our common humanity,” said Middleburg Film Festival Executive Director Susan Koch. “We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s festival,” said Middleburg Film Festival Founder Sheila C. Johnson. “From our filmmakers to our sponsors to our filmgoers, it was wonderful to witness the overwhelming enthusiasm for the films, conversations, and other special events.” Winners were chosen by audience ballot. Middleburg Film Festival 2018 Program Audience Award Winners: BIGGEST LITTLE FARM (Best Documentary Film) »» Director: John Chester » 2018, 89 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Documentary This inspiring documentary follows the director and his wife as they attempt to develop a sustainable farm by reawakening the ecosystem on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.
GREEN BOOK (Best Narrative Film) »» Director: Peter Farrelly » 2018, 130 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. They must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger – as well as unexpected humanity and humor – they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.
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THE SLATE ALSO INCLUDED: A PRIVATE WAR »» Director: Matthew Heineman » 2018, 106 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative A PRIVATE WAR is based on the extraordinary life of Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike), one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time. Her mission to show the true cost of war leads her – along with renowned war photographer Paul Conroy (Jamie Dornan) – to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives in the besieged Syrian city of Homs. AT ETERNITY’S GATE »» Director: Julian Schnabel » 2018, 111 Minutes »» Country: USA, France » Genre: Narrative Julian Schnabel’s “At Eternity’s Gate” is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art. This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Vincent van Gogh’s (Academy Award® Nominee Willem Dafoe) letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented.
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BEN IS BACK »» Director: Peter Hedges » 2018, 103 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative 19-year-old Ben Burns (Lucas Hedges) unexpectedly returns to his family’s home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben’s mother, Holly (Julia Roberts), is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother’s undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe. BORDER Sweden’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Ali Abbasi» 2018, 108 Minutes »» Country: Sweden, Denmark »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative Tina (Eva Melander) is a border guard who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. When she comes across a mysterious man with a smell that confounds her detection, she is forced to confront hugely disturbing insights about herself and humankind. BOY ERASED »» Director: Joel Edgerton » 2018, 114 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative “Boy Erased” tells the true story of Jared (Lucas Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith. CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? »» Director: Marielle Heller » 2018, 107 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder, and
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ANTHONY KRIZAN MUSICAL GENIUS BEHIND DIANE’S NIGHT By Heidi Baumstark Music man Anthony Krizan was the mastermind behind the Middleburg Film Festival 2018 Impact Award concert honoring songwriter Grammy award-winning and multi-Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren on Saturday, Oct. 20. Warren was honored for using the power of the pen in her songwriting to raise awareness about social issues and her ability to connect people through her music. Her songs are featured in more than 100 motion pictures. Why did you lend your talents and time to a film festival in Virginia’s horse country miles from your Sonic Boom Studio in central New Jersey?
I got a text from Diane’s [Warren] publicist and he needed a musical director for her Impact Award event Saturday night. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I’m a record producer, song writer and guitarist, and had to change gears and be versatile with all 11 songs we performed. Since this was a film festival, all the music was in movies. Songs ranged from urban, country, ‘80s pop and rock; songs from Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Cher and Faith Hill—very women-empowering songs. Diane’s music is super pop and urban; she’s like the wizard behind the curtain when it comes to her musical talent. Describe your experience pulling a band together and crafting the musical arrangements for 11 songs.
Ray Costa from Costa Communications hired me to be the musical director. I had two weeks to put a band together and get rehearsals in. I’m a perfectionist so I wanted everything to be just right. And Diane was great; she said, ‘Make it your own— do your thing!’ The band consisted of Krizan as Musical Director, Guitar, Background Vocals; Marisa Corvo, Lead Vocals; Muddy Shews, Bass Guitar; Chuggy Carter, Percussion; Eitan Levine, Keyboards; Lou Petto, Drums;
Julie Baldassare, Background Vocals; and Tracy Sousa, Background Vocals. Singer Marisa Corvo gave a stunning performance that night as lead vocalist. What is her background?
Marisa was on American Idol, Season 11 [Jan. 18, 2012 with judges Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler]. She’s just got a great voice and gave a wonderful performance Saturday night. I specifically chose Marisa; she’s got energy and a great personality. She’s from New York and once I told her about this opportunity, she dropped everything to come, including her vacation plans in Aspen so she could make this festival. And Diane loved her and took to Marisa right away. What are some films your songs can be heard in?
Some of the films were Deal with Burt Reynolds; The Replacements; Space Jam (Michael Jordan) Danny (a short film); All in Time [Krizan was in the film as a street performer]; and TV shows. What inspired you to go into the music industry?
It all started when I was 8-years-old riding in the back seat of our family car heading to Canada. We stopped at a small gift shop and my dad bought me this little Native American bongo drum with animal hide. And my mom always played music— soul music and Led Zeppelin. I started playing gigs at 11-years-old.
What is one highlight from your career in which you are most proud of?
My style is rock, blues and soul. My Dust and Bone album was released in January 2017.
Would you come to the Middleburg Film Festival again, possibly assuming a musical director role again on a recurring basis, building on the success of this year’s event?
Yes, I’d love to come again. From the feedback I heard, people said they never saw a rock show with classic huge songs at earlier Middleburg festivals. One lady said she’s been coming for six years and this was the best thing she’d seen. People have already asked, ‘So what are we going to do next year?’ I’d love to be part of the festival next year and come back to play at other events in the area, too. Closing remarks?
