Twilight Tour
Sunday, October 24, 2021 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Oviedo Cemetery!
Join us for an hour-long visit with some of Oviedo’s founders. We’ll be touring the cemetery under the guidance of historical figures who’ve come to life for the evening to introduce us to their dearly departed friends. These are the SAME featured founders who will visit with guests at Saturday’s Rising event over breakfast. Saturday, these actors will be on a stage surrounded by chairs, so this may be a better option for those who want to see the program but aren’t sure they can stand for the hour-long mobile show at the cemetery.
Tales of civil war, suicide, celery, snakes, and other surprising scenarios will be center stage at The Oviedo Preservation Project’s Annual Cemetery Tour, now know as the Twilight Tour. This event will take place at the Oviedo Cemetery (across from Oviedo High School on S.R. 426), and your $3+ donation is appreciated, though not mandatory. 100% of proceeds go to charity. All actors and organizers are volunteers.
Please join us to hear more in-depth stories from actors in costume who will tell about themselves and about what Oviedo was like when they were alive. The show is performed “theater in the rounds” style, with various stations coming alive at the same time. Visitors will move from station to station to interact with the characters. For more information, contact Megan Sladek at 407-365-8888 or megan@oviedotraditions.org.
FEATURED FOUNDERS
Laura Brown (1852-1880)
John Courier (1915-1965)
John Evans (1912-1982)
Henry Foster (1821-1910)
Edith Mead (1852-1927)
Charles Mariner (1877-1927)
Louisa Stewart (1860s-1850s)
Betty Schlusemeyer (1929-2011)
Oliver P. Swope (1875-1959)
George Lee Wheeler (1884-1980)
FOUNDING FRIENDS
George Brantley (1837-1878)
B. G. Smith (1871-1952)
Lewis Thornton Powell (c.1842-1965)
Martha Brock (1829-1897)
