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The Alden in McLean awarded schol-arships to 13 local high school studentsfor successfully competing in the 2015James C. Macdonald Fine Arts Scholar-ship Competition.

Following a preliminary audition anda final completion at 8 p.m. on Wednes-day, March 25, the prizes were presentedby MCC Governing Board Chair ChadQuinn and Performing Arts Director Sa-rah Schallern. The Alden is housed in theMcLean Community Center, which is lo-cated at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.

The James C. Macdonald Fine ArtsScholarship Competition encourages ar-tistic achievement and promotes studyin the arts by high school students whoreside or attend school in the McLeandistrict (Small Tax District 1A,Dranesville). Scholarship prizes of$1,200 are awarded to students placingfirst in each of five categories: Dance,Instrumental Music, Theatre, Visual Artsand Vocal Music. Second-place winnersare awarded $800 and third-place win-ners win $400.

This year’s winners were:

❖ Dance — First Place: Madeleine Walker,McLean High School; Second Place: Xiang“Mia” Yi, McLean High School; Third Place:

Savanna Hunter, McLean High School.❖ Theatre — First Place: Alex Stone,

McLean High School; Second Place: Jack

Posey, McLean High School; Third Place— Claire Hungar, Homeschooled.

❖ Visual Art — First Place: Jennie Kim,Langley High School; Second Place:Catherine Park, Langley High School;Third Place: Suhyun Yoon, McLean HighSchool.

❖ Vocal Music — First Place: AlexStone, McLean High School; SecondPlace: Nicole Sheehan, McLean HighSchool; Third Place: Lily Lord, McLeanHigh School.

❖ Instrumental Music — First Place:Eric Lin, Thomas Jefferson High Schoolfor Science and Technology

Wendy J. Conte (Theatre/Vocal Mu-sic), Peggy Feerick (Visual Art), MelanieGeorge (Dance), Adriana Hardy (The-atre), Rebecca Kamen (Visual Art),Pamela Lassell (Instrumental Music),Seyon Lee (Instrumental Music), CynthiaLin (Dance), Sarah Markovits (VocalMusic), Ephraim Schum (Visual Art) andJim Scopeletis (Theatre/Vocal Music/In-strumental Music) were judges for thecompletion.

For more information, call The Aldenat 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, or visit:http://bit.ly/1yd1tHS.

Thirteen Young Artists Awarded Scholarships by The Alden

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2015 Macdonald Scholarship winners (from left) Madeleine Walker(Dance), Alex Stone (Theatre and Vocal Music), Jennie Kim (Visual Arts)and Eric Lin (Instrumental Music) with MCC Governing Board Chair ChadQuinn.

By Ken Moore

The Connection

Holocaust survivor MichelMargosis spoke before theBoard of Supervisors, Tuesday, April 7, when the Board

of Supervisors made a proclamation declar-ing April 16 as Holocaust Remembrance Dayin Fairfax County.

The proclamation serves “to urge all resi-dents to not bear silent witness to injusticeand remain always vigilant to the principlesof individual freedom and a just society,”said Sharon Bulova, board chairman. “It isso important that we not ever forget.”

Six million Jewish women, men and chil-dren were killed by the Nazis.

“The spark of evil flared into a raging firethat swept over much of Europe, the re-sidual embers of discrimination, bigotry andintolerance have never been extinguishedand have been reinvigorated,” saidMargosis.

Margosis said he joins in mourning themillions of others murdered by the Nazisincluding gypsies, priests, homosexuals,Jehova's Witnesses and political prisoners.

“We must embrace our expanded diver-sity,” said Margosis.

“At some point, there won’t be anybodyleft who actually experienced the horrors

of the war at that particular time, but thatis part of your legacy to pass that along andto pass that along to younger people sonobody ever forgets,” said SupervisorPenelope “Penny” Gross. “What you domakes sure we will always remember andnever forget.”

"One of the mostimportant thingswe do."

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The Board of Supervisors thanks Holocaust survivor Michel Margosis for his work to ensure that no one everforgets the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Holocaust Kaddish:Never Forget

Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia8900 Little River Turnpike, FairfaxSunday, April 19, 5-8:30 p.m.www.jccnv.orgwww.jcouncil.org/HolocaustSee Holocaust, Page 5

MARGOSIS INVITED the Board and en-tire Fairfax County community to an obser-vance at the Jewish Community Center onSunday, April 19 from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

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The Board of Supervisors listenedto more than 14 and a half hoursof testimony from approxi-mately 200 speakers Tuesday

through Thursday, April 7-9.“I very much respect and admire the

stamina and the force of will all of you havedemonstrated the last three days,” said Den-nis Hays of Reston, Chairman of the FairfaxLibrary Advocates, and the second to lastof 214 scheduled speakers.

“I am overwhelmed by the sheer breadthof the services this County provides and Iam proud to be a member of this commu-nity,” said Hays.

Fourteen McLean High School teacherstestified as a group to urge the Board tobring the salaries of teachers in FairfaxCounty on par with other jurisdictions.

Steven Ward of McLean spoke on behalfof Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling.“We appreciate and commend the Board forits past efforts to make the county more bikefriendly including the adoption of last year’sBicycle Master Plan.”

Ward asked the Board to keep pedalingforward to maintain momentum on its ini-tiatives.

Tapan Banerjee, of McLean, testified forthe Fairfax Area Disability Services Board.The budget process, he said, is an opportu-nity for all of the county to come togetherto determine solutions to address the needsof all residents. “Thank you for a chance tospeak out,” he said.

Stella Koch testified Thursday, on behalfof the Environmental Quality AdvisoryCouncil.

“The shortness of this testimony does notreflect the lack of concern we have with theissues,” she said. “In fact, we are honoredto have an ongoing dialogue with youthroughout the year.”

Koch voiced satisfaction that the Board istaking environmental issues and concerns

seriously, including storm water manage-ment.

“I think EQAC is one of the most effectiveorganizations in tracking our environmen-tal initiatives and making sure we stay ontrack,” said Chairman Sharon Bullova.

THE HEARINGS BEGAN Tuesday with apresentation by School Board ChairmanTamara Derenak Kaufax as 200 peoplepacked the Fairfax County Government au-ditorium.

Members of the Fairfax County SchoolBoard sat in the front row, gave a standingovation, and remained standing as Kaufaxfinished her testimony to begin the budgethearings.

“Budget reductions come with a price —the price should not be our children’s fu-ture. This budget does not meet all of theschool systems needs and it certainly doesnot adequately fund our shared vision ofexcellence for our schools and students,”said Kaufax.

The Fairfax County Public Schools re-

quested $14 million more than is in the pro-posed budget.

Fairfax County Public Schools is the 10thlargest school system in the country withmore than 188,000 students.

Kaufax cited statistics and trends thatchallenge the school system. “We would bethe sixth largest school division in Virginia,if you counted just our free-or-reduced-pricemeal population; or the ninth largest if youonly counted our English for Speakers ofOther Languages population,” she said.

Nearly 53 percent of the proposed $3.8billion county budget is slated to be trans-ferred to the schools.

Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Board ofSupervisors, said that while the schoolsdidn’t ask for everything they needed or geteverything they wanted, that the amountof the proposed transfer from the county tothe schools was closer to the amount re-quested than anytime in memory.

“We appreciate that you rolled up yoursleeves, and we rolled up our sleeves,” saidBulova.

Supervisor Jeff McKay called it “uncon-scionable” that the state doesn’t adequatelyfund the schools. “We will have the sameconversations year after year after year,” hesaid, if the Board of Supervisors and SchoolBoard don’t advocate together in unity. “Weneed to march together,” he said.

FAMILIAR FACES advocated for a reduc-tion in spending and taxes, such as JamesParmalee of Centreville, and Arthur Purvis,of Vienna.

There were also advocates who encour-aged an increase in taxes to ensure thatfunding will address the needs of all ofFairfax residents.

Steven Davis, chairman of the EconomicDevelopment Authority, said the county isexperiencing record office vacancy rates,which pushes down commercial propertyvalues and, with it, the proportion of taxespaid by the commercial tax base, shiftingmore of the burden onto residential taxes.

Maintaining Fairfax County’s AAA bondrating is critical, Davis said. “You send a sig-nal to businesses around the world thatFairfax County is one of the best managedjurisdictions in the world,” he said. “We allknow it has taken decades to build a prod-uct that gets businesses here and keepspeople here.”

Brian Engler, of the Fairfax Library Foun-dation, and Charles Fegan, of the FairfaxCounty Public Library Board of Trustees,addressed the cuts to the library system.Libraries are part of educating the county’syoung people, and provide a myriad of otherservices to residents of all ages despite sig-nificant cuts in recent years, they said.

Hays was the last to speak on the librar-ies, and the second to last speaker of all.

Hays cited studies from Minnesota,Florida, Colorado, Great Britain and Korea.“All came to one conclusion,” he said. “Thelibrary is an economic engine,” providinghigh rate of return on investment.

On April 28, the Board of Supervisors isscheduled to adopt its FY 2016 Budget andtax rate, including budget transfer to theschool system. The School Board is sched-uled to adopt its budget on May 21.

The FY 2016 Budget becomes effectiveJuly 1.

Schools, libraries, economic development authorites and others seekmore funding while tax-hawks call for reductions.

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perished as well as those who survivedto educate future generations and rededi-cate ourselves to the history of the Holo-caust and its impact on the world,” saidChairman Sharon Bulova.

More than two dozens synagogues,houses of worship and nonprofits, plus Ho-locaust survivors, youth and interfaith lead-ers will join the Jewish Community Centerof Northern Virginia Sunday, April 19 forthe annual observance.

The program includes a reading of namesof those murdered in the Holocaust, “UntoEvery Person There is a Name,” a youthworkshop and an adult seminar on “ThePsychology of Scapegoating.”

“I always try to participate in that obser-vance, it is one of the most powerful thingswe do,” said Supervisor Gross.

“We will consider the intricacies of hu-man nature and social interaction that al-

low for unspeakable atrocities to be com-mitted by some individuals or groupsagainst others. With hope, we will look atstrategies that have succeeded in mobiliz-ing the silent bystander and raising up so-cieties to take a forceful stand against in-justice and inhumanity,” according to JCCof Northern Virginia.

