November 2009 Archives

Busch Gardens is spectacular enough during the summer months, but now the fun has been extended! Starting November 27 and running weekends until December 27, the park is transformed into a winter wonderland! Live carolers and musicians perform throughout the park. Enjoy new holiday shows and be dazzled by the light displays. Be sure to stop by Santa's workshop and visit with him! Enjoy holiday shopping, too! Tickets are $19.95 per day and $29.95 for a weekend ticket. This is the perfect holiday treat for the whole family!

Looking for a something special to put you in the holiday mood?  Try the show, Kilted Christmas, featuring Coyote Run, it includes music, dance and story telling.  Costs are $20 for adults and $14 for kids under 12.  Showing at Kimball Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 29th.

The Jamestown settlement is featuring a three day event, Nov. 26, 27, and 28th where guests can discover what a harvest feast was like back then.  Guests will learn how food was gathered, preserved, and prepared by English colonists and Powhatan Indians, then join in on partaking of the bounties prepared!  An admission ticket is required.  Children five and under are free.  The park is open from 9 to 5.

Most CW natives will remember that for years, a beautiful gingerbread style, victorian house sat to the left of the Capital building on Duke of Gloucester Street.  I used to take visitors on tours there after Laura Ashley decorated the interior.  Then some ten years or so ago, the house was finally moved.  CW has been busy building a new structure on the site.  On November 20th, the newly reconstructed Charlton's Coffee House will open to the public again.  This is the most significant historical reconstruction on Duke of Gloucester Street in 50 years!  This coffee house was the site of social and political gatherings in colonial times.