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A Dickens Christmas in Chatham, VA
Visit Christmas “past” to celebrate Christmas “present” Dickens-style in Historic Chatham, Virginia. The two-day Christmas in Chatham celebration is set for Friday and Saturday, December 7th and 8th, 2007. The experience begins with the traditional Lantern Lighting processional on Friday at 7pm. Costumed residents lead the way as the evening’s festivities continue with the Yule Log Celebration and Festival of Carols, guaranteed to get you in the mood for a Dickens Christmas.Be sure to return on Saturday for the Chatham Christmas Parade. The Chatham Volunteer Fire Department and Chatham First proudly sponsor this year’s parade, which features floats, antique vehicles, horses, Dickens characters, and a special appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus. Saturday’s program includes carriage tours of Whittle Street, escorted by costumed tour guides, as well as bus tours of local churches featured in the “The Churches of Chatham” 2008 calendar. Historic re-enactors will introduce many interesting characters from our region throughout the day as visitors and townspeople stroll past vendors, crafters, auctions, and local businesses offering Christmas specials. This year, Chatham First is delighted to commemorate 400
years of Virginia history by offering a special presentation coinciding with
the Christmas celebration. The traveling Jamestown exhibits: “Uncovering
Home: A Visual Essay in Jamestown Archaeology”, “Jamestown and Beyond: The
World of 1607”, and “Looking for Jamestown Today: Photographs by Steven
Coates” will be open to the public on Friday from 3pm until 6:30pm, and on
Saturday from 9am to 5:30pm. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Office of
Statewide Partnerships has developed this exhibition with the assistance of
the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Chatham is the
only location in the state to host all three exhibits and is happy to open
them to the public during the Christmas Festivities.
Christmas in Historic Chatham relies upon the talented musicians of the area to set the tone for the season. The music begins on Friday, December 7th, with the Christmas Caroling Festival and Yule Log Celebration. “Soundcheck”, a popular teenage coffee house experience, rounds out the festivities on Friday night. On Saturday at 11:am, the old-time music of “Kinney Rorrer and the New North Carolina Ramblers” will make everyone glad they came. At 4:00pm on Saturday, the combined Chatham choirs will perform as a glorious finale to a weekend of Christmas celebration, Dickens-style.
Schedule of EventsAll activities to be held in Downtown
Chatham, Virginia
All three Jamestown Traveling
Exhibits, “Uncovering Home: A Visual
Essay in Jamestown Archaeology”, “Jamestown and Beyond: The World of
1607”, and “Looking for Jamestown Today: Photographs by Steven Coates”
will be open to the public on Friday from 3pm until 6:30pm, and on Saturday
from 9am to 5:30pm. Exhibition developed by The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Office of Statewide Partnerships and the Association for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities.
8:00am – Vendors and crafters open 9:00am -- Jamestown Traveling Exhibits open to the public 10:00am
– Chatham Arts Auction 10:30am
– Horse-drawn carriage tours of Whittle Street,
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Bus Tours of the Churches of Chatham, 11:00am -- " Old-Time Music" Concert by Kinney Rorrer and the New North Carolina Ramblers 12:00pm -- (Parade entrants organize at Old Dutch) 12:30pm
-- "Lunch and Line-up" 2:30pm
-- “A Dickens Christmas in Chatham” Street Parade, featuring Santa and
Mrs. Claus 4:00pm -- “Ceremony of Candles" 5:30pm -- Jamestown Traveling Exhibits close
Chatham First welcomes all to help in Christmas
in Historic Chatham.
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