THE EVENING is scheduled to culminatein a community commemoration with read-ings, poetry, a community interfaith choir,recitation of the Holocaust Kaddish and theintergenerational candle lighting andpledges of the children and grandchildren.”Many of us come to the Jewish Commu-nity Center to read the names of individu-als who lost their lives, who perished, whowere murdered during the Holocaust,” saidChairman Bulova. “I think it is a very pow-erful thing that our community does, it isso important, so very important not to everforget what had happened.”

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The McLean Community Center’s (MCC)Volunteer Appreciation Reception was heldon Sunday, March 22, in the CommunityHall. The theme was “New Orleans Jazz”and center volunteers were treated to a ca-tered lunch by Splendid Fare and live mu-sic by The Wayne Tympanick Trio. The cen-ter is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.

The 2014 H. Gordon Randall Outstand-ing Volunteer Service award was presentedto Kay Bransford for her contributions tothe Center’s Lifetime Learning 50+ Pro-gram. Bransford became involved with theCenter after hearing about it through theMcLean Community Village for All Ages(MCVA), a community-based, volunteer-managed work group that works to assistseniors and people with disabilities.Bransford is president of MemoryBanc.

In the fall of 2013, she began workingas a volunteer for MCC Lifetime LearningCoordinator Sydney Duberstein. She hashelped Duberstein recruit speakers on avariety of subjects that are important toseniors including housing options, organiz-ing the home and defining healthcarewishes. Bransford has also led three classesherself on such topics as organizing andprotecting documents and accounts andassets. In addition to her work withDuberstein, Bransford has volunteered forthe Joy of Dance program at the Centerand as an usher for The Alden. MCC Ex-ecutive Director George Sachs presentedthe award.

For more information on volunteer oppor-tunities at the Center, call 703-790-0123,TTY: 711, or visit, www.mcleancenter.org.

McLean Community Center Names KayBransford 2014 Outstanding Volunteer

2014 H. Gor-don RandallOutstandingVolunteer KayBransford withMCC ExecutiveDirectorGeorge Sachs.

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On the night of Jan. 28, 2015,there were 1,204 people whowere literally homeless in theFairfax County area.

Of those, 715 were people in 213 homelessfamilies, with 431 homeless children; 347 ofthose children were under 12. Sixty-two per-cent of the adults in these homeless familiesare employed, but don’t earn enough to avoidbecoming homeless. Domestic violence wasidentified as the cause of homelessness for 41percent of the people counted in homelessfamilies. Women made up 78 percent of theadults in homeless families.

Men accounted for 77 percent of the singlehomeless people.

Of the single homeless people, 55 percent,268 people, are identified as having seriousmental illness; 203, or 42 percent were identi-fied as chronically homeless.

Twenty-five percent of the single homelessindividuals were employed.

Eight percent were veterans. Four percent,or 21, were former foster children.

Some troubling trends:This year, 123 or 25 percent of the single

homeless people were over 55.This year, 52 or 11 percent of the single

homeless people were transitional adults, aged18-24.

This year, 58 percent of homeless individu-als in families and 43 percent of single home-less people counted were African American.This is disproportionate to the overall AfricanAmerican population of 9.7 percent.

This year marks a reduction of 21 homelesspeople, or approximately 2 percent reductionover the previous count in 2014. It is a decreaseof 34 percent since 2008 when there were1,835 literally homeless people counted, in-cluding 1,091 in families. The Fairfax CountyOffice to Prevent and End Homelessness cred-its adoption of housing first and rapid rehous-ing models, heightened prevention efforts andprioritizing housing for longest and most vul-nerable homeless for continuing decrease.

What’s needed is more affordable housing,more housing affordable to those with very lowincome, more affordable housing designatedfor formerly homeless people with the supportsthey need. Without a commitment to more af-fordable housing, it will be impossible to con-tinue to reduce the number of homeless peoplein the region.

It’s critical to note that that those who areliterally homeless are a small part of the prob-lem. In terms of preventing homelessness, lit-erally thousands of families live at risk of be-coming homeless in our region. Very high hous-ing costs combined with the growth of low-wage service jobs mean that many families areone unexpected bill away from homelessness.Nonprofits in the county play a huge role inpreventing homelessness by responding to cri-ses.

As the development of the Silver Line bringsa wave of new residential construction in thecounty, we must insist that affordable housingbe a part of that growth.

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To the Editor:My name is Donna McHugh and

I am writing in response to yourarticle [“Moving: From Institutionto Community”] printed on April2 regarding the Northern VirginiaTraining Center.

I am the sister and co-guardianof my 58-year-old brother JosephF. McHugh (Joe) discussed in thearticle. He lives at the NorthernVirginia Training Center (NVTC).Joe is minimally verbal, non-am-bulatory, has serious digestive is-sues with spasticity and withoutcontinual preventative medicalroutines, performed by others atNVTC, he would be dead.

