Riverside Metropolitan Museum

OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL

CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY VICTORIAN STYLE
Annual Old Style Independence Day Ice Cream Social

Sunday, June 29, 2014 | 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public | Ice Cream is Free!
Riverside Metropolitan Museum’s Heritage House
8193 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
Call the Museum for more information: (951) 826-5273 or Download the Flyer

This is not your ordinary Ice Cream Social! All ages will enjoy this free community event which features ice cream, homemade lemonade, and musical entertainment as one may have celebrated in Victorian Riverside during the 1890s. Guests will have the opportunity to play authentic Victorian games, learn how old-fashioned hand cranked ice cream is made, operate a citrus sizer, and watch a special patriotic program by the Sons of the American Revolution that will include: musket firing, cotillion dance, and a parade through the grounds, all in revolutionary-war era costumes. Musical entertainment will include bagpipes, dulcimer, piano, vocal performances, and of course a barbershop quartet!

Event Parking: Due to limited parking at the Heritage House, please plan to park on the street or across the street at the YWCA. Please note that the YWCA's parking gate will be locked after 4:30 pm.

Enjoy a Bowl of Complimentary Ice Cream
Choose from vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and pineapple
coconut! Yum!

Victorian Games for All Ages
Play games popular during the Victorian era

Handmade Ice Cream Demonstration
Learn how it’s made & get a little taste

Booksignings by Local Authors/Historians
Meet local authors Joan Hall and Glenn Wenzel

Living History Reenactments
Watch docents in character throughout the house
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Program:

OUTSIDE: ROAMING THE GARDENS

ALL DAY: SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Riverside Chapter
Musket Shooting
Children’s Craft Table
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Riverside Chapter
Sing Along
JOHN GORDER – Bagpipes
“DUDES OF FOURTUNE” – Barbershop Quartet
BOB PALMER – Autoharp
OUR OWN HERITAGE HOUSE LIVING HISTORY ACTORS

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE – Reading by PAUL JACQUES

INSIDE: IN THE MUSIC ROOM

12:00 BOB PALMER – Mountain Dulcimer
1:00 NORM ZIX – Piano
2:00 CHRISTIE WINTER – Hammered Dulcimer
3:00 CHARLOTTE KAUKANI – Piano


HOOKING SOCIETY OF RIVERSIDE – Rug Hooking in the Carriage House
LOCAL AUTHORS BOOK SIGNING
STEVE LECH
GLEN WENZEL
NO IDLE HANDS – Hand Crafts from the 1900’s
OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM MAKING
OPPORTUNITY DRAWING
ORANGE SIZER DEMONSTRATION – in the Barn
VICTORIAN GAMES FOR CHILDREN


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