V-8 Herald & Lantern 3 October '84

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J A ■■■■■ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5TH ■■■■■ |/^ f-^J Antiques in Congress Hall - Congress Place and Perry St. - 12 noon - 9 p.m. > East End Trolley Tours - Mall Info Booth - Every>i5 min: 1 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Physick Estate Tours - 1048 Washington St. - Every 45 min: 1 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Giant Book Sale - Physick Estate - 1-4 p.m. Also Sat., Sun., Mon. and Thurs. Walking Tour of Historic District - Mall Info Booth - 4 p.m. Victorian Capers: The Cape May Film - Baptist Church Hall - 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Slide Lecture: "Early Cape May Hotels" - Sue Learning - Baptist Church Hall - 9 p.m. ■■■^^■SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6THHHIHHi East End Trolley Tours - Bandstand - Every 30 min.: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. West End Trolley Tours - Bandstand - Every 30 min.: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Antiques in Congress Hall - Congress Place and Perry St. - 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Walking Tours of Historic District - Mall Info Booth - 10 a.m. Self-Guided Tour of Historic Homes - Tickets at Mall Info Booth, Welcome Center, Physick Estate, participating houses (orange flags) - 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Cocktail Party - (cash bar) - Physick House Lawn, 1048 Washington St. - 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. v Victorian Fashion Show - Outdoor Stage, Physick Estate - 5 p.m. Glorious Victorian Dinner and Concert - Christian Admiral Hotel - 8 p.m.-ll p.m. * ' HHHSUNDAY, OCTOBER 7THHBH East End Trolley Tours - Bandstand - Every 30 min.: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. West End Trolley Tours - Bandstand - Every 30 min.: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Walking Tours of Historic District - Mall Info Booth 10 a.m. Self-Guided Tour of Historicjrouses - Tickets at Mall Info Booth. Welcome Center. Physick Estate, participating houses (orange flags) - 1 1 a.m.-4 p.m. Bayshore Square Dance Festival - Convention Hall - 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Humorous Illustrated Lecture: "Victorian Decor and Decorum" - Charles Miller ASID - Baptist Church Hall - 4:30 p.m. Stained Glass Tours - Mall Info Booth - 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Victorian Capers: The Cape May Film - Baptist Church Hall - 7:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. ■■■■■■■MONDAY, OCTOBER Open House, U.S. Coast Guard Base: 9 a.m. -11 a.m. - Guided Tours of Recruit Training Center; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - USCGC Alert and Hornbeam open, helicopter display; 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. - Search and Rescue Demonstration. Walking Tour of Historic District - Mall Info Booth - 10 a.m. East End Trolley Tours - Bandstand - Every 30 min.: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. West End Trolley Tours - Bandstand - Every 30 min.: 10 Physick Estate Tours - 1048 Washington St. - Every 45 midriff a.m.-3:15 p.m. Restoration Workshop: "Picturesque Architecture of the Nineteenth Century" - * * Tom Carroll - Baptist Church - 4 p.m. Victorian Dinner - Physick Estate - 6:30 p.m. (Reservations required: 884-5404) Restoration Workshop: "The Victorian Revival in American Interiors" - John Burrows - Baptist Church Hall - 8 p.qp. t * <r i ■■■^■■TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9THHHHHBH K Walking Tour of Historic District - Mall Info Booth - 10 a m I West End Trolley Tours - Mall Info Booth - Every 45 min.: 11 a.m.-l:15 p.m. Restoration Workshop: "The Language of Buildings: Parts, Styles, and Pieces of « W ^ Victorian Structure" - Hugh McCauley - Baptist Church Hall - 1 p.m. T\ i*2s) Cottages At Twilight Tour - 209 Congress Place, et. al. - 3 p.m.-5 p.m. ir Restoration Workshop: "Restoring Your Victorian House: Nuts and Bolts. Nails If and Splinters" - Hugh McCauley - Baptist Church Hall - 8 p.m.

0 SCHEDULE Sponsored by the Mid-At Information, tickets, maps available Ocean streets, on Friday, October ! a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, October 7, 9, p.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 1 DESCRIPTION OF S Victorian Week in Cape May will be celebr recapture the world of yesteryear as the Victor transported back into time through a series of ( colorful ■ ANTIQUES IN C( (Oct. 5 and 6): Antique buffs can go looking and shoppin featuring the wares of 35 top dealers from t ■ BAYSHORE SQUARI (Oct. 7): Put en your most colorful square dance clotht Americana event. Square dancing is rooted in our cultui folklore. Admission: participating coup ■CRAFTS AT C01 (Oct. 12 and 13): Observe and browse at another great Ait hand-made wares are offered. Forty master craftsmen h Admisd ■GLORIOUS VICTORIAN I (Oct. 6): The grand interior of the Christian Admiral Hote May's social season. Chicken Fillets au Sauce Supreme an I centerpiece of a gourmet feast, while entertainment is pre Rancocus Punch. Dress optional. Cost: S25 pet | ■ ILLUSTRATEI (Oct. 5. 7. 12 and 14): A trio of local experts Tom Carroll individual lectures on Victorian architecture, interior d< Child ret ■ RESTORATION I (Oct. 8. 9. 10 and 11): Nationally-recognized authorities F Harveson. and John Burrows will speak on a wide range provide preservationists and old bouse restorers uith a i decoration and the costs of authentically restoring an Reservations essential at 884-5404. Admission: full wo ksf ✓ : — ^ $15. Thut ' \ ■vSOMEWHEF (Oct. 12): Have fun at tV^mouies. seeing a 1982 colot I Christopher Plummet in aitime travel adventure back to th /'■ SPNG, VERSE (Oct. 13): Relive the gala mUsic hall days with Cape-* demand, the lively; spicy and humoroutr-soogsAvift aeligf Childrei ■ VICTORIA (Oct. 5. 7 and 13): Get acquainted with Cape May's his provides an entertaininq overview o ■ VICTORIA (Oct. 8): A most elegant evening awaits those who will I* I dining room. This glamorous feast will express the flaul i era. Reservations essential ai 8 ■ VICTORIAN FASI (Oct. 6 and 13): A century ago Victorian ladies showed of rediscovering. Victorian silks, laces, beads, and feathers . ______ --B<_>^i_B^Darad^>Fiwadi^ssion;_Cash^ j VICTORIAN WEEK TOURS <*< Self-Guided Tours of Historic Houses (I Week, these Tours feature a dozen different homes t Tickets and Maps available at Mall Info Booth. Phydi Cost: $10 each day: t Stained Glass Tours (Oct. 7 & 13): Cape M: glass are specially lit up for these evening Wall Physick Estate Tours (Oct. 5, 8. 1 1. 12 « Victorian house museum features the 16-room. 1881 Furness. Cost: Adults ■ Trolley Tours: (daily; except Thurs.): Guid Historic East End and one through the Historic West Em with accounts of Cape May's heyday as a Victorian set Children Walking Tours (Daily): Enthusiastic, knowledg Historic District, duscussing in detail the Victorian arc ' famous. Cost: Adults - Cottages" at Twilight (Oct. 9): This self-gui Victorian homes — the Dr. Henry L. Hunt House (20 Hughes St.). the Gibson House (45 Jackson St.). and tl I I Adults - $8: Ch Mansions By Gaslight (Oct. 10): This sell Victorian interiors - The Emlen Physick House (1018 Gurney St.). The Mainstay Inn (635 Columbia Ave.), and 1 rolley-bus runs on a continuous transit loop for tour-gt I S10: Childri