From battlegrounds to Bicentennial, discover the 1770s AND the 1970s at this Semiquincentennial summer’s Flashback family festival. Find historical reenactors, vintage vehicles, game show antics, expert flash talks, food and fun all around the museum. Visitors can enter......More
From battlegrounds to Bicentennial, discover the 1770s AND the 1970s at this Semiquincentennial summer’s Flashback family festival. Find historical reenactors, vintage vehicles, game show antics, expert flash talks, food and fun all around the museum. Visitors can enter a costume contest (see below for categories and guidelines) or submit bakes to our judges’ scrutiny for the 70s Bake Off (see below). Plus get down to the tunes of the era, and grab a tasty bite at Hot Dog Central or Scoop Zone food trucks. After hours, the America250 party continues outdoors with live music and a 1970s classic film. Learn more here… Greensboro History Museum’s Flashback family fun series highlights decades past for our city and beyond. See below for details and contest registration Flashback ActivitiesVintage Vehicles Own a 1970s vehicle you want to show off?We’re welcoming 1970s vintage vehicle owners to show of your hot wheels outside the museum during the event. If you are interested in participating in our 1970s Vintage Vehicle Showcase, please fill out this form and the GHM Education & Engagement Team will reach out to you shortly. Celebs & Sci-Fi Costume Contest Dressed up in your best 1770s and 1970s looks and boogie on down to the museum to compete in pop culture and historic categories. Register the Day of the Event! Categories Dress up as a 1770s colonist or a 1970s celebrity or movie, television, cartoon, or comic, or video game characters. Prizes for Non-Fictional Persons (Movie Stars, Political Figures, etc.), Fictional Characters (Movie characters, TV characters, Comic Characters, Literature Characters, etc.) Colonial chic (best 1770s American Colonial fashion) Schedule Costume showcases for judging and prizes are at 4 pm. Arrive at least 2 hours early before judging and the disco dance off. The disco dance off is just to showcase your costume, the dancing is not part of the contest evaluation. When Contestants arrive they will check in at the Costume Contest Sign Up Table. This Table will be located in the Lobby of the Greensboro History Museum on the Ground Floor level. Contestants must arrive in costumes and are responsible for their own belongings. We do not have a dressing area. Guidelines Costumes should be appropriate for a family friendly event. Organizers will disqualify costumes they judge to be obscene, offensive, overly revealing, or displaying hate associations. All props will be subject to inspection. No functioning weapons are permitted, including guns, projectile weapons, knives, blunt objects, etc. Bullying is not allowed. Anyone making negative comments or bullying will be disqualified and asked to leave. 70s Recipes Bake Off Test your Colonial and 1970s baking skills with one of four recipes. Click Here to Sign Up. Contest Rules: Please sign up for any recipe that you wish to enter into the Bake-Off.Follow the recipe to the best of your abilities. For these historic recipes, you may NOT add nor subtract any ingredients from the historic recipe provided.On July 11th, please bring in your baked good entry and present it to one of the Flashback Bake-Off Attendants. Entries need to be at the Greensboro History Museum by 12:00 pm. You may drop off entries on July 11th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm or the day before on July 10th from 10:00 am- 4:00 pm.You will receive a number for each entry. Please keep that number with you throughout the Bake Off commentary and tasting. The number is needed to confirm you are the owner of the baked good entry.Entries will be judged blind by three judges.If a Bake-Off contestant harasses a Bake-Off judge, they will be disqualified.First place winners receive a prize and a blue ribbon, second and third place winners will receive ribbons.Please make sure to pick up your baked good entry after the Bake-Off has ended.HAVE FUN!!!Flash Talks (11 am)Flash talks are small 5 to 10 minute presentations from local historians, community members, and archivists. They take place throughout the day in our auditorium. Check back to see the full flash talk schedule.
Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, NC, 27401, United States
