School of the Victorian Lady 2016: Home on the Range- Ranching Heritage

Sharon Baird is the coordinator for this year's conference, and she has lined up a wonderful weekend for us.

The Theme this year focuses on Ranching, before and after the Indian Wars, which helped to save Texas, and develop to what it is today.

We have two key note speakers: Julia Robb and Bill Guffey.  For more information on these folks, click the link to the left: Guest Speakers and Teachers.

I will be updating all of the various sources of information throughout today, all of that can be found in the Navigation Links to the left.

For more information, to register, and inform Sharon and Mitch of your dietary restrictions:
325-338-2149  Sharon Baird
325-762- 2492 Fax Mitch Baird
fortgriffinwife@aol.com

Reservations Deadlines!

I am putting everything in stone: the schedule is as complete as it is likely to get.  You can find the link to it on the left.

The details are all covered by the Nav Bar on the left, including Class Reservations, and Registration fees.

Our date is fast approaching, and I'm looking foward to seeing everyone, again!

Angela 'ARNie' Grabowski

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I have added the Subscribe button, I hope.  It mysteriously re-appeared recently.

If this doesn't work, just email me.  victorianladytx at yahoo dot com.

Major Updates!

We are approaching our self imposed deadline of November 1, to have 95% of the conference 'in stone.'

Please visit all the links on the left hand navigation bar to see all the updates... but they include:

An Updated Schedule- which highlight our 'holes' that need to be filled.

Details on The Formal Tea and Sunday Morning Show and Tell.

We have a 'consolidated' email address for this blog, and the conference:

victorianladytx at yahoo dot com

You can email us there for any questions, volunteerism, or point out anything we've missed.

A New Beginning

As avid historians, we are mindful of how the work and sacrifices of those who went before us, shaped our present, and helps guide us in the future.  We honor those ancestors every time we 'dress' and share our historical interpretation with others.

We would like to thank Sharon Baird for her years of service in directing and organizing the School of the Victorian Lady, and for her efforts to secure Ft. Griffin as our yearly sponsor.  Her example is guiding the new coordinators to continue this conference with the same level of enthusiasm and spirit of learning, Sharon always gave us.

We respect Sharon's need to step down as director, since her life has had many stressful changes over the last couple of years.  We stepped  up to fill her shoes with: a tenacity to continue this conference, and excitement to create something that will honor her leadership..

The School of the Victorian Lady for 2015 will have some changes, since there are now three coordinators- each with different chores to accomplish.

Donna Hector, Beverly Wildes and Angela 'ARNie' Grabowski  are the coordinators for 2015 and we are already working on the conference... as you can see by this blog, established exclusively for news and details on the conference.

We didn't want to clutter Ann Dixon's blog (Frontier Women's Living History Association) and we wanted to make it easy to see Conference details with just a few clicks.

We will utilize various online resources at our disposal, such as the Face Book page and email, to make announcements and updates on the conference.

WHAT TO EXPECT....

The Formal Tea in OQ2 is a yearly must.

The Victorian Bazaar will be in its usual place, but there are some changes... see link to the left for more details.

We are going to use OQ 9 for classrooms this year, to expand the opportunities to learn something new. With a balance between lecture, presentation, and hands-on activities, we are hopeful there will be something for everyone.

Living History 101- in the past we've had discussions on how to recruit new people into this hobby, to keep the history alive.  To those ends, we are going to host a class- for the general public- to provide them with information on what we do, how we got into it, where they can participate in Texas.

The goal of this year's Living History 101 is to give the recruits a taste of what we do, and to introduce them to the of the people they can rely on for guidance. 

We are asking for 6 volunteers to give a 15-20 minute presentation which can include any/all of the following: 

your Historical Interpretation, 

time frame, and any particular focus of your interpretation: military, civilian, job, business, etc.

how you got into this hobby/passion,

details on your clothing

where you participate