It was great to meet Sheila Johnson, the CEO and founder of Salamander Resort & Spa. She’s so cool and down to earth. She was up on the stage with us and Diane, rocking out to our version of Cher’s ‘Turn Back Time,’ the encore. After the last song, she wanted to keep it going. I was 100 percent game, but I was told we had to clear the room and stage for the next film being featured. I was about to get the band to break into ‘Respect’ by Aretha [Franklin]. And I hear Sheila can sing, too. I hope I can make it up to her next time around. As one of the premier songwriters and producers in the New York area, Anthony Krizan’s fame rose in 1994 as lead guitarist for the successful jamband, Spin Doctors. He also co-wrote the band’s third album, You’ve Gotta Believe in Something; that album provided the theme song for Michael J. Fox’s hit TV show, Spin City. Five of his songs made the Spin Doctors’ greatest hits collection, including “Miss America,” which was adapted for Howard Stern’s book released under the same name. His time with the Spin Doctors included appearances on the The David Letterman Show and The Jay Leno Show and a stint touring with The Rolling Stones during the Voodoo Lounge Tour. A prolific songwriter, he writes both for himself and others. He wrote “Stand By My Woman” which is a song made popular by Lenny Kravitz. . More information on the Middleburg Film Festival can be found at www.middleburgfilm.org. ML Photo by: Estelle Massry
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journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published, she turns her art form to deception. CAPERNAUM Lebanon’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Nadine Labaki » 2018, 120 Minutes »» Country: Lebanon »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative Written by Nadine Labaki, who also appears in the film, “Capernaum” tells the story of a child who rebels against the life imposed on him and launches a lawsuit against his parents. COLD WAR Poland’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Pawel Pawlikowski » 2018, 89 Minutes »» Country: Poland, United Kingdom, France »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative In the ruins of post-World War II Poland, Wiktor and Zula fall deeply and destructively in love. As musicians forced to play into the Soviet propaganda machine, they dream of escaping to the West. But as they spot their chance to make a break for Paris, both make a split decision that will mark their lives forever.
DIVIDE AND CONQUER: THE STORY OF ROGER AILES »» Director: Alexis Bloom » 2018, 107 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Documentary Director Alexis Bloom charts the rise and fall of former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes who was forced to resign from Fox News in 2016 after multiple women came forward with claims of sexual harassment. EVERYBODY KNOWS »» Director: Asghar Farhadi » 2018, 133 Minutes »» Country: France, Spain, Italy »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative “Everybody Knows” follows Laura (Penélope Cruz) on her travels from Argentina to her small hometown in Spain for her sister’s wedding, bringing her two children along. Amid the reunion and festivities, the eldest daughter is abducted. In the tense days that follow, various family and community tensions surface and deeply hidden secrets are revealed.
HAPPY AS LAZZARO »» Director: Alice Rohrwacher » 2018, 128 Minutes »» Country: Italy » Genre: Foreign Language Narrative This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed
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n adult son returns home for Christmas after 77 days of treatment for his heroin addiction. A white man drives an African American concert pianist on his concert tour of the south in the early 1960s. A young, homeless boy in Lebanon fights for his right to life on the streets of war-torn Beirut. These were themes from three of the outstanding films screened at the Middleburg Film Festival (MFF) last month. Ben is Back. Green Book. Capernaum. All does not go well in these films that mirror life. At times they are heart-wrenching, infuriating, and heart-breaking. They are also uplifting, inspiring and refreshing. They are lenses into lives, intimate depictions and stories of real life. Audiences are riveted, moved and a little closer to understanding the issues of today, yesterday and tomorrow and their effects on human beings across the world because of films like these. The stories of addiction, maltreatment of LBGT community, racial indignities, and abject poverty put a spotlight on our nation’s and the world’s urgent and misunderstood issues. Films have the unique power to affect their audience, a theater full of people in
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community, to a new place of understanding and empathy. They can also spark a fire of cultural enlightenment resulting in change. Millions of people may watch one movie that transforms them. Changing the World, One Film at a Time was the title of the one-hour Spotlight Conversation held on the last day in the Salamander Resort & Spa’s library with filmmakers noted for creating positive social changean hour that for many in attendance was the highlight of the festival. The panel included MFF founder Sheila C. Johnson, Producer Scott Budnick and Director Nadine Labiki. MFF Executive Director Susan Koch served as the moderator. Budnick, the producer of the The Hangover movies, found his calling through relationships with incarcerated juveniles to whom he taught creative writing. It was in his discovery of their crimes and subsequent unfair sentences that he decided to step away from making movies altogether and instead work for justice in juvenile criminal sentencing. The veteran film producer told the story of 15-year-old David who was sentenced to 300 years to life in prison. Budnick asked Changing | Page 41
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Changing | From page 40 what happened. “I stood next to my friend who shot the victim in the butt,” the young man said. “He stood next to the guy with the gun... and got a life sentence,” repeated Budnick. “I asked all the kids how they got there,” said Budnick. “It was the unbelievable struggle and trauma of poverty. It was parents who were either missing or working multiple jobs to keep food on the table. It was physical abuse. It was sexual abuse.” “It was so obvious,” stressed Budnick. “Hurt people hurt people.” Budnick made a promise to continue working with the kids and determined he would “be there for them until they come home, whether it was three or 300 years.” Sparked in part by a comment, in the same Salamander Library at the 2013 Middleburg Film Festival, by filmmaker Ted Leonsis, Budnick decided to return to the film industry. Leonsis said to Budnick, “By leaving the business, you’re leaving your biggest tool in your toolbox to get social change, which is storytelling.” The other spark came at a party in Los Angeles. “I was talking to a couple who were deeply involved in the marriage equality movement.” Both, in separate conversations, told Budnick they believed it was the TV show Will and Grace that was the game changer. The wildly popular show was able to humanize the issue and changed the hearts and minds of people in the country. Budnick asked himself, “Could storytelling in all areas of inequality move the needle so they aren’t even political issues anymore?” Can movies, by humanizing the issues, change the country’s views on criminal justice, immigrants and refugees, women and girls, education systems in poor communities, addiction and mental health, poverty and homelessness? Budnick so believes in the power of storytelling that he started Good Films, a film and TV production company dedicated effecting positive social change. Good Films is partnering with with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc for it’s first project, a film based on Bryan Stevenson’s bestselling memoir, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. The biographical drama highlights civil rights defense attorney Stevenson and his representation of a wrongfully convicted man on death row. Nadine Labaki’s stunning film Capernaum came to be as a result of the director’s experience in Lebanon of driving home late from a party. While sitting at a traffic light she came face to face with a child sitting with his mom on the sidewalk. “He was so uncomfortable
