Red Hot & Blue Heats Up for Adventure Bound Blues Concert

MANASSAS, VA – On Saturday, July 26, Verdun Adventure Bound, with the Fredericksburg Blues Society, will host the "Red Hot & BLUES" Music Concert on the new Anne Marie Sheridan Amphitheater Stage outdoor theater nestled in the woods in Rixeyville, VA. 

Milton Hernandez, the Red Hot & Blue restaurant manager in Manassas, VA., announced that the restaurant has partnered with the event and 10% of all sales on-site at the event will be donated to the Verdun adventure Bound program. Red Hot & Blue will be selling Red Hot & Blue hickory-smoked pulled pork and pulled chicken BBQ Sandwiches, Veggie Wraps, Grandma’s famous Potato Salad, BBQ Baked Beans and Cole Slaw. The BBQ Restaurant is located at 8366 Sudley Road Manassas, VA 20109 p: 703.367.7100

Red Hot & Blue Restaurants were founded in 1988, through a love for legendary and contemporary Blues music and authentic Memphis-style, slow-hickory-smoked Barbeque. The combination of Blues music and Barbeque is a classic. “It is a natural fit to participate in a Blues event and offer our support to a wonderful community organization at the same time”, Hernandez said. More information at: www.redhotandblue.com/manassas

Activities at the event – all included in the price of a general admission ticket include:
• Thirty-minute workshops for harmonica, guitar and drums from 10am until 12pm
• Tour of the Verdun Adventure Bound facility via a fun hayride
• Opportunities to master the Verdun Climbing Wall under the supervision of staff
• Multiple vendors will be on site with goods, food and drink available for purchase
• Hours of great BLUES music performances starting at 1pm
The opening act is Dear John Blues Band.  The Dear John Blues Band will play for an hour and will be followed by local musicians, Gaye Adegbalola and the WildRutz.  The Blues Buckets will perform from approximately 3 to 5pm leading up to the headliner, Blues great, Jarekus Singleton. Jarekus is releasing a CD in July through Alligator Records.
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Tickets are available online at www.verdunadventurebound.org. and at the gate.  Fredericksburg Blues Society members and military personnel tickets are $25 per person; all others are $30 per person.  Guests are invited to bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs.  Alcohol or firearms are not permitted.

About Verdun Adventure Bound:  Verdun Adventure Bound (VAB) is an outward-bound like youth retreat center located on fifty+ acres in Rixeyville, Virginia.  The mission of VAB is to provide children with experiences that support and promote personal growth and learning from the environment.  The organization customizes programs to the needs to local public, private and parochial schools in the middle and high school age groups.  These inclusive programs serve at-risk youth, namely youth from homeless shelters and adjudicated youths.  VAB is also strongly committed to providing support to the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America in Culpeper, Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties.  Church youth groups in this same region are welcome to participate in programs as well.  Other services include corporate team building and retreat days.
Verdun Adventure Bound is a charitable 501(C) (3) nonprofit located at 17044 Adventure Bound Trail Rixeyville, VA 22737 and was the recipient of the 2010 Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce Award Recipient for Nonprofit of the Year. 
For more information, please call Honore Hastings, Executive Director, at 540.937.4920 or email atadmin@verdunadventurebound.org.

About Red Hot and Blue Restaurants, Inc: Red Hot & Blue first opened in the Washington D.C. area 25 years ago. 3 politicians and a PBS reporter created the first restaurant because they couldn’t find any authentic Memphis-style barbecue on Capitol Hill.  Since its start, Red Hot & Blue has grown into 23 locations in 6 states: Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, The authentic Memphis-style Barbeque mission is to “serve only the best quality barbeque in a fun, casual atmosphere surrounded by blues music and memorabilia.”  For more information, visit http://www.redhotandblue.com

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For additional information or franchise opportunities, contact:  Randy McCann, President, Red Hot & Blue Restaurants, Inc., 154 Charlois Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103.  Phone:  336-714-1515; E-mail rmccann@rjdmgt.com.