Walk Among the Shadows - Evening Tours
6:30PM - 7:30PM Thursday, October 29, 2009
Three nights only! Wednesday, October 28, Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Walk Among the Shadows is back! In cooperation with Wayneflete School and the city of Portland, young costumed actors will portray the interred in the background of an eerie, dimly-lit, gravestone-filled background scenery. See and hear famous, but dead Portlanders come to life and voice their strange tales! Great entertainment for the whole family! Tickets are $10 per person ($5 for children 12 and under) and payable at the gates; tours run every 10 minutes and last less than an hour. The event will be canceled in case of rain (call the tour hotline for the latest information on the day of the tour (207-318-2982).
Reservations are available! Leave a message with your reservation request (day, time, number of people) at: 207-318-2982 or email the details to: leana@spiritsalive.org. You will receive a confirmation if your requested time and date are available.
Spirits Alive
www.spiritsalive.org
sa@spiritsalive.org
PO Box 18209
Portland, Maine 04112-8209
Spirits Alive is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Portland’s historic Eastern Cemetery through a range of activities including promotion and education.
Where: Eastern Cemetery, corner of Congress and Mountfort Streets Portland
Cost:
10 $5 children 12 and under
Category: Civic
Event Posted 2009-10-13
From Ready, Set, Go
in the Portland Press HeraldNOVEMBER 14
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