he couldn’t sleep. He kept dozing off and waking up. He wasn’t asking for food. He wasn’t asking for anything, He just wanted to close his eyes and sleep.” “I’ve been facing this everyday vision of all those children on the streets. And I feel responsible for this,” said Labaki. “How did we get to this point?” “There are millions of children around the world facing extreme neglect, who are being mistreated, abused, raped, beaten up. They never hear a nice word,” Labaki said. “You hear about these problems in the news, but you see the problems as figures, statistics, numbers. It is more an abstract problem,” she said. “They think, it’s not my problem. It’s somebody else’s problem.” “I think films can humanize a problem, can give it a face. You start seeing the struggle through people you identify with,” concluded Labaki. The opioid overdose crisis is played out in a middle-class home on Christmas Eve in the film Ben is Back. This serious national crisis is tackled in a 24-hour time frame with a closeup examination of the devastation of heroin addiction. After the film’s showing, in front of a teary-eyed audience, director Peter Hedges said, “After the election, and after my kids got old enough, I said, ‘I have to quit everything and just spend the rest of my life trying to make urgent and necessary work.” The festival’s Audience Award for Narrative Film went to Green Book which tells the story of Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class African American concert pianist hiring an Italian American to drive and protect him on his tour to the Deep South in 1961. The film is described as one that embraces our humanity and makes one feel hopeful about the world. “It’s a drop of water in a bucket that had to be filled,” said Director Peter Farrelly on the effect of Shirley’s tour. “It didn’t move the needle, but every drop counted.” Making the type of film that tells a story that needs to be told, is not simply a question of profitability, though they do make money, or just a question of shooting for the awards, though they do receive them. “For me,” said Labaki, “I feel responsible. It’s not a choice, it’s a duty.” ML A one-hour Spotlight Conversation at the Salamander Resort & Spa’s library discussed creating positive social change through film The Changing the World, One Film at a Time panel included Middleburg Film Festival founder Sheila C. Johnson, Producer Scott Budnick, Director Nadine Labikin and MFF Executive/Moderator Director Susan Koch.
LITTLE WOODS »» Director: Nia DaCosta » 2018, 105 Minutes »» Country: USA, Australia » Genre: Narrative A modern Western that tells the story of two sisters (Lily James and Tessa Thompson) who are driven to work outside the law to better their lives after their mother dies. MARIA BY CALLAS »» Director: Tom Volf » 2018, 113 Minutes »» Country: France » Genre: Documentary “Maria By Callas” focuses on the life and work of the Greek-American opera singer, Maria Callas, featuring never before seen or heard footage and performances of Callas.
NEVER LOOK AWAY Germany’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck »» 2018, 188 Minutes » Country: Germany »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative Kurt (Tom Schilling), an art student, falls in love with fellow student, Ellie (Paula Beer), but Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), is dismayed at Ellie’s choice of boyfriend, vowing to destroy the relationship. What neither of them know is that their lives are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago. ROMA Mexico’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Alfonso Cuarón » 2018, 135 minutes »» Country: Mexico »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative “Roma” follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Director Alfonso Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s. RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR »» Director: Milorad Krstić » 2018, 96 Minutes »» Country: Hungary » Genre: Narrative Animated A strange robbery series shakes the world’s most famous museums; nothing can prevent Collector and his team from stealing new paintings. Only Kowalski, a private detective, has noticed what is common in the stolen artwork, but his life is also in danger when he falls in love with the femme fatale of the robbery. SHOPLIFTERS Japan’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda » 2018, 121 Minutes »» Country: Japan » Genre: Foreign Language Narrative After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a girl in the freezing cold. Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
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SUNSET Hungary’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: László Nemes » 2018, 144 Minutes »» Country: Hungary, France »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative In the heart of Europe as World War approaches, Irisz Leiter arrives in Budapest with high hopes to work as a milliner at Leiter, the legendary hat store that once belonged to her late parents; but she is quickly sent away by the new owner. While preparations are under way at the store to host important guests, a man abruptly comes to Irisz looking for Kálmán Leiter, who he says is her brother. THE FAVOURITE »» Director: Yorgos Lanthimos » 2018, 121 Minutes »» Country: Ireland, United Kingdom, USA »» Genre: Narrative In the early 18th century, England is at war with the French and frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne. Her friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots.
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Grammy award-winning songwriter Diane Warren received the Impact Award at this year’s festival. One of the more prolific and successful contemporary songwriters today, Warren was honored for her using the power of her pen to create songs that make people think and to raise awareness about critical social issues. She has received nine Academy Award nominations for original songs such as “Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now.” Musical Director Anthony Krizan, songwriter and former lead guitarist for the Spin Doctors, gathered a talented group of performers to rock the house for the Diane Warren Concert and Tribute on Saturday, Oct. 20.
THE FRONT RUNNER »» Director: Jason Reitman » 2018, 113 minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative Academy Award® nominee Hugh Jackman stars as the charismatic politician Gary Hart. The film follows the rise and fall of Senator Hart, who was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination when his campaign was derailed by reports of an extramarital relationship. THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER »» Director: Sara Colangelo » 2018, 97 minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative The film is about a Staten Island kindergarten teacher (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who discovers a gifted student in her class. She becomes fascinated and obsessed with the child – spiraling downward on a dangerous and desperate path in order to nurture his talent. Gyllenhaal, a Golden Globe winning and Academy Award® and Emmy-nominated actor, received the Festival’s 2018 “Leading Actress” Award, in recognition of her courageous artistic choices and for breaking down stereotypes of women through these roles. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND »» Director: Orson Welles » 2018, 122 minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford (a revelatory John Huston) returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he
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attempts to make his comeback: a career summation that can only be the work of cinema’s most adventurous filmmaker, Orson Welles. “The Other Side of the Wind” is the subject of “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead”, the acclaimed new documentary which played in the main slate of the 2018 Festival. THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD »» Director: Morgan Neville » 2018, 98 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Documentary »» Oscar®-winning director Morgan Neville tells the story of legendary director Orson Welles during the final 15 years of his life, as he struggled to make a comeback with one last radical gamble - a film to sum up all that he had lived and learned during his life in Hollywood. This untold chapter of one of the greatest careers in film history shows that until the end, Welles was writing his own narrative as he always had, defiant and unbowed. WHAT THEY HAD »» Director: Elizabeth Chomko » 2018, 101 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative This film centers on a family in crisis. Bridget (Hilary Swank) returns home to Chicago at her brother’s (Michael Shannon) urging to deal with her ailing mother (Blythe Danner) and her father’s (Robert Forster) reluctance to let go of their life together.
