Masters Series Masterclass: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation presents Pursuing Happiness with Thomas Jefferson and Fifes & Drums Experience: Thursday
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The first price increase on Gate Passes is on Wednesday, March 4! Purchase your tickets by Tuesday, March 3 to get the current and lowest rate.
The first price increase on Gate Passes is on Wednesday, March 4! Purchase your tickets by Tuesday, March 3 to get the current and lowest rate.
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Instructor
On the evening before Thomas Jefferson turns his draft of the Declaration of Independence over to a committee, he is visited by three inspiring voices. Witness a series of imagined conversations between Thomas Jefferson, John Locke and King George III to discover the ghosts behind Jefferson’s drafts of the Declaration of Independence and gain a new perspective on the document we celebrate on the Fourth of July. This special theatrical presentation will be followed by Q & A session moderated by Katharine Pittman, Nation Builder, Martha Washington & Program Lead for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Following the masterclass inside, enjoy a quintessential piece of the Colonial Williamsburg experience through the vibrations of 18th-century military music with a series of special performances outside Norton Hall. The march of the Fifes and Drums is an indispensable part of the Colonial Williamsburg visit. The shrill fife and the resounding drum broadcast a wave of sound throughout the city announcing the red-and-blue-uniformed regiment moving through the streets of Williamsburg. What started 65 years ago as four high school students playing “Yankee Doodle” at a Fourth of July celebration has since blossomed into two full Corps of local students who perform more than any other youth Fife and Drum Corps in the country. These students keep alive an even longer tradition of military music that dates back centuries.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation