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SPECIAL PROGRAM REPERTOIRE 2 1 Index Table of Contents

SECTION I A Closer Look at The Greenbrier If These Walls Could Talk ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Gardens, Lawn and Water ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 The Greenbrier Inside Out Tour �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Tour of The Greenbrier’s Fine Art Collection ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 1 Tour of the Historic President’s Cottage Museum ������������������������������������������������������������ 2 Tour of The Bunker �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 2

SECTION II The Greenbrier in Pictures The Story of The Greenbrier ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 Project Greek Island ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 Notable Personalities �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 Decades of Décor���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3 The Heritage of Golf at The Greenbrier ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3

SECTION III Culinary Classics Sweet Escape Experience with Wine and Chocolate ������������������������������������������������������ 4 Cookie Decorating Magic ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 Time for Truffles ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 A Charcuterie Building & Wine Pairing Experience ���������������������������������������������������������� 4

SECTION IV Happy Hour Mixology Workshop ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 5 Bourbon and Shotgun Barrels �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 Tie One On ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 Bootleggers 5K �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 Croquet and Cocktails ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Bourbon and Birdies ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 A Taste of History ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Hike and Sip ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Wine and Yoga ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 Movies Under the Stars ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6

SECTION V Hands on The Greenbrier Faux Seasonal Wreath Workshop ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 Art Alive — Painting Workshop ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 Fairy and Gnome Workshop �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 Hands On Floral Design Workshop ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 Take your Best Shot - Photography Workshop ������������������������������������������������������������������8 Hot Glass Show - Glass Blowing Demonstration ��������������������������������������������������������������8 Dining Etiquette �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8 101 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8

SECTION VI Get Moving Around The Greenbrier Scavenger Hunt �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������9 The Adventure Zone Children’s Program ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Group Yoga with Cari Cohen, Greenbrier Fitness ����������������������������������������������������������� 10 Group Meditation with Cari Cohen ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Section I A Closer Look at The Greenbrier

If These Walls Could Talk The Greenbrier Inside Out Tour (Interior Tour) Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Time: 1 hour Fee: $600 per tour for registered Guests Fee: $400 per tour for registered Guests $750 per tour for non-registered Guests $500 per tour for non-registered Guests Audience: Maximum 40 Guests per tour. Audience: Maximum 40 Guests per tour. Additional tours are available for groups Additional tours are available for groups which exceed this maximum. which exceed this maximum. This walking tour is a comprehensive look into One of our most popular tours, this walking the 240 years of unique history by touring tour of the public lobbies describes the interior both the interior of the hotel and the historic of the hotel… its décor and its development. grounds of the 18th & 19th century. The Greenbrier opened in 1913; served as an Army Hospital during WWII; was redecorated by Dorothy Draper in the late 1940’s. Today, Tour of The Greenbrier’s Fine it continues to be a leading historic hotel in Art Collection America. Time: 1 hour Fee: $400 Audience: Maximum 25 Guests Gardens, Lawn and Water Over the years, The Greenbrier has amassed (Exterior Tour) an impressive collection of fine art works on Time: 1 hour display throughout the hotel. This walking Fee: $400 per tour for registered Guests tour takes a close look at individual works $500 per tour for non-registered Guests of engravings and paintings. Recently, The Audience: Maximum 40 Guests per tour. Greenbrier embarked on an extensive art Additional tours are available for groups conservation project and we are proud to which exceed this maximum. present these treasures. Enjoy a walking tour leading through the formal gardens, across the North Lawn to the Spring House where the famous White Sulphur Spring water is located. Along the way, you hear an informative lecture on the history and development of The Greenbrier, its cottages and Guest houses of the 19th century. The tour ends at the Presidents’ Cottage Museum and the art shops of Alabama Row Art Colony.

Audio Visual charges are additional if required. All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 1 SPECIAL PROGRAM REPERTOIRE

President’s Cottage Museum Tour of The Bunker

Tour of the Historic President’s Cottage Tour of The Bunker Museum Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Time: 1 hour Fee: Before 5:00pm: Fee: $400 group charge. $850 per private tour + $25 gratuity Audience: Maximum of 20 Guests. 5:00pm - 6:30pm: Built in 1834 by prosperous merchant, Stephen $1,245 per private tour + $100 gratuity Henderson of New Orleans, LA, this cottage on 6:30pm - 8:00pm: property represents the Old South’s presence in $1,245* per private tour + $150 gratuity the 19th century. Each room features a unique Audience: Maximum 25 guests history to the life of White Sulphur Springs. Additional Tours are available for guests that exceed this maximum. The declassified Bunker at The Greenbrier is a must-see experience that takes you behind the scenes and walks you through a fascinating period in the resort’s history. Carved deep into the mountainside beneath our Wing is an emergency fallout shelter. Once a top secret U.S. government relocation facility for Congress, The Bunker is now open to anyone interested in reliving a legendary piece of The Greenbrier history. Bunker Tours provide a unique and in-depth look behind the hidden doors and let you explore an aspect of The Greenbrier that no other resort can claim. Reserve your place in our history today!

All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 2 Section II The Greenbrier in Pictures

*Audio Visual charges are additional All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee

The Story of The Greenbrier: Decades of Décor: The 100 Year Two Centuries as America’s Resort Decorating History of The Greenbrier Time: 1 hour Time: 1 hour Fee: $400 Fee: $400 Audience: No Minimum or Maximum Audience: No Minimum or Maximum A/V: PowerPoint* A/V: PowerPoint* Over 240 years of history is shown with The Greenbrier’s elegant interior and exterior pictorial images in this informative lecture décor is traced from its beginning in 1913 in presentation. From its first documented event this lecture program. Though the hotel is well- in 1778 through its existence in the Civil War known for the dramatic transformation in the and up to the present award-winning resort 1940’s, contributions to the unique dimensions fame, our history is breathtaking to all Guests. and ambience have been witnessed each decade. The “Before and After” images from our archives are key to our décor. Project Greek Island: The History of The Bunker Lecture Time: 1 hour The Heritage of Golf at The Fee: $400 Greenbrier: Legends & Legacies Audience: No Minimum or Maximum Time: 1 hour A/V: PowerPoint* Fee: $400 In 1992, a 30-year secret was broadcast to Audience: No Minimum or Maximum the world - the underground bunker at The A/V: PowerPoint* Greenbrier was revealed. This program, with This presentation explores the grand heritage pictorial images, unveils the events that led of golf at The Greenbrier created over the up to the C&O Railroad, the government, the past eighty years. It includes tales — illustrated bunker and its current status. by one-of-a-kind photographs from The Greenbrier’s extensive archives — of the tournaments and the personalities that have Notable Personalities: made the story of golf such an important Famous People Who Have Visited part of the history of the game in America. Of The Greenbrier course, there is a special emphasis on Sam Time: 1 hour Snead, The Greenbrier’s pro for over forty Fee: $400 years, and his competition with the likes of Ben Audience: No Minimum or Maximum Hogan, Gary Player and Jimmy Demaret. The A/V: PowerPoint* presentation includes coverage of the Ryder Over the past eighty years, The Greenbrier has Cup, PGA Seniors, , and A Military been a gracious host to many famous people. Tribute at The Greenbrier. Learn of their visits and interesting anecdotes in this presentation, with pictorial images. All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 3 Section III Culinary Classics

Sweet Escape Experience Time for Truffles with Wine and Chocolate Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Fee: $65 per Guest; $250 for Sommelier Fee: $125 per Guest Audience: 10 Minimum, Maximum of 40 Maximum audience: 5 people Join The Greenbrier’s Sommelier Services for this Location: The Candy Maker Kitchen exciting lecture on wine. Learn the origin & unique This workshop requires 1 month components of 6 wines as they are paired with advance notice. 6 chocolates created by The Greenbrier’s Candy Through the expertise of our candy chefs, the Maker Chefs. Guest will experience the luxury of chocolate. While tasting 3 different chocolates, they will Cookie Decorating Magic engage in making chocolate truffles. Each Guest Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes will leave with their own box of hand made Fee: $750 per Program group plus truffles, recipes, and a few extras for $50 per Guest a sweet, memorable experience. Audience: 15 Minimum, Maximum of 35 With a touch of the hand and swirl of the wrists A Charcuterie Building craft an illustrative cookie that your friends will & Wine Pairing Experience admire. Our pastry chefs will guide you as you Time: 1 hour master the frosting tube and dress your cookie Fee: $135; $750 (covers the Chef and Sommelier with whimsical ornamentation. Fees, and Setup) Audience: 15 Minimum, Maximum of 30 Join a Greenbrier Chef as they share their ideas on how to build a proper charcuterie display, that is sure to be the centerpiece of your next social gathering. All while tempting your palate with flavorful wines and discussion from our Sommelier. Each guest will leave with their own West Virginia Cutting Board to use on their next charcuterie masterpiece!