The article states that we have

been provided a multitude of com-munity placement choices. Thechoices presented to me and Joe’sother legal guardians have beeninappropriate. The communitydoes not have the skills or supportsnecessary for his real medicalneeds for his survival. We are ac-tively investigating and reviewingchoices — but nothing is available.There are not comparable and ap-propriate choices in Northern Vir-ginia like we were promised. Cur-rently, my only choice is the Cen-tral Virginia Training Center inLynchburg, Va., which is slated toclose in 2020 and go through theprocess of placement/discharge allover again which is stressful and

full of anxiety.No one can predict the future of

the state-funded a-la-carte waiver,currently funded at 60 percent,which is being offered as mybrother’s source of funding whilecurrently he has a fully-funded(100 percent) Medicaid/Medicarefederal waiver which means what-ever his needs are they are met,so from a fiduciary standpoint asa legal guardian why would Ichange that? I can’t predict howhe will react to a new home, staffand routine. My hope is this willbe a positive transition. But, Istrongly feel that the impendingclosure date is unrealistic andmakes me wonder if the depart-ment/state is more interested in“discharge” and closure than fos-

tering the correct and appropriateplacements.

Finally, the Commonwealth ofVirginia has had 40 years to de-velop community homes and re-sources. Virginia has the solutionto serve many of its citizens includ-ing the medically fragile by usingthe property they already have andrenovating it to meet individual/group needs. This is a solution thatinvolves compromise and coopera-tion and would have Virginia lead-ing the country.

I fear that my brother as well asmany of the remaining residentswill not find good, appropriateplacements.

Donna McHughCentreville

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Inside an elementary schoolclassroom in Bethesda, Md.,a class of third grade stu-dents is divided into small

groups and given a task: to cross adesert using a limited supply of toolsthat often include a jump rope, afoam noodle or a scooter. Their mis-sion is to devise a plan to cross thedesert without touching the sand.

This classroom exercise atNorwood School requires cohesivecollaboration, quick analyticalskills and, most of all, creativephysical movement.

“This type of activity is so muchmore than who has the most pointson the scoreboard or how to kick afootball,” said Jane Martens, physi-cal education coordinator atNorwood School. “It shows the di-rect relationship between move-ment and academic success, par-ticularly when it comes to focus.Twenty minutes is long enough forlittle ones to sit and focus on aca-demics. After that they need move-ment to refocus their attention.”

Martens and other educators andresearchers cite substantial evi-dence that physical activity canboost academic performance, in-cluding grades and test scores. Infact, many say the recent trend ofsacrificing physical education forthe sake of academics is counter-productive.

“Unfortunately, with an in-creased focus on academic stan-dards of learning and budget di-lemmas, physical education and

outdoor play have often beenamong the first things to be cut,”said Ivy Beringer, Ph.D, assistantdean, early childhood educationand substance abuse, Northern Vir-ginia Community College in Alex-andria. “Based on research findingsthis appears to be counterproduc-tive to the development of thewhole child. Even when there islimited time in the daily schedulefor physical activity and outdoorplay, teachers can engage childrenin classroom activities designed toget them moving.”

Experts say aerobic exercise hasthe greatest effect on academicperformance, and elementaryschool students benefit most frombeing physically active.

“Some of the largest cognitivebenefits were linked, in order ofimportance, with mathematicalachievement, IQ and readingachievement, all critical compo-nents of the standardized testingmovement,” said DominiqueBanville, Ph.D., director, division ofhealth and human performance atGeorge Mason University inFairfax. “Physical education is theonly subject in school specificallydedicated to not only make stu-dents move during class time, butalso to provide them with knowl-edge that will allow them to be

active outside of school.“Based on the most recent re-

search, the more active we can getstudents within a day, the betterprepared they will be to concen-trate on these math problems orthat text they need to read or thatessay they need to write.”

The effect is physiological as ex-ercise increases one’s energy level,increasing one’s capacity for cog-nitive activity. “Exercise increasesblood flow to the brain and hasbeen shown to increase one’s abil-ity to focus,” said Beringer.

The lessons that students learnfrom physical education are life-long and extend beyond an el-ementary school spelling test or amiddle school science project.

“In addition to promoting con-centration in the classroom, it giveschildren an opportunity to developcompetence in using their growingbodies,” said Christine PegorraroSchull, Ph.D., professor, early child-hood education, Northern VirginiaCommunity College in Alexandria.“Everyone needs to learn how torun, stretch, climb, be agile and userules in a group. In a fundamentalway, it teaches children to not besedentary.”

ONE SOLUTION for a lack oftime or space for activity is meld-

ing it with academic subjects.“Teachers and school leaders

need to see movement and playmore through an interdisciplinarylens,” said Glenn Whitman, direc-tor, Center for TransformativeTeaching and Learning and girls’varsity soccer coach at St. Andrew’sEpiscopal School in Potomac, Md.“Teachers need to recognize thatregardless of the length of a classperiod, students need to move.”

“Simple solutions are to have stu-dents move among different work-stations in class or to collaboratewith their peers while standingup,” Whitman added. “Studentscan recreate the movements of his-torical battles. Before an assess-ment, students can do some jump-ing jacks or stretches, which el-evate dopamine levels in the brainand have been shown to lead toincreased academic performance.Building movement into class isonly limited by the level of ateacher’s willingness to be cre-ative.”