As a 2018 Middleburg Film Festival Director’s Chair Sponsor, Greenhill Vineyards and Winery hosted Wine, Music & Conversation with Kris Bowers on Oct. 19 and the Farm to Table Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 20 in the winery’s Barrel Room.
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WIDOWS »» Director: Steve McQueen » 2018, 129 Minutes »» Country: United Kingdom, USA » Genre: Narrative From Academy Award®-winning director McQueen, “Widows” is a blistering, modern-day thriller about four women (Oscar® winner Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo) who take their fate into their own hands after being left in debt from their dead husbands’ criminal activities. WILDLIFE »» Director: Paul Dano » 2018, 104 Minutes »» Country: USA » Genre: Narrative Joe (Ed Oxenbould) is the only child of Jeanette (Carey Mulligan) and Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal)—a housewife and a golf pro—in 1960s Montana. Nearby, a forest fire rages, and when Jerry loses his job, he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother’s struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.
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“One cannot walk away from this weekend unchanged.” - Missy Owens Missy Owens with Rod O’Connor at the Middleburg Film Festival’s farm to table dinner at Wind Fields Farm. Photo by Ed Felker | Photo by Ashley Bommer Singh
Iceland’s submission to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards »» Director: Benedikt Erlingsson »» 2018, 100 Minutes »» Country: Iceland, Ukraine, France »» Genre: Foreign Language Narrative Halla is a 50-year-old independent woman who leads a double life as an environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry. But as she begins planning her biggest operation yet, she receives a letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has finally been accepted.
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IN CONVERSATION WITH
KRIS BOWERS COMPOSER & PIANIST, GREEN BOOK Story and photo by Callie Broaddus As excited festival-goers filter through the halls and into the ballroom for a morning screening and Q&A with The Kindergarten Teacher’s star actress, Maggie Gyllenhall, I am sitting in a dimly-lit conference room at a long table with stacking chairs. Across from me sit Ray Costa, Middleburg Film Festival music producer, and Kris Bowers, the composer and pianist for the festival’s closing film and soon-to-be 2018 Middleburg Film Festival Audience Award Winner, Green Book. Bowers, 29, is as formidable on paper as he is engaging in person. The Julliard-trained, Emmy-winning musician has tickled the ivories at the White House, performed with artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to Kanye West and been crowned winner of the famed Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. His earto-ear smile lights up the dim room as we dive into the making of the film. Callie: Shirley has been described as “Probably the most gifted pianist in existence, so good that comparisons are absurd,” and with “virtuosity worthy of gods.” What kind of pressure did that put on you?
Kris: A lot of pressure. I definitely was like— before the pre-recordings—practicing every day for like eight hours a day just to try to get all that stuff together. But the pressure was to make sure that we did him justice. Because I feel like you have somebody that is not very well known, and we don’t know that much about his music outside of the recordings…it was incredibly important that we show just how talented this person was. C: Did you feel like you had to channel Don Shirley while writing the score, or could you channel yourself?
K: I felt the freedom to channel myself a little bit, because Peter Farrelly wanted the score to sound very different from the Don Shirley stuff….So we made sure that it was orchestral and not the same instrumentation, and making
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it have more of a classical or just general film sound as opposed to this jazz sound that Don Shirley himself had, to separate them as well. But the biggest thing I tried to do to create some continuity was pulling from these Negro spirituals or pulling from early American folk music for melodies, not specifically from those pieces, but learning how those melodies were constructed, and then try to construct melodies that were similar. And then orchestrate in the way that I would orchestrate it. That for me connected the two things so that there was some sort of sound that sounded familiar through all of it. C: When Peter Farrelly came to you and basically offered you the job, what was your reaction?
K: Surprised in the very beginning, to be honest. My first meeting, usually, with a director or producers, is to impress them; to tell them all about myself so that they feel comfortable hiring me. And our first meeting was basically them asking what I thought about the movie and when I could start, essentially. And yeah, it was pretty surreal, especially given that this is the first studio film and all that for me, and it just made everything very surreal and very exciting, for sure.
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K: I’ve never really felt pressure. Even when I went to Julliard, everybody was freaking out about their course load and how difficult it was. It never felt difficult for me; it just kind of felt normal. And, one, that’s because high school was very intense. My household was very intense when it came to working on something or practicing. My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me, so that the normal for me was a ten for everybody else. So this, it feels exciting because I’ve wanted it for so long, since I was like eight or nine years old. But as far as feeling pressure, I don’t really feel any of that. C: You started playing piano when you were four. Did your parents make you play, or was it your own inclination?
K: Before I was born, they decided I was going to play piano. I actually wanted to be a cartoonist up until I got to high school. I went to an arts high school, and my plan was to go to school for music, because I didn’t have a good enough portfolio for visual art, and to switch to visual art after my first year. And after my first year, I decided that I really fell in love with music. But my Conversation | Page 45
Conversation | From page 44 parents, even when I decided I wanted to pursue visual art, they were like, “You should still keep the piano, though.” Or if I wanted to play sports, they were like, “As long as you still practice piano. You should keep that as something you do, you can do whatever else you want to do.” So they kind of like had a great balance of pushing me to stick with it, but also allowing me to fall in love with it myself, so I didn’t feel like it was something I had to do for them, essentially. C: To what extent do you think the racial and political climate today motivate you and the rest of the team in making this film?
