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April
30, 2004 |
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The
Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center invites you to a dramatic interpretation
of York --the man, the explorer, the
slave-- of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
by
Hasan Davis, living history performer,
from Louisville, Kentucky.
Friday,
April 30, 2004
7
p.m.
(doors open 6:30)
at
the Monticello Event and Conference Center,
201 Monticello Avenue,
Charlottesville (entrance on Gleason Street).
Parking available on site.
Reception
-drinks and heavy hors d'oeuvres-following the performance.
A
benefit for the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center, $35
per person
($20 tax-deductible)
For
reservations, please send your check to:
LCEC
P.O. Box 281
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Tickets
will be available at the door, but space is limited.
For
further information contact the Center at:
434-979-2425 | landceast@ntelos.net
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October
25, 26 2003
A
celebration with the Keelboat is planned for the weekend of October
25, 26. This corresponds to the historical launching on
October 26, 1803.
William Clark joined Meriwether Lewis and the keelboat and the
two together left Louisville, Kentucky/Clarksville, Indiana on
that date. Since the selected site for the Exploratory Center
is on the Clark family's homeplace and birthplace of George Rogers
Clark, William Clark's older brother, we note that William and
George Rogers were together before the launching in Clarksville,
and they partied together in Clarksville prior to the launch.
Our next special event is Sunday, October
26 between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00
p.m. This will be the
"Launch" of the Keelboat and an unveiling of
preliminary plans for the Center. Since we now have in place a
40-year
lease on 16 acres at the north end of Darden Towe Park on which
to locate
the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center, we will have something
to show.
Warren Byrd/Sue Nelson Landscape Architects and William McDonough
& Partners Architects are about to begin a preliminary planning
process and we will
display the results of those preliminary studies in a tent near
the boatyard
barn on October 26.
We will be inviting young people from the community to help us
pull the Keelboat from the barn and turn it over. There will be
a short
speech, apples, apple cider, pop corn, a tent with displays, a
band, a
blacksmith and other festive activities. People can walk our trail
to the
George Rogers Clark cabin if they wish.
See
"Keelboat" or Contact
Us for more information.
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The
third Annual Lewis and Clark Festival
May 10th, 2003 |
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May 10, 2003
Saturday in Lee Park
Downtown Charlottesville, VA
Between 1st & 2nd Streets, N.W.,
and between Market and Jefferson Streets
(the park with the Robert E. Lee equestrian statue)
For
more info call: 434.985.2425
Schedule of Events
Throughout the day in Lee Park,
from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., these activities:
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Native
American performances |
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Fort
Mandan stockade and local re-enactors of Captains Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark, York, Sacagawea, and members of the
Corps of Discovery |
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Music
of the era by Uncle Henry's Favorites |
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Children's
activities by the Virginia Museum of Natural History, with
animal tracks and specimens |
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Boat-building
with a national expert on keelboat-building and a chance to
qualify as an official keel-boat builder |
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Blacksmith
and black-powder gun demonstrations |
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Tourist
information on how to follow the Trail West during the
Bi-Centennial |
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Expedition-related
items and books for sale |
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Food
vendors with authentic trail snacks and lunch items |
Special
events and times:
| 10:00
am |
Lewis
and Clark Historic Sites bus tour
Bus
loading on Market Street in front of Lee Park.
Call 296-5162 for information and registration. |
| 10:00
am |
Downtown
as Lewis and Clark would have seen it*
Walking
tour begins at Albemarle-Charlottesville Historical Society
building, corner of Jefferson and 2nd Street, N.W.
Call 296-1492 for information and registration. |
| 11:00
am |
Ken
Wallenborn, "Trip on the Columbia River"
Illustrated
lecture, in the First Christian Church,
Corner of Market and 1st Street. |
| 11:30
am |
Children's
walking tour; parents invited too.*
Recreates
the Lewis and Clark adventure within the
space of Lee Park. Ideal for ages 8-12.
Starts at Information table in Lee Park.
Phone 971-9197 for information. |
| 12:00
noon |
Kay
Slaughter, The Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center
First
Christian Church |
| 1:00
pm |
Downtown
walking tour (see above)*
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| 1:00
pm |
Jane
Henley, "Lewis and Clark Coming Home"
First
Christian Church |
| 1:30
pm |
Lewis
and Clark Historic Sites bus tour (see above)*
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| 1:30
pm |
"The
Night Sky of Lewis and Clark"
StarLab
in McIntire Room of Main Library, corner of 2nd and Market
Streets. (Planetarium has space for 20 children.) |
| 2:00
pm |
Lewis
and Clark local sites video and UVA graduate student video
projects
First
Christian Church |
| 2:30
pm |
Children's
walking tour (see above)*
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| 3:00
pm |
Mark Beliles, "Religion and the Lewis and Clark Expedition"
First Christian Church |
| 3:00
pm |
Downtown
walking tour (see above)* |
| 3:00
pm |
The
Night Sky (see above) |
*For these events, reservation suggested, but not required if space
is available.
Also
all day -
Complementary program at Virginia Discovery Museum
Eastern
End of the Downtown Mall:
"Up from the Earth: The Mandan Way of Life."
May 11 is last day of this Bank-of-America sponsored hands-on
program for children to explore the life of the Mandan Indians with
whom Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-5.
One
part of the Festival does not take place in Downtown Charlottesville:
Hiking in the footsteps of Meriwether Lewis
Begins in parking lot of Ragged Mountains' Natural area - 8:30
am
End of Reservoir Road, (at Southern end of Fontaine Avenue.)
Join local living history guide Hugh Gildea for a walkabout
over a bit of the landscape of Lewis' boyhood. A moderate walk
of an hour or two depending on weather and participants' interests.
Please call 973-7772 to register. The opportunity is limited by
available parking spaces, so be sure to register.
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Go West:
Writers Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Lewis and Clark
March
23, 2003 |
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Brian Hall - I Should Be Extremely Happy to Be in Your Company,
Erica Funkhouser - Pursuit
Mariflo Stephens -
Sacajawea and York: Hidden Heroes of Lewis and Clark
Hosted
by the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center
Virginia Festival of Book
Sunday, March 23, 2003
1:30 p.m., New Dominion Bookstore
Downtown Mall - 400 East Main Street
Charlottesville
http://www.vabook.org
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2nd
Annual
LEWIS AND CLARK FESTIVAL-A Success!
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