11/19/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Jori Wade-Booth, public affairs coordinator, UNI Museums, (319) 273-2188
           
UNI Museums to host annual holiday event at Marshall Center School

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The UNI Museums will host "An Old-Fashioned Schoolhouse Christmas," from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Marshall Center School, an original one-room Iowa schoolhouse, located on the University of Northern Iowa campus, at the corner of West 23rd and Indiana Streets, Cedar Falls.
The evening will focus on Christmas in the 1930s and will include caroling, homemade crafts, costumed interpretations, story time and a greeting from Santa Claus.  Museum staff will recreate an old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse celebration.
"This annual activity offers a return to Christmases past," states Jori Wade-Booth, public affairs coordinator for the UNI Museums.  "It's a terrific opportunity to enjoy a simpler time and to celebrate the seasons."
Attendance is free and open to the public.  For more information about the museums and up coming events, call (319) 273-2188 or visit www.uni.edu/museum.
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Note to Editor: Below are photos from the 2008 Marshall Center School Old-Fashioned Christmas.