We Salute Our 2011 Sponsors and Benefactors!

The Virginia Highlands Festival brings more than 200,000 people to Abingdon each year, with exposure online and in print to more than 2 million, regionally. If you are interested in sponsoring this popular festival and reaching new customers, audiences and members, Click Here for Sponsor Information.

Gold Sponsors

($1,000-$1,999)

  • Berry Home Centers
  • Bristol Virginia Utilities
  • Cumberland Resources
  • Dent K. Burke Associates, P.C.
  • E.C. Publishing Co.
  • First Bank of Virginia
  • Food City
  • Four Seasons
  • Hapco/American Flagpole
  • Kroger
  • Meade Tractor
  • Penn Stuart & Eskridge - Attorneys
  • Pepsi Co. Bottlers
  • Walling Distributing Company

Silver Sponsors

($500-$999)

  • Ellis Soda Shoppe and Grill
  • Gitzo
  • Manfrotto Distribution
  • NACC Learning Center
  • Poetry Society of Virginia
  • Really Right Stuff
  • The Worx
  • Universal Companies
  • WCQR Radio

Bronze Sponsors

($250-$499)

  • Ball Corporation
  • Blue Ridge PBS
  • Charles Bridwell, CPA
  • Farris Funeral Service
  • Jerry’s Signs, Inc.
  • Scott Miller, DDS
  • The Bank of Marion with branches in Damascus, Abingdon, Glade Spring and Bristol

2011 Program Partners

  • Abingdon Senior Center
  • Abingdon Vineyard and Winery
  • Advance Abingdon
  • Appalachian Sustainable Development
  • Barter Theatre
  • Black’s Fort Chapter—Daughters of the American Revolution DAR
  • Blue Gray Historical Group
  • Capo’s Music Store
  • Desert Sands Shrine Club
  • Emory and Henry College
  • Fields-Penn 1860 House Museum
  • Friends of the Washington County Public Library
  • Green Spring Presbyterian Church/Watauga Chapel Gospel Singing
  • Historical Society of Washington County, Va.
  • Holston River Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Jubilee House Retreat Center
  • Museum of the Middle Appalachians
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Overmountain Victory Trail Association -- Blacks Fort Chapter
  • Parks Mill
  • Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
  • Sons of the American Revolution -- General William Campbell Chapter
  • United States Post Office, Abingdon, VA
  • Upper Tennessee River Roundtable
  • Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
  • Virginia Department of Forestry
  • Virginia Highlands Community College
  • Washington County Public Library
  • Washington County Recreation Department
  • Washington County Retired Teachers Association
  • Washington County School Board’s One-Room School Museum Committee
  • White’s Mill Foundation
  • William King Museum

Benefactor

($500.00 & Up)

  • Sue Clark
  • Marcia and Marvin W. Gilliam
  • Gary and Susan Kimbrell
  • Strongwell

Donor

($200.00 - $499.99)

  • Don Ault
  • George and Ginny Barker
  • Charles W. and Carolyn F. Barry
  • Victoria C. Bettis, D.D.S.
  • Mike and Susan Brown
  • Walt and Janet Crickmer
  • Michael D. Doty, DDS, PC
  • John and Jana Dreyzehner
  • Cathy Gibson
  • Vaughn and Mary Groves
  • S. Rebecca Harrington
  • Elizabeth D. Hayter
  • Elizabeth K. Hulvey
  • Ben and Merry Jennings
  • Barbara M. Middleton
  • Larry and Marilyn Miller
  • Jane Bowden Moore
  • David and Judy Neal
  • Drs. Rosalind and Don Reichard
  • Mr. and Mrs. Tarn M. Rosenbaum
  • Lewis and Lillian Spicer
  • Gene and Catheryn Sturgeon
  • Larry Taylor

Highlander

($100.00 - $199.99)

