It was on May 18 when the first-ever Bluebell festival
was organized at The Winery at Bull Run. It was quite a cool weather
due to few rain showers that day. Amazing food & wine,
entertaining music and a lot more was arranged for the visitors who
took out some time to raise funds & awareness for three local
charities - Manassas Battlefield Trust, Final Salute Inc., and NPLB
Operation Second Chance. TWABR's owner Jon Hickox said at the
occasion that he holds a special affinity for these charity groups as
these have strong bondage to the battlefield and veteran's aid.
As per Hickox " I had made a pledge that I would
organize a fundraising event for the purpose of benefiting three
local charities before TWABR celebrated its one-year anniversary. Two
causes that I specifically wanted to support were the Manassas
Battlefield and local veteran's support". Besides Hickox, there
were other prominent people also present at the occasion, one of them
being Robert Bartlett, representing NPLB Operation Second Chance.
Robert spoke openly about the efforts their charity group puts up for
the rehabilitation of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.
“Our noble charity aids the injured service members recover by
engaging them in activities like fishing, hunting etc.,” as per
Robert Bartlett.
Another charity group benefiting from the event was
Final Salute Inc., that helps the women veterans who don't have any
home in D.C by providing them transitional housing, rent &
utility assistance. As per Gail Paige, the executive director of
Final Salute Inc., “Though there was a cold rain here, yet this
event was a grand success. We feel immensely proud to be benefiting
from the first Bluebell Music Festival, and we look positively to
attend it next year too”.
Plenty of entertainment was on offer to the visitors
with performances from jazz band Sonyx; R&B and pop singer Andrea
Pais; Indie folk rock group “The Dreamscapes Project” and cover
band Livin' the Dream. Delicious food was served by Purple Onion,
Amphora and Bad to the Bone. Colonial Remodeling & Restoration,
PrintFalcon.com, John Marshall Bank, Meant 2 Live Foundation, IMPACT
Marketing & Events were some of the other sponsors that made the
event turn out to be a huge success.
We celebrate such events and wine festivals from time to
time. All you need to do is to visit our winery. You can visit our
winery to take a tour of the best Virginia vineyards while
sipping exotic VA wines served in beautiful glasses.
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