Are you interested in history, fashion, or comedy? History San Jose’s Portraits of the Past will present a show that is visually stunning, educational, historically accurate, and amusing. The friendly, fun-loving, and talented volunteers make this program an entertaining and educational look at days gone by in Santa Clara Valley.

Museum volunteers assume the roles of locally significant citizens, after careful biographical research to ensure historical accuracy, and portray these characters in interesting and often amusing sketches dealing with notable events in Valley history. Performers do exercise some license for entertainment value, but the commentary of the vignettes is based on factual local history. Appropriate background music adds additional atmosphere to each segment.

Beautiful period costumes, made and worn by performers, make the presentations particularly effective. POP conducts intensive research to ensure that the costumes are both appropriate to the era and authentically constructed. The costumes reflect all facets of life in our early history. Nearly every type of women’s garment is included, from delicate underclothing to the most elaborate ball gown, from ingénue costumes to mature dowager ensembles. Men’s clothing ranges from that of early miners to elegantly attired gentlemen escorting ladies to The Ball.

The program will be presented to Gilroy and Morgan Hill AAUW, and is open to the public. It is schedule for Sunday, February 12th at the Morgan Hill Grange Hall.

The performance begins at 2:00, but get there early so you have time to look around the historic building.

Please make it a point to attend this very special program that has been arranged by Connie Rogers. She has seen the program before and highly recommends it.

The address is 40 East Fourth Street, Morgan Hill.

Refreshments will be served and there is a $5 per person donation requested, but not required. Bring your family and friends, both men and women. The performance is open to children, too, as long as they are attentive to the performance.

This program is the first this year to be co-sponsored by both Gilroy and Morgan Hill AAUW. It’s a great time to get to know our Morgan Hill colleagues.

If you have any questions about the program you can contact Connie Rogers at 842-8494, or email her at jrogers@garlic.com.