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Cocktails with the Mackinnons at The Shared Table

The Shared Table

317 Learmonth Street,
Buninyong VIC 3357

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  • Fri 16 May

5:30pm–7:30pm | 5:30pm–8:30pm

$150 per person

Includes champagne, a created cocktail or mocktail and a selection of eight themed canapes.
Created cocktails available at the bar. Also, 1930s music, photographic exhibition and two brief presentations.

When Hollywood silent movie star Claire Adams married Donald Scobie Mackinnon and moved to Mooramong in 1938, it was said that cocktail hour had arrived in the Western District.

For the rest of their lives in Skipton, the much-loved couple became well known as great entertainers. Whether presenting movie nights, sharing stories around their sumptuous dining table or arranging fundraising events, Scobie and Claire were generous, fun-loving and glamourous hosts.

Join in for a very special cocktail event at The Shared Table in Buninyong, to celebrate and remember the Mackinnon's love of community, the land and entertaining at Mooramong, now part of the National Trust of Victoria.

Featuring fine food and cocktails inspired by the Mackinnon's own recipes and music from their lives. The night will also feature presentations by cultural historian Heather Robinson, about Claire Adams's Hollywood career and museologist Susan Pilbeam, who will speak of the famous Bar Room at Mooramong, restoration works, the future of the property, and how community may be able to help. This event will also afford the opportunity for locals to share their own memories of the couple.

Content: Buninyong Community Events: The Bard in Buninyong

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