Frances Parnell Travel Adventures
Invites you to
New Bern, North Carolina: Eve of Revolution
A Christmas celebration and one day getaway.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
09:45 AM Begin boarding the motor coach at Winter Park Baptist Church.
Depart from the back parking lot (adjacent to Pine Grove Drive) of Winter Park Baptist Church
which has no back street number. You can exit S College Road on either Pine Grove Drive or Peachtree Street. For clarity, please note that Winter Park Baptist, Pine Grove Office Park and Wesley Memorial Methodist Church all have parking that comes together at the intersection of Pine Grove and Peachtree Streets.
10:00 AM Motor coach rolls toward New Bern.
12:30 PM Family style mid-day dinner at Chelsea's Restaurant.
1:30 PM Browse the Historic District with its’ antique shops ending up at the “drug store” to have a Pepsi–right in the place where Pepsi was “born.” Buy and sip a Pepsi or a Pepsi float while you tour the Pepsi Museum.
3:30 PM Join the historic trolley ride to include stops - including Aerie Inn to meet Santa.
5:00 PM Arrive at Tryon Palace for a candlelight Christmas celebration including snacks.
9:30 PM The evening ends with a display of fireworks from the Palace lawn and over the area where the Trent and the Neuse Rivers converge.
9:45 PM Re-enter reality as you journey back to Wilmington with new and old friends.
11:15 PM Approximate time of Wilmington arrival.
“Merriment, drama, and romance will fill the air this day in your life when Tryon Palace reaches the Eve of Revolution. Experience 300 years of Christmases past as families and soldiers came together on the eve of war. You will be introduced to families and soldiers from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War and World War II. Candlelight invites you to dance the night away with characters in stunning costumes, and tour historic houses adorned with 18th, 19th and 20th century decorations.
This famed NC tradition returns in 2014 with beautiful new decorations and heartwarming holiday vignettes. Join costumed characters in the Governor’s Palace, Stanly House, Hay House, and the Commission House as each home is brought to life with families sharing precious moments of being together during the holidays in times of war.
You will be amazed as performers entertain you with fire eating, magic, slack-rope walking and the heart moving rhythm of Jonkonuu." (Loosely copied from a promo shared by Tryon Palace.)
Cost of package: $135 per person (does not include Pepsi)
Full payment due on/before September 15
Write check, no credit cards this time, to: Natural & Family Resources, Inc.,
6451 Quail Run Road, Wilmington, NC 28409. Please include a reservation form.
