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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Pottsgrove By Candlelight - Mansion Tour\nEvent Url
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 \n\nVisitors will be welcomed through the front doors of Pottsgrove Manor 
 and invited to step back in time to experience the holiday season as it wo
 uld have been celebrated by English colonists over 250 years ago.   &ldquo
 \;Pottsgrove by Candlelight&rdquo\; brings the visitor into this historica
 l world to meet the people of Pottsgrove&mdash\;particularly the servants 
 and slaves whose work allowed the John and Ruth Potts\, their thirteen chi
 ldren\, and their guests to enjoy the high life.  Costumed interpreters wi
 ll bring Pottsgrove Manor to life as visitors tour the house.  In the form
 al parlor\, the housekeeper organizes her staff to 'deck the halls' and or
 nament the stately mansion with sprigs of holly\, mistletoe and other gree
 ns. Elegant side tables are being assembled with sparkling glassware pyram
 ids holding all manner of sweet delights\, the construction supervised to 
 perfection by the butler. In the servants' hall\, chambermaids discuss opt
 ions for the positioning of decorative greenery\, the merits of various wa
 ssail recipes\, and how properly to 'clove' an orange. In the kitchen\, th
 e head cook and her assistants are busy preparing authentic colonial dishe
 s and cooking them in the large hearth.  After touring the house\, visitor
 s can watch eighteenth century country dancing and enjoy the music of a ha
 rp and a harpsichord in the 1820s addition to the Manor\, shop for seasona
 l gifts in the Museum Shop\, and warm themselves by a bonfire in the court
 yard. For a small fee\, visitors can also enjoy a cup of spiced cider and 
 cookies in the historic Miller's House next to the mansion\, and younger g
 uests can try their hand at making a pomander (a fragrant\, clove-studded 
 orange) to take home. In addition to the special candlelight tours\, the h
 ouse exhibit &ldquo\;Twelfth Night at Pottsgrove Manor\,&rdquo\; which sho
 ws the mansion might have been decorated for the winter holidays. Pottsgro
 ve Manor is operated by Montgomery County under the direction of the Parks
  and Heritage Services Department.\n\nStart time: 1-7 pm
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SUMMARY:Pottsgrove By Candlelight - Mansion Tour
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