K: A lot. I think one, unfortunately, this is a story that is still very relevant. But I think the biggest thing about this film for me, and I think the actors as well, was the way that these people have these conversations; it’s very honest. And each side gives patience to the other to learn and understand what they’re dealing with. And so you have these people that feel very much like, “You don’t understand what I’m dealing with.” And they feel much on very opposite sides. And because of the honest conversations that they’re
having, the way that they’re having them, and the way that—at the end of the day—there’s a respect there. I think that’s the biggest thing. They come to the point of understanding, and I think that’s the biggest thing with any of these conversations in the real world. We all have implicit biases and all these things that we assume when we see people, when we interact with people. If we just approach them with a certain level of respect, and try to understand—even if we feel incredibly different, even if we feel like they don’t understand us very much—the more that we have conversations from that place, I think the better we will get and the further along we will get. So I think that this film, for me, did that in a really great way. That was one of the things that made me feel happy and proud about being a part of it. My grandfather hasn’t seen it yet, but my grandfather is from Florida in the south, and moved to LA during kind of the great migration, and whenever he would travel back to Florida to visit his family, he and my grandmother would not stop in the south. They would drive at like 60-70 miles per hour and switch midway on the highway just because they were too fearful of stopping in that area. So I think there are still a lot of people who
have experienced this and still are very close to what it was like down there, so yeah, I think there are a lot of people that are being affected by it. C: Did you learn anything about this era that surprised you?
K: I didn’t know about the Green Book itself. I didn’t know about it. My grandfather, even though he had that experience, he said that it was something that he had heard of, but he never actually got his hands on or used. So that was just fascinating that this thing was made, and I think it’s incredible that it was made, so it was able to help people travel safely. And Don Shirley’s music; I hadn’t heard about him, either. And I thought that was really incredible given that going to school to be a jazz pianist, and to never hear about this pianist that obviously stood out from any other musician at that time. So having to learn his music and practice his music and get into his head a little bit musically was a treat. C: What parallels do you see between your life and career and Don Shirley’s?
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A HISTORIC HOLIDAY FOR MIDDLEBURG GARDEN CLUB
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n the 1930s, developers were eyeing the outskirts of Middleburg, Virginia, as a potential spot for billboard advertisements. And the town itself was in a state of disrepair. As one prominent New York author wrote: “Middleburg looks so much like a fugitive from a slum-clearance program that it is hard to realize it is the center of what is probably the richest hunting country in the United States. The chief landmark is a junkyard, many of its buildings are on the verge of collapse, and sidewalks are almost a novelty. Yet some of the proudest names in Dun and Bradstreet collect their mail at its rickety post office and horses worth more than the assessed value of the town walk what are laughingly called its streets.” Eugenia Fairfax, who lived in a home facing Route 50 east of Middleburg, wasn’t going to put up with the huge signs in hunt country or tolerate the trash. On July 25, 1928, Fairfax, along with several other prominent locals, gathered at Marsha Fred’s home and determined a “drastic need for general cleanup.” They also petitioned for a zoning ordinance banning the raising of pigs in town, which finally succeeded in 1942. And as for those billboards? Fairfax and friends drove around in chauffeured limousines, pulling them down. Thus began the Middleburg Garden Club. Members planted dogwoods at the town entrances, picked up trash, and beautified the lawn at Middleburg Elementary. Now, 80 years later, the Garden Club continues the tradition begun in 1938 of supporting the town and bringing an awareness of plants and trees to residents and visitors. Some of their projects include maintaining flowers and shrubs in the property in front of the post office and offering scholarships to send two children each year to nature camp. One of their best-known annual traditions is the award-winning Holiday Greens
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Show and Bazaar, held this year on Nov. 2930 in the Parish Hall of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The show, a National Garden Clubs Standard Flower Show, has been a Middleburg tradition since 1946, when it was held at the Red Fox, and it kicks off the legendary Christmas in Middleburg weekend. “In the 1960s,” recalls Courtney Kohler, a member of the club since 1960, “the members of Emmanuel Church who belonged to the Garden Club worked to purchase the Parish House so they could hold the meetings and the Greens Show each year.” This year’s theme for the show is “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” and it will offer classes for novices, experts and children. There will be delicious cakes, jams, cookies, ornaments, wreaths and greens for sale. “Every year is a different theme, and this year is a very traditional theme of green and red we’re emphasizing,” says Susanne Lamb, who co-chairs the Greens Show with Barbara Sharp. She also mentioned that they would be donating wreaths to the fire and police departments for the parade. As the Middleburg Garden Club celebrates their eighth decade they also welcome new president Melanie Blunt, a Middleburg native who was the first lady of Missouri from 2005-2009. She stepped into the role in June. “Our club is working on many wonderful projects,” says Blunt. “This year the Middle-
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burg Garden Club provided funding for the butterfly garden at the Middleburg Charter School. Our volunteers regularly visit Levis Hill [House Apartments for seniors] and help make crafts and flower arrangements with the residents.” Blunt also plans to revive last year’s spring fundraiser, Foxes on the Fence. “Foxes on the Fence increased our club’s visibility and was a huge hit in the community,” says Blunt. “Residents loved bidding on their favorite fox! In April 2019, wooden foxes and hounds will again be showcased on the fences of the Middleburg Methodist Church and painted by local artists.” But in the meantime, the members are focused on the Greens Show and Bazaar, which raises money for community outreach. “It’s a wonderful local tradition,” says Blunt. “We hope that this year’s bazaar will offer one-stop shopping for our visitors. We will offer lovely holiday arrangements, handmade ornaments, delicious baked good, and even dog treats for pets. We have one customer who has been visiting the bazaar for more than 20 years to buy her favorite holiday rum cake!” Ten other local garden clubs will be participating, as well as individuals not affiliated with any club. “It really shows the community is interested,” says Lamb. “If you’re interested in horticulture or flower design, it’s a chance to show off your skills. We get many horticulture exhibits, as well as flower designs. People are really picking their best, and there are many native plants. We also have holiday blooms and bulbs.” Certified flower show judges Val Story, Julia Kogut, Kathy Holiday, Judy Binns, JoAnn McNabb and Pam Lamborne will be awarding prizes. “People get serious about it,” says Lamb. “They work hard on their arrangements and put a lot of time into it.” In addition, pianists Marlene Baldwin and Andrew Kozak will be playing live holiday music. The show runs from 2-5 p.m. on Nov. 29 and from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Nov. 30 and is open to the public free of charge. ML
