My eighth grade homeroom class enjoyed a delightful day in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Their favorite parts were the carriages, the tavern meal, the tinsmith's shop, the houses and furnishings, the musicians, and playing a colonial game with our fabulous tour guide, Sierra McDonald. We recommend her to any school group that is planning to go to Williamsburg. We saw and did more in a few hours with her, than I have been able to see all day there on my own.
One of all of our favorite parts was the music. My fun-loving gentlemen students actually stopped running around, sat down, and calmly listened to the music. Then, when the ladies were done playing, they went over and asked them questions about their instruments. The harpsichordist took the lid off the harpsichord and showed them how it worked. They were amazed. I was amazed at their extraordinary behavior.
We ended the day with a delectable fried chicken dinner at Christiana Campbell's Tavern. The waitress told me twice how well behaved our group was. She said that normally school groups are a "nightmare", but that our group was exactly the opposite. Then she got a guitarist and a singer to come upstairs and perform for us.
We headed to the bus for the drive home, and most of the students did indeed stay up the entire twenty-two hours as they had told me they would. They played spoons and laughed the whole way home. Good day!
