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ATLANTA DOGWOOD FESTIVAL "CALENDAR OF EVENTS" April 10-24, 1966
NOTE: EVENTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE FREE ADMISSION
Sunday, April 10, 1966 (Easter)
5:30 AM Easter Sunrise Service ~ Top of Stone Mountain
6:00 AM *Easter Sunrise Service - Atlanta Stadium
12:30 PM - 2:30 FM *"Peachtree Fashion Parade" - Peachtree Street
1:00 FM - 5:30 Fi Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park.
1:30 FM Braves vs. Yankees, Atlanta Stadium
Official Crowning of the 1966 Dogwood Queen
2:30 IM “Merchant of Venice" Academy Theatre - 3212 Roswell Road
3:00 *Lenox Square Easter Parade, 6th Annual, Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra (Sponsored by Colonial Stores), Televised WAIT,
Lenox Square Shopping Certer
3:00 FM - 4:00 M "An afternoon with Uncle Remus" - Outdoor Play presented by
the Workshop Theatre of Atlanta on the Grounds of Stone
Mountain Plantation
EASTER EGG HUNT (All concessionaries) Stone Mountain Park
5:00 PM = 6:00 PM Easter Vespers - Hymn Sing on the porch at Memorial Hall -
Stone Mountain
7:30 PM *Euripides' "Orestes"-Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair, 1449 Ponce de Leon
Monday, April 11, 1966
10:00 AM = 4:00 PM Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration-Cook House in Stone
Mountain Plantation
11:00 AM- 2:00 FM - Guided Tour of Stone Mountain Park Wildlife Ranch with
4:00 PM Uncle Art and his friends - Stone Mountain
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad Street
*United Church Women Tour of Churches-Starting at Peachtree
and Broad Street
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
*Euripides'"Orestes"” Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre
1449 Ponce de Leon
Tuesday, April 12, 1966
10:00 AM - 4 PM
11 AM-2PM-4PM
1:00 PM - 5:30
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
8:05 PM ©
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking - Stone Mountain Plantation
Guided Tour of Wildlife Ranch Stone Mountain Park,
With Uncle Art and his friends - Stone Mountain.
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama, Atlanta Transit Company
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad Street
*Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs Tour of Homes-
Starting at Peachtree and Broad Streets
Braves vs. Pittsburgh - Atlanta Stadium
*Shakespeare's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" -Theatre Atlanta-
Reader's Theatre, 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center - On
the Mall
Wednesday, April 13, 1966
10:00 AM - 4 PM
11:00 AM-2PM-4PM
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10:00 AM 5:30 PM
8:05 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking - Cook House at Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour of the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
Friends - Stone Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama, Atlanta Transit Company
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad
*Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
Braves vs: Pittsburgh, Atlanta Stadium
"Merchant of Venice" - Academy Theater, 3213 Roswell Road
¥*"An American Dame" - Theatre Atlanta - Reader's Theatre
1449 Ponce de Leon
* Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center - On
the Mall
Thursday, April 14, 1966
10:00 AM to PM
11:00 AM-2PM-PM
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM
Open Hearth Cooking in the Cook House - Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour of the Wildlife Ranch With Uncle Art and his
Friends - Stone Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company .
