| The Davy Crockett dinner kicked off this year’s McWhiney Foundation events
calendar, and it proved to be very popular.
At this one-of-a-kind event, living history interpreter Jeff Beardon portrayed
the late congressman and Alamo hero from Tennessee.
Originally scheduled for one appearance on Monday, February 18, in front
of forty people at the Perini Ranch Steakhouse, the event was advertised
in the Abilene Reporter News in hopes that we would sell enough tickets. Only four days after the announcement,
we had sold out the event and had a waiting list of twenty other history
enthusiasts who wanted to participate.
Kevin Young, Special Events and Interpretive Coordinator for the foundation,
convinced Beardon and restaurant owner Tom Perini to add an extra evening
on Sunday, February 17. When word of the additional performance circulated,
tickets sold quickly.
Over the two nights, we ended up with more than eighty in attendance, all
of whom seemed to have a great time talking with this “historical” figure.
With the proceeds of this successful fundraiser, we were able to preserve
one of our most impressive cultural assets by replacing the leaking roof
on the Knight-Sayles Cabin.
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