Bullies, Hoochie Mamas, and Fried Asparagus!

Hello everybody! We missed two weeks-too busy to blog! BULLIES: Our new anti-bullying show, Sticks and Stones, is officially up and running! Thanks to St. Paul school in Carroll County, VA for hosting our first performance. We visited our friends with Porkchop Productions, Stacey and Laura in their beautiful home in Aiken, SC. Stacey Maxwell … Continue reading →

Wild week with snow, a Lincoln Performance, a blown tire, and the Daytona 500!

It has been a wild week with snow, a Lincoln Performance, a blown tire, and the Daytona 500! We had 6 an 1/2 inches of snow on President’s Day!  Not much work done but, we had fun! We built a snow bear and a snow woman. To view the entire photo album visit our album … Continue reading →

Loving the Art in Themselves! Our Beautiful Students!

Our students are a source of joy and inspiration to us. They are all so talented and unselfish.  Their spirits are truly beautiful!  We are honored to be their drama teachers. Many of them will be performing with us this summer in The Interactive Alice In Wonderland, Brer Rabbit, Tom Sawyer, and The Wind in … Continue reading →

Yadkinville Trip and Valentines @ Primland

Once Upon a Blue Ridge had a busy week! The Living Storybook Winter Drama classes on Wednesday. Friday, Brementown Musicians and Mr. Lincoln’s Office for The Yadkin Arts Council and Saturday, a new Valentine Show, My Funny Valentine, that we put together for Primland in Meadows of Dan, VA. Yadkin Arts Council Facebook Link This week we … Continue reading →

CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE!

Hello on this beautiful Monday! When you get a chance check out our new website. http://www.onceuponablueridge.com It has a calendar with news and updates. More photo galleries and videos will be added as time goes by. Our wonderful students are well represented on the gallery page. Like us on Facebook , follow us on Twitter, … Continue reading →

STICKS AND STONES and BEN’S BIRTHDAY

We have glad tidings to report! Our son-Ben turns 8 years old on Wednesday! Why do they grow up so fast? Also, we are partnering with Porkchop Productions of SC to present a new anti-bullying play, STICKS AND STONES–by Stacey Maxwell.  Stacey is an old friend of Peter’s from Columbia College and The Patchwork Players.  She has been writing … Continue reading →

BECOMING ABE FILM NOW ON YOU TUBE!

We are finally releasing BECOMING ABE, the 10 min film we did with Winston-Salem Filmmaker Mike Foley 2 years ago. It is PG-13–probably, so keep that in mind. We hope you find it as funny as many festival audiences have, and will pass it on to your adult friends. All our students beware!   http://youtu.be/icXJZjzTsdA

Big Southern “Hey” from Once Upon a Blue Ridge

So WE (Peter and Christina Holland) decided to start a blog to write our thoughts, updates, travels, calendar, etc. If you know us, then you know we are a mom and pop theatre company–literally! Today is a good day to start our blog because we are @ home enjoying a snow day with our soon to … Continue reading →