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Rotary Club of Lincoln Lamplighter Tour 2014: November 20-23, 2014. In its eleventh year, the Lincoln Lamplighter Tour presented a dramatic event 100 years in the making. This year's plays brought to life stories of the First World War, which began 100 years ago. Wings Over Lincoln — Tell Them H
arry Sent You featured five, one-act plays and an accompanying Lamplighter guide that followed the men and women of Lincoln as their lives were affected by the Great War raging overseas as they endeavoured to be involved at home and abroad. For long-time fans of the tour there was a sense of familiarity about the short scenes.
arry Sent You featured five, one-act plays and an accompanying Lamplighter guide that followed the men and women of Lincoln as their lives were affected by the Great War raging overseas as they endeavoured to be involved at home and abroad. For long-time fans of the tour there was a sense of familiarity about the short scenes.The tour started and ended at the First Baptist Church on Mountain Street and took participants to three historic homes and the town's Masonic hall. The tour's timeline followed that of the war, starting in 1915 just as war broke out and ending in 1918 with a celebration of the war's end.
War at Woodburn was set in the Woodburn Cottage, a historic house on King Street and told of the day to day life of the townspeople affected by war. From there, the tour moved to the drawing room at Senator Gibson's former mansion on the Great Lakes Christian High School property. The room was transformed into the officer's mess at the Beamsville Aerodrome, where hundreds of young men learned to fly at the School of Aerial Gunnery. Click on Read more....
The third play was a short, poignant vignette taking place on the front porch of a historic home on Academy Street entitled A Fond Farewell. The fourth play, Brothers and Blue Stockings, told the story of a Masonic meeting and a battle among the sexes that took place in the Masonic Lodge above the former Fleming Library.
Producer Sandra Bacon said the Lamplighter team is working well into the future with themes finalized for next year, 2016 and 2017. "We had a think tank meeting where we threw around ideas. We came up with so many that they had to be divided into three years," said Bacon. "We are well ahead of the game."
Proceeds will fund a future signature project the Lamplighter Tour will choose in association with the Rotary Club of Lincoln. Previous tours have funded the Rotary Band Shell at Charles Daley Park. For more information go to www.lamplightertour.com.