I need to work out...

Tuesday at DeBary was a nice, beautiful day. The weather was a little cold, but no rain so that is always a plus. First thing of the day was to get the house nice and warm for the visitors. After that I decided to go with Betty on her tour of the house to see how she does the tour. The tours usually last from 45 to an hour long, depending on who is giving the tour. Betty's tour was very informative while also not being tiring.

After the tour I went back to my research. I took notes during Betty's tour on what room is what and also certain things that everyone talks about and is important to the tour. I had started on a basic outline when Kayce and Dorothy asked if I wanted to move some furniture in the house. Of course I said yes. We moved some chairs around the bottom floor and trying to make it look natural. It was this that I learned that I should probably tart working out since I was winded after moving them. I wish I could take pictures of the inside to show the chairs we moved but sadly I can't.

Tomorrow I will continue working on my tour and hopefully I will be able to go see the old pool (crossing my fingers!)

Who is who

     On Saturday I was getting ready to go to DeBary with a hanging head; it was cold and raining and I don't like either of those. Luckily for me though by the time I got to the house, the rain had cleared up, but it was still cold. I can handle the cold.

     I was starting on my final project of being able to do a tour of the house by myself. This meant doing research on the house and also the members of the DeBary family. The only problem was I had no clue where to start. I felt that there was so much information and I was lost at what to do or how to come by it. Should I just write a page full of notes or maybe bullet points would be better? 

At time of confusion, caffeine always helps.

     With the help of some food and caffeine I was able to decide what to do. I would do note cards for each room with information that I would want to say on it. Now it was time to go through all the information I had. But as I started to read the notes I had, I was getting confused yet again. My trouble? I didn't know who was who. Luckily Kaycee had a family tree with pictures on it to help me.

Although the DeBary family is bigger than this, these are the members we discuss during the tour the most.  The pictures really helped me, since I'm more of a visual learner, plus we have some of these pictures hanging up in the house so I'll be able to make a connection better. 

Tomorrow I will be continuing my research and hopefully have most of my note cards done. Until next time!

Welcome to DeBary!

     Oh, hello there, it seems that you have stumbled across my blog. Since you are here I will tell you about what this blog will be about. I am interning with DeBary Hall Historic Site this semester and will learn not only the history of the site but also how to give tours of the house on my own. On this blog I will be talking about how my final project is going and also talk about the history of the house.

Entrance to DeBary Hall.

     On the first day of the internship, I went on a tour with Dawn, one of the tour guides, and listened to how he presents his tours. Every tour guide does tours differently and it's good to see  the differences between them. This will help me figure out how I will end up doing my own tours of the house. Later on I helped set up a lemonade lecture that they hold twice a month. These lectures touch on many different topics and plus, you get free cookies so it's a win-win deal really. 

     Although it's only my first week, I can feel like this is going to be a great semester!