The Sealy Area Historical Society will hold the annual old-fashioned style Spring Picnic on March 31, 2012 on the grounds of the Santa Fe Museum located at 211 East Main, at the corner of Silliman and East Main, in Sealy, Texas. See printable map by clicking "Map for Spring Picnic" on left of page. Admission is free.
The Spring Picnic has the feel of a picnic at the turn of the 20th Century. Games and tournaments will include: croquet, badminton, washer pitching, hoop and stick races, tricycle races, checkers & dominoes. A vintage baseball tournament including three teams will be held in Joe Scranton Park across the street from the Santa Fe Museum Park.
A puppet show of Circus Acts will also be presented by Carranza Puppets of Houston. Demonstrations of quilting and spinning and other activities common in late 1800s life will be held.
A parade of antique cars, trucks, tractors and horse drawn wagons will travel from the Liedertafel to the Santa Fe Museum. The parade will begin at noon. Following the parade, "Bonnie & Clyde" will have a shootout while riding in antique cars. The shootout will be performed by the the Spoiled Doves of Texas (visit www.spoileddoves.com) who will also be on hand with cameras to take "old-time" photos of picnic goers dressed in costumes provided by the Spoiled Doves.
Music will be provided by the E-Flat Porch Band who play traditional county blues and Peggy Carter (visit www.peggycarter.com) who plays dulcimers and sings old Texas favorites.
On display in the Santa Fe Museum will be antique toys of all types, including toy trucks collected by James Toman, antique dolls belonging to Cynthia Irwin and Merle Benton and an array of antique toys collected by Walter Virnau. Also in the museum will be a slide show of photographs of Sealy’s early landmarks, houses and residents. The old photographs have been restored by Pat Vykoukal of Sealy.
Food and drink available will be items popular in the early 1900s. Historical information about all the activities and foods will be presented on the signs located near each activity or booth.
In conjunction with the picnic, the “Airing of the Quilts,” will take place throughout Sealy, with area residents exhibiting quilts on porches and in yards. A quilt exhibit featuring primarily antique quilts will be on display at the Liedertafel.
On Friday evening, March 30, from 6 PM until 9 PM a Quilt Show Reception will be held at the Liedertafel. Dr. Kitty Ledbetter will present at a reception held on Friday at 6:00 PM at the Liedertafel. Her presentation is titled “A Victorian Needlework and British Quilting Tour.” Dr. Ledbetter is a professional quilt appraiser, award-winning quilter, and scholar of nineteenth-century needlework. She is author of Victorian Needlework, a guide to nineteenth-century needlework techniques, technology, resources, significance, and practices.
Appetizers and refreshments will be served. Quilts will not be handled during the Reception. During the Quilt Show on Saturday, white cotton gloves will be available to examine quilts. Dr. Ledbetter will also appraise quilts during the Quilt Show on March 31, 2012. Appraisal fee is $25. Please contact Dr. Ledbetter at kittylovesblue@hotmail.com to schedule an appointment for an appraisal.
Admission to the reception on March 30 is $8.00. Admission to the Quilt Show on March 31 is $2.00.
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