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The Doorway Singers povide entertainment with dinner for your group.Dinnertainments
(our group specialty, guaranteed minimum of 35 people)

There is no better way to entertain your group than offering them a fun-filled evening at the Boxwood Inn. We offer a variety of costumed, themed dinners that appeal to any group, both young and old, complete with the talents of many local entertainers. All "Dinnertainments" include a four- course meal, tax and service charge.

Please refer to the below list of themes you may choose from. All services are based on availability and prices are subject to change. You must make arrangements in advance and follow all Group Policies.

More Dinnertainments Coming Soon!

For more information, contact our Catering Manager at 757-888-8854 or by fax at 757-887-3986.

Those Fabulous Fifties
It was an age of poodle skirts and pompadours - of drive-in diners and ducktails - of innocence and innocence lost. It broke away from all the standards of the past and brought a whole new vocabulary with it. Rock 'n roll, beatniks, doo-wop and transistor radios. Relive the exciting, pulsating days of Those Fabulous Fifties with the Doorway Singers.The happy sounds of Come Go With Me, The Stroll, Elvis, and so much more - it is a fast-paced ride in a musical convertible with the top down!

A Plantation Dinner
Antebellum Virginia, Candlelight and Good Manners. Fluttering fans, genteel flirtations and the very best of manners highlight the era when time moved much more slowly. The music of the Stephen Foster era and more are showcased in the production, complete with black-sheep relatives and beautiful belles. Songs include: "Love's Old Sweet Song", "Wait for the Wagon", "I Dream of Jeannie" and the hauntingty beautiful "Appalachian Round". Definitely one of our most popular Dinnertainments.

Menu includes: Peanut Soup, Hospitality Salad, Baked Chicken, Cornbread Dressing, Masked Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans, Corn Pudding, Homemade Yeast Rolls, Caramel Bread Pudding & Beverages

Liberty Call, Liberty Call
A tribute to the dramatic years of the 1940's and the women and men who won the war. With the men in uniform and the women in period dress, the program is a warm, friendly trip down memory lane to a time when the country was united as never before. Songs include: "Rum and Coca- Cola", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "The White Cliffs of Dover", and "The. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B". It is an hour of toe-tapping reminiscence, perfect for Military Reunions.

Menu includes: Victory Garden Salad & Soup, Deep Dish Chicken Pie with White Cliffs of Dover Mashed Potatoes, Greta Garbo Green Beans, Rolls/Butter/Beverages, Black-Out Chocolate Cake

Murder Mystery Evening
A candle lit Civil War theme evening with costumed actors leading the group through and audience involved "Who Dun It" with Southern accents.

Menu includes: Peanut Soup, Hospitality Salad, Baked Chicken, Cornbread Dressing, Masked Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans, Corn Pudding, Homemade Yeast Rolls, Caramel Bread Pudding & Beverages

THE GROOVY SIXTIES
Music and entertainment exploded in a decade that saw a flood of New bands, new fashions and new songs nudge aside the fifties. Out went doo-wop, In came Folk Music, Motown, beach music and the counter-culture of long hair, Tie-dye and sandals. Grab a seat on the nostalgia ?magic bus? as it spins time back to the GROOVY SIXTIES.

Menu includes: Garden Salad, Soup of the Day, Chicken stuffed with Wild Rice, Pineapple Sauce, Green Beans, Rolls/Butter/Beverages, Banana Rum Pudding with Custard

Dickens Christmas Dinner
Envision a British manor house in December 1870. Christmas is celebrated in the finest traditional sense, complete with "The Holly and the Ivy", "Deck the Halls", "Gloucester shire Wassail" and "Good King Wenceslas". Bring on the plum pudding and boar's head and have a Happy Holidays! Space is always quite limited.

Menu includes: Winter Salad, Potato and Leek Soup, Shepherd's Pie (made with Beef, Gravy, Peas & Carrots, Topped with Mashed Potatoes and Cheddar) served golden brown from the oven with Yeast Rolls, Christmas Pudding with English Custard

Scottish Evening
Robert Burns Supper Menu - Doors open 6:30, Dinner at 7pm

Menu includes: Winter Salad w/Raspberry Dressing, Beef & Barley Soup, Wild Game Plate w/ Current & Orange Sauce, Crusty Loaves of Bread, Roast Pork* Stuffed with a Fruit & Sage Dressing, Blackberry Wine Sauce, Served on a Bed of Tatties & Neeps (Potatoes Mashed w/Turnips), Winter Peas w/Asapagus & Red Peppers, Crusty Rolls, Beverage, Wild Berry Trifle with Fudgy Chocolate Cake *Chicken available for those who do not eat pork

The Royal Edinbourough Scotch Tasting Society can present a Scotch Tasting for your enjoyment throughout the evening at an additional charge if interested ($5 pp). Highland Attire Recommended.

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*All menus may be altered at the Boxwood Inn's discretion. Vegetarian plates or special plates needed regarding health or religious concerns are available with advance notice.

 

The Boxwood Inn is a member of the Bed & Breakfast Association of Virginia
and the Newport News Hospitality Association.
BBAV Inspected & Approved inn.

10 Elmhurst Street, Historic Lee Hall Village Newport News, VA 23603 (757) 888 - 8854