OPENING DAY FOR
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The chilly weather arrived right on time for the kick off of the formal hunt season. On Sunday, Oct 21, Snickersville Hounds had their Opening Meet from Creekside, home of MFH Gregg Ryan. Blackwater Beef of Middleburg catered a delicious breakfast after the meet. It was the perfect way to end a very cold morning. ML 4
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FARM STATION CAFÉ NEW EATERY AT OLD VINT HILL FARMS STATION
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he secret’s out. A building at the former Vint Hill Farms Station—a U.S. Army base that served as a top-secret intelligence station during World War II and beyond—has been revamped as the new Farm Station Café. Today, the red brick cafe which was once part of the Army’s Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) reconnaissance operation is processing food not classified information. Opened in June 1942, this base intercepted military communications and decoded a crucial message that outlined Nazi German
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strategies, which aided the Allies in planning the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944 in Normandy. In fact, Farm Station Café’s building was part of a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), an enclosed area used to process classified information. Founder Karen Baker of Haymarket operates under a guiding principle: to connect people to the food they eat. Her café, located at 7150 Farm Station Road in Vint Hill, is a place where families and friends gather to enjoy fresh food made with ingredients sourced from local farmers in Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties. “Real Food Simple Comfort” is the tag line for the new cafe. For almost 20 years,
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Baker has been serving from-scratch meals with an artful edge. Her culinary career began when she worked at renowned Ridgewell Catering in D.C. from the late 1980s into the ‘90s. In 1999, she opened A La Carte leasing kitchen space in D.C. then moved operations in 2005 to Haymarket. Then, the opportunity rose to open a separate café. “My employees really encouraged me, so here we are; I took a leap of faith,” she said. “I just found myself gravitating to this industry and I really enjoy the people aspect,” said Baker, who went to school to study art conservation and French. Having lived in Station | Page 49
Station | From page 48 France for a time, she stayed in an apartment in Paris across from Le Cordon Bleu; this French influence led her to name her first business, A La Carte. Though she traveled the world to broaden her international cuisine, it was her family who instilled in her a meal’s most important ingredient: the experience of togetherness. And that’s the sentiment she hopes to recreate. When it came to the café’s theme, Baker searched the Internet for farm images and a bee popped up. “That’s it!” she thought. “Bees are involved in all animals and plants. We want to educate people, to bring awareness of where our food comes from. All our sauces and dressings are homemade and even our specialty bottled drinks are made with honey.” Paying homage to the humble honey bee, this flying creature dots their promo flyers, signs and is seen “flying” onto their website pages reminding people that all sustainable
ingredients start with the common bee and its function to perpetuate nature’s life cycle. When it comes to décor, the outside was brought inside with rustic wooden tables, chairs and plants spilling from containers hung on walls and pots on tables. A front patio adds comfortable outdoor seating. The café’s menu offers everything from salmon to black bean burgers. Thirsty? There are vegetable juices, honey-infused sodas, Italian sparkling sodas, specialty teas, and specialty coffees from local roasters. The cafe also offers wine and beer. All this takes a dedicated team. After a nationwide search, Chef Matthew Mize was chosen to lead the kitchen. Like any home, the kitchen is the center of the café where workers are busy prepping and cooking delicious meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. “I never thought I’d be doing this. I had no interest in cooking growing up,” said Mize, a former U.S. Marine sniper who served in two wars in Somalia and Desert Storm. He
was selected by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to work directly for him and that job included cooking and preparing for large parties. “They sent me to the CIA [Culinary Institute of America] in New York,” Mize said. He has prepared meals for the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, worked with Spanish-American chef José Andrés and was an executive chef in Philadelphia. Later, he launched his own award-winning establishment in Cleveland. In May, he left Cleveland to join Baker’s team. Café Manager Mitzy Menacho who started working on weekends at A La Carte in 2010 found her home base at A La Carte. When the café opportunity came up, Baker immediately thought of Mitzy as the manager. Menacho said, “I like the teamwork, the people. Everyone works so well together.” “I gave Matt the concept for the café and he just ran with it. And Mitzy, well, she’s taken over—but in a good way,” said Baker.
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Family, Friends, Food Celebrating the Good Things in Life
Tri-County Feeds, Fashions, Finds celebrated 40 years of business with a Family Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 20. “It was a wonderful day of thanks to all who have contributed to Tri-County’s success. The participation of our community’s businesses and organizations supports the fact that we are all very fortunate to share in the beauty of Fauquier,” said Jeri Jackson. ML Photos: 1. Jake Mullen-Stern enjoyed a ride on the Banbury Cross Polo Ponies with Jodi Moreland. 2. What is a party without great food vendors? Nick’s Place served up the barb-que. 3. Tri-County Feeds founder Bill Jackson and his wife, Jeri Noel Jackson, celebrated the occasion with friends and family. They are pictured here with family members Liam and Carlyle Noel and Desi, Ashley and Jesse Noela. 4. Samantha Rose Bryant and her horse, Penelope, and Andrew Richards.
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Free Program Every Wednesday 2 pm All Ages Welcome No RSVP Required
Page 51: An old black-and-white photo from World War II portrays young servicemen in the upper level barn (now Vint Hill Craft Winery) where messages were intercepted and decoded at the former Vint Hill Farms Station U.S. Army base, which was in operation from 1942-1997. This barn is next to the new Farm Station Café. Courtesy photo.
Gallery Talks
Join an NSLM Educator or Curator for an informal tour of the galleries. Learn something new about art, history, and the sporting life through NSLM’s collections and exhibitions of artwork.
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Photos: 1. Le Chevalier owned by Mike and Wendy Smith won the $40,000 NSLM timber stakes ridden by Jack Doyle. 2. Undisclosed owned by Sharon Sheppard and ridden by Barry Foley won the Theodora A. Randolph Cup. 3. The finish line. 4. Stormy Alex won the Bon Nouvel hurdle race ridden by Graham Watters owned by Irvin Naylor 1st race. 5. One of the many tailgates.