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad Streets
10:00AM - 5:30 PM * Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
1:00 PM - 5:45 PM *Tulip Show - Rich's Plaza Auditorium - Store for Homes
6:00 PM *Atlanta Dogwood Festival-Shrine Circus Parade-Down
Peachtree Street
8:30 PM *Euripides' "Orestes" - Theatre Atlanta -Reader's Theatre-
1449 Ponce de Leon
8:30 PM "Merchant of Venice," Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
8:30 PM "Hedda Gabler," Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
ALL DAY _ *Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center-0On
The Mall
Friday, April 15, 1966
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM *Tulip Show - Rich's Plaza Auditorium -Store for Homes
10:00 AM = 5:30 PM *Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Open Hearth Cooking of Plantation Foods Stone Mountain
Plantation
11 AM - 2PM-hpM Guided Tour of the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
friends-Stone Mountain
12 Noon=-2PM Spring Hat Fashion Show & Luncheon-Stone Mountain Inn=Main
Dining Room
1:00 PM-5:30 PM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad
3:30 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
7:00 PM =- 9:00 PM STAR Banquet, Georgia State Chamber of Commerce, Marriott
Hotel
8:15 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
8:30 PM "Merchant of Venice," Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
8:30 PM "Hedda Gabler," Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
8:30 PM *Shakespeare's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" - Theatre Atlanta-
Reader's Theatre, 1449 Ponce de Leon
ALL DAY *Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center -On
the Mali
Saturday, April 16, 1966
9:00 AM (ALL DAY) Atlanta Kennel Club Dog Show - Exhibition Hall-Lakewood Park
10:00 AM=5;30 PM *Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
10:00 AM - 5:00 FM Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park = Antique
Auto Museum
10:00 AM = 4:00 PM Open Hearth Cooking in the Cook House = Stone Mountain
Plantation
11:30 AM - 5:00 FM Egleston Tour of Homes and Gardens - Starting Point -
2490 Peachtree Road, N. W.
11AM-2PM~-1}PM Guided Tour Stone Mountain Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art
and his friends
12 - 2:00 PM "Unele Remus" Luncheon for Children - Stone Mountain Inn
12 - 5:00 PM Special Show and Treat for Children aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat Stone Mountain Marina
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama-Atlanta Transit Company~Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
2:00 FM *"Planting of Dogwoods" Ceremony-Greenbriar Shopping Center
2:00 PM Academy Theatre's Childrens Presentation 3213 Roswell Road
2:30 FM "Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
3:00 PM ~- 4:00 PM "An Afternoon with Uncle Remus" outdoor play on the grounds
of Stone Mountain Plantation
3:30 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
8:15 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
8:30 PM "Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
8:30 PM "Merchant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
8:30 PM *"An American Dame" Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre-
1449 Ponce de Leon
ALL DAY *Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
ALL DAY *Freethrow Basketball Contest = Lenox Square
Sunday, April 17, 1966
9:00 AM - (ALL DAY) Specialty Club Dog Show =- DeKalb County Auditorium
1:00 = 5:00 PM Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park
1:00 = 5:00 PM Stained Glass Exhibit at Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
1:00 PM - 5:00 Pv Egleston Tour of Homes and Cardens-Starting Point-2494
Peachtree Road, N. E.
1:00 PM ~- 5:30 PM
1:00 FM
12 Noon - 5:00 PM
5:00 FM
7:30 FM
ALL DAY
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company-Starting Point;
Peachtree and Broad
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Special Show and Treat for Children Aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat Stone Mountain Marina
Shrine Circus - Atlanta City Auditorium
*Euripides' "Orestes" Theatre Atlanta - Reader's Theatre &
Art Fair, 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Monday, April 18, 1966
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11AM-2PM-4.PM
1:00 PM - 5:30 FM
1:00 = 5:30 FM
3:30 PM
8:15 PM
8:30 FM
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House, Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour through Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
friends = Stone Mourt ain
Dogwood Sight=-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company; Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
United Church Women Tour of Churches-Starting at Peachtree
and Broad Street
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
*Shakespear's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" Theatre Atlanta-
Reader's Theatre & Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Tuesday, April 19, 1966
10:00 AM = 5PM
10:00 AM = PM
11AM-2PM-4.M
1:00 PM = 5:30 FM
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM
Stained Glass Exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
Open Hearth Cooking of Plantation Foods in the Cook House of
the Plantation = Stone Mountain
Guided Tour Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art & Friends = Stone
Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad Street
United Church Women Tour of Churches-Starting at Peachtree
and Broad Street
3330 FM
8:15 PM
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
9:00 FM-12:00 FM
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shakespeare's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" Theatre Atlanta -
Reader's Theatre & Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center«On the Mall
STONE MOUNTAIN DAY = Official day proclaimed by Commissioner
Brince H. Manning, Chairman of DeKalb County Commissioners.
