Love Songs

On Valentine's Day there are many ways to express your feelings to that very special person. Quartets from the Mason-Dixon Chorus are offering to do the heavy lifting and deliver love songs in four-part harmony. Quartets will be available from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb 13, and Tuesday, Feb. 14, to perform in Washington and Franklin (Pa.) counties. Members will sing two love songs, leave a memento, a valentine from the sender, and a photo of the recipient with the quartet. The required $35 donation benefits the nonprofit chorus and its charitable efforts.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Berkeley County Historical Society will hold its annual Valentine Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Belle Boyd House, 126 E. Race St. Shirley Baker of the Apollo Civic Theatre will do a program on "Valentine's Day Through the Years. " There will be one large room at the Belle Boyd House filled with valentines and candy boxes. Emily Clendening will sing love songs and will be accompanied by her mother, Pamela Scott.

Say it with music Mason Dixon Barbershop Chorus will send singing Valentines to your loved one. The quartet will sing two love songs, present a card from the sender, a small gift, and a photo of your loved one with the quartet. The service is available after 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, and Thursday, Feb. 14. The cost is $40 and proceeds toward the charitable efforts of the chorus. Times are limited. In Pennsylvania, call 717-328-3674; in Maryland, call 301-739-3782; or go to www.masondixonchorus.

Members of barbershop quartet Memories, Harold James of Funkstown, Ed Kakuk of Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., Don Dingee of Hagerstown, and Jerry Hodge of Mercersburg, Pa., are one of the quartets from Mason Dixon Chorus who will sing love songs for valentines from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14. The cost us $35. Proceeds will be distributed to several charities. To make arrangements, call Howard Nicholas at 301-790-3178, or send e-mail to how411@aol.

This Valentine's Day can be even more special for your loved one with a singing Valentine delivered by a women's barbershop quartet.  Members of Freedom Valley Chorus will deliver singing Valentines for area residents and businesspeople looking for a fun and an exciting new way to send a Valentine's message to their sweethearts, family members, special clients or customers.  A singing Valentine includes two love songs sung in barbershop harmony, a...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs. Whether they have or not is yet to be determined, but Chambersburg's Capitol Theatre obviously doesn't think so. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, the theater will welcome a performance of "Bright Lights! Broadway in Love," from Michael Herzlin Productions. The show will feature love songs from Broadway shows past and present. "My Funny Valentine," "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," "Old Fashioned Wedding" and "Heart" are a few songs that have been performed as part of the show and may be on the program this Valentine's Day. Broadway veterans Jane Brockman, Timothy Shew and Joseph Kolinski will be performing to piano accompaniment by music director Andrew Gerle.

Craft and bake sale The Red Hat Society at Potomac Towers will hold a craft and bake sale Tuesday from noon to 3:30 p.m. or until supplies last. Proceeds from this sale will benefit the quilt and craft class at Potomac Towers. Potomac Towers is off Baltimore Street in Hagerstown. The public is invited to attend a seminar Friday, Feb. 20, at Potomac Towers titled "Beat the Winter Blues. " The seminar, which will start at 9:15 a.m., will be hosted by Helen House. Please note that Potomac Towers offers free blood presssure screenings Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m. Economic recovery plan The Democratic Central Committee in Hagerstown will meet Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. regarding the economic recovery plan and its impact on the community.

For Kim Sigler of Knoxville, Tenn., Tracy Byrd is more than a country singer. He became a source of comfort when she lost her boyfriend in a car accident two years ago. Dave Sands, 47, was killed Memorial Day weekend 1997, the same day he got tickets to an upcoming Byrd concert at the Frederick County Fair. Byrd dedicated the song "The Keeper of the Stars" to him during his performance at the fair. "I didn't think anyone would take a stranger into his heart like that," said Sigler, 41, who has since met the singer and was back to see him Friday night at the Maryland Theatre.

kevinc@herald-mail.com Love is in the air, and Cheryl Kenney, well, she loves it. Truth is, the owner of Roccoco on West Washington Street in Hagerstown tries to set a romantic mood every night. But she admits her staff gets ramped up as Valentine's Day approaches. This year is no different. A special menu is in place, and French love songs pipe through her sound system. One year, all women diners received a long-stemmed red rose. Tonight and Friday, Feb. 14, an opera singer will serenade patrons with Italian love songs.

