For only the second time in our 82 year history, we opened our
doors early to host an Easter Weekend EGGstravaganza over the April 17-21
holiday. Over 200 guests joined us for four days of family-filled festivities
and, quite frankly, we couldn't think of a better way to begin our 2014 season!
We so enjoyed seeing all the familiar faces--as well as
several welcome new ones too (Easter Bunny included)!
We thought we’d share with you some of the details from our jam-packed celebration...
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The Easter Bunny gives the signal
to begin the Egg Hunt! |
Our guest of honor, the Easter Bunny, made its first appearance at
Thursday’s steak "Dinner on the Hill" and helped kids of all ages
make crafts Friday morning. Later that night, over a dozen guests won fabulous
Capon prizes during an Easter Egg Bingo party. Ron & Shirley Stover of
Hershey, PA took home the grand prize of a free night stay for
two! Saturday's sunny weather made for a perfect afternoon of Easter egg
hunts and lawn games. Later that afternoon, many folks ventured down the
road to Capon's Rivermeadow Farm for a tour from Farm Supervisor, Sam
Brill. The Easter Bunny kept all ages entertained at meals and during
programs with hugs and dancing to the silly “Happy Easter (hop, hop)” song-
which is now etched into the brains of all participants! We ended Saturday evening with a long-standing
Capon tradition—a campfire sing-a-long and hotdog roast.
Since there was frost on the porch Sunday morning, the sunrise
service was held in the Meeting House, which Patty Austin transformed into a
sacred space with guest-decorated butterflies. She also recruited Capon guests
to participate and provided all the music on the piano. Retired Episcopal
priest Manning Smith served as worship leader, John Rosen and Kathy Smith were
readers and Paige Stover contributed her vocal talents for several solos. More
than 2/3 of all the guests rose early, leaving their warm beds to share in the
joyous celebration of new life.
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| Main House fireplace |
Crisp mornings and evenings meant cozy fires in the Main House
fireplaces as maintenance supervisor Bub Brill kept them stocked with fresh
split logs. Several families participated in the new Caponchase like adventure
of listing all the 2014 “refreshes” around Capon. The Larsen & Boyle
families found the most and each won a food shop item of their choice (wait til
you see all the new products!). Speaking of new Capon stuff, Greg Lang of
Frederick MD, was able to guess his way to a new water bottle when he figured
out there were exactly 263 jelly beans inside it. After all the main holiday events were
over, guests staying Sunday night settled into the Main living room to hear
award-winning bluegrass brothers Buddy & Jack Dunlap from Bud's Collective pick and grin
on their guitar and mandolin.
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| Easter Buffet |
Some of the “tweaks” over the weekend were experienced in the
dining room. Friday featured lunch tacos and apple pie for dessert at
dinner. The Saturday evening meal also added extra sweets such as coconut
bars and strawberry sundaes. Since it was Easter, the Sunday midday meal
was a special buffet with ham, roast beef and a dessert smorgasbord. Those
who stayed over for Monday lunch were treated to spaghetti sauce with Capon
sausage.
We hope all of you enjoyed the Easter holiday as much as we
did... It will be five more years until the calendar lines up for another
Easter celebration at Capon!
~The Capon Family
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