Special Features Series
2008 - 2009



Co-Chairs: Dee Baker and Delores Hendricks


VIRGINIA TECH'S LANE STADIUM
Tour the New West Side Expansion
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Tour the new west side expansion of VT Lane Stadium on Thursday, September 18.  The tour starts at 10:30 a.m. and will last about one hour.  Guests, including husbands, are encouraged to attend.  We must announce to the Athletic Department the number of persons attending, so please call Delores Hendricks at 951-2544 or Dee Baker at 953-2554 by September 16 if you plan to attend.
Guest parking passes will be ready for you at the Visitor Center on Southgate.  Tell them you are with the stadium tour for VTFWC.  Parking is available at the softball and track field lot across from the stadium, plus some spaces in the lot at the west end of the stadium.
Meet in the first floor exhibit area of the stadium by 10:20 a.m. so the tour can begin promptly at 10:30 a.m.  We think you will really enjoy this tour!



MUSEUM OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Winchester, Virginia
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008

The Museum opened in April 2005 on the site of the Glen Burnie historic house and gardens.  On view in the house are objects original to the earliest Wood and Glass families.  They include paintings, fine furniture, and decorative objects acquired by Julian Wood Glass Jr. for his ancestral home.
The second level of the Museum presents four main galleries:
*Shenandoah Valley Gallery explores the Valley history, and decorative arts made in the Valley from the mid-1700s to the present.
*Julian Wood Glass Jr Gallery. presents the collection assembled by one of the valley's most significant private collectors.
*R. Lee Taylor Gallery presents a collection of furnished miniature houses and rooms.
*Changing Exhibition Gallery displays a continually changing exhibition.
The tour bus will leave Blacksburg Square at 7:30 a.m.   Guests are welcome.
Costs: $68 per person ($45 for the bus; $10 for the museum; $13 for buffet lunch at the museum).  Call Dee Baker at 953-2554 or Delores Hendricks at 951-2445 if you have questions.
Arrangements have been made at Mrs. Rowe's Restaurant in Staunton, Virginia, for an evening meal at your own expense.
The deadline for reservations is Tuesday, October 14, 2008.   No refunds after the deadline.
Download the Reservation Form here.



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