Special Events and rates throughout Park in honor of the Day.
Special Guest, the Dogwood Queen.
THE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL QUEEN'S BALL ~- On top of Stone Mountain,
Public Invited - Call 378-3691 for Information
Wednesday, April 20, 1966
10:00 = 4PM
10:00 AM = 5:00 FM
10:30 AM
11AM-2PM-l- EM
3:30 PM
8:15PM
8:15 PM
8:30 FM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House-Stone Mountain
Plantation
Stained Glass Exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
*Hudora Welty will speak on "Faulkner's use of Local Color"=-
Agnes Scott College
Guided Tour of Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art & friends -
Stone Mountain
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
*Eudora Welty will read from her own works-Agnes Scott College
*Euripides' "Orestes" Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair = 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
Thursday, April 21, 1966
10:00 AM = 5:00 FM
10:00 AM = 5:00 PM
11AM-2PM-).PM
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House-Stone Mountain
Plantation
Stained Glass Exhibit, Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
Guided Tour through the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and
his friends
1:60 FM - 5:30 EM
3:30 PM
@:15 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 FM
8:30 PM
£LL DAY
ALL DAY
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour cf Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company-Starting Point:
Peachtree & Broad Street
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
"Merchant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
"Hedda Gabler" Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
*Shakespeare's"Dark Lady of The Sonnet-Theatre Atlanta -
Reader's Theatre & Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show -Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Friday, April 22, 1966
10:00 AM = 4:00 FM
10:00 AM - 5:00 FM
11AM-2PM-4.PM
1:00 PM = 5:30 FM
6:00 EM - 10300 PM
8:05 PM
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 Pu
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House, Stone Mountain
Plantation
Stained Glass Exhibit, Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
Guided Tour through the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
friends = Stone Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree & Broad Street
Sports Motorama - Marriott Motor Hotel
Braves vs Mets, Atlanta Stadium
Concert, "Music of the 20th Century", Emory Univ. Glenn
Memorial
"The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb"
Agnes Scott Blackfriars - Agnes Scott College
“Merheant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
"Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
*An American Dame"=Theatre Atlanta ~- Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair = 1449 Ponce de Leon
Annual Spring Performance, Atlanta Civic Ballet, Community
Playhouse, Five New Ballets
*Georgia Vacation Ulimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Saturday, April 23, 1966
10:00 AM - & EM
10:00 AM = 5PM
10:00 AM = 4 PM
11 AM-2PM-)EM
12Noon =- 2 PM
12Noon = 5 FM
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM
1:00 PM = 10:00 FM
1:05:
2:00 EM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
8:15 PM
8:30 FM
8:30 FM
8:30 FM
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park Antique
Auto Museum
Stained Glass Exhibit and Workshop at the Antique Auto
Museum Gift Shop = Stone Mountain
STONE MOUNTAIN HORSESHOW
Open Hearth Cooking in the Cook House at Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour of Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art & Friends -
Stone Mountain
"Uncle Remus” Luncheon for Children = Stone Mountain Inn.
Special Show and Treat for Children aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat Stone Mountain Marina
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Co. Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
Sports Motorama - Marriott Motor Hotel
Braves vs Mets, Atlanta Stadium
Academy Theatre Children's Presentation-3213 Roswell Road
"Peter and the Wolf"-Annual Spring Performance, Atlanta
Civic Ballet, Community Playhouse
"An Afternoon with Uncle Remus"On the Grounds of Stone
Mountain Plantation.