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tee. This program is co-sponsored by the Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court, The George C. Marshall International Center, Morven Park, Mosby Heritage Area Association, NOVA Parks, Oatlands, and Thomas Balch Library. Speakers representing sponsoring institutions will share stories of local history and citizens during the war. Life on the home front and on the battlefield will be addressed. World War I posters, documents, photo-
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graphs and artifacts will be on display before and after the program. The culmination of the morning’s program will be the laying of poppies at the Loudoun County World War I monument on the Courthouse grounds. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. The program commences promptly at 11 a.m. with a moment of silence. For additional information, please contact WWI Committee member Tracy Gillespie at tgillespie@nvrpa.org. ML
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PETS OF THE MONTH We are Elle and Tish, a bonded pair of Labrador Retriever sisters who have been together our entire life. We are fun and active, ready to help anyone get into good shape with long walks or hikes and playtime in the yard. We are two years old, up-to-date on all of our shots and ready to experience the world with you!
I’m Rita, a young black standard poodle. I am an active girl that is looking for an active family to call my own. I do require a securely fenced in yard and I need to be on a leash when we go for walks. I do well in a home with older kids, larger dogs, and no cats. I can be a bit of an escape artist, so you’ll have to keep an eye on me.
Middleburg Humane Foundation operates a private, 4.5-acre farm shelter located in Marshall, Virginia. It is their goal to provide a haven for abused, neglected and at risk animals, both large and small. Photos courtesy of Middleburg Humane Foundation WWW.MIDDLEBURGHUMANE.ORG | 540.364.3272
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70th Annual Christmas Shop (9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.): Emmanuel Episcopal Church’s 70th Annual Christmas Shop will be held this year at the Middleburg Community Center with more than 25 vendors to visit. Sunday hours will be from 12-5 p.m. Funds received enable Emmanuel to support local charitable organizations. Suggested donation $5.
Yin Yoga. Hosted by Salamander Resort & Spa. Admission: $40 per per. RSVP by calling (540) 326-4060. For more visit bit.ly/2PeodnL.
Church. For more call Jan Coxwell at (540) 687-6492.
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Book Release “Har vest Secrets” #9 of The Wine Country Mysteries by Ellen Crosby (6 - 7 p.m.): Author Ellen Crosby will discuss her newest book “Harvest Secrets” at Second Chapter Books. Refreshments served at 6 p.m. followed by a discussion and signing at 6:30 p.m.
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Thanksgiving Hunt Show (9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily): Continuing Art and Photography Shows at Salamander Resort and Spa Equestrian Center to benefit the Museum of Hounds and Hunting North America. No admission fee. Children welcome. Handicapped accessible. For more, visit the Museum site at mhhna.org.
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2018 Windy Hill Foundation Gala - Studio 54 (6 - 10:30 p.m.): Get ready to take a step back, dress the part, and dance the night away to such Studio 54 classic artists as The Pointer Sisters, Bee Gees, and The Village People! Held at Salamander Resort & Spa. For more visit windyhillfoundation.org.
Night Tour at the Library (6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.): Get an exclusive view of letters and papers from some of the most notable equestrians of yesteryear with John Connolly, the NSLM’s George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Head Librarian. Admission: $10, free to NSLM members. Limited seating, prior registration required. RSVP by contacting Anne Marie Paquette: (540) 687-6542 x25 or APaquette@NationalSporting.org. For more visit: nationalsporting.org.
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Yin Yoga (11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.): Class starts with a guided Pranayama (breathwork) and continues with slow stretching using meridians and
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Sunday Sketch (2 - 4 p.m.): Join the National Sporting Library for a free sketching session in the Museum led by local artists. Materials provided; all ages and abilities welcome. To register, contact APaquette@NationalSporting.org, or call (540) 687-6542 ext. 25.
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Senior Citizens Bingo (2 - 4 p.m.): Senior Citizen’s Bingo is held the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month at Middleburg United Methodist
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Middleburg Town Council Meeting (6 p.m.): The Middleburg Town Council Meeting will be held in the Town Office, 10 W Marshall Street. Changes due to weather/holidays, etc. Agendas and videos can be found on the town’s webpage middleburgva. gov.
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S h r e d Event (9 a.m.- 1 p.m.): in The Town of The Plains. Free. Sponsored by Jim Thompson and Lynn Wiley.
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In the Wake of Antietam Bus Tour (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.): Join MHAA Director of Education Kevin Pawlak for a guided tour of the Loudoun Valley and its battlefields. Tour stops will include Lovettsville, Philomont, Unison, Upperville, and Rectortown. Admission covers the six-hour guided tour and lunch. Tickets: $60 per person. Seating is limited to the first 19 registrants. For more information, call Kevin Pawlak at (540) 687-5188 or visit mosbyheritagearea.org.
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The Crooked Angels w ith The Butchers Family Band (4 - 8 p.m.): From Appalachian folk and country, to blues, gospel and Jazz, the American Roots Revival celebrates the diverse musical landscape that birthed a uniquely American sound. Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more visit buchananhall.com.
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Jim Schatz Memorial Trail 10K (8 a.m.-12 p.m.): Hit the trails for the Jim Schatz Memorial Trail 10K (formerly the Loudoun 10K Trail Race) at Camp Highroad in Middleburg on Nov. 11. Registration is $45. For more visit www.active.com/middleburg-va/ running/races/jim-schatz-memorial-trail-10k-2018.
$5, free to NSLM members. RSVP to Anne Marie Paquette at APaquette@NationalSporting.org or (540) 687-6542 x25.
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Fox/Hound Field Hockey (9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.): Drums, banners and cheers will be abundant on Fox/Hound Field when Foxes and Hounds face off in the first competition of the 2018-19 Fox/Hound season. The day starts at 9 a.m. when the Middleburg Hunt departs from Covert and culminates with Big Game at 2 p.m. For more call (540) 687-5555.
