We are planning the Cocke Catesby Reunion next summer in Colonial Williamsburg, VA, on Thursday, June 24, 2010 through Sunday, June 27, 2010.  (Let us know if you’re interested in arriving a day early on Wednesday for a golf tournament on Thursday morning.) 

The banquet on Saturday night will be held at the Woodlands Conference Center, which is a short walk from the Woodlands Hotel and Suites.  There are other Colonial Williamsburg hotels closer to the historic district, such as the Williamsburg Inn, the Williamsburg Lodge, the Providence Hall Guesthouses, and the colonial houses; and you can book rooms there if you wish.  To make a reservation at any of the Colonial Williamsburg hotels and receive a slight discount, please call the toll-free number 800-261-9530 during business hours Monday through Friday and use the ID COCF10A.  If you would like to book online at the Woodlands Hotel and Suites, use the URL address https://resweb.passkey.com/go/cocf10a.  (There are also many other types of hotels very close to Colonial Williamsburg that you might want to consider.) 

You will be receiving a schedule and registration form for the reunion later.  We anticipate the registration cost to be approximately $150.00 per adult.  Hope to see you at Williamsburg!

 Jack and Emily Burwell   cockecatesbyreunion@yahoo.com 

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Thursday
9:00
Golf Tournament or shopping in Williamsburg.

55:00
Get acquainted; discussion of Cocke Catesby genealogy.

 Friday
10:00 – 11:00
Meet at Bruton Parish Episcopal Church with Dr. William Cocke and his wife, Elizabeth Cocke, to look at the Cocke pew in the church and to discuss life in early Williamsburg.

2:00 
Meet at the Dewitt Wallace Museum to hear Margaret Pritchard, who is the curator of Historic Prints, Maps and Wallpaper at Colonial Williamsburg, talk about Mark Catesby prints in the Williamsburg collection.

8:00
Leslie Overstreet of the Smithsonian Institute will give an illustrated talk about how Mark Catesby made his prints.

Saturday
9:00
Trip to Yorktown, VA, about 15 miles from Williamsburg, to visit Period Designs and Black Dog Galleries.  Ginny LaScala, a former Williamsburg curator and owner of Black Dog Galleries, will talk about the different printings of Mark Catesby prints and the differences in costs.  She has early Catesby prints for sale in her shop.  Period Designs is one of the country’s premier shops for period and reproduction ceramics.  Swan Tavern Antiques, a high quality antique shop that specializes in period English and American antiques, including Virginia, Maryland and Carolina pieces, is across the street from Period Designs and Black Dog Galleries.

1:00
Tour Westover, the home of William Byrd, who often entertained Mark Catesby and who encouraged Catesby’s work.  After Westover, we will head to Shirley Plantation, one of the most majestic of the James River Plantations, where Robert E. Lee’s mother grew up. 

7:00
Banquet at Woodlands Conference Center.  The guest speaker will be Mark Catesby.