Sweet Escape Experience All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 4 Section IV Happy Hour

Mixology Workshop

All events where alcohol is served require a $125 bartender fee, in addition to the cost listed.

Mixology Workshop Tie One On Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Time: 3 hours Fee: $250 per Program group Fee: $235 per guest plus $55 per Guest Audience: Minimum of 6/Maximum of 15 Audience: Minimum of 10/Maximum of 35 Inexperienced guests get a lesson in fly fishing Guests will learn the secrets to making great before heading to Howard’s Creek, while more cocktails in this hands-on workshop. experienced fishers can head straight to the creek to reel in a trout. Once the fishing is complete, Bourbon and Shotgun Barrels Howard’s Creek Lodge on the banks of the creek Time: 3 hours becomes the perfect spot for tasting of West Fee: $145 per guest Virginia craft beer. Audience: Minimum of 10/Maximum of 30 Two of our favorite barrels come together as Bootleggers 5K guests enjoy 90 minutes of skeet or trap shooting Time: 2 hours (25 rounds) followed by a bourbon tasting inside Fee: $350 for groups; $15 per drink The Gun Club on Kate’s Mountain. Audience: Maximum of 100 Enjoy a beautiful run through the picturesque property of The Greenbrier and then celebrate your achievement with a moonshine tasting as a reward for your hard work. All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 5 SPECIAL PROGRAM REPERTOIRE

Bourbon Tasting

Croquet and Cocktails Hike and Sip Time: 2 hours Time: 1 hour or 2 hour hike; 1 hour tasting Fee: $400 for group plus $20 per person; Fee: $95 per person (1 hour hike); $15 per cocktail $110 per person (2 hour hike) Audience: Minimum of 8/Maximum of 32 Audience: Minimum of 6/Maximum of 30 Learn about the sport of croquet or play along Experience the great outdoors with an with other experts on our beautiful courts with invigorating hike through The Greenbrier’s views of the mountains and property. Then take in vast terrain and then reward yourself for all of the valley views while sipping cocktails for a post- the calories burned with specialty low-calorie match celebration. cocktails, designed by our beverage team. Sip them all, and then learn to make your favorite on Bourbon and Birdies your own. Time: 2 hours Fee: $65 per person Wine and Yoga Audience: Minimum of 10/Maximum of 30 Time: 2 hours Head to The Greenbrier’s world-renowned golf Fee: $95 per guest courses and feel the spirit of competition with Audience: Minimum of 10/Maximum of 30 a putting contest, designed by our pros. Then Learn to relax your entire body with a yoga sit around the green and enjoy the tastes of session with our experts, then take relaxation one different bourbons, presented by our beverage step further with a wine tasting from a variety of team. our favorite vineyards.

A Taste of History Movies Under the Stars Time: 1 hour Time: 2 hours Fee: $50 per guest Fee: $1,000 Audience: Minimum of 15/Maximum of 40 Audience: Maximum of 300 Specialty cocktails, designed to fit the times, take Pick your favorite movie and watch it under you on a journey through some of the incredible the stars in various locations around the history of America’s Resort. property. Enjoy the outdoor weather and grand entertainment on our 24-foot screen.

All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 6 Section V Hands on The Greenbrier Faux Seasonal Wreath Workshop Fairy and Gnome Workshop Fee: $90 per Guest Time: 1 hour Audience: Minimum of 6 Guests Fee: $125 per Guest Making a stunning faux wreath is easier than you think. Audience: Minimum 5 Guests Gillespie’s Flowers and Productions have gathered the Maximum 20 Guests right flowers, supplies and seasonal embellishments Miniature Fairy Gardening is a fun and whimsical trend and we invite you to join us during our Hands On sure to enlighten and inspire your indoor and outdoor Wreath Workshop as one of our designers guides spaces. Meet with designer Catherine Kulish as she you step by step in creating a beautiful faux seasonal helps you create your own magical Fairy and Gnome wreath for you to take home and enjoy. Garden Landscape. Container, dirt, accessories & plants are included. The Fairy and Gnome Workshop is held at the “Gem and I” shop located at The Art Art Alive — Painting Workshop Colony Shops on Alabama Row. Time: 2 hour minimum Fee: $65 per Guest Audience: Minimum of 10 Guests Your guests will enjoy participating in an Art Alive workshop. Please choose one of the favorite images to paint. F&B may be added upon request and priced accordingly. Favorite images to paint are: n Rhododendron The State Flower of West Virginia n The Historic Spring House of White Sulphur Springs n Greenbrier Mountains & Golf Course

Floral Design Workshop

Hands On Floral Design Workshop Fee: $90 per Guest Audience: Minimum of 6 Guests The Bespoke Garden Style is currently the hottest trend in floral design. The casual, relaxed style focuses on cuttings from the garden and old fashioned, blousy blooms. The design, often based upon an armature appeals to the eco-conscious consumer looking to avoid the use of floral foam. In this class you will learn to create the trendy, Bespoke Garden Style and take home a beautiful bespoke garden styled designs to enjoy. We’ve gathered a fabulous collection of fresh branches, garden flowers and textural treasures for you to work with.