"The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb"
Agnes Scott Blackfriars - Agnes Scott College
"Merhcant of Venice" Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
“Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
*Euripides "Orestes"-Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
Five New Ballets = Annual Spring Performance, Atlanta Civic
Ballet = Community Playhouse
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show = Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show=Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Sunday, April 24, 1966
12 Noon = 5 PM
Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park
12Noon - 5 FM Stained Glass Exhibit and Workshop, Antique Auto Museum
Gift Shop - Stone Mountain
12Noon - 5 FM Special Show and Treat for Children aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat = Stone Mountain Marina
1:00 PM = 5:30 FM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Co. Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
1:00 FM - 10:00 FM Sports Motorama =- Marriott Motor Hotel
1:30 PM Braves vs Mets, Atlanta Stadium
2:30 EM | "Merchant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
3:00 EM "Ferrante & Teicher", Atlanta City Auditorium
7:30 EM *Shakespeare's “Dark Lady of the Sonnets" - Theatre Atlanta -
Reader's Theatre and Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
ALL DAY *Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
All events held at Stone Mountain will be subject to regular Stone Mountain gate
requirements during Dogwood Festival period. There will be many free events within
the park.
From April 10 through April 24, Atlanta Transit Company will run a special bus tour
from downtown Atlanta through scenic dogwood areas to Stone Mountain Park. Busses
depart from terminal at Broad & Peachtree Streets at 10;00 AM =- 12:00 FM - 2:00 FM =
4:00 PM. Busses leave Stone Mountain to return at 11:00 AM - 1:CO PM - 3:00 Fi -
6:00 PM. For free brochure showing route call, 524-2402,
NOTE: EVENTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE FREE ADMISSION
Sunday, April 10, 1966 (Easter)
5:30 AM Easter Sunrise Service ~ Top of Stone Mountain
6:00 AM *Easter Sunrise Service - Atlanta Stadium
12:30 PM - 2:30 FM *"Peachtree Fashion Parade" - Peachtree Street
1:00 FM - 5:30 Fi Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park.
1:30 FM Braves vs. Yankees, Atlanta Stadium
Official Crowning of the 1966 Dogwood Queen
2:30 IM “Merchant of Venice" Academy Theatre - 3212 Roswell Road
3:00 *Lenox Square Easter Parade, 6th Annual, Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra (Sponsored by Colonial Stores), Televised WAIT,
Lenox Square Shopping Certer
3:00 FM - 4:00 M "An afternoon with Uncle Remus" - Outdoor Play presented by
the Workshop Theatre of Atlanta on the Grounds of Stone
Mountain Plantation
EASTER EGG HUNT (All concessionaries) Stone Mountain Park
5:00 PM = 6:00 PM Easter Vespers - Hymn Sing on the porch at Memorial Hall -
Stone Mountain
7:30 PM *Euripides' "Orestes"-Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair, 1449 Ponce de Leon
Monday, April 11, 1966
10:00 AM = 4:00 PM Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration-Cook House in Stone
Mountain Plantation
11:00 AM- 2:00 FM - Guided Tour of Stone Mountain Park Wildlife Ranch with
4:00 PM Uncle Art and his friends - Stone Mountain
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad Street
*United Church Women Tour of Churches-Starting at Peachtree
and Broad Street
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
*Euripides'"Orestes"” Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre
1449 Ponce de Leon
Tuesday, April 12, 1966
10:00 AM - 4 PM
11 AM-2PM-4PM
1:00 PM - 5:30
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
8:05 PM ©
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking - Stone Mountain Plantation
Guided Tour of Wildlife Ranch Stone Mountain Park,
With Uncle Art and his friends - Stone Mountain.
