Monthly Newsletter: July 2022 (No. 6)
Updated: Jul 8, 2022
This is the sixth newsletter and monthly feature highlighting events, happenings, and general news of all channels of Our Technicolor Life.

Welcome to Our Technicolor Life! We have a lot of new subscribers and we wanted to welcome everyone and thank you for following us! For those new to Our Technicolor Life, we are a husband-and-wife team that lives a vintage lifestyle and has a passion for the arts. We entertain, sing, travel, create, and host tea parties out of our historic home. Follow along each channel - tea, travel, entertainment, art, lifestyle, and more that make up Our Technicolor Life.
TEA
June was a fast and furious kind of month with schools out, return of festivals, and longer warmer sunshine days. We kicked off a new series of tea party themes that we plan to continue offering throughout the year, Tea & Trivia Tuesdays.
As we are big Downton Abbey fans here at The Old Capitol Tea Room, we thought it fitting to host a Downton Tea & Trivia tea party! Don’t worry, there were no spoilers in case not everyone had a chance to see the latest movie. It’s really wonderful in case you haven’t seen it yet, treat yourself to a lovely evening in the theaters seeing the last feature by Julian Fellowes. Tea & Trivia Tuesday Downton edition was a big hit and we had so many wonderful outfits on display during the tea. That’s one of the most fun features about coming to the tearoom, it’s an excuse to dress up and play pretend for a while. It was so nice to hear those sentiments expressed during the tea party because we always encourage a good dress up opportunity!
We also saw the return of fan favorite, Murder at the Capitol Club! This interactive 1920's themed murder mystery was full of suspicious characters, live music, and magnificent costumes. Our murder mystery events are a great excuse to dress up and play detective while you help us solve the mystery. The next Murder Mystery will kick off our jam-packed holiday months of October - December and will be Friday September 30th. Stay tuned for ticket sales at the end of this month.
June is also the perfect month for our summertime Fairy Princess Tea party! So many lovely fairy princesses in attendance makes this afternoon tea party a very special and magical afternoon. We had tea, treats, fairy princesses, a gnome, and even some facepainting!
We also hosted a couple of private parties. We host private parties for groups of 10 or more weekday or weekends based on schedule availability. Our private parties are a great way to have the full tearoom experience with your family and friends. We frequently host bridal showers, baby showers, birthdays, book clubs, church meetings, appreciation celebrations, or just an excuse to play tea party with your own group. To schedule a private party, please fill out our private party form and we will check the schedule for availability.
The tearoom is closed the month of September. Our private party availability October - December is very limited on weekends with the public tea events on schedule, but we are happy to look into weekday or weeknight private party dates during October, November, & December months.
Our Pirates & Mermaids as well as Under the Sea Sing Along Tea events have sold out but we a few seats left for our Tuesday Tea & Trivia night Villains edition in July as well as a few other weekend tea events in August. Tickets tend to sell quickly so if you see one you would like to attend, don't delay, grab a table when the events go live.
Upcoming Tea Parties:
SOLD OUT Pirates & Mermaids
Saturday July 9th at 3pm
SOLD OUT Under the Sea Sing Along Tea
Sunday July 10th at 3pm
Villains Tea & Trivia Tuesday
Tuesday July 12th at 8pm
SOLD OUT Flower Power Sing Along Tea
Friday August 12th at 7pm
Musical Monday Sound of Music Sing Along Tea
Monday August 15th at 7pm
Harry Potter Tea & Trivia Tuesday
Tuesday August 23rd at 7pm
Musical Monday TCT Taking Care of Tea Elvis Sing Along
Monday August 29th at 7pm
TRAVEL
Gardening has been on our brains lately as we work to build our tea garden patio area and what better inspiration than an afternoon exploring gardens at the Crescent Hill Garden show. We've been attending this garden show for year and I must say, this past collection was quite impressive with so many different styles and beautiful spaces created. The Crescent Hill Garden Show is held one day every June featuring private gardens in the Crescent Hill neighborhood as well as the grounds of the historic Peterson-Dumesnil House. It's a great way to spend a Saturday outdoors taking in the sights and smells of unique urban garden spaces and the creativity of the local gardeners.
June also means it is time for the annual Rock Creek Horse Show. This five-night annual Louisville classic, held in one of the most beautiful natural settings in the nation, is one of the community's most picturesque and entertaining events. "Tonight, the old trees, the bright lights, the colorful tents, the concession stands, the children running to and fro, the pretty young girls and handsome young men in their tailored riding habits, the beautiful women dressing up the scene are all part and parcel of this picturesque event. So, enjoy yourselves and lend your voices to the cheers of others as classes are tried, announcements are made, and champions are crowned." Growing up not too far from Rock Creek, I loved hearing the organ music playing through the summer nights and watching the beautiful horses around the ring under the lights surrounded by the trees and magical atmosphere. It's an annual tradition to spend an evening at the Rock Creek Horse Show.
ENTERTAINMENT
With the return of so many festivals, we found June to be a flurry of activities that combined travel and entertaining! We had several Lucy & Desi Tribute Shows, some Rosie & the Rockabillies gigs, and a couple of Tin Pan Alley Cat bookings as well!
We started off the summer season with being the official kick off band for Corydon's First Friday Summer Concert Series at Bicentennial Park. Thank you so much to Main Street Corydon for making this concert series a part of the fun taking place in downtown Corydon. Rosie & the Rockabillies had a wonderful time for a packed crowd and will be downtown again for the Popcorn Festival.
Rosie & the Rockabillies also returned to West Boggs Park for their summer concert series. We had a very enthusiastic crowd and a perfect summer evening entertaining the campers and folks of West Boggs.
And before we hit the road for our first Lucy & Desi Tribute Show of the month, we headed back to the WHAS studios with our good buddy, Mr. Terry Meiners. Jeff has done voices for the Terry Meiners show for the past 25 years. It was good to be back visiting with his once partner in crime again but a bit surreal, however. The once bustling studio and offices at 400 Radio Drive were all but silent, except for the WHAS studio: the fallout from the pandemic. Still, it was so good to visit with Terry again! It reminded him of the old days when he would make the trip to his studio at Clear Channel to record radio voice bits