Reston Community Center — Local services in Reston

Overall, great place to come for hobbies and activities for people of all ages. With that being said, I mainly utilize their aquatic center. Today, I was there waiting for my session to start. There was a kid, not listening to the instructors and exhibiting unsafe behavior. The head lifeguard walked over to the child after watching him consistently. Ignore his instructors instructions and told the child to stop the unsafe behavior. This isn’t verbatim, but basically, that is what he was telling the child. He did not yell at the child. He did not insult the child. He spoke to the child in a soft, but Serious tone. I saw or heard nothing wrong that the lifeguard said to the child. The mom got extremely upset and started yelling at the lifeguard and saying rude things to him. None of his colleagues stood up for him, but I’m assuming they were too stunned to speak. I almost stepped in, but did not. She demanded to know his name, and if I remember correctly, I think he said his name was Steve or Stephen. Regardless, he did nothing wrong and he should’ve never been yelled at and treated that way by this parent. Even after the class concluded, her children were not listening to simple instructions to get out of the pool. The kids weren’t even listening to their own mother. She had to repeatedly tell them to get out of the pool. So if they are not even listening to their mother, why is it so hard for her to believe that her kids weren’t listening to the instructors and doing unsafe things in the pool? If she thinks the way this lifeguard spoke to her kid was “bad”, she is going to have a rude awakening. Once her kids finally reach school age. There are teachers that have low tolerance for bad behavior and we’ll speak to them even worse. I can tell from how she acted, that she probably enables bad behavior at home. I just wanted to write this because the way she acted was extremely disturbing and I already know that she probably planned on speaking with a manager. Again, this lifeguard did and said nothing wrong. I was literally standing there front and center and saw everything. Kudos to him for standing his ground and keeping his cool. If her child would’ve gotten hurt because of the unsafe behavior, he was doing doing, then she would have blamed the lifeguards or the instructors for not telling her...

We rented the main party room at this community center, and while the space itself was beautiful and spacious, our overall experience was terrible. The staff was aggressive and completely unhelpful, making it difficult to enjoy the event.

One of the biggest issues was the sound system. We were not allowed to use our own equipment, and their system was awful—low volume and poor quality. We could barely hear the music, which completely ruined the atmosphere of our party.

To make matters worse, the venue had a range of stage lights, party lights, and flashers, but they remained off for the entire event. Despite multiple requests to turn them on, the staff ignored us, making the party feel dull and lifeless.

Additionally, they imposed strict and unreasonable restrictions, even requiring little kids to stay only within the rented space, which was poorly defined. The only way to tell the boundaries was by looking at where the wood flooring ended and the carpet began.

Overall, this was by far the worst and extremely disappointing venue we have ever rented. The poor service, terrible sound system, and lack of lighting made the party a complete letdown. We will never rent this place again and do not recommend it to anyone looking for a...

The Reston Community Orchestra is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) all-volunteer ensemble devoted to music and the community. Performance repertoire covers the entire spectrum of orchestral music from classical and romantic to contemporary compositions.

The orchestra is self-supporting, funded by contributions from the community and orchestra members, as well as through grants. RCO has never charged admission fees for its regular season concerts. Funds received from donations at each concert and contributions to the Annual Benefit support the RCO general operating expenses. Our Board is made up of volunteers from both the community and the orchestra.

Reston Community Orchestra is a member of the Arts Council of Fairfax County, Virginians for the Arts, The Cultural Alliance of DC, the Arts Alliance of Reston, and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and...