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Support the Capital Campaign to Preserve a
Piece of Mecklenburg's Past!
Upcoming Events
Join us throughout
December for daily Christmas tours of the plantation home!
December 6, 2008 (6-9pm) A Candlelight Christmas
Celebrate an 1800s Christmas by candlelight. Walk the plantation
house, kitchen, cabin, and grounds by candlelight as Christmas is celebrated
as in days of old. The plantation will decorated for the season- one
of our most beautiful events! Admission is $6 per person, ages 5 and
under free.
December 10, 2008 (12-4pm)
A Homeschool Christmas
A Christmas celebration for homeschoolers of all ages, and their
families. Learn about 19th century Christmas traditions, make crafts,
smell baking in the kitchen, visit with a Victorian St. Nick. and more!
Admission is $5 per person, ages 4 and under free.
January 10 (10am-4pm) - 11 (1-4pm),
2008 Civil War Winter Quarters and Homefront Learn how
families survived while soldiers were away at war. Also, find our the
impact of the homeguard on local communities and how soldiers spent their
time during brutal winters encamped with the armies. Demonstrations of
weaving, cooking, and more! Free with Regular Admission ($6 for
adults, $5 for seniors 62+ and students, ages 5 and under free).
Upcoming
Workshops
Open Hearth Cooking Workshop
Saturday, 17, 2009
(10am-4pm)
Learn the basics of open hearth
cooking as we make a full course meal in the kitchen! The cost is $30
per person (limited to 6 participants). Members receive a 10%
discount.
Natural Dyeing Workshop
Saturday, January 24, 2009
(9:30am-4pm) Learn
about the chemistry and techniques of natural dyeing. Dye and take
home a cotton scarf and silk handkerchief. The cost is $50 per person
(limited to 6 participants). Members receive a 10% discount.
Knitting Workshop
Saturday, February 21,
2009 (Session 1: 9am-12pm) (Session I1: 1-4pm)
Learn the basics of knitting:
cast-on, knit stitch, purl stitch, basic patterns, cast off. Take home
knitting- yarn and needles. The cost is $35 per person (limited to 6
participants per session). Members receive a 10% discount.
All workshops require
pre-registration. Contact Blair Elder at 704-875-2312, ext. 303 or
belder@lattaplantation.org
for more information.
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