Hanover Arts & Activities Center

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500 South Center Street, PO Box 486, Ashland, Virginia 23005 804-798-2728

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Ashland & Hanover's Cultural Center

We are dedicated to providing opportunities for cultural enrichment, educational ventures and personal growth for the citizens of Ashland and Hanover County.

Built in 1859 as Ashland Baptist Church, the building served as a hospital during the Civil War, and became the Arts and Activities Center in 1967.

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What We Do

HAAC sponsors many events such as the Bluemont concert series, The Ashland Musical Variety Show, the Hanover Idols competition, Ashland Railroad Run, Black History in Story & Song, Ashland's 4th of July Parade, Children's Summer Theater Camp and much more.

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The Center offers meeting locations, music lesson rooms and art studio space to local individuals and organizations. Home to the Ashland Community Preschool, many other groups such as AARP, the Black Heritage Society and the Hanover Concert Band also gather at HAAC.

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We rent this memorable piece of Ashland's history

for corporate, group and personal events, parties, rehearsal dinners, as well as unforgettable and beautiful Weddings & Receptions.

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NEWS & HAPPENINGS

Bluemont in Ashland -
Welcome to Bluemont in Ashland - Season #6. On all of the Sundays in August (Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29th, 2010), we at the Hanover Arts and Activities Center will host 5 wonderful concerts on the lawn. Click here for information on the five bands and other Bluemont information.

2010 CHILDREN'S MUSICAL SUMMER THEATRE CAMP

Come see our wonderful children's musical theatre production - Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka Kids Aug. 6 (6:30 pm); Aug. 7 (6:30 pm) and Aug. 8 (1:30 pm). Tickets are $5.00 in advance and $6.00 at the door. To purchase tickets, please contact Becket Franklin at 804.380.6953. To order at Willy Wonka DVD, click here for an order form or click here to order online.

If you would like to order a Theatre Camp Showcase DVD (July 30, 2010), please click here (note - this is NOT the Willy Wonka DVD - this is the DVD of musical numbers such as You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Improv, Commercials, etc.)

Thanks to everyone for supporting theatre in Ashland.

July 4, 2010 - thanks for volunteering, spectating, and participating in our small town July 4th celebration.

RAILROAD RUN AND GREEN FAIR - 2010

Thanks to everyone - sponsors, participants, board members, volunteers and spectators - for your support of our 32nd Annual Ashland Railroad Run and Green Fair. We apologize for the delay in reporting results - due to a computer glitch in the timing. Thanks for helping to make the "Center" of the Universe a little greener. We hope to see you next year.

10k results are posted and updated at Richmond Road Runners - click here.

WE WERE THERE:
HISTORY THROUGH THE ARTS -

Thank you for the support of our sponsors, participants and audiences in the presentation of We Were There: History Through the Arts. It was a memorable evening each night with shared learning and emotions. Kudos to Ashland's own Anthony Keitt for scripting the show and to our wonderful Ashland Community Chorus for putting on such a moving production. If you would like to purchase a professionally recorded DVD of the show, please order online by visiting WulfTeam Productions or click here to print and mail an order form.

HANOVER IDOLS 2010 -

Thanks to everyone who participated in our 3rd Hanover Idols competition. The quality of the singers made it especially hard for the judges to choose winners. The Hanover Idol Junior winner for Abram Dean Lunsford; runner up was Faith Gitchell. The Hanover Idol winner was Ammie Mines-Derricott; co runners up were Kristin Wilson and Jamie Flanagan.

If you want to order a professionally recorded DVD of the show, click here.

22 HULLABALOO - thanks for your participation in this wonderful event.

GREAT GIFT IDEAS- If you would like to order a DVD of the 2009 Musical Variety Show, Click here. If you would like to order photos from the Show, visit www.402photography.com.

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