The volunteers of Historic Schoenbrunn Village, known for their traditional Lantern Tours, will be taking their lanterns indoors to the McDonald-Marlite Center on Friday, March 26th to support the Village with its second annual “Lantern Light Dinner”.
Along with a scrumptious buffet dinner served in the soft glow of lantern light, this fundraising event will also include musical entertainment throughout the evening and a look toward the exciting upcoming season of Schoenbrunn Village. Guests will also be able to contribute to the Village by bidding on a wide selection of silent auction gifts from a number of sponsors and volunteers, including a special Historic Schoenbrunn Village Wedding Package, handcrafted art pieces, and popular Village artwork. There will also be two raffle chances to support Schoenbrunn, a 50/50 raffle drawing and special Schoenbrunn Event Package for the all new ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ program to be presented on the lower level of Historic Schoenbrunn Village in October.
The Lantern Light Dinner will also open the opportunity to all those interested in the second year of the ‘Adopt-a-Cabin’ program. For 2009, 11 of the 18 structures were adopts. Incoming site director Laura Milarcik is enthusiastic that the 2010 ‘Adopt-a-Cabin’ program will exceed last year’s favorable response. Cabin adoption information will be available for all those curious in sponsoring Schoenbrunn Village at the Lantern Light Dinner.
Milarcik encourages all those interested in this great way to help preserve one of Tuscarawas County’s historic attractions to contact the Dennison Depot for more information. Cabin sponsorships begin at $500 for smaller structures to $5,000 for the adoption of the Spring House. Sponsorships will be used to help Schoenbrunn Village more into a new phase.
Advance tickets for the Lantern Light Dinner are required and can be purchased at the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum. Individuals will be $25.00 and couples $50.00. The evening will begin at 5:30pm with dinner served at 6:00pm. To find a complete list of upcoming events for Historic Schoenbrunn Village visit www.ohiosfirstvillage.com or find us on Facebook. For more information about the dinner, cabin adoption or to make your reservations today, contact the Depot at depotmarketing@tusco.net or 740.922.6776.