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Biz Buzz (5:30 - 7:30 p.m.): The Middleburg Business and Professional Association November Mixer will be held at the Middleburg Bank. Members free, non-members $10. RSVP by e-mail to info@visitmiddleburgva.com or on Facebook.
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its 11th year, on Thanksgiving Day Grace parishioners provide a bounty of traditional holiday food, shared with the greater community at no cost to the guests. Volunteers needed. Contact Sue Smith to help out- or if you would like to bring a dish. Thanksgiving Community Lunch is a part of a yearround Community Lunch program at Grace Church. Every month, on the 4th Saturday from 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., the Parish Hall features a delicious Community Lunch, open to everyone and free of charge. Kid-friendly. Handicap accessible. Contact Sue Smith at sue@paulandsuesmith.net to volunteer or to bring a dish.
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C offee w it h t h e Curator: On Fly in the Salt (10 - 11:30 a.m.): Enjoy an informal coffee reception and tour of “On Fly In The Salt: American Saltwater Fly Fishing from the Surf to the Flats” with Claudia Pfeiffer, George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator of Art. Held at the National Sporting Library & Museum. $5 admission, free to NSLM members. RSVP to Anne Marie Paquette at APaquette@NationalSporting.org or (540) 687-6542 x25
The Andy Coffee with the Curator: Sidesaddle, Bergner 1960-1935 (10 - 11:30 a.m.): ExperiCenter (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.): The ence National Sporting Library & Museum’s feature exhibiAndy Bergner Center, a comtion “Sidesaddle, 1690-1935” with an informal coffee recepTree Lightmunity outreach ministry of tion and tour of the exhibition lead by Claudia Pfeiffer, the ing C ereEmmanuel Episcopal Church, NSLM’s George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator of Art. Admission: mony (6 - 8 p.m.): Excitement provides a free day of fun, food $5, free to NSLM members. RSVP to Anne Marie Paquette at builds and choirs sing in anticand fellowship designed to stimAPaquette@NationalSporting.org or (540) 687-6542 x25. ipation for Santa’s arrival to light ulate the mind, body, heart and up the resort’s Christmas tree. soul of adults 45 and older. The Join Salamander Resort & Spa Parish House is located at 105 for their annual celebration with 5K Turkey Trot (8:30 East Washington Street, Middleburg. For cookies, hot cocoa, mulled cider and have - 10 :30 a.m.): Join Salamore information, call Kay Redditt at (540) your photo taken with Santa. For more infor687-6297. mander Resort & Spa Thanksgiving morning mation call (540) 326-4060. for a fun run or walk 5K. After the race there will be a raffle drawing for prizes. RegistraCoffee with the Curator: Foxcroft Admission tion begins at 8 a.m. Dogs on a leash are welSidesaddle, 1960-1935 Open House (8:30 a.m.come also. For more, call (540) 326-4060. (10 - 11:30 a.m.): Experience National Sport12 p.m.): Foxcroft School holding an Admising Library & Museum’s feature exhibition sion Open House for prospective families. “Sidesaddle, 1690-1935” with an informal Community ThanksgivFor more visit foxcroft.org/admission/opencoffee reception and tour of the exhibition ing Feast (12 - 2:30 p.m.): house or contact Jenny Hurst at jenny.hurst@ lead by Claudia Pfeiffer, the NSLM’s George Join Grace parishioners for a free traditionL. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator of Art. Admission: al holiday meal. All are welcome! Now in foxcroft.org or (540) 687-4343.
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Conversation | From page 45 composer, to be honest. A lot of my conversations with my agent are about trying to make sure that people don’t keep me in this box. Because I think that looking the way I do…I get calls to score something with a hip hop sound, even though none of my scores have ever had that sound. I think people make assumptions, and that’s exactly what he was experiencing and having to go through, and that he overcame and had to push through. So I see parallels with my life. Obviously he had it a lot tougher, but it’s still a struggle as an African American artist to break outside of what people think you should be. I think that was another amazing thing about it—just how much the producers and director trusted me. Which, again, being very new in this space, I didn’t expect. But the first time I played all the cues, I think there was maybe one cue they asked me to redo. Everything else, the were like, “Alright yeah that’s great. Maybe make this little adjustment, but that sounds great.” It was also a surprise because that first thing is uninfluenced by their notes and things like that, so that was just purely what I thought it should sound
like. So for them to be like, “Yeah, I totally agree, that sounds great,” was pretty awesome….It’s validating, and I know I’m probably pretty lucky. I don’t think any of this will ever happen again. So I’m soaking it in right now. C: What kind of updating did you have to do? The film’s production notes say you listened to Dr. Shirley’s music and updated it to feel familiar to a 2018 audience. Is that accurate, or did you try to stay as close to the actual notes as possible?
K: The notes themselves, I tried to stay as true as possible. The only adjustments that I really made were things to make it work better in the film, so shortening a song from like six minutes to two minutes, or something like that. Or changing the arrangement because the original arrangement didn’t have a cellist, but we wanted it to have a cellist for the film. But the biggest thing was just the actual sound of it. I think that what makes music from that era sometimes hard to feel is because of the sound quality, the recording quality of the time, it feels a little bit more distant. And when you have something that’s so heady and so intricate, it’s hard to get
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into it if you can’t feel it, I think. So for me, a lot of it was just like beefing up the bass sound and making these sounds feel like you’re listening to it like it’s 2018, and these people are playing for you right here. So I think that’s the biggest thing, making the sound of it sound current, so you can really hear what these people are doing and how intricate it is, and how involved it is. C: What made you decide to come to this festival?
K: Ray kind of convinced me and talked me into it, and talked about just this festival and what it meant, and just the vibe of it here. The fact that this festival is, like, a filmmaker’s festival—this festival is for people that are film enthusiasts. I think there are a lot of festivals that are turning into scenes and parties and stuff like that, and this feels incredibly familial. I keep saying to people that there was a dance party last night that felt like I was at a wedding, or a family reunion. And you find people that sit next to you are much more open to just start random conversations, and it feels so much more familial than anything I’ve experienced. ML
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