YAY! We did it! Also....advice please on programs!

Okay, we officially booked our stay in Williamsburg! This summer will be a blast! We booked the Williamsburg Lodge and ended up getting it for only $109 a night. (Tip: Become a Williamsburg Supporter). I can%26#39;t wait!

As for the programs. We only got to do one last time with such a short stay. This time we%26#39;re planning on going to tons of programs. Which programs do you suggest? NO GHOST TOURS PLEASE! Sorry, we%26#39;re not a fan of ghosts tours. We already booked a really cool spindle class, which I am so excited about! YAY!

Any tips on when special people are out(Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, etc)?

Some of the things we were considering include:

Bits and Bridle Walking Tour(Free)

Listen My Children: Legends, Myths, and Fables for Families

Dance, Our Dearest Diversion

Revolutionary City: The Gunpowder Incident

The Actors Trunk(Free)

Pleasures of the Playhouse(Free)

Behind the Scenes Tour at Bruton Heights(Free)

An Evening of Dance at the Palace

Revolutionary Points of View

The Great Theatrical Disaster of 1790

Shakespeare on the Green(Free)

Theater and The Road to Revolution(Free)

Music Then and Now(Free)

In Defense of Our Liberty

Polly Honeycombe

Building Great Hopes Plantation: Reconstructing Rural Houses by Hand(Free)

Music for a Revolutionary Generation(Free)

Any input is greatly appreciated. But we%26#39;re definitely not going to do a ghost tour. If any of these are slightly scary, please tell me. We%26#39;re not looking for anything like that. Thanks! =)

YAY! We did it! Also....advice please on programs!

If you don%26#39;t want a ghost tour, skip Listen My Children. For your little dancer (tutusandtoeshoes?), Dance, Our Dearest Diversion, or Evening of Dance at the Palace. I think the Bits and Bridles tour is terrific - behind the scenes look at the rare breeds, horses, etc., including a tour of the stables. I%26#39;d also recommend Dean Shostak%26#39;s Crystal Concert, usually given at the Kimball Theatre. There%26#39;s a child-centric presentation at the Playhouse on the Palace Green that%26#39;s quite good, but I don%26#39;t remember the name. And be sure to spend some time at Great Hopes Plantation.

YAY! We did it! Also....advice please on programs!

Thanks for the info! I%26#39;ll skip that one then. I%26#39;m sure we would both enjoy the dancing! =) Ballet is her thing, but I%26#39;d bet this would be great too! I%26#39;ll look into the other things!

Sorry, but what%26#39;s the Great Hopes Plantation? I%26#39;m not sure if we ever got to that last time.

Great Hopes Plantation is between the Visitors Center and the Historic Area. You can walk to it on a footpath. At Great Hopes, rural trades and ways of life are depicted. You may see Ossabow Island hogs, tobacco in a field, and other crops and livestock representing how middling farmers worked and lived in the 18th century.

Tutus, when you arrive, pick up a copy of the brocure entitled ';This Week in Colonial Williamsburg.'; It will list all of the ';special people'; as you call them, indicating where and when they will be present and what they will be discussing (freedom, slavery, etc.)

For an advance look at what%26#39;s happening, consult the CW website, www.HISTORY.org, click on ';calendar,'; and enter the dates you plan be here. While the calendar might not show exact detail about when and where the notable characters will be, it will give you an idea of who will be out and about.

Characters such as Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Gowan Pamphlet, Martha Washington, etc. appear in places such as the Governor%26#39;s Palace Green, Mary Stith House, Raleigh Tavern, the Capitol and even on the streets. A group I was with had a delightful conversation with Patrick Henry, as he strolled down Duke of Gloucester Street, just the other day.

We also absolutely loved the Bits and Bridle%26#39;s tour. Also, Zoey is correct about Dean Shostak--he has wonderful musical programs. Even though there is probably a charge for them, they are worth it.

It is fun walking in the Historic area and finding sheep, oxen and horses in fields.

Colonialgirl

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