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama, Atlanta Transit Company
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad Street
*Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs Tour of Homes-
Starting at Peachtree and Broad Streets
Braves vs. Pittsburgh - Atlanta Stadium
*Shakespeare's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" -Theatre Atlanta-
Reader's Theatre, 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center - On
the Mall
Wednesday, April 13, 1966
10:00 AM - 4 PM
11:00 AM-2PM-4PM
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
10:00 AM 5:30 PM
8:05 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking - Cook House at Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour of the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
Friends - Stone Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama, Atlanta Transit Company
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad
*Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
Braves vs: Pittsburgh, Atlanta Stadium
"Merchant of Venice" - Academy Theater, 3213 Roswell Road
¥*"An American Dame" - Theatre Atlanta - Reader's Theatre
1449 Ponce de Leon
* Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center - On
the Mall
Thursday, April 14, 1966
10:00 AM to PM
11:00 AM-2PM-PM
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM
Open Hearth Cooking in the Cook House - Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour of the Wildlife Ranch With Uncle Art and his
Friends - Stone Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company .
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad Streets
10:00AM - 5:30 PM * Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
1:00 PM - 5:45 PM *Tulip Show - Rich's Plaza Auditorium - Store for Homes
6:00 PM *Atlanta Dogwood Festival-Shrine Circus Parade-Down
Peachtree Street
8:30 PM *Euripides' "Orestes" - Theatre Atlanta -Reader's Theatre-
1449 Ponce de Leon
8:30 PM "Merchant of Venice," Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
8:30 PM "Hedda Gabler," Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
ALL DAY _ *Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center-0On
The Mall
Friday, April 15, 1966
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM *Tulip Show - Rich's Plaza Auditorium -Store for Homes
10:00 AM = 5:30 PM *Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Open Hearth Cooking of Plantation Foods Stone Mountain
Plantation
11 AM - 2PM-hpM Guided Tour of the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
friends-Stone Mountain
12 Noon=-2PM Spring Hat Fashion Show & Luncheon-Stone Mountain Inn=Main
Dining Room
1:00 PM-5:30 PM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone
Mountain and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company
Starting Point: Peachtree and Broad
3:30 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
7:00 PM =- 9:00 PM STAR Banquet, Georgia State Chamber of Commerce, Marriott
Hotel
8:15 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
8:30 PM "Merchant of Venice," Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
8:30 PM "Hedda Gabler," Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
8:30 PM *Shakespeare's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" - Theatre Atlanta-
Reader's Theatre, 1449 Ponce de Leon
ALL DAY *Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center -On
the Mali
Saturday, April 16, 1966
9:00 AM (ALL DAY) Atlanta Kennel Club Dog Show - Exhibition Hall-Lakewood Park
10:00 AM=5;30 PM *Dogwood Golf Tournament, Druid Hills Country Club
10:00 AM - 5:00 FM Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park = Antique
Auto Museum
10:00 AM = 4:00 PM Open Hearth Cooking in the Cook House = Stone Mountain
Plantation
11:30 AM - 5:00 FM Egleston Tour of Homes and Gardens - Starting Point -
2490 Peachtree Road, N. W.
11AM-2PM~-1}PM Guided Tour Stone Mountain Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art
and his friends
12 - 2:00 PM "Unele Remus" Luncheon for Children - Stone Mountain Inn
12 - 5:00 PM Special Show and Treat for Children aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat Stone Mountain Marina
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama-Atlanta Transit Company~Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
2:00 FM *"Planting of Dogwoods" Ceremony-Greenbriar Shopping Center
2:00 PM Academy Theatre's Childrens Presentation 3213 Roswell Road
2:30 FM "Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
3:00 PM ~- 4:00 PM "An Afternoon with Uncle Remus" outdoor play on the grounds
of Stone Mountain Plantation
3:30 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
8:15 PM Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
8:30 PM "Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
8:30 PM "Merchant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
8:30 PM *"An American Dame" Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre-
1449 Ponce de Leon
ALL DAY *Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
ALL DAY *Freethrow Basketball Contest = Lenox Square
Sunday, April 17, 1966
9:00 AM - (ALL DAY) Specialty Club Dog Show =- DeKalb County Auditorium
1:00 = 5:00 PM Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park
1:00 = 5:00 PM Stained Glass Exhibit at Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
1:00 PM - 5:00 Pv Egleston Tour of Homes and Cardens-Starting Point-2494
Peachtree Road, N. E.
