Bonfire Fridays at Beliveau with Chloe and Stewart Scales
Venue: Beliveau Farm Winery, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Chloe and Stewart Scales
Date: Friday, October 21, 2022
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Drink Specials
Cost: Free
Description:
Beliveau Farm Winery presents Bonfire Fridays at Beliveau with Chloe and Stewart Scales on Friday, October 21, 2022.
Hailing from opposite ends of the state of Virginia, Chloé and Stewart met in 2012 at the Floyd Country Store, brought together by a shared interest in the music of southwest Virginia. Chloé is a classically trained cellist who is exploring traditional music; Stewart is a self-taught bluegrass banjo, guitar, and bass player. Together they play a variety of styles, but folk and bluegrass are favorite genres. Chloé and Stewart married in 2016, and they now make their home in Catawba, Virginia. When they aren’t playing music, Chloé teaches Latin and Special Education at William Byrd High School and Stewart teaches Geography at Virginia Tech.
Chloé Scales grew up in Vienna, Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. She started playing cello when she was ten years old, and the cello remains her primary instrument. She also plays mountain dulcimer, folk harp, and viola da gamba. She began by learning classical music, but she always loved a wide variety of folk music, ranging from song-writers of the 1960’s and 1970’s, like Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell, to traditional folk and early music from Europe and America. She came to this part of the state to study Classics at Virginia Tech, and immersed herself in the tunes of the region. She fell in love with the mountains and music (and Stewart too of course), and now is happy to call Catawba her home.
Stewart Scales is from Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He started teaching himself guitar when he was twelve years old, and then transitioned to banjo as well. Later he picked up the upright bass. He attended Virginia Tech to study Geography, and he now teaches in that department with a focus on map-making, Appalachia, and even geography of tea. He always had a passion for local music and was influenced by his favorite performers, such as John Hartford and Norman Blake. Stewart also plays in a bluegrass band called New Standard.
From April through November the winery/brewery will be open until 8:30 PM on Friday nights with free live music playing from 6:00-8:00 PM weekly. The kitchen will close at 8:00 PM. We will have a bonfire going as we are able to.
There is no cover charge.
All ages are welcome and dogs are allowed outside.
For more information, visit:
http://www.beliveaufarm.com/ or
https://www.facebook.com/BeliveauFarmWinery or call 540-961-0505.