Olde Tyme Christmas 2007

Nov 30, DEC  1 & 2  & Dec  7 - 8 - 9

The Town of Harpers Ferry invites you
to celebrate with them once again.

Events will be held weather permitting
 

 

Friday, November 30th, 2007

7:00pm  Opening Ceremony
             Yule Log Celebration on Shenandoah St.
             Caroling up High St.
7:45pm  Archangelus Choir at St Peters Church
             followed by the towns christmas tree lighting
             and recital of "Picketts Christmas", a Christmas
             Poem by Paul Metzer.
8:30pm Ghost Tour – Fee $5 – Meet next to the Armory     
             Pub on Potomac Street

**** **** **** ****Luminaries lit at dusk**** **** ****
9:00pm Shops close
9:30pm Last Bus departs


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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

 All day Bake and soup sale at Thomas Hall in
back of St. Peter's Church


8:00 - 11:00    Breakfast with Santa at the Hilltop Hotel
9:00 - 5:00      13th Annual Harpers Ferry Olde Tyme
                     Christmas  Arts and Craft show at the
                     Hilltop Hotel

11:00
    Whippoorwill duet @ St Peters
12:00  
Taffy pull @ train station, hosted by Aunt Irene's  
           Candy Shop
12:30   Acapella showcase @ St Peters
 1:00    Tuba Christmas @ Secret Six Patio
 2:00   
Tabby Finch @ Westwind Potters
 2:00    Rolloing Coyote (folk) @ St Peters
 2:00    Ornament Making @ Secret Six Patio

 3:00    Wonderment Puppet Show @ the train station
 3:00    O Be Joyful @ The Towns Inn    
 3:30    Mary Daily (Folk) @ St Peter's
 6:00
    Living Nativity at St. Peter's
 7:00    Ghost Tour begins on Potomac St @
           The Armory Pub. $5 Fee
 8:00    Living Nativity at St. Peter's
9:00     Shops close
9:30     Last bus departs


Luminaries Lit at dusk in the Lower Town
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

9:00 - 5:00     Annual Harpers Ferry Olde Tyme Christmas
                    Arts and Craft show at the Hilltop Hotel

10:00 - 4:00  
Terry Bender, Organ grinder @ Secret
                    Six Patio
10:00    
Shops Open
12:00    
Mary Daily (Folk) @ St Peters
 1:00     
Taffy pull @ train station, hosted by Aunt Irene's  
             Candy Shop
 1:30      Tabby Finch (folk)@ St Peter's
 2:00      Bubble B & Mr. B. & The Wonderment
             Puppet Show @ Train Station
 3:00      Harpers Ferry Jr High Chorus @ St Peters
 
3:30     Wonderment Puppet Show @ the train station
 4:30     Mary Daily & Caruthers (Old Time Mtn Music)
 6:00     Shops close
 6:00     
Last bus departs

 

 

Friday, December 7th, 2007

7:00    Lighting of the Community Christmas Tree
          Town’s Inn Patio
          Chance McCoy Folk Group will perform
          Donations to be taken to support the Eastern
          Panhandle Free Clinic
   
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007

 All day Bake and soup sale at Thomas Hall in
back of St. Peter's Church

 9:00-5:00
13th annual Olde Tyme Christmas Craft Show
                at Hilltop House Hotel
10:00
     Shops Open
12:30    
Taffy pull @ train station, hosted by Aunt Irene's  
             Candy Shop
12:30     Barbara Bailey Bradely @ St Peters
  1:00
     Tabby Finch @ Westwind Potters
  1:00   
Christmas ornament making at Secret Six Patio
  2:00   
Sior-Og - traditional Irish music at St. Peter’s
  2:00   
Bubbles B & Mrs. B at the Train Station
  3:30   
North Hagerstown Coral Department at St. Peter’s
  3:30   
Wonderment Puppets present Peggy Sue’s Rock’n
             Dance party at the Train Station
  6:00   
Living Nativity at St. Peters
  7:00   
Ghost Tour – Fee $5 – Meet next to Armory Pub
            on Potomac Street
 *** *** *** *** Luminaries at dusk *** *** *** ***
  8:00   
Living Nativity at St. Peter’s
  9:30  
Shops Close
  9:30 
 Last bus departs
 


Luminaries Lit at dusk in the Lower Town
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007

10:00   Shops Open
12:30   Monique Robertson, Harp concert at St. Peter’s
 1:00    Taffy Pull at the Train Station hosted
           by Aunt Irene’s
 2:00    Bubble B & Mrs. B face painting &
           balloon sculpture at the Train Station
 2:00   The Unfortunate Rakes, Celtic Folk Group at
          St. Peter’s
 3:00   Wonderment Puppets present Peggy Sue’s
          Rock’n Dance party
 3:30   Shenandoah Bell Ringers at St. Peters
 5:30   Middletown High School Choir at St. Peter’s
 6:00   Shops close
 6:00   Last bus departs

Photos (fee) with Santa at 156 High Street throughout the festival.

 

 

The National Park Service Presents
“Prospects of Peace: A Soldiers Prayer”
December 1st & 2nd

Visitors are invited to join this special program focusing on Yuletide 1864 when
Harpers Ferry soldiers attempted to create their own version of Christmas on
the battle front while recalling happier ones at home.
With Abraham Lincoln re-elected, the nation was looking forward to a new year, the conclusion of war, prospects of peace, and freedom for 4 million enslaved African Americans.
Programs and activities will feature local citizens and soldiers preparing for the Yuletide, a Civil War style Santa Claus dispersing presents to the soldiers, a Victorian Cotillion, Yuletide confections, and special guided walking tours.