1:00 PM ~- 5:30 PM
1:00 FM
12 Noon - 5:00 PM
5:00 FM
7:30 FM
ALL DAY
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company-Starting Point;
Peachtree and Broad
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Special Show and Treat for Children Aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat Stone Mountain Marina
Shrine Circus - Atlanta City Auditorium
*Euripides' "Orestes" Theatre Atlanta - Reader's Theatre &
Art Fair, 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Monday, April 18, 1966
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
11AM-2PM-4.PM
1:00 PM - 5:30 FM
1:00 = 5:30 FM
3:30 PM
8:15 PM
8:30 FM
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House, Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour through Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
friends = Stone Mourt ain
Dogwood Sight=-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company; Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
United Church Women Tour of Churches-Starting at Peachtree
and Broad Street
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
*Shakespear's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" Theatre Atlanta-
Reader's Theatre & Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show - Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Tuesday, April 19, 1966
10:00 AM = 5PM
10:00 AM = PM
11AM-2PM-4.M
1:00 PM = 5:30 FM
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM
Stained Glass Exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
Open Hearth Cooking of Plantation Foods in the Cook House of
the Plantation = Stone Mountain
Guided Tour Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art & Friends = Stone
Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad Street
United Church Women Tour of Churches-Starting at Peachtree
and Broad Street
3330 FM
8:15 PM
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
9:00 FM-12:00 FM
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shakespeare's "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" Theatre Atlanta -
Reader's Theatre & Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center«On the Mall
STONE MOUNTAIN DAY = Official day proclaimed by Commissioner
Brince H. Manning, Chairman of DeKalb County Commissioners.
Special Events and rates throughout Park in honor of the Day.
Special Guest, the Dogwood Queen.
THE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL QUEEN'S BALL ~- On top of Stone Mountain,
Public Invited - Call 378-3691 for Information
Wednesday, April 20, 1966
10:00 = 4PM
10:00 AM = 5:00 FM
10:30 AM
11AM-2PM-l- EM
3:30 PM
8:15PM
8:15 PM
8:30 FM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House-Stone Mountain
Plantation
Stained Glass Exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
*Hudora Welty will speak on "Faulkner's use of Local Color"=-
Agnes Scott College
Guided Tour of Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art & friends -
Stone Mountain
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
*Eudora Welty will read from her own works-Agnes Scott College
*Euripides' "Orestes" Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair = 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
Thursday, April 21, 1966
10:00 AM = 5:00 FM
10:00 AM = 5:00 PM
11AM-2PM-).PM
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House-Stone Mountain
Plantation
Stained Glass Exhibit, Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
Guided Tour through the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and
his friends
1:60 FM - 5:30 EM
3:30 PM
@:15 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 FM
8:30 PM
£LL DAY
ALL DAY
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour cf Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company-Starting Point:
Peachtree & Broad Street
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
Shrine Circus, Atlanta City Auditorium
"Merchant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
"Hedda Gabler" Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
*Shakespeare's"Dark Lady of The Sonnet-Theatre Atlanta -
Reader's Theatre & Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show -Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Friday, April 22, 1966
10:00 AM = 4:00 FM
10:00 AM - 5:00 FM
11AM-2PM-4.PM
1:00 PM = 5:30 FM