This Valentine's Day can be even more special for your loved one with a singing Valentine delivered by a women's barbershop quartet.  Members of Freedom Valley Chorus will deliver singing Valentines for area residents and businesspeople looking for a fun and an exciting new way to send a Valentine's message to their sweethearts, family members, special clients or customers.  A singing Valentine includes two love songs sung in barbershop harmony, a...

The Top Five Teachers as artists Recent works by Washington County’s public, private and home-school art educators. Opening reception with music by Staff Infection will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Washington County Arts Council, 14 W. Washington St., downtown Hagerstown. Exhibit continues through February. Call 301-791-3132 or go to www.washingtoncountyarts.com . Catch, search, sit Three competitive games for dogs — a ball catch; a searching game; and “musical sits.

 Nothing says "baby, I love you," like porkchop sideburns and a white jumpsuit. "For me, Elvis of the '70s is what Elvis is all about," said Tim Rotz, who will impersonate The King during Antietam Recreation's Valentine's Special. The variety show debuts Friday, Feb. 4, at the camp's facilities south of Funkstown, and continues Fridays and Saturdays through Saturday, Feb. 19, with special shows on Sunday, Feb. 13, and on Valentine's Day, Monday, Feb. 14. Rotz, the show's director, described a program of half country and half Elvis, with some Frank Sinatra and Michael Bublé on the side.

Freedom Valley Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will offer singing Valentines over Valentine’s Day weekend, which is Feb. 12-14.   For $40, a quartet from the chorus in Chambersburg will go to the location you choose and sing two love songs, and present a red rose and a Valentine card to your sweetheart, child, parent or another special someone.   For more information or to schedule your singing Valentine, call 717-860-2461 or 240-217-9376, or go to www.freedomvalleychorus.

BOONSBORO -- "She's More," "She Thinks She Needs Me," "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" ... Andy Griggs' most popular songs have been love songs, but he didn't set out to be pegged as a "love-song kind of guy. " "It's not that I'm thinking of that when I'm recording. That's usually what record labels end up releasing on me," Griggs said during a recent phone interview. "It is what it is. You certainly can't really 'get' my music and understand my standpoint if you only listen to the singles on the radio," said Griggs, who writes some of his songs.

Craft and bake sale The Red Hat Society at Potomac Towers will hold a craft and bake sale Tuesday from noon to 3:30 p.m. or until supplies last. Proceeds from this sale will benefit the quilt and craft class at Potomac Towers. Potomac Towers is off Baltimore Street in Hagerstown. The public is invited to attend a seminar Friday, Feb. 20, at Potomac Towers titled "Beat the Winter Blues. " The seminar, which will start at 9:15 a.m., will be hosted by Helen House. Please note that Potomac Towers offers free blood presssure screenings Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m. Economic recovery plan The Democratic Central Committee in Hagerstown will meet Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. regarding the economic recovery plan and its impact on the community.

Singing Valentines The Mason-Dixon Barbershop Chorus will hold its annual Singing Valentine fundraiser Friday, Feb. 13, and Saturday, Feb. 14. Give your loved one a Valentine he or she will remember for a long time. Quartets are warmed up and ready to sing in the Hagerstown area, in homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, offices and even on street corners in some cases. They have even been seen and heard singing in elevators (great acoustics). For $40, an elegantly dressed quartet will serenade your loved one with two love songs, present a card from the sender and a small memento.

Say it with music Mason Dixon Barbershop Chorus will send singing Valentines to your loved one. The quartet will sing two love songs, present a card from the sender, a small gift, and a photo of your loved one with the quartet. The service is available after 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, and Thursday, Feb. 14. The cost is $40 and proceeds toward the charitable efforts of the chorus. Times are limited. In Pennsylvania, call 717-328-3674; in Maryland, call 301-739-3782; or go to www.masondixonchorus.

Today's teens are, sadly, well-versed in lust, but lack an understanding of love To the editor: When I can look at a couple who have been married 40 years or more and instantly know they are still in love, I am delighted and deeply grateful for them - for all the sacrifices they've made, for all the forgiveness granted, all the patience exercised and all the "other-centeredness" it took to arrive where they are in life. It is no small accomplishment and their reward is obvious to me. The pleasure I find in observing these enduring relationships is countered by my concern for our teens and pre-teens.