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Special Events
Begin December 3rd!
Holiday Handbell Concerts
Friday, December 3, 2010
1859 St. Joseph’s Church Museum
2202 Avenue K
Hand Bell Choirs perform traditional holiday favorites at St. Joseph’s Church Museum. Built in 1859 as the first German Catholic church in Texas, St. Joseph remains the oldest wooden church building in Galveston.
Concert Times: 5:30pm, 7:00pm, 8:30pm
$5.00 per person
Dinner with Dickens
Friday, December 3, 2010
and Saturday, December 4, 2010
1859 Ashton Villa Ballroom
2328 Broadway
7:00pm Friday, 8:00 pm Saturday
$65.00 per person, open seating
Reserved Table for 8, $600.00
Reserved Table for 10, $750.00
Reservations required. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Anyone admitted must have a ticket.
This event not suitable for children under the age of 8. Anyone occupying a seat must pay full ticket price.
Join author Lucinda Dickens Hawksley for a traditional English dinner in the ballroom of the oldest Victorian mansion on Broadway, Ashton Villa. Ms. Hawksley, great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, will address the subject on why her grandfather decided to write A Christmas Carol and what impact the novel had on holiday celebrations. Copies of Charles Dickens’ works will be available for purchase.
Dickens Country Breakfast Buffet
Saturday, December 4, 2010 9:00 am
Sunday, December 5, 2010 9:00 am
1880 Garten Verein Pavilion
2704 Avenue O
$25.00 per person
Reservations required. Tickets will not be sold at the door. No discounts for children. Infants in parents arms admitted free.
Before heading to the Festival, begin the day with a scrumptious and savory country breakfast buffet, at the 1880 Garten Verein Dancing Pavilion, located in beautiful Kempner Park. An abundant buffet and holiday entertainment are the perfect way to start your Dickens of a day!
A Dickens of a Tour from Bottom to Top
Saturday, December 4, 2010
5:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:00 pm
1892 Bishop’s Palace
1402 Broadway
$30.00 per person
Experience the unique opportunity to tour Galveston Island's masterpiece, the imposing 1892 Bishop's Palace literally from bottom to top. Colonel Walter and Josephine Gresham commissioned Nicholas Clayton, Galveston's premier architect, to design and build what is arguably the finest of the “Broadway beauties.” Guests will view areas, not normally open to the public, of this grand structure named the 14th most important Victorian building in America by the American Institute of Architects. Holiday music and light refreshments compliment this very special tour.
Group Tours
Reservations for groups of 20 or more require a 25 percent deposit paid at time of reservation. Additional reservations can be added, if space is available, with additional deposit paid at time of added reservation. All reservations require full payment by October 15, 2010.
For Group Tour reservations or more information, please contact Jami Durham (409) 765-7834.
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