6:00 EM - 10300 PM
8:05 PM
8:15 PM
8:15 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 PM
8:30 Pu
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
Open Hearth Cooking at the Cook House, Stone Mountain
Plantation
Stained Glass Exhibit, Antique Auto Museum Gift Shop -
Stone Mountain
Guided Tour through the Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art and his
friends = Stone Mountain
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Company Starting Point:
Peachtree & Broad Street
Sports Motorama - Marriott Motor Hotel
Braves vs Mets, Atlanta Stadium
Concert, "Music of the 20th Century", Emory Univ. Glenn
Memorial
"The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb"
Agnes Scott Blackfriars - Agnes Scott College
“Merheant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
"Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
*An American Dame"=Theatre Atlanta ~- Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair = 1449 Ponce de Leon
Annual Spring Performance, Atlanta Civic Ballet, Community
Playhouse, Five New Ballets
*Georgia Vacation Ulimited Show - Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Saturday, April 23, 1966
10:00 AM - & EM
10:00 AM = 5PM
10:00 AM = 4 PM
11 AM-2PM-)EM
12Noon =- 2 PM
12Noon = 5 FM
1:00 PM = 5:30 PM
1:00 PM = 10:00 FM
1:05:
2:00 EM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
8:15 PM
8:30 FM
8:30 FM
8:30 FM
8:30 PM
ALL DAY
ALL DAY
Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park Antique
Auto Museum
Stained Glass Exhibit and Workshop at the Antique Auto
Museum Gift Shop = Stone Mountain
STONE MOUNTAIN HORSESHOW
Open Hearth Cooking in the Cook House at Stone Mountain
Plantation
Guided Tour of Wildlife Ranch with Uncle Art & Friends -
Stone Mountain
"Uncle Remus” Luncheon for Children = Stone Mountain Inn.
Special Show and Treat for Children aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat Stone Mountain Marina
Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Co. Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
Sports Motorama - Marriott Motor Hotel
Braves vs Mets, Atlanta Stadium
Academy Theatre Children's Presentation-3213 Roswell Road
"Peter and the Wolf"-Annual Spring Performance, Atlanta
Civic Ballet, Community Playhouse
"An Afternoon with Uncle Remus"On the Grounds of Stone
Mountain Plantation.
"The Tragedy of Tragedies or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb"
Agnes Scott Blackfriars - Agnes Scott College
"Merhcant of Venice" Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
“Hedda Gabler", Pocket Theatre, 535 Courtland Street
*Euripides "Orestes"-Theatre Atlanta-Reader's Theatre & Art
Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
Five New Ballets = Annual Spring Performance, Atlanta Civic
Ballet = Community Playhouse
*Georgia Vacation Unlimited Show = Lenox Square Mall
*Children's Art Show=Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
Sunday, April 24, 1966
12 Noon = 5 PM
Antique Auto Dogwood Tour of Stone Mountain Park
12Noon - 5 FM Stained Glass Exhibit and Workshop, Antique Auto Museum
Gift Shop - Stone Mountain
12Noon - 5 FM Special Show and Treat for Children aboard the Robert E. Lee
Showboat = Stone Mountain Marina
1:00 PM = 5:30 FM Dogwood Sight-seeing Tour of Atlanta including Stone Mountain
and the Cyclorama. Atlanta Transit Co. Starting Point:
Peachtree and Broad
1:00 FM - 10:00 FM Sports Motorama =- Marriott Motor Hotel
1:30 PM Braves vs Mets, Atlanta Stadium
2:30 EM | "Merchant of Venice", Academy Theatre, 3213 Roswell Road
3:00 EM "Ferrante & Teicher", Atlanta City Auditorium
7:30 EM *Shakespeare's “Dark Lady of the Sonnets" - Theatre Atlanta -
Reader's Theatre and Art Fair - 1449 Ponce de Leon
ALL DAY *Children's Art Show-Greenbriar Shopping Center-On the Mall
All events held at Stone Mountain will be subject to regular Stone Mountain gate
requirements during Dogwood Festival period. There will be many free events within
the park.
From April 10 through April 24, Atlanta Transit Company will run a special bus tour
from downtown Atlanta through scenic dogwood areas to Stone Mountain Park. Busses
depart from terminal at Broad & Peachtree Streets at 10;00 AM =- 12:00 FM - 2:00 FM =
4:00 PM. Busses leave Stone Mountain to return at 11:00 AM - 1:CO PM - 3:00 Fi -
6:00 PM. For free brochure showing route call, 524-2402,