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Oaklands Mansion's Fall Festivities
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MUSIC IN THE MANSION:
SOUTHERN GOSPEL IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Featuring Dr. Stephen Shearon,
Middle Tennessee State University School of Music
Sunday, October 23rd
2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15 per person
(Reservations Required)
Did you know that the popular Christmas song, "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem," was written in a dairy barn in Rutherford County in 1938 by Mr. Robert Fisher Boyce. The Murfreesboro grocer at 912 ½ West Main Street composed both the words and melody of this well-known gospel song. It and other songs will be explored by Dr. Stephen Shearon, professor in the School of Music at Middle Tennessee State University. Shearon will be the featured speaker at Oaklands's "Music in the Mansion" series. The program, which is open to the public, will begin at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 23, 2016, in the parlor of Oaklands Mansion, located at 900 North Maney Avenue in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Focusing especially on gospel convention-singing, gospel songs, and shape-note singing schools in Rutherford County in the mid-twentieth century, Shearon will be assisted by Rutherford County residents Mr. Key Dillard, founder and director of the Do Re Mi Gospel Music Academy (a shape-note singing school near Hartsville), and Mr. Seth Gregory, General Music Teacher and Director of Choirs at Siegel Middle School (Murfreesboro) and a singing-school teacher.
Guests should come expecting to hear southern gospel quartet performances of some of the songs discussed (led by Mr. Gregory), to be regaled by Mr. Dillard's personal recollections of singing conventions in mid-twentieth-century Middle Tennessee, and to learn something about shape-notes. They will also be invited to join in the singing.
Tickets to the program are $15.00 per person. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Reservations can be made by email at
[email protected]
or by calling (615) 893-0022.
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| Asa Maxwell_ Fisher Boyce_ Francis Osteen _ Leslie Little - Rutherford County Male Quartet 1925_1926 |
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Flashlight Nights in Oaklands Mansion
Thursday, October 27 & Friday, October 28
Explore Murfreesboro's most mysterious mansion and experience some of the unusual mourning customs and creepy superstitions of the Victorian era at Oaklands Mansion. As the doors creak open to reveal the town's spookiest historic home, guides in mourning attire will be stationed through-out the mansion to answer questions.
As you explore the dark corners and creepy cupboards, the shadows will be hauntingly dim. For your safety, please bring your own flashlight. These special evening openings of the mansion will take place on Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. with admission of $5.00 per person. 
"While in the downtown area, enjoying the fall fun, take the opportunity to see Oaklands after dark! When your flashlight tour is over, if you dare, take a walk on the dimly lit trails of the wetlands and see the dark reflections of Maney Spring" said James Manning, Executive Director of Oaklands Mansion.
Tickets are $5.00 per person. Purchase your tickets in advance on our website or in the gift shop. Be prepared to show proof of payment at the front doors of the mansion to avoid ticket line in the gift shop. For your safety, Oaklands main drive will be closed.
Please park at Oaklands Park Picnic Pavilion at 427 Roberts Street. You will then walk to the mansion to begin your tour!
$5.00 per person
(If purchasing online, be prepared to show proof of purchase at entrance)
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Guided Tours of Evergreen Cemetery
Saturday, October 29th
Tickets: $15 per person
Tours begin at 6:00 p.m.
This tour really digs the past...Did you know that Evergreen Cemetery began as a slave burial ground for Oaklands Plantation in the mid-1800's? The cemetery officially began on May 30, 1872, when Dr. James Maney sold a 20-acre tract encompassing the plantation's slave burial ground to the city of Murfreesboro. Intriguing tales, historical facts and good old-fashioned stories live on through an evocative cemetery tour.
This memorable, mourning tour of Evergreen Cemetery will be offered on Saturday, October 29, with tours beginning at 6:00 p.m. Cemetery tours will depart from the entrance of the cemetery on Greenland Drive in groups with the last tour leaving at 8:30 p.m. Ticket cost is $15 per person. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Oaklands is excited to welcome the BoroTellers, a storytelling guild that promotes and perpetuates the art of storytelling and will join Oaklands at stops along the walking tour to entertain our guests.
The touris a 45-minute walk of the incredible history of Evergreen Cemetery. Wander among the graves of some of Murfreesboro's founders and earliest citizens and hear their interesting stories. Comfortable walking shoes, weather appropriate clothing, and flashlights are recommended.
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Evergreen Cemetery Tour
$15 per person
Get your tickets now!
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At the dead-end of North Maney Avenue you'll find a tree-lined drive to the most famous mansion in Murfreesboro! The iron gates are open and the mansion, normally locked and secured, is ready to greet you on this rare night! Bring your little ghosts and goblins to the doors of the dimly lit Oaklands Mansion to offer their most haunting greeting. As the doors creak open to reveal the grand stair hall, and the family in mourning, you'll see that this isn't like any "haunted" house you've visited.
Victorian families stopped the clocks, shuttered the windows and draped their mirrors in black when a loved one died. Before the time of funeral homes, the family's parlor was the scene of their funerals and wakes.
Trick-or-Treating at the "Old Maney Mansion" is free, open to the public and will take place at 900 N. Maney Avenue in Murfreesboro, TN on October 31, 2014, from 4:00p.m. until all candy is given away! For more information, contact Oaklands Mansion at
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Oaklands Mansion
900 N. Maney Avenue, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
OaklandsMansion.org
615-893-0022
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