As I mentioned in my Sunday Salon post, I attended a "high tea" with "Shakespeare snippets" on Sunday afternoon. A fellow teacher invited me to go with her to this annual event sponsored by the Daughters of the British Empire (DBE). I must say, it was a delightful way to spend the afternoon.
The room was set up with approximately 20 different round tables, six people at each table, so it was a well-attended event. Each table was set for high tea using a variety of china pieces. The DBE women served as waitresses and brought the various condiments to our table. There was plenty of tea, of course, with choice of lemon, sugar or cream. I loved looking at all the different styles of tea pots and drank far too many cups of the perfectly brewed selection.
The food was quite lovely and brought to the table on a typical 3-tiered serving rack. The first course fare focused on savory tea sandwiches such as: Barrington Court Beef, Cambridge Egg, English Cucumber, and
Warwick Egg and Cheese Tarts.
The second course focused on the quintessential tea cake selections, such as: devon cream scones with Strawberry preserves, Londonderry Lemon Curd Tarts (my favorite), and Scottish Shortbread.
The final course was a lovely Victorian Park Tea Cake with candied orange rind. It looked beautiful, but quite honestly, I was too full to take more than one decadent mouthful.
The tea lasted approximately one hour and then there was a 15 minute presentation of a scene from Shakespeare's
As You Like It performed by teen members of the Team Shakespeare troupe of Kansas City. They did an amazing job, and I think I was particularly interested since I am currently trying to "direct" my 8th graders in a production of
A Midsummer Night's Dream. I wish there was time for more theater, but alas the afternoon concluded around 3:30.
All in all this was a unique outing for me, and one that I hope to make an annual tradition.
Love this! How fun! Thank you for sharing the experience with me :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to spend an hour! I'm with you - more theater would have made it even better!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fabulous. Wish there was something like this inmy area.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like so much fun - and so delicious, too! Thanks for sharing :-).
ReplyDeleteI think it is so cool that you were able to participate in something like this! I would have been tempted to dress the part!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like so much fun! When I was younger I went to a Shakespearean Festival and I remember eating little lemon tarts that were so good!
ReplyDeleteI've only had one opportunity to experience high tea once in my life and it was so wonderful! I'm glad you got to participate in this and that you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fabulous! I'm so glad you got to go.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great event! Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteSounds like great fun. It's always nice to find new things to do that fit in so well with your interests.
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