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Wedding Finery & High Tea in Sparta

9/25/2012

 
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The newly opened Sparta Church Museum and Cultural Centre is all decked out in a bevy of wedding attire and this past Saturday (Sept 22nd) the lower level was adorned in it’s finest for High Tea.

A fundraiser for the centre, the tea was an elegant taste of an event which was probably seen regularly in connection with the weddings represented in the upstairs exhibits. The ritual of sipping tea whilst nibbling little sandwiches and decadent sweets was relished by attendees at four sittings throughout the afternoon.

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Above: Sally Martyn & Rebecca Buis of the Sparta Historical Society
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Above: Mildred Chant, Marlene Campbell, Barb Burns & Noreena Satchell at High Tea (left to right)
With over sixty outfits from 1900 to 2010, the “Wedding Apparel” Exhibit upstairs presents a chapel bursting with wedding finery and also many interesting snippets of wedding history lore and tradition. Read about the exhibit in the fall 2012 edition of Relish Elgin on-line (page 25), plus you will find additional photos in the slideshow below.  

Local artist Connie Greger shared her painting of the Sparta Church Museum and Cultural Centre for the cover of this edition. An exhibit of Connie’s work, “Historical Architecture Sparta: The Inheritance” will be be on display at the St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre from September 28th to 30th with opening reception on the Friday from 7-9pm.   


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