Celebrate Christmas in 1876
Annual Holiday Open House

Enjoy a traditional holiday celebration at the Brown House Inn! The Inn will be decorated for a patriotic 1876 Centennial Christmas. Dress up in our Victorian finery for the whole family, the pose for a special 19th Century portrait (bring your own camera!). Make a special holiday keepsake and visit with St. Nicholas. Enjoy a formal Tea, with finger sandwiches and scones. The Victorian Pastime Players will be afoot leading songs, games and theatricals. You may even be recruited to take part in their mischief!

Saturday, December 4, 2010
4pm-9pm (last seating for Tea is 8:30pm)
Limited Seating - Reservations required
Cost $10.00 per person*
Individuals, Families and Groups welcome
* (special group/family rates available)

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Girl Scout Leaders Appreciation Day
for Girl Scout Leaders (and their Girl Scout daughters)

Join us at the Brown House Inn for Tea, a tour and surprises! Whether you are a Leader that has visited us before, or you are a Girl Scout Leader that has never Adventured into the 19th Century at the Brown House Inn, you are invited to bring your Girl Scout daughters to a free Leaders Appreciation Day just for you. You'll have a chance to put on Victorian costumes, tour the Inn, and sample a program*, enter a drawing for Victorian Treasures and join us for Tea. Call and reserve your place as space is limited.

P.S. - Bring your camera and your slippers!

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Seating limited - Reservations Required
Activities and Tea begin at 1pm.
Last seating for Tea is at 5pm
* troops interested in acting as Tea Hostesses, Maids and activity leaders (croquet, needlework, games) or providing Victorian entertainment (songs, poems, magic, plays)should contact the Inn. Training, costumes, activity supplies will be provided.

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Terms and Conditions

Programs are available for groups of all ages, 4 years old and older.* Minimum group size must be 10, maximum 32 people except by special arrangement. Groups numbering 18 or more are considered "double groups" and will be split into two equal parts for program and Tea. Please let us know when you reserve if you will be a "double group", so additional staff may be scheduled. Bookings are available weekends, mornings, and afternoons, at 10 AM, 1 PM and 4 PM (or evening, subject to availability). A deposit of $50 is due within 7 days of the booking to hold reservations. Deposits are nonrefundable and non transferable. A list of costume sizes and final payment are due 10 days before visit.

Any balance past due on the day of the program must be paid in full, based on the numbers received in the costume list, and any subsequent additions, before the program can begin. There is no refund for no-shows, whether it be one guest or an entire group.

The Inn reserves the right to modify a program to best fit the needs of a group. Changes may be made to a program because a group arrives late, is a large or double group, has special physical or dietary needs, or who's behavior is deemed difficult by staff members, or for circumstances beyond the control of the Inn.

*infants, toddlers, and children under age 4 are not admitted.

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Weather Rescheduling Policy

The weather rescheduling policy for Victorian Pastimes is consistent with other theaters and entertainment businesses in the Capitol District. Programs are only rescheduled for severe weather conditions. Due to fluctuations in weather forecasting no program can be rescheduled earlier than 2 hours before the groups departure time from their home meeting point.

Though weather conditions are not always ideal, and we do not wish groups to travel in dangerous conditions, we do expect a good faith effort on every group to attend their scheduled program time. Groups that qualify for rescheduling are placed in the first available "like-time slot".

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