Annual Spring Tour of Homes to begin Friday evening

Get all the details in the special supplement included in this issue.

2009
Weeks of efforts by homeowners, volunteers, and civic clubs of Washington-Wilkes will come to fruition this weekend with the return of the annual Spring Tour of Homes.

Beginning Friday and continuing Saturday and
Sunday, the spring tour includes 19 homes with special events scheduled each day in addition to the homes.
The tour is sponsored by the Washington Woman's Club, the Washington Kiwanis Club, and the Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce.
For a list of homes and other featured attractions, a map of the area, plus more detailed information on homes, see the special News-Reporter Tour of Homes supplement included as part of this issue.
Tour headquarters will be at the Washington- Wilkes Chamber of Commerce on The Square on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and in Danburg Sunday from 1-3 p.m. Headquarters on Saturday will be at the Washington-Wilkes Elementary School from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and courtesy tour cars driven by Washington Kiwanis Club volunteers will be available on Saturday only.
The Robert Toombs Historic Site will be open during the Spring Tour of Homes.The tour on Friday, April 3, will be a Bed and Breakfast Candlelight Tour from 6 to 9 p.m. Six of Washington's beautiful Bed and Breakfast accommodations will be featured.
Special events Friday will be the Champagne & Dessert Soiree at the home of Mark and Emilie Waters from 6-9 p.m.
A highlight of Friday night will be Gone With the Wind stars Mickey Kuhn and Patrick Curtis entertaining with their "Hollywood Revue" at 8 p.m. at the Washington Little Theater. The two actors will also be appearing at the Washington Historical Museum Saturday afternoon from 2-5 for autographs. The Retro Cinema will have their exhibit of GWTW memorabilia on display Friday and Saturday.
On Saturday, Washington Kiwanis Club members will chauffeur visitors to the six homes of the Day Tour from the headquarters at Washington-Wilkes Elementary School.
In addition to the Tour activities, at the Washington Historical Museum a collection of original, handpainted Gone With The Wind poster boards and other movie posters of the era, special-made at the Loew's Grand in Atlanta, are displayed.
At the Robert Toombs House, re-enactors in 1859 period costume will welcome guests through the home on the eve of Senator Toombs' departure for service in Washington, D.C.
Saturday evening, the renowned GWTW collector Herb Bridges will be autographing books at Retro Cinema, and there will be a cocktail party in his honor at 5:30 followed by his lecture on "The Atlanta Premier."
For Sunday, the Tour moves to the country to visit the classic country homes of Danburg. "Sunday in the Country" guests will also find an antique car show, and a country flea market with antiques, crafts, arts, collectibles, and yard plants at the Old Danburg School.
Throughout the weekend, visitors can shop and register for a drawing for some 500 Washington-Wilkes Dollars to be spent in local stores.