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Contact: Logan McSwain For Immediate Release
News
Release Celebrate Twelfth Night Saturday, January 6, 2006 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Museum of History invites you to a Twelfth Night celebration. Twelfth Night is a Roman Catholic tradition, honoring the Three Wise Men’s arrival to Jerusalem. This annual Museum event is Saturday, January 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. At 6:45 p.m. visitors will gather around a bonfire for the ceremonial laying of the Yule log, followed by storytelling of Twelfth Night history and singing of Colonial holiday carols. Guests can “cast their cares away” in a traditional holly toss, and also enjoy open-house tours of the 1774 Hezekiah Alexander House, colonial crafts and a cooking demonstration by the Historical Cooking Guild of the Catawba Valley. The Twelfth Night Ball kicks off in the Museum at 7:15 p.m., and guests will celebrate with Twelfth Night cake and cider. During the ball guests can enjoy Twelfth Night cake, often referred to as the “Cake of the Kings.” The Twelfth Night cake, flown in from England, is a tasty treat with traditional marzipan frosting. Historically a bean or pea was baked inside the cake and the person finding it received the title of King or Queen of the ball. Visitors at this year’s Twelfth Night can also look forward to finding a trinket buried in the Museum’s Twelfth Night cake. “As we celebrate Twelfth Night at the Hezekiah Alexander House, we will be attempting to recreate a celebration from our past. Its richness will be not in our historical accuracy, perhaps, but rather in honoring the traditions that warmed the hearts of our ancestors and renewing the spirit of those who remain a part of us even today,” says Nancy Follette, Docent at the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite. Reservations are required and the cost is $5 Museum members, $7 non-members. Reserve tickets to this annually sold out event by calling the Museum at 704-568-1774 or emailing info@charlottemuseum.org. ### General Information The Charlotte Museum of History is Where History Has A Home. The museum, with its core and visiting exhibitions, explores Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s rich history during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is home to the oldest surviving structure in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Hezekiah Alexander House (circa 1774). Set on eight acres of park like grounds, the museum is also home to the American Freedom Bell, the Backcountry Patriot Statue and historic gardens. In addition, the museum offers: rental space for events and weddings, education programs for adults, schools and families, and membership benefits and opportunities The Charlotte Museum of History is supported, in part, with a Basic Operating Grant form the Arts & Science Council. The Charlotte Museum of History is located at 3500 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway and Sharon Amity). Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Free every Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Open Mondays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Guided tours of the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite given daily at 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. For more information call 704 568-1774, email info@charlottemuseum.org or visit www.charlottemusuem.org. |
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The Charlotte
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