Taking an entertainment break from the castle renovations

Saturday night was "Mystery Night." It seemed only fitting to solve a murder mystery while at the Overtoun House.  "The Mystery of Stirling Manor" was an interactive who-dunit based loosely on "Downton Abbey." Team members were assigned character roles, some representing the upstairs people and others representing the downstairs help. A suitcase of costume items was brought to help characters dress for the event..  ried to dress up as a character assigned by the scripts. After about an hour of interrogating different people, the cast made their accusations as to the identity of the murderer.  Surprise, surprise:  THE BUTLER DID IT!!!!

 Cathy (Lady of the Manor), Vivian (Cathy's Mom?), Clara (definitely maid)

 Edward was our butler for the evening

 David and Annette (aka Ambrose Haines and Lady Lila)were  supposed to be engaged, per the script. Can you say Ernest T Bass???

 Sylvia sparkling everywhere

 Taylor was the honored doctor making house calls.

 Mingling around trying to find out who did it.

 Dr.Hailey read the confession for us to figure out who did it.

 All of us together after the fact. You have to have the group shot. It is mandatory

 THE BUTLER DID IT!! Edward Was our killer for the evening.  Sylvia and Dave were the winners of the mystery contest.

Blackberries!!

 We found Blackberries everywhere

Our people went down and picked a batch, and Cathy made a cobbler for us to eat.
Pretty awesome to have fresh berries picked by our hands and then made into a great cobbler