HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2019-12-30 Friends of TBL Annual Meeting
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
December 27, 2019
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
lkosin@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
Friends of the Thomas Balch Library to Hold Annual Meeting
on Sunday, January 12, 2020
Meeting program will include oral history interview on Loudoun’s First
Vineyard, featuring Lew Parker.
Leesburg, VA (December 27, 2019) – The Friends of the Thomas Balch Library will hold their
25th annual meeting on Sunday, January 12, 2020, in the downstairs meeting room of the library
from 2 to 4 p.m.
The meeting program will be “Oral History Series: Loudoun's First Vineyard-An Interview with
Lew Parker.”
Parker, owner and winemaker, has been making award-winning wines for over 25 years. He
planted his first grapes in 1981 and founded Willowcroft Farm Vineyards, in 1983, which
became the first winery in Loudoun County.
Today, Willowcroft farms about 14 acres of 9,000 vines. The winery has won over 300 medals
and awards including the Jefferson Cup, the double gold medal of the Eastern International,
and gold medals from many California competitions.
Following the program, members of the Friends of the Thomas Balch Library will elect the 2020
board of directors. The Thomas Balch Library is located at 208 West Market Street, Leesburg.
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