Lots of events for the whole family in Delaware!

Air Expo ’09 will take off when the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, hosts the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, the Army’s Golden Knights, and the F-16 Viper East Coast Demo team on May 23 and 24. Enjoy the Blue Angels’ thrilling high precision flying in the six-jet Delta Formation and the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the four-plane Diamond Formation! Plus, enjoy other aerial acts, demonstrations, and entertainment!
For more information, please call 301-757-EXPO or visit www.paxairexpo.org

Colonial Williamsburg’s Drummer’s Call Weekend
Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums and guest fife and drum units from across the country perform military field music during special programs for Drummer’s Call Weekend, May 15-17.
The weekend kicks off 8 p.m. Friday, May 15 with Successful Campaign at Colonial Williamsburg’s Kimball Theatre. The Fifes and Drums and the Connecticut Valley Field Music present a concert of patriotic fife and drum music from the 18th and 19th centuries. Cost is $8 for adults and youth ages six to 17 and children under six are free.
Tickets can be purchased at any Colonial Williamsburg ticket outlet or at the Kimball Theatre, which is located in downtown Williamsburg’s Merchants Square. The Kimball Theatre box office is a half-hour prior to any program. For more information, contact the Kimball Theatre Box office at (757) 565-8588 or visit www.kimballtheatre.com
On Saturday, May 16, Colonial Williamsburg honors Armed Forces Day with a Grand March featuring fife and drum units from around the country from noon to 12:45 p.m. from the Capitol to Market Square on Duke of Gloucester Street. Immediately following, guests will enjoy performances from fife and drum units from around the country during the Grand Review at 12:30 p.m.
Later that evening, Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums host fife and drum and military units from across the county in a torchlit march from the Governor’s Palace to Shields Tavern at 8 p.m. during the Williamsburg Military Tattoo. The program signals the end of a soldiers’ day.
No ticket is required for the Grand March, Grand Review or Williamsburg Military Tattoo.
Drummer’s Call Weekend concludes Sunday, May 17 with To Arms at 11 a.m. at the Magazine. The program features a demonstration of soldiers and their field music from various military units active during the American Revolution. A Colonial Williamsburg admission pass or Good Neighbor Card is required to enjoy this program.
Contact: www.history.org
Location: Williamsburg, Va.

May Fair – A Celebration of the Arts in Delaware
This free, two-day event at Bellevue State Park will showcase the wide variety of talents in the State. In the heart of the park visitors will delight in a triangle of fun activities for the whole family:
Delaware by Hand artist/artisan fair and at the Figure 8 Barn

Free art activities for Kids and Families, hosted by local art institutions like the Biggs Museum of American Art, at the Figure 8 Barn

Steam Car Rides throughout the Park

Fine Art Show and Catered brunch/lunch at Bellevue Hall (reservations recommended-302.793.3046)

Busy schedule of live entertainments on the outdoor amphitheater

Local food vendors like Hy-Point Dairy Farms ice cream
For additional information visit:
www.delawarebyhand.org & www.destateparks.com/mayfair

Mount Vernon’s Spring Wine Festival & Sunset Tour
May 15, 16 and 17 (Fri, Sat, and Sun, 6 to 9 p.m.)
Mount Vernon’s Spring Wine Festival & Sunset Tour celebrates the history of wine in Virginia with candlelit tours of the Mansion, including the basement where Washington stored his wine, and live jazz on the east lawn overlooking the scenic Potomac River. Guests sample wines from 16 Virginia wineries, learn about the successes and failures of our Founding Father’s wine endeavors, and meet “George and Martha Washington” on the Mansion’s piazza. Concessions by the Mount Vernon Inn are available for purchase. Outside food and beverages are not allowed. Advance ticket purchase is recommended for this popular event. Tickets are $30 and sales begin April 15 at Mount Vernon’s Ford Orientation Center.
Contact: www.visitmountvernon.org
Location: George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens

May 15, 2009   Posted in: United States East