Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Hey there! We've Moved!

Hey, there! We wanted to let you know that our blog has moved into it's new home on our official website: www.historicrockcastle.com/blog.


This way, you're able to not only get the inside scoop on what's going on here at the Castle, but you can now easily access information to plan your next visit to our site!

We're excited that you've decided to follow us through this blog, and we can't wait for you to see what we're doing now as we continue to strive towards better educating visitors on the importance of this site and it's history.

We hope you'll continue to be a part of it.

Thanks!
The Historic Rock Castle Staff

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Our Bell Tower in Bloom!

The bell tower behind the historic home and in front of our Smokehouse on the property is in full bloom right now! It looks more and more beautiful each day! Be sure to stop by the property and take it in for yourself! (And maybe snap a few pictures for yourself!)





We'll see you around!

Sunday, October 6, 2013

UPCOMING: Spirits of Rock Castle!

 Join us here at Historic Rock Castle for an evening of exciting storytelling and good, old-fashioned family fun!

 

Saturday, October 26, 2013 | 6:30pm-8:30pm

Historic Rock Castle and Explorastory team up later this month to bring you a family-friendly night of storytelling and fun! Don't miss-out on this fantastic event full of stories for the kids, as well as spookier stories for those with the courage to make the journey up to our site's cemetery!

Food will be available for purchase from vendors.

Admission: 
Adults - $5
12 and Under - $3

Celebrate Halloween early by joining us for some good
 fun that you won't want to miss!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Rocking With Our Staff: Program Director, Amy Scott!

Pictures by Haley Carter/For Historic Rock Castle
We receive many questions about the people who help to run Historic Rock Castle behind the scenes and we'd like to introduce a few of those individuals to you in a segment we call "Rocking With Our Staff"! We post a profile for one of our staff, board members, or volunteers, highlighting the person and their contributions to our site. We're excited to be able to show you all the heart of this site and introduce to you some new and old faces along the way!


For this first week's segment, we chose to highlight an extremely vital member of our staff, our site's Program Director, Amy Scott! Amy has been with our site for nearly four years now, and is probably a pretty familiar face to many of you who have visited us before! We're extremely fortunate to have her on our Team and we are excited to help you get to know her a little better!

We began by asking Amy a few questions about herself:
What is your (full) name?  Amy Michelle Scott
When is your birthday?  May 14th
What starsign does that make you?  Taurus
What is your favorite color?  Purple
What is your degree in?  My degree is in Cultural Anthropology.
Whats your lucky number?  Probably fourteen--because it's even and it's my birthday!
Where are you originally from?  Hendersonville, Tennessee
Do you have any pets?  Yes, more than one.
What hobbies do you enjoy? Looking at Pinterest!
What is your best achievement to date?  Graduating college would probably be my greatest achievement.
If you could live anywhere, where would that be? Montana (I've been there with family before) or Holland. Both are such beautiful places!
Are you afraid of any insects?  Definitely not a friend of beetles!
What's your favorite T.V. show?  Who Do You Think You Are? is a great show!
What type of music do you like?  Whatever's playing on the radio.
What's the longest you've gone without sleep?  I think 24 hours is the longest.
If you were a super hero what power would you have?  I can only have one? Well, I'd probably be stuck between a few different ones, so I'll give you my top three: telekinesis, the ability to never have to sleep or eat (I would get so much more done if only I were like Edward in Twilight), and to be smartest person in the world.
What was the last book you read? Would you recommend it?  "In Small Things Forgotten" by Deetz. It was definitely an interesting book and a very enjoyable read. Perfect for someone interested in archaeology.
Do you prefer tea or coffee?  Coffee, without a doubt.
If possible, what period in history would you go back to?  If I had the ability to travel in time, I would probably go back to visit the Regency era. I wouldn't necessarily want to live then, but it would definitely be nice to visit for awhile.
What is your favorite thing about Rock Castle?  Our Staff! 


Amy does truly a bit of everything on a daily-basis for our site. She came to work with the site about four years ago as the site's Administrative Assistant. She is responsible for replying to a majority of the emails and phone calls we receive, as well as assisting visitors to our property (providing information about our grounds, giving house and wedding tours during week days and assisting our site's Executive Director, Sara Beth Gideon). In addition, Amy also serves as our site's Program Director (which is her current title). For this, she develops and executes field trips, educational programs, and other community events for our site. 


Note from the Staff:
Amy is really the rock of this site. Her happy, optimistic attitude makes her such a wonderful person to be around each day and it motivates us to try harder. Amy is very detail-oriented and it shows in all of the great programs and activities she works to create. She is humble and self-less in all the work she does for this site behind the scenes, and we are so incredibly lucky to have her!

Be sure to stop by and say "hello" to Amy and the other members of our Staff during the week's regularly-scheduled business hours (listed at the top-right of this page)! We'd love to tell you a little more about our beautiful site and show you what makes our site such a great place to come and enjoy!