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doilies or something else you'd like to use... bnng it along. Valentine making will be from 12-6 p.m. Join us for some fun... M&M’s provided for energy! Visit our website at www.middlestreetgallery.org

Feb. 10: “Researching

Your Slave Ancestors”

On February 10, at 3 p.m. in the Town Hall, The Rappahannock Historical will present a program entitled “Researching Your Slave Ancestors." Karen Hughes White, president of the AfroAmerican Histoncal Society of Fauquier County, will share her expertise on this subject. Refreshments will be served. A $5 donation is requested. Please join us for this informative program that will give you insight into the sources available to begin or continue your search for your slave ancestors. For more information call 540-937-5850. Feb. 10: Annual Bland Music Concert

The Rappahannock Lions Club "Bland Music Contest" will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Theatre in Washington, Virginia. Vocalists and instrumentalists in elementary grades through seniors are cordially invited to participate in the annual contest exclusively for Rappahannock County students. Registration forms have been placed with the music directors in each public and private school. Completed forms must be returned no later than February 1. Winners of the contest in elementary/middle school and high school categories in vocal and instrumental divisions will receive cash awards. All contestants will receive Official Bland Contest Certificates. For information, please contact Bob Lander: 540-987-8504: kplander@ aol.com.

Feb. 14 and 16: Romance your

Valentine at the Blue Rock Inn

Valentine s Day 5-course dinner on Thursday, Feb. 14. Cost is $65 per person. On Sunday, Feb. 16, Jim will have a very special 8-course dinner partnered with wines from The Rappahannock Cellars. Cost is $95 per person. Please RSVP to (540) 987-3190.

Feb. 14: “The Foreigner” opens at

Luray’s BB&T Center

Director Claire Comer and the PAL Players (formerly the Page County Community Theater, present the side-splitting comedy The Foreigner, by Larry Shue throughout the month of February. Betty Meeks’s fishing lodge in rural Georgia is a sleepy little place - until Charlie Baker (played by Bob Borgie) shows up, speaking a strange language aj)d claiming to understand no English. Charlie suddenly becomes privy to all the town’s secrets, with unexpected and hilarious results. J.D. Cave plays Charlie's friend and confidante, exuberant Staff Sergeant "Froggy" LeSueur. Dinner performances are February 14, 16,19, 28 and 29 at 6 pm. The Dessert Matinee is at 2:30 February 17. . Advance tickets are $35 for dinner theatre and $15 ’for the dessert matinee and are available at LurayPage County Chamber of Commerce, Luray Copy Service and through lnstantSeats.com. Tickets for dinner/dessert theatre are not available at the door. The Box Office at the BB&T Center for the Performing Arts opens 45 minutes before the start of the event. "The Vault," PAL's cash bar, will be open. For more information, call the center at 540743-3311 or visit the website at www.PerformingArtsLuray.org.

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