Riverside Metropolitan Museum

OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL

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

Sunday, June 25, 2017 | 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

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. Please note that the 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

Book Signing by Local Author/Historian

Living History Reenactments
Watch docents in character throughout the house

The Sons of the Revolution will 'enlist' guests, teach leather making, and provide costumes for photo opts.

The Program Features include:

In Front of the House

12:00 - John Gorder - Bagpipes

1:00 - Camp Carleton Band, Todd Humphrey - Band Master

Back of the House

1:00 - Bob Palmer - autoharp

1:00 - Dudes of Fourtune (barbershop quartet)

Carriage House

12:45 - Inland Recorder Society

2:00 - DAR - sing along

2:45 - Youth String Ensemble - Noemy Wheeler, director

Inside the House

12:00 - Bob Palmer - Mountain Dulcimer

1:00 - Norm Zix - Piano

2:00 - Christie Winter - Hammered Dulcimer

3:00  - Mia Charley - Piano