Festival of Houses and Gardens

Houses and Gardens, Festival of

March-AprilOne of the nation's oldest and most prestigious house tours is held from mid-March to mid-April in Charleston, S.C. This 300-year-old city has been bombarded by land and sea, devastated by an earthquake, and battered by hurricanes, but it remains a place known for splendid wrought-iron embellished architecture. The port city has 73 pre-Revolutionary buildings, 136 late-18th-century structures, and 600 others built before the 1840s. Among the more interesting areas is Cabbage Row, the model for Catfish Row in DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy, on which George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess was based.
More than 100 homes and gardens, full of blooming azaleas and camellias, are usually included in the festival, which dates from 1947. It features both afternoon and evening candlelight tours, and special candlelight galas with music and wine.
CONTACTS:
Historic Charleston Foundation
40 E. Bay St.
P.O. Box 1120
Charleston, SC 29401
843-723-1623; fax: 843-577-2067
www.historiccharleston.org
SOURCES:
GdUSFest-1984, p. 168

单词	festival of houses and gardens
释义	Festival of Houses and Gardens Houses and Gardens, Festival of March-AprilOne of the nation's oldest and most prestigious house tours is held from mid-March to mid-April in Charleston, S.C. This 300-year-old city has been bombarded by land and sea, devastated by an earthquake, and battered by hurricanes, but it remains a place known for splendid wrought-iron embellished architecture. The port city has 73 pre-Revolutionary buildings, 136 late-18th-century structures, and 600 others built before the 1840s. Among the more interesting areas is Cabbage Row, the model for Catfish Row in DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy, on which George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess was based. More than 100 homes and gardens, full of blooming azaleas and camellias, are usually included in the festival, which dates from 1947. It features both afternoon and evening candlelight tours, and special candlelight galas with music and wine. CONTACTS: Historic Charleston Foundation 40 E. Bay St. P.O. Box 1120 Charleston, SC 29401 843-723-1623; fax: 843-577-2067 www.historiccharleston.org SOURCES: GdUSFest-1984, p. 168 AcronymsSeeFOHG
随便看	member of the magic circle member of the marketing institute of singapore member of the national association of estate agents member of the national council of psychotherapists member of the national institute of medical herbalists member of the new south wales operating theatre association member of the opposite gender member of the oppositely plumbed sex member of the opposite sex member of the order of australia member of the order of canada member of the order of st. lazarus member of the order of st. lazarus of jerusalem member of the pharmaceutical society of ireland member of the planning institute of australia member of the professional staff member of the public relations institute of australia member of the real estate institute of british columbia member of the real estate institute of new zealand member of the royal academy of sciences member of the royal architectural institute of canada member of the royal asiatic society member of the royal australian chemical institute member of the royal college of anaesthetists member of the royal college of paediatrics and child health