Parental involvement is critical,say educators, particularly inschools where physical educationis limited. For example, parents cansuggest ideas for brief movementactivities that are interspersed withacademics, volunteer to lead suchactivities or form focus groups tobrainstorm ideas to increase move-ment.

“Movement is so important thatparents need to be more vocalabout it,” said Martens. “Parentsneed to be informed about whatthey’re losing when they take awayphysical activity and movement.”

Researchers sayfrequent physicalactivity can lead tosuccess in school.

Moving for Academic Excellence

Photo courtesy of Norwood School

Students at Norwood School engage in a movement exer-cise during the school day. Researchers say physical activ-ity can boost academic performance.

Resources forMovement Activities

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“10 Simple Ways to EncouragePhysical Activity in the Class-room.” These suggestions do notrequire equipment and are easy toincorporate throughout the day. Visitwww.yourtherapysource.com/10simple.html.Compiled by Ivy Beringer, Ph.D,

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(GFCA) Meeting. 7:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. will be a joint meeting ofthe GFCA Land Use & ZoningCommittee (LUZ) and theEnvironment, Parks and TrailsCommittee (EPT). The twocommittees are holding this sessionto look more closely into theenvironmental issues at the BrooksFarm property in Great Falls, whichis proposed to be rezoned withcluster development.

Legos in the Library. 4 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Age 5-12 use providedlegos to get creative.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 15Arts Jam Anniversaries. 7:30 p.m.

GMU Center for the Arts, ConcertHall, 4373 Mason Pond Drive,Fairfax. A Flint Hill School music anddance extravaganza, at More than150 performers and 8 ensembles, andthe cast of the Upper School Musical,“Bye Bye Birdie.” Free and open tothe public. No reservations required.Free Parking in Lot K with Flint Hillmini bus shuttle service and paidparking at the Mason Pond Deckparking garage attached to theconcert hall.

Pokemon League. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. School age kids drop-inand play Pokemon with your friends.

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Vienna Art Center, 115 PleasantStreet, NW, Vienna. If you havealways wanted to learn how to paint,attend this class with Donna Groneand you will take home your ownfinished painting. All suppliesprovided by the Vienna Arts Society.No experience necessary. Free. Callto register: 703-319-3971.

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Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue,McLean. Award-winning,internationally recognized PilobolusDance Company will performinnovative, energetic and gravity-defying works. Tickets are $50 forthe general public and $40 forMcLean tax district residents.

“Other Desert Cities.” 8 p.m. ViennaCommunity Center, 120 Cherry St.SE, Vienna. Te story of the fictionalWyeth family — a clan highlyregarded in old Hollywood circles.The play explores the dark familysecrets that threaten to destroyexternal and internal perceptionsabout the life the family memberslead. Runs through May 2.www.viennatheatrecompany.org.

Eileen Ivers. 8 p.m. The Barns at WolfTrap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna. Thisvirtuoso’s award-winning skill andIrish-inspired playing prove she is“the Jimi Hendrix of the violin,”according to The New York Times.$27-30. 703-255-1900.

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Drop-in Chess and Board Games.3:30 p.m. Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls. Alllevels and ages are welcome to play.

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Loves of Willa Cather.” 2 p.m.McLean Community Center, 1234Ingleside Avenue. The life and timesof Pulitzer Prize-winning authorWilla Cather are explored in theshow, by Prudence Wright Holmes.Tickets are $20 for the general publicand $15 for McLean tax districtresidents.

Amadeus Winds. 4 p.m. Saint LukeCatholic Church, 7001 GeorgetownPike, McLean. The Amadeus Windswill perform a concert. Tickets are$30 and may be purchased at thedoor or online at http://www.amadeusconcerts.com.Students 17 and under are admittedfree of charge.

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Silent Comedy on the Civil War“Hands Up.” 7:30 p.m. McLeanCommunity Center, 1234 InglesideAvenue, McLean. The 1926 comedyon the Civil War “Hands Up,” starringsilent movie icon Raymond Griffith.The film has one of the most eye-opening endings of any era.

THURSDAY/APRIL 23John McCutcheon. 8 p.m. The Barns

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Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Beginning readerspractice with teen volunteers.

Arbor Day and Green Expo. 4 p.m.Peet’s Coffee, 332 Maple Ave E,Vienna. The tree planting ceremonywill be held in front of Peet’s Coffee.After the Arbor Day ceremony, thepublic is invited to attend the 7th

annual Vienna Green Expo at theVienna Community Center from 6:30p.m. to 9 p.m. The Vienna GreenExpo is a juried showcase of localand regional earth-friendly exhibitorseducating the public on how toachieve a green lifestyle.

FRIDAY/APRIL 24Sybarite5. 8 p.m. The Barns at Wolf

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McLean Art Society Meeting. 10a.m. - noon. McLean CommunityCenter, 1234 Ingleside Avenue,McLean. Sue Moses, an awardwinning watercolorist will be theguest artist at the McLean Art Societymeeting. Moses is an accomplishedsketch artist and will demonstratedoing animal portraits in watercolors.

