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I-~ <br /> <br />[~ <br /> <br />r~ <br /> <br />,-1 <br />I <br /> <br />[~ <br /> <br />[; <br /> <br />[J <br /> <br />[ 1 <br />j <br /> <br />f1 <br /> <br />[; <br /> <br />[J <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />[ j <br /> <br />l ~ <br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />L <br /> <br /> <br />A Historical Interpreter <br /> <br />Bill Barker has spent 17 years living as Thomas Jefferson in Virginia's <br />Colonial Willlamsburg-trlcornered hats, television appearances, and all. <br /> <br />~. 8iiSTDUTIHATlOH <br />f~""'T'l1<'. FO,RAPAMILYVACATION <br /> <br />,HE Ml't OF AD.LlSBING <br />Ohhe nearly 1.100 costumedemployecs hl<1'e, <br />only about 40 .ale plofessiollal actols-and we <br />don't just ftJUOIY a script. We have to be tlue <br />schol.rs, (fJ'm not sure how Jefferson would <br />h.vc.nsw<>red.. visitor's question. I studl'up <br />In out library In case it sl1lf~es again, <br /> <br />WE SWEAT TO THE OLDIES <br />Uving on the 'property is like living in a <br />mu.<eum_ You Qn't have any modem <br />equipnwnt Ihat'. visible from the strcel.,..nol <br /><:veil an aiT condilioner_lnd you can't plant <br />any Jlowers in YOUt garden that ",ouldn't <br />have been there 200 years ago, <br />ONE JOB t'LL WSVIOR DO <br />People a~k me tl) make appearances all the <br />tlme--:ltthe opening of a shopping mall, 01 <br />in an ad fOI il used. car dealership-especially <br />around Presidents'l}ay.l've neVl:r said yes, <br />OUll BIGGEST CELEBRITY FAN <br />One offer 1 did ilCcept \~as to go on 11It CDlbtrt <br />Rtport (Stephen Colbert Io~es Colonial <br />W'illl,\msburg), rh~ praducen also called in <br />twoQther Jeffersons. and we competed in lln <br />on.~lr Q&A. an ~ml.wrestlillg match. and a <br />race 10 make hats out ofnewsp~per.ln the <br />end, 1 was clUnitured 1M (Din tOSt, <br />Cclo"lal\l,~U1atnsbll1JJ V"ISiIOl'Cen!tI',IOIA VISitor <br />Unlrr Dr.. WUlilll1lS&ury, Va., hlstlltyorg. <ldults $16, <br />tlJll,lrtn Sl8. -lntervie,,' by Jourd,ln Clouch <br /> <br />: <br />o <br />> <br />! <br />. <br />o <br />% <br />:l <br />~ <br />" <br />,. <br />',. ~ .. <br />"I; <br />-r:.. E <br />v.::::a <br /> <br />1,::'/1 <br /> <br />.I <br />! <br />i <br />~ <br />e <br />. <br />r <br /> <br />I'M THOMAs JeFF!.mS()N, V'AtL <br />16r~t realizcd I was a good fillor the lole in <br />1983. when a friend who was moonlighting <br />as \Villiam Penn nOled ml'physiQI <br />resemblance to Jefferson. And slipping into <br />his Southern.cccnl is eil!Y for me: My fathel <br />was alOth-genclotion tobacco farmer,and 1 <br />gtew up Ii~tening to him speak. Sometimes <br />llind myselft.1lklngwilh'the accent olfduty, <br />THE TOWN'S aeST DINNER rHEA'fCR <br />YOII sce,Colonial Williamsburg employees <br />i1U around town-buying groceries, lunning <br />errancb-and we're doing it in costume, One <br />of my favolite 10<a1 restaurants Is an Asian <br />spot on Waller Mill Road called Peking. That <br />place gets flooded with colonial rolb "round <br />lund. time. It h:.s" great buffet. <br />KlDS KNOW WKAT'S UP <br />Whelt 1 ask children iftbey know who lam. <br />they'll usuallyuy one of twO things: .You <br />wrotc the Dedar~tlon oflndependence: <br />or, "Y'ou were the third presidenl." Their <br />questions ~te considered and pertinent. It's <br />not ~Iways the same' (ot the p:u:ents. They'll <br />asic, "" t:Iut fire hot?" when they see the <br />blacksmith'. furnace, 01, 'Meyau hot in <br />tho~e clothes?" a.~ l'lll dripping with s\~eat. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />.:~;~~"=~~ <br /> <br /> " <br />~~) <br />Preferred <br />Properties " <br />1> <br />Well.known hotel chaln~ <br />take flrst place for having <br />tM most rellablttrOoms;: <br />Big-name All-IncluslVII <br />~ !!!!!!! <br />29% 21" <br /> , -.--t <br />Boutique .~ I <br />hotel ~ <br />20" 11" I <br />B&B rAii~- I <br />I <br />9% 10" <br /> ! <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br /> <br />~~') <br />uJu <br /> <br />Oclotior 2010 I<ldClOt T'.....I 21 <br />