Art Alive All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 7 SPECIAL PROGRAM REPERTOIRE

Virtu Glass Blowing Demonstration

Take your Best Shot Dining Etiquette Photography Workshop Time: 1 hour Time: 1 hour Fee: $500 Fee: $500 We all have found ourselves in uncomfortable Get the most from your photography experience situations at cocktail parties or formal dinners. at The Greenbrier by learning specific techniques Relax…after this lecture you will feel more from Mike Wyatt, Greenbrier Photography Studio. comfortable about dining etiquette. You will feel Learn about taking family portraits, landscapes, like Royalty in a “Social or Business” setting. This close-ups and long-distance shots. lecture includes: n Silverware Savvy - How to Navigate That Hot Glass Show Formal Place Setting Glass Blowing Demonstration n Which is My Water Glass or Bread Plate? Time: 1 hour n Toasting Fee: $45 per Guest n Styles of Eating: American/Continental Audience: Minimum 10. Maximum 35. Alex Brand shares his glass blowing skills which have been nurtured since his graduation mid Casino 101 1970’s from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Time: 1 hour Though his degree. is in jewelry making, he Fee: $45 per Guest found his passion in glass blowing during a Audience: Minimum 8 Guest/Maximum 30 guests short training course. Having won many art Enjoy a gaming demonstration held by our awards, Alex recently was awarded 1st place Casino Staff as they present the basic gaming BEST OF WEST VIRGINIA for all mediums in a skills needed to confidently use at any table in show sponsored by the State of West Virginia. the casino. This fun class also gives the guests He is also an adjunct instructor at the Corning a chance to learn the secrets behind the odds Museum of Glass in New York. Alex and his wife and how the house advantage is set up. Along Susan, jewelry maker, opened Virtu Gallery at The with the table games, the guests will also have Greenbrier in 2010; Alex started his glass blowing a better understanding on the mechanics of demonstrations in 2013. This demonstration is the slot machines and sports betting. Each held in the Virtu Glass Blowing Studio located participant will receive $20 in free slot play. near The Alabama Row Art Colony. Preferred days/ times: Thursday-Saturday 2pm- 4pm

All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 8 Section VI Get Moving Around The Greenbrier Strength, Stride, and Stretch Tennis Tournament Round Robin A Stress Relief Workout with Coordinator Time: 2 hours Fee: $475 - 3 courts for 2 hours Fee: $45 per guest Additional Courts - $46 per hour Audience: Minimum 10 guests Balance is the key to living well amidst the Pickleball Round Robin demands and stress. Enjoy this workshop which with Coordinator features 3 components to find balance and stress Fee: $440 - 3 courts for 2 hours relief. Additional Courts - $40 per hour Strength — Manipulate weights, tubes, & balls to work your muscles Racket Sports Challenge Stride — Walk more effectively with proper body Tennis & Pickleball alignment Time: 2 hours Stretch — Combine abdominal workout and yoga Fee: $80 per guest stretches Participants are requested to dress comfortably In the Zone &wear walking shoes. Cardio And Calm Time: 2 hours Oddball Olympics Fee: $80 per person (2 to 10 Guests) Special Event Cardio Tennis Clinic followed by yoga on Time: 2 hours the terrace Fee: $20 per person Audience: Minimum 20 guests Tennis Bootcamp Combine several of the lawn games for a Fee: $80 per person (4 to 14 Guests) concurrent sessions event. Tennis strokes/ footwork and strength training

Group Fun Run Group Croquet Time: 1 hour Audience: Minimum 8 guests, Maximum 32 Fee: $350 Fee: $400 for the first hour of play and then $20 Tailored to group’s desire in length and difficulty. per person after Most popular distance is a 5K level course. This event begins and ends at the North Entrance Scavenger Hunt Time: 1 hour River Relaxation Fee: $500 Time: 3 hours Audience: Minimum of 10/Maximum of 50 Fee: $275 per person Explore The