A Long-Expected Party

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky

Schedule of Events

Thursday September 25th:

Registration - The Bywater Inn - 12:00pm to 4:30pm

Opening Ceremonies/Meet and Greet - Old Grange - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Dinner - Old Grange - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

BondFire: - North Field (In case of a fire ban or inclement weather - Old Grange) - 8:00pm to 11:00pm

Friday September 26th:

Breakfast - Farmer Cotton’s Dining Room - 7:30am to 9:15am

Registration - The Bywater Inn - 9:00am to 4:00pm

Centerpiece Panel: Middle-Earth as Muse - All Guests - Old Grange - 9:30am to 11:00am

The War Within: Frodo as a Sacrificial Hero - Constance Wagner - Old Grange - 11:00am to 12:30pm

Gandalf’s Trivia Challenge: Gandalf the Grey - The Bywater Inn - 11:15am to 12:30pm

Workshop - Hobbit Ears and Feet: Bilbo Baggins - The Ivy Bush - 11:15am to 12:30pm

Box Lunch: The Green Dragon - 11:30am to 2:00pm

Bilbo’s Adventure Hike - Bilbo Baggins - The Bywater Inn - 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Frodo’s Adventure Hike - Frodo Baggins - The Bywater Inn - 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Cruise the Brandywine - Gandalf the Grey - Outside Farmer Cotton’s - 2:00pm to 3:00pm (shuttle bus to landing and back - 1:00pm to 4:00pm)

The Art of Middle-Earth - Jef Murray - The Ivy Bush - 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Tolkien and His History for England - Michael Drout - Old Grange - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

Arms of Middle-Earth - The Sword - Michael Cook - Behind The Ivy Bush - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

From Cloaks to Coronation Gowns - Judy Mitchell - The Bywater Inn - 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Dinner - (includes Costume Pageant/Parade) - Old Grange - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Hall of Fire - Old Grange - 6:00pm to 10:00pm and onward

Ghost Walk - Aragorn, son of Arathorn - The Bywater Inn -11:00pm

Saturday September 27th:

Breakfast - Farmer Cotton’s Dining Room - 7:30am to 10:00am

Workshop - Leather Tooling and Details - Michael Cook - The Ivy Bush - 9:30am to 10:30am

Tolkien and His History for England - Michael Drout - The Bywater Inn - 9:30am to 11:00am

Armor in Lord of the Rings - Michael Cook - The Bywater Inn - 11:00am to 12:30pm

Gandalf’s Trivia Challenge - Gandalf the Grey - The Ivy Bush - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Box Lunch - The Green Dragon -11:30am to 2:00pm

The War Within: Frodo as a Sacrificial Hero - Constance Wagner - The Bywater Inn - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Go Ahead, Have a Fit! - Judy Mitchell - The Ivy Bush - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

The Art of Middle-Earth - Jef Murray - Bag End Sitting Room - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Chainmail Workshop - Michael Cook - Bag End Parlour - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Bus/Wagon Rides to Party Site - The Bywater Inn - starting at 3:00pm

Party Games - Gandalf the Grey - Party Field - 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Party Dinner - Bilbo and Frodo Baggins - Party Tree - 6:00pm to 8:30pm

Bilbo’s Birthday Cake and the giving of presents - Party Tree - 8:30pm to 9:30pm

Awards Ceremony - Party Tree - 9:00pm to 10:00pm

Bilbo’s Speech - Bilbo Baggins - Party Tree - 10:00pm to 10:30pm

Rides back to the Village begin at 10:30pm

Sunday September 28th:

Breakfast - Farmer Cotton’s Dining Room - 7:30am to 10:00am

Shuttle Bus from Village to Airport - All day starting at 9:00am

Middle-Earth Cinema - The Bywater Inn - 10:00am to ??? (all day)