We immediately both had a whole set of friends that many of them are still our friends today, so Alexandria, I feel very fortunate to have been raised in Alexandria. “My grandparents are just up the hill from Maury, so I was able to walk right down the hill to school, and it was a wonderful elementary school. “As I look back, we were very blessed that if we were going to go through such a thing, it was here in Alexandria,” Esten said. He said he and his sister – local land-use attorney Cathy Puskar – had to acclimate to a new city and school while going through their parents’ divorce. (Courtesy Photo)īorn in Pittsburgh, Esten moved to the Rosemont neighborhood in Alexandria with his family when he was in third grade. From left to right, John Leary, Charles Esten, Art Schmalz and Roddy Ring. Jones Point and Charles Esten rehearse for their performances next weekend. This is the second year that his opening act has been Jones Point, a local bluegrass band composed of musicians with whom Esten attended middle school, high school and college. “Willingly or not, these people were all my first audience when I was joking around or playing music as a kid, so it’s really just the best to get to come back, especially in a great venue too,” Esten said.įor the past four years, Esten has performed at the Birchmere during the holidays. Permanently based in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Esten is back in Alexandria not only to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, but to perform at the Birchmere this Saturday and Sunday. Williams graduate and class clown who grew up doing improv, playing football and performing with bands around town. In Alexandria, he’s known as Chip Puskar, a T.C.
CHARLES ESTEN SERIES
In the rest of the country, Esten is known as the singer and actor who’s performed at hundreds of national and international venues, starred as Deacon Claybourne in the six-season hit TV series “Nashville” and appeared on “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and “The Office.” Charles Esten (center) plays football with friends at George Mason Elementary School circa 1979/80. “Bradlee, this was my stomping grounds right here,” Esten said from a booth in Atlantis, sipping coffee under the disguise of a baseball cap, surrounded by Sunday morning breakfast-goers. By Missy Schrott | few times a year Charles Esten returns to Alexandria to visit friends or spend holidays with family, his first stop after the airport is usually Atlantis Pizzeria & Family Restaurant in the Bradlee Shopping Center.
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