Washington National Cathedral

 

Cathedral Day: Schedule
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Event Schedule | All day | Sunday Festival Worship Service


Event Schedule

9:00 amFirst Central Tower Climb departs (Tickets $5. Climbers must be at least 48 inches tall.)

10:00 amWest Façade Architecture Talk

10:20 amWelcome with World Children’s Choir

10:30 amPuppet Show
 South Façade Architecture Talk
 Stained Glass Tour
 Washington Revels Singers

11 amBishop’s Garden Stroll
 Gargoyle Expedition

11:30 amKids Explore Church Robes and Hats
 Puppet Show

12:00 noonHoly Eucharist Service
 On Stage: “A Journey back in time…1907”
Reenactment of the Laying of the Foundation Stone
(free gift for attendees)

12:30 pmAndy Zipf, acoustic guitar

1:00 pmOrgan Demonstration

1:30 pmSt. Alban’s School Percussion Ensemble
 Puppet Show

1:45 pmBishop’s Garden Stroll

2:15 pmBirthday Cake Cutting with U.S. Marine Band
 South Façade Architecture Talk

2:30 pmGargoyle Expedition
 U.S. Marine Band Concert
 Kids explore Church Robes and Hats
 “Jewels of Light” Stained Glass Talk
 Puppet Show
 St. Albans School Jazz Ensemble

3:00 pmHymn Sing
 West Façade Architecture Talk

3:15 pmDead Men’s Hollow—gospel bluegrass

3:30 pmLast Central Tower Climb departs (Tickets $5. Climbers must be at least 48 inches tall.)

3:45 pmSt. Andrew’s Society Pipes and Drums (South Road)

4:15 pmSt. Andrew’s Society Pipes and Drums (West Front)

4:30 pmCentennial Evening Prayer:
A Celebration of Music, Dance and Praise


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All Day


Cathedral Nave:

Cathedral introduction (every fifteen minutes), meet at docents desk; Triforium Climb and West Balcony visit; Cathedral Arts—Brass Polishing, Make your own flower arrangement (for children), Needlepoint, Cathedral Stitchers, Cathedral Art Information Database; Dreamers & Believers: Cathedral Builders exhibit in Rare Book Library Exhibit Room.

Lower Level

Watercolors by Marilyn Foley, in Visitors Lounge; Puppet Show, in Bethlehem Chapel; Gargoyle’s Den.

North Lawn

A&B Soft Ice Cream, Armand’s Pizza, artisan demonstrations, children’s crafts, children’s rides, Darth Vader telescope, Cathedral mural painting, clowns.

Olmsted Woods

Begin your walk in Olmsted Woods at George Washington statue on Pilgrim Road.

South Road

All Hallows Guild, Herb Cottage, Cathedral Programs Tent, A&B Soft Ice Cream, Asian Grille, Episcopal Church Women Bake Sale, Kaufmann’s Tavern, Margaret’s Soul Food, Panas Gourmet, Robeks Fruit Smoothies, Rockland’s BBQ, Information Booth #2, Tower Climb tickets, register for door prizes in Cathedral Programs tent.

West Front

Information Booth #1.

West Lawn

Churches and community groups, Cathedral Museum Store & Greenhouse, Margaret Foley (watercolorist), Make your own necklace (for children).


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Festival Worship Service
Sunday, September 30, 11:15 am

The Cathedral community welcomes you to a worship experience of music, dance, and praise in honor of the Cathedral’s first century. Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III will preach at this service of festive offerings to commemorate the Cathedral’s rich history.


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