  • Lucy Alexander
  • Beckie and Paul Armstrong
  • Wayne and Jeannie Austin
  • Mary Alice and Jeoff Bodenhorst
  • Mr. and Mrs. David Bonham
  • Dr. and Mrs. James H. Bowden, Jr.
  • Peyton Boyd Architect PC
  • Kimberly Brown
  • Helen and Jane Bryan
  • Jim and Kay Bunn
  • Jimmy and Lovis Countiss
  • Jim and Janice Cowan
  • Dr. and Mrs. Larry H. Cox
  • Bob and Elizabeth Craig
  • Richard and Julie Davidson
  • Ron and Nancy Domst
  • Mrs. Peggy Dickenson Donaldson
  • Otey and Mary Dudley
  • Charles and Maribel Elton
  • David and Barbard Farris
  • Hugh and Annette Ferguson
  • Jack and Joyce Ferratt
  • David and Karen Foster
  • Isaac and Alice Freeman
  • Dr. and Mrs. James L. Gardner
  • Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Gent
  • Martha F. Gibson
  • Steve and Anita Givens
  • Pauline "Blue" Gotham
  • Rich and Darlene Hagy
  • Dr. and Mrs. Ed Hatcher
  • Dr. Robert F. Horsch
  • Jan and Sam Hurt
  • Joe and Suzanne Hutton
  • Jim and Diana Johnson
  • Joe and Mary Ann Johnson
  • Jim and Mary Jones
  • Greg and Susan Jordan
  • Susan F. Lapis
  • Don and Suzanne Lay
  • Paul and Shannon Love
  • Elizabeth and Randy Lowe
  • John and Beth Mahaffey
  • Ann and Bruce Mathews
  • Rags and Betty Medicus
  • George and Nancy Metcalf
  • Bill and Maureen Moffet
  • Dr. and Mrs. Martin Monahan
  • Pete and Sydne Montague
  • John and Pat Moore
  • Bill and Janet Munk
  • Linda G. Neal
  • Rick and Alice Nida
  • Rubinette M. Niemann
  • James and Kathleen Parks
  • Eugenia and Thomas Phillips, Jr.
  • Plastic Surgery Specialists
  • H. C., Megan, and Abby Pratt
  • Jeanne A. Preston
  • Lee and Helen Price
  • Charlie and Heda Quillin
  • Neel Rich
  • John and Peggy Roberts
  • Amanda and Richard Rose
  • Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Semancik
  • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sims
  • Baird and Sandy Smith
  • Ron and Shirley Snowden
  • Sloan and Doris Southerlin
  • Mike and Karen Spear
  • Mary B. Stuart
  • Mrs. W. A. Stuart, Jr.
  • Wayne and Ellen Thomas
  • Mickey and Doris Tyler
  • Paul & Judy Umstott
  • Dan and Anne-Lewis Vowell
  • Sylvia and Jack White
  • Dr. and Mrs. F. David Wilkin
  • Janet Woolwine, Jim Cowart
  • C. P. and Carolyn Worrell
  • Sally and Jim Worth
  • Craig and Judith Wylie
  • David and Linda Wynne

Patrons

($50.00 - $99.99)

  • Dr. Idanna Thurmond Aaron
  • Abingdon Mercantile & Frame Gallery
  • Dorothy Adams
  • Winona and Gary Aday
  • Dr. Douglas E. Arnold
  • Jack and Nancy Arnold
  • Mona Owens Austin
  • Joella Johnson Barbour
  • Patty Blackwell
  • Charlotte L. Brillhart
  • Susan Chase
  • Callebs Realty
  • Riley and Emma Clark
  • Carolyn and Carl Clarke
  • Henry Dawson
  • Trudy Ann Dayton
  • Stevan & Marsha Demase
  • I. B. Dent
  • Joe and Jan Derting
  • Bill and Julie Donovan
  • Eva Edmondson
  • Sylvia Ferguson
  • Jim and Doris Fleenor
  • Linda G. Fritsch
  • Annette "Kay" Herther
  • J. C. Hitz
  • Jim and Suzette Hodges
  • Joan M. Hoffman
  • Skid Hoskins
  • Penny Howard
  • Lois Humphreys
  • Margaret Hutson
  • Eleanor Hall Hutton
  • Stephen and Lisa Jett
  • Peggy J. Johnson
  • Shirley G. Landreth
  • John D. Lentz, DDS.
  • Darlene B Litton, M.D.
  • Dr. Carole Mask
  • Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. McCoy
  • Jewel Mobley Maiden
  • Sue Ann Morris
  • Duncan and Charlotte Parsons
  • Mary Beth Rainero
  • Gene and Claire Rasor
  • Kenneth and Deanna B. Reynolds
  • Elizabeth W. Seaver
  • Buddy Scheerer
  • Barbara Smith
  • Whitley Smith
  • Dr. & Mrs. Jim Stanley
  • Lynn Sweet
  • Mae H. Turner
  • Dr, James Wade
  • Jim and Carol Yates

Sponsor Information

The Virginia Highlands Festival (VHF) is a nationally recognized 16 day celebration of the cultural arts held in midsummer each year. It is the premiere cultural arts event in the area. The event was begun in 1949 by a small group of volunteers including Robert Porterfield, founder of the Barter Theatre, as a means to showcase the region's arts, to educate and entertain its citizens, and to attract tourists to the area during the hot summer months. Now in its 63rd year, the festival has always been organized and run by an independent board of volunteers.

We are honored that so many outstanding area businesses and organizations are festival sponsors. They, along with the the festival board and volunteers, welcome thousands of festival attendees to Abingdon each summer.

Media Sponsors for the 2011 Virginia Highlands Festival are WCYB Channel 5 in Bristol, WABN 1230AM radio of Abingdon, Heritage TV, The Bristol Herald Courier, WCQR 88.3FM, 98.5 WTFM, Citadel Broadcasting and Voice Magazine for Women. Each of these businesses provide a powerful voice for the festival to reach area residents and we are proud to have them as sponsors. We thank them and all of our sponsors, and encourage you to patronize their business. Without their support, our festival would not be possible.

Call (276) 623-5266 if you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Virginia Highlands Festival.


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