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High accolades are due for the 1st Stageproduction of “Old Wicked Songs,” aplay powered by a heart-tuggingpremise, precise high-caliber acting,

with an evocative set and piano music from com-poser Robert Schumann that opens anyone’s heartto tenderness. And all as two char-acters are fraught with personaldemons and the turmoil of the Ho-locaust.

“Old Wicked Songs” by JonMarans was nominated for aPulitzer Prize in 1996 and hasbeen staged not only in the UnitedStates but across Europe. How-ever, it has been rarely producedin the D.C. metropolitan area.

The play is set in Vienna, Aus-tria in the mid-1980s. An American piano student; arather brash, tense 20-something piano prodigy,Stephen Hoffman (Aaron Bliden well-tuned to re-sentment) arrives at the music studio of a seeminglyover-the-hill, eccentric, music Professor Mashkan (acharming, wise-cracking Philip Hosford). Bliden hashit a creative wall and can’t play in public anymore.

“Old Wicked Songs” explores their relationship; asteacher and student, as two men of different gen-

erations, and of two individuals coming to terms withtheir own personal secrets and connections to theHolocaust and the Dachau Concentration Camp.

Under the assured direction of MichaelChamberlin, the production is full of real passiongiven off by the two actors. Bliden and Hosford havea felt empathy throughout their entwined charac-ters. There is a mysterious emotional spark that bindsthem.

With “Old Wicked Songs,” the audience is con-fronted with the “sadness and joy” and humor of lifeand music. Through the music direction of Walter“Bobby” McCoy the audience basks in the lush mel-ancholy sounds of Schumann’s music like patrons at

a dazzling private piano recital.The music becomes a third verykey actor in the show’s proceed-ings.

The technical design elementsstart with a gorgeous set devisedby Kathryn Kawecki. The audiencenearly surrounds the stage, provid-ing intimacy with the close-by ac-tors. The set is wonderfully de-tailed; one can almost smell theoiled wood of the furniture. The

costuming, also by Kawecki, gives the two charac-ters a visual sense of who they are whether a con-stricting tie for Hoffman, or casual attire for Mashan.Lighting design by Brian Allard and sound design byKenny Neal add changing sunlight and the soundsof nature, along with trembles from darkness insidethe sounds of train box cars.

“Old Wicked Songs” is a fascinating journey forboth the characters and audience.

Masterful production to runthrough May 3 at Tysons.

‘Old Wicked Songs’ at 1st Stage

Philip Hosfordas ProfessorJosef Mashkanin 1st Stage'sproduction of“Old WickedSongs.”

Where and When1st Stage performs “Old Wicked

Songs” at 1524 Spring Hill Road,Tysons. Performances through May 3.Performances are Fridays at 8 p.m., Sat-urdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., andSundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are$23 - $28. Student and military ticketsare $15. Tickets online atwww.1stStageTysons.org or by callingthe 1st Stage box office at 703-854-1856.

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McLean Boys’Lax Improvesto 6-0

The McLean boys’ lacrosse teamimproved to 6-0 with a 7-6 triple-overtime victory over Stone Bridgeon April 9.

The Highlanders faced Yorktownon Tuesday, after The Connection’sdeadline. McLean will travel toface Thomas Jefferson at 7:15 p.m.on Thursday, April 16.

Meaghan O’Reillyand the McLeangirls’ soccer teamremained unde-feated with a 2-1victory at SouthCounty on Monday.The victory im-proved the High-landers’ record to4-0-2. McLean willtravel to faceThomas Jeffersonat 7 p.m. on Friday,April 17.

The McLeanboys’ soccerteam droppedto 2-3 with a 3-2 loss to SouthCounty onMonday. TheHighlanderswill hostThomasJefferson at 7p.m. on Friday,April 17.

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Sheriff Stacey Kincaid gave LangleyHigh School Girls Swim and Diveteam an extra splash of praise Tues-day, April 7 while the Board of Su-

pervisors were recognizing the team forwinning the VHSL 6A state championshipthis past winter, the sixth time in the school’shistory.

“Are you a swimmer?” Supervisor JohnFoust said, as he looked up to see Kincaidstanding with the Langley swimmers.

“I was a swimmer, but I did not swim forLangley High School,” said Kincaid. “I didplay softball for Langley High School so Ijust wanted to come up and support myalma matter and I’m very proud of thesewomen.

“This is a great time to celebrate so I cel-ebrate with them,” she said.

“Well, we’re very proud of you. A Lan-gley High School student who is the firstfemale Sheriff in the county in 272 years,”Foust said.

Foust told the swim and dive team how

appeared before the Board of Supervisorsfor their recognition; three were at schooland one was swimming at the Olympictraining center.

“They are a fantastic and phenomenalgroup of young ladies,” he said. “As a teamwe were able to win those titles, so it reallyspeaks how this group of young womencompetes, not as individuals but really com-petes as a team and supports each other.We are all so very proud of their accom-plishments.”

Their recognition followed Mount VernonWoods Elementary School students whosang the school song at a recognition forthe school’s 50th anniversary.

