Schedule of Events

Saturday, March 1, 2008

11:00 am........Texas Heroes Living History……………………….…Museum Theater
(William Barret Travis & Susanna Dickinson)
11:30 am........ No Foolin’ String Band…………………..Walkway near Visitor Center
12:30 pm........ Republic of Texas Art Contest Awards………..…….Museum Theater
1:00 pm........ No Foolin’ String Band…………………..Walkway near Visitor Center
1:30 pm........ Texas Heroes Living History…………………………Museum Theater
(Stephen F. Austin & Mary Austin Holley)
3:30 pm........ Texas Heroes Living History…………………………Museum Theater
(William Barret Travis & Susanna Dickinson)

Sunday, March 2, 2008

10:00-12:00........ Book signing………………………………..………........Visitors Center
(John Potter-Flags in the History of Texas)
11:00 am........ Texas Heroes Living History ………..……………....Museum Theater
(Stephen F. Austin & Mary Austin Holley)
11:00-3:00........ Book signing………………………………..………........Visitors Center
(Jimmy Killingsworth- Reflections of the Brazos Valley
Martha Tannery Jones- The Great Texas Scare, The Ghost at the Old Stone Fort, Terror from the Gulf)
11:15 am........ Texas Heroes Living History………..……………...Independence Hall
(Sam Houston)
11:30 am........ No Foolin’ String Band…………………..………………. Visitor Center
12:30 pm........ Gone to Texas**………………………………...……...Museum Theater
1:15 pm........ No Foolin’ String Band………………………..…….……..Amphitheater
2:00 pm........ Texas Independence Day Program…………………..Amphitheater
(featuring notable Texans–past and present–and Brian Burns*, followed by Texas Army blackpowder gun salute and Texas-sized birthday cake)
4:00 pm........ Gone to Texas**………….…………………………….Museum Theater

* Gone to Texas is a foot-stomping musical production about the life of Sam Houston, sponsored in part by Raven Rangers of the New Army of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston Memorial Museum and the Cast.

** Brian Burns is a multiple award-winning performer that stirs the hearts and minds of young and old while instilling a great appreciation for the importance of the history of the Lone Star State, with his program Once Upon a Time in Texas.


DEMONSTRATORS
Note: Demonstrators will be performing their crafts throughout the weekend at the Star of the Republic Museum, along “Demonstrator’s Trail” (located between the Museum and the Visitor Center), and Barrington Living History Farm.

Star of the Republic Museum:
Bluebonnet Lace Makers……………………………………………Bobbin Lace Making
Century House, Lou Rose……………………………………………………Chair Caning
Star of Texas Dulcimers…………………………………………………Dulcimer Playing
Knitters Guild, Betty Wharton………………………………………………………Knitting
Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild……………………………………………………Quilting
Tatting by Betty Thiel…………………………………………………………………Tatting

Event sponsored by:
Washington on the Brazos State Park Association
ExxonMobil, Bluebonnet Electric Co-op, Navasota Emporium, Embarq

Schedule subject to change

Last updated: 02/18/08