Tag: Memberfest

Date: Friday, October 4, 2013
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Location: The Feltner Museum at 9 Court Square
Admission: FREE for PHW Members and Their Guests

Join Preservation of Historic Winchester in Old Town Winchester during the October First Friday celebrations. Meet and greet other PHW members. Information on PHW membership and upcoming activities will be available. Tour the Feltner Museum, enjoy light refreshments, and even try your hand at a Winchester trivia game to win some prizes. Bring a friend and introduce them to PHW, too!

For more information, contact PHW at phwi@verizon.net or (540) 667-3577.

For everyone working on the membership signup contest, we are down to the wire with just one week to go. If you’re holding onto any memberships, they need to be turned in to the PHW Office Friday, December 7 by 5 PM. Entries will be tallied and announced on Monday, December 10. The current leader has 16 entries, so make sure you work hard to match or beat that number to be in the running for the framed Beyer print or the $300 store credit to Eugene B. Smith’s Gallery!

If you weren’t on hand for the drawing at the end of the night for Memberfest, here’s the rundown:

Welcome Pack Prizes (Beside a Valley Road, The Impossible Task, $25 gift certificate to the Total Image and Workingman’s Store, quilt block notecards, certificate for two Holiday House Tour tickets, and a pineapple welcome pin) – Angela Duncan

Apple Pack Prizes (Three limited edition apple sculptures depicting the Frederick County Courthouse, Abram’s Delight, and Glen Burnie, with matching stands, and also the “Follow the Apple Trail” driving tour and a golden apple pin) – Tina Scully

Winchester Pack Prizes (Decorative plate of the Kurtz Building, three packs of assorted notecards, certificate for two Holiday House Tour Tickets, and one downtown Winchester pin) – Jessica Watson and Barbara Laidlaw

PHW Pack Prizes (Limestone, Sycamores, and Architecture, lap afghan, three packs of PHW notecards, certificate for two Holiday House Tour tickets, and one downtown Winchester pin) – Robbie Marchant

Basket Items (Gift certificate/wine tasting for 4 at Kindred Pointe Winery, red and white wine from Williamsburg Winery, four wine glasses, truffles, marble wine cork, dip mixes, napkins, and wine light) – Justin Hoppes

Crate Items (Eugene Smith framed Apple Blossom poster, apple crate, apple wine, pie plate, apple pie filling, apple cranberry spread, apple cookbook, apple candles, dip mix, collectible Apple Blossom Coke bottles) – Sandy Pumphrey

Door Table (Table made from reclaimed historic wood from three buildings in the Winchester Historic District) – Donna Downing

Congratulations to our raffle winners! If you didn’t get lucky this time, look for more events like this in the future. You never know what we might raffle off next!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by Memberfest on Friday! We had a full house at Eugene B. Smith’s Gallery for the party. The “Vanished Winchester” slideshow was quite a hit; we hope you were able to see that while you were out and about for First Friday. We are also so pleased at all the members who joined — or rejoined — PHW at the event. We could not be a working organization without all of our members. Thank you for your support!

If you are working on the membership signup contest, the competition is getting stiff! Our current leader has signed up 12 members so far with the help of the Memberfest party. You have until December 7 to meet or beat that number to be in the running for the grand prize of a framed Beyer print or $300 in store credit to the Eugene B. Smith Gallery.

Concerning the raffle prizes, including the special table made from reclaimed wood, a little over 400 raffle tickets were sold at the event. We are now working on getting the prizes ready to go to the lucky winners. Look for another post when all the winners have been notified!

November 2 is almost here, and that means First Fridays downtown! Remember to stop in the Eugene B. Smith Gallery at 25 North Loudoun Street between 6-10 PM to meet up with the folks from PHW while you’re taking in the other activities. Downstairs in the gallery space will be a reception and live music surrounded by Eugene Smith’s artwork. Upstairs will be PHW central, with information on the organization, membership signups and a special slideshow highlighting “Vanished Winchester,” a look back at some lost buildings both inside and outside the Historic District. You can also try your luck at an assortment of door prizes, with the most special prize being the “door table.”

The table is made from reclaimed wood from three buildings in the Winchester Historic District that were recently renovated or are undergoing work currently, including 427 North Loudoun, 507 South Loudoun, and 201 South Braddock Street (the Samuel Noakes house, which you have seen undergoing a transformation here at the PHW blog). This is a once in a lifetime chance to own a special piece of Winchester history, and it could be yours for just a single raffle ticket. Bring some dollar bills and take a chance – tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5.

This event is the perfect opportunity for you to socialize with other PHW supporters and introduce your friends to PHW as part of the membership signup contest. While you have until December 7 to sign up new members to PHW to be in the running for the Beyer print “A View of Winchester” OR the $300 store credit to the EBS Gallery, you’d better hurry! December 7 (and Holiday House Tour) will be here before you know it.

It has been just about a week since PHW announced Memberfest and launched the Membership Signup Campaign. We’ve already received some new member signups at the office — thank you very much! Remember, the more members you sign up, the better your chances are for winning the grand prize, a framed print of Edward Beyer’s “A View of Winchester” or $300 in store credit to the EBS Gallery. If you haven’t started yet, don’t worry! The signup contest runs until December 7, so you have plenty of time.

We also have a bit more information on the special table which will be available as a door prize at Memberfest on Nov. 2 at Eugene B. Smith’s Gallery. This table is made from reclaimed wood from the Winchester Historic District. The table legs were made from an oak rafter from 507 S. Loudoun St. The table top was made from a board and batten door of heart pine from 427 N. Loudoun St., while the table skirt was made from a heart pine doorjamb from 201 S. Braddock St. Tommy Beavers of Beavers Carpentry and Nancy Murphy have been working on this project for us. We’ll be sure to share pictures of the finished table when they’re available.

Preservation of Historic Winchester is launching a membership campaign this fall to reach more people passionate about preserving the history and architecture of Winchester and Frederick County. To that end, PHW is hosting a membership signup contest with a grand prize valued at $300 – a limited edition framed print of Edward Beyer’s “A View of Winchester” OR $300 in store credit to the Eugene B. Smith Gallery. The membership signup contest is open now until December 7, 2012. Although you need not be a PHW member to participate in the contest, we invite you to join PHW and use your membership as your first referral.

As part of the membership campaign, PHW invites you to come to Memberfest with your prospective new members to learn more about the organization. Memberfest is a celebration of our current supporters and an opportunity for prospective members to join PHW. The party will be held on November 2, 2012 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Eugene B. Smith Gallery, 25 N. Loudoun Street, in Winchester. It is free and open to the general public. This “First Friday” event, jointly sponsored by PHW and the Gallery, will feature a reception with live music by the Robert Larson Trio. In addition, the second floor of the Gallery will be open. Visitors will be able to view the building’s original fabric as well as a special slide show presentation on “Vanished Winchester”. Information on PHW activities and membership benefits will be available. Door prizes, including a very special table made from reclaimed wood, will be available to win.

Good luck in the contest, and we hope to see you at Memberfest this November!