Todd Norris, Manager of Performing Arts at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the performances offered at Colonial Williamsburg, digressing into a look at the place of theatre in colonial society.

Lance Pedigo, drum major of Fifes and Drums at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses preparations for the fourth annual weekend of "Drummer's Call," as well as the use of the fife and drum during the American Revolution.

Bryan Simpers and Bereni New, of Colonial Williamsburg, interpret the married couple Alexander and Barbry Hoy. As Alexander and Barbry, they discuss their struggles as a middling family adjusting to the changes brought by the Revolution.

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Kelly McEvoy, Colonial Williamsburg peer teacher in the volunteer dance department, describes the social importance of dancing in colonial society, and the education of children in dance.

Colonial Williamsburg curator Barbara Luck and conservator Pam Young discuss the restoration and preservation of an 1830 watercolor of a young slave girl, done by Mary Custis (who married Robert E. Lee in the same year).

Headmistress Ann Wager taught at the Bray School in Williamsburg, VA, from 1760 to 1774, educating enslaved children. Interpreter Antoinette Brennan shares details from Wager's life and describes the school and its operations.