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Round Hill Arts Center jams on
Despite having to hold its party outside, the evening went well at the bluegrass and folk music jam session April 25, said Wally Johnson, who helps run the Round Hill Arts Center on Loudoun Street in Round Hill.
In March, the center was visited by Loudoun County Fire Marshal Chief Keith Brower, who told art center volunteers that the center could only house 49 people at a time.
Johnson says the jam sessions, which have been held without fail the last Friday of each month since August 2003, can draw as many as 400 people on a nice summer night.
Fearing having to cancel the sessions, event organizers pitched tents outside for the March 28 and April 25 events.
“We had about 250 people,” said Johnson of the April session, which withstood the evening's scattered showers. “There were some musicians who left because they couldn't play inside.”
Several improvements to the two-story wood-frame building that houses the arts center will need to be made before the jam session can be held indoors, said Johnson. He said the improvements are estimated at $50,000.
Musicians, who attended the last two jam sessions, have donated about $1,000, said Johnson. He said he hopes to have the building redone by September -- before the weather turns cold.
The next bluegrass and folk jam session is May 30 and begins at 6 p.m.
Donations can be sent to the Round Hill Arts Center, P.O. Box 3, Round Hill, VA 20142
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