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GET INVOLVED! The Dickens Victorian Village project has been made possible by a vision embraced by all levels of the local community
– from volunteers who have donated countless hours of time and skills, to committee members and leaders who have organized the “how-to's” of carrying out the vision, to sponsors who have donated valuable resources with which to build the project and support national marketing, to town officials who have helped pave the way by providing infrastructure support like security and permits.
Many volunteer opportunities from large to small are listed on
our VOLUNTEER
page, which also includes the schedule for committee meetings. |
 Mannequins are dressed using donated vintage clothing, including accessories like scarves, gloves, and hats. |
The costume committee is in need of the following items: items will be posted as needed |
CREATE A THEME-RELATED PUBLIC EVENT
Please see our SCHEDULE OF EVENTS page to get an idea of the types of events that are currently taking place to complement the Dickens Victorian Village theme.
The possibilities are limited by your own creativity! The more themed events we have to offer, the more engaging we can make the Dickens experience for visitors on any given day throughout the season.
To help with your promotions, your themed event will be placed on the SCHEDULE OF EVENTS page of this website, and will be marketed to visitors by the Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau.
To discuss your event idea and have it placed on our website, please contact committee chairperson Jonett Haberfield or Cambridge/Guernsey County Visitors & Convention Bureau director Debbie Robinson .
Retired school teacher Jeanette Greenwood demonstrates how to dress
Victorian style at a community meeting in Cambridge, Ohio. She also
shared historically based details of life in Victorian England. Flanking her
are two of the Dickens Victorian Village mannequins.
CREATE A VICTORIAN THEME AT YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS
Simply dressing in Victorian-era clothing or decorating your home or business with a Victorian-era theme will greatly enhance the Dickens Victorian Village experience throughout the Cambridge community.
Imagine a visitor coming to town and being helped by store clerks dressed in period clothing, or walking into a shop with Victorian-era decorations, or driving by your home decorated in classic Victorian style.
The immersion of the theme throughout Cambridge will demonstrate our community pride to visitors from across the nation!
For suggestions on how to dress in authentic Victorian-era style, please click here for a document that details clothing ideas for ladies, gentlemen, and children.
Helpful resources about the Charles Dickens time
period:
www.logicmgmt.com/1876/xmas/trad.htm
Helpful resources for Victorian-era costumes:
www.avalonusa.com/dickens/
www.mccallpattern.com/costumes/page-1
www.dressingup.info
DONATE SPONSORSHIP FUNDS
Please see our SPONSORSHIPS page for
opportunities to suit a wide range of budgets.
PHOTO GALLERIES - galleries will pop up in a new window
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LIFE AND TIMES IN
CAMBRIDGE AND GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO
1840s THROUGH 1860s
Read here about some interesting happenings in Cambridge and
Guernsey County's history during the Dickens era of the 1840s to
1860s.
| 1840s | 1850s | 1860s |
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Dickens Victorian Village committee leaders (2006) include, left to right:
committee chairperson Jonett Haberfield; Eastern Ohio Art Guild
coordinator Martha Jamail; Cambridge Main Street executive
director Brett Peach; project
founder and scene designer Bob Ley; and
treasurer Pam McCauley. The current Cambridge Main Street
executive director is Fran Taylor (not pictured).
THANK YOU
Thank you very much for your interest in supporting this project!
The Dickens Victorian Village committee would like to extend a special thank you to the volunteers from the Eastern Ohio Art Guild.
Their members have embraced this project from its inception, and have contributed countless hours of talent and creativity in creating the unique heads and faces for each of the 106 mannequins!
They have also helped increase public awareness by demonstrating their project at numerous public venues and events throughout the year.
A special thank-you to the lead contributing artists for creating
the unique heads and faces for each of the 68 new mannequins and
restoring numerous existing heads.
Please
click here to meet the very special Dickens mannequin head/face
CREATION AND RESTORATION TEAM MEMBERS!
The original team of contributing EOAG members are:
Becky Coulter Cookie Connell Martha Davis-Rice Gail Grabow Lynn Grimm Kiyoe Howald Thomas Hugebeck Martha Jamail Marjorie Johnson Gloria Knott Marie Lekorenos
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Sue Ley Dorothy McCoy Judy McKee Dr. James Mitchell Maralyn O'Connell Carol Shearer Janet Sowers Lynn Stevens Maria Stevens Sheila Taylor Walt Taylor |
Volunteers from the Eastern Ohio Art Guild have donated valuable time
and talent in creating the heads for each of the
106 mannequins, giving
each a unique character.
Eastern Ohio Art Guild member Martha Jamail paints finishing touches on
one of the Dickens Victorian Village mannequin faces.
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