Jackson said as he waited for his team tobe honored, he asked the Sheriff if there isa Langley School song.

“We have no idea if there is a Langleyschool song, but we are going to find outabout that,” said Jackson.

— Ken Moore

Langley Swim and Dive Honored at Board

proud he was of them. “I will always bet onyou because it is your sixth state champi-onship and that is really amazing.”

“Thank you very much for this recogni-tion,” said coach Ryan Jackson. Four of thestudents on the state championship team

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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors honored Langley High School’s girlsswim and dive team on Tuesday, April 7.

SportsMcLean Gymnastics:Remarkable Season

The Board of Supervisors honoredMcLean High School’s girls gymnastics teamfor winning the Virginia High School League6A state championship, the team’s first.

“Congratulations on an extraordinary ac-complishment. I realize this is the first timeMcLean High School has won the statechampionship. Is that correct?” said Super-visor Foust.

“We’re going to do it again next year, isthat also correct?” asked Supervisor Foust.

The entire team school stood with theircoach, Courtney Lesson, before the Boardon Tuesday, April 7 in Fairfax.

“Not only are they great competitors, butthey are truly supportive of one another,”said Lesson. “They have a great work ethicand team spirit.”

Lesson thanked the McLean community,parents, friends, families and the McLeanHigh School administration, including Dr.Ellen Riley, principal; Jim Patrick, directorof student activities; Fernando Belli, assis-tant director of student activities.

“Great job ladies. I’m so proud of you oneverything you have accomplished this

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors honored McLean High School’s girls gymnastics team onTuesday, April 7.

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year,” said Lesson. “And thank you for hav-ing us here today.”

“We love bringing you before the Boardfor a number of reasons,” said Foust. “First,obviously, is recognition for winning a statechampionship, that’s an amazing accom-

plishment that makes us very proud. Whatreally makes us most proud is the qualityof students we have at McLean High schooland the wonderful wonderful student ath-letes that you all are.”

The team was congratulated just after

Mount Vernon Woods Elementary Schoolstudents sang for the Board.

“Feel free at any time to sing your schoolsong,” said Supervisor Jeff McKay.

— Ken Moore


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Langley High School’s spring production ofLanford Wilson’s “Book of Days” will runon April 23-25 at Hunter Woods Elemen-tary School in Reston. The show must go

on even while Langley is undergoing major renova-tions.

The cast had their first practice in the venue forthe first time on Saturday, April 11. “We’ve been prac-ticing in school but this is actually the first time we’vebeen here,” said sophomore Jamie Goodson, 16, whoplays the lead character Ruth Hoch.

Goodson said she sees a lot of similarities betweenher character and herself. “She’s outspoken, not re-served, says whatever’s on her mind,” she said. Be-cause of the play within the play, Goodson is alsoplaying Joan of Arc. “We read scenes from Joan ofArc,” she said, to prepare for the role and get intothe character.

Sophomores Sam Kit, 16, and Kanishk Singh, 16,share the role of Earl Hill, a “low-life, poor guy,” saidSingh, whom Ruth suspects of foul play when WaltBates, played by senior Liam Nimick, the owner ofthe cheese plant in the small town of Dublin, Mo., isfound dead.

Singh and Kit both said that they are nothing liketheir character, whom they described as secluded,both emotionally and physically. “You just have tofind that element within yourself,” said Singh. “I re-ally had to search myself for this role,” added Kit.

Under the direction of Valerie Karasek, the cast alsoutilized techniques that allowed them to truly getinto their characters. John Bucy, 17, and SivanTretiak, 15, spent a part of the rehearsal play fight-ing. There is no actual fight scene in the productionbut Karasek had the boys run their lines while pre-tending to be engaged in a fistfight, in what she calls

“physicalizing the scene.”“Book of Days” was written in 2000 by Pulitzer

Prize winning playwright Lanford Wilson. The mys-tery of Walt Bates’ death and the dogged persistenceof main character Ruth Hoch, along with the resi-dents of the small town, hold a mirror on the valuesof the tight-knit community. “The play shakes upsmall-town values, it takes on its morality,” saidKarasek. “Can we accept truth if it’s uncomfortableand if it shakes our values?” she said.

“Book of Days” will run April 23 to 25 at HunterWoods Elementary School, 2401 Colts Neck Road,Reston. For more information, go to http://www.saxon-stage.com/.

Performance in Restonwhile high school venueundergoes repairs.

Langley High School’s ‘Book ofDays’ Shakes Small-Town Morality

Sophomore Jamie Goodson, 16, plays thelead character Ruth in Langley HighSchool’s “Book of Days,” running April 23to 25 at Hunter Woods Elementary Schoolin Reston.

SophomoreJessica Taylor,15, and juniorJohn Bucy, 17,rehearse theirlines duringrehearsal forLangley HighSchool’s “Bookof Days,”running April23 to 25 atHunter WoodsElementarySchool inReston.

Photos by Abigail Constantino/The Connection

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Up andDown andAll Around

No. That’s not my stomach talking.Nor is it the recurring effects of the six-plus years of chemotherapy. Fortunately,nausea has rarely been a part of thatexperience. However, like so many oth-ers, I have endured my share of sideeffects: I’ve lost my hair, lost weight, lostinterest in food/lost taste, lost energy, lostsleep and a few other things I can’tremember I’ve lost (“chemo brain”), butamazingly, I’ve not lost my life. Neitherhave I lost my will to live. Still, living withcancer is hardly the stuff of which dreamsare made; more likely, they’re night-mares. And though living is its ownreward, for a cancer patient/survivor, it’snot a given; you sort of have to take it.

To say that “living with cancer” –meaning you’re the one afflicted – is likebeing on a roller coaster, would beunkind to all roller coasters. I can’t reallysee that there are any thrills to being onboard for this emotional/physical ride.Aside from there not being a safety bar,there are no guarantees that you’ll survivethe trip/ordeal; and unlike the ride at theamusement park, it’s unlikely you’ll wantto go on again. For cancer patients, beingdiagnosed once is more than enough.And if your diagnosis is the terminal kind,once really is all there needs to be.Because if there’s one thing that cancerhas proved to be beyond a reasonabledoubt, is an indiscriminate killer withreach beyond many a grasp.

Ergo; assimilating, integrating, process-ing this fact into your daily existence ishardly the pause that refreshes. It’s moreof the premature finish that you worryabout. Immediately, your outlook on lifechanges. Whatever plans/expectationsyou may have had for a long life mayhave to be modified. I had a modest plan,more like a presumption: that I would liveinto my mid eighties, as both my parentshad. Learning at age 54 and a half thatmy presumption turns out to be anassumption I shouldn’t have made, isunsettling to say the least, and extremelydisappointing to soften the most. Findinga level, a mechanism, a rationalization, asense of purpose in the midst of such adevastating change of plans is the axis onwhich your life – with its cancer-relatedfits and starts – twists and turns.

As difficult as this challenge is, it is par-ticularly difficult during the weeks leadingup to your CT Scan and the days follow-ing, until your appointment with youroncologist when the results are finally dis-cussed. Then you’ll know where youstand or whether you should be sitting;whether your life hangs in the balance orwhether the balance is completely out ofwhack. It’s rare that you’ll be pardoned;realistically speaking, all you can hope foris lighter duty. But that’s the problem,there’s nothing light about it. It’s all heavyand often very unpredictable. And there’svery little that’s amusing about it. Andunlike a roller coaster which has a begin-ning and an end with a middle to die for,cancer’s beginning, middle and end is allto die for.

The biggestthings arealways the

easiest to dobecause there isno competition.

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From examining the genes in the mon-key flower, to exploring the Rev. MartinLuther King’s political, social and theologi-cal beliefs, to epilepsy therapies, to sustain-able tourism, 38 University of Virginiaundergraduates will pursue 36 grant-funded research projects this summer.Thirty-five of the proposals receivedHarrison Undergraduate Research Awardsand another student has had his researchunderwritten by the Stull family of Dallas.This marks the 16th year of the program,which helps further a key component of theU.Va. student experience: hands-on re-search.

The research awards support studentswho present detailed plans for projects thathave been endorsed by a faculty mentor. InFebruary, a Faculty Senate committee se-lected the winners, who receive up to$3,000. Faculty mentors who oversee theprojects receive $1,000.

This year’s Harrison Undergraduate Re-search Award winners and their researchtopics include

❖ Pasha Davoudian, 21, of McLean,a third-year neuroscience major, who is re-searching the role the thalamus plays inepilepsy therapy.

❖ Daniel Naveed Tavakol, 19, ofVienna, a second-year biomedical engi-neering student, who is researching angio-genesis, or blood vessel growth, in themouse cornea and retina, distinguishing keyfactors in support-cell recruitment and lo-cation in vascular networks.

Four Fairfax County Public Schools(FCPS) students have won nationalawards in the 2015 Scholastic Writ-ing Awards Competition. Sixteen FCPSstudents won regional Gold Key awards,and 29 students won regional Silver Keyawards.

❖ Olivia Dabich of Marshall High Schoolfor Flash Fiction, “A Defector and Family’sGuide to the Aftermath of Defection fromNorth Korea.” Dabich won a Gold Key awardfor this entry in the regional competition.

❖ Peiqi Wang of Carson Middle Schoolfor Critical Essay, “A False Dichotomy: Pri-vacy and Security in the Digital Age.” Wangwon a Gold Key award for this entry in theregional competition.

National Silver Medal award winnerswere:

❖ Mei Baek of Thomas Jefferson HighSchool for Science and Technology(TJHSST) for Poetry, “Grandmother.” Baekwon a Gold Key award for this entry in theregional competition.

❖ Samiksha Kale of Kilmer Middle Schoolfor Poetry, “3-2-1 Fun, My Spark of Inspira-tion, The Jewel of India, Wretched Soul.”Kale won a Gold Key award for this entryin the regional competition.

Regional Gold Key award winners are:❖ Colleen Flanagan of Herndon High

School for Poetry.❖ Olivia Dabich of Marshall High School

for Short Story and Poetry.❖ Tara Abrishami of TJHSST for Poetry.❖ Suzie Bae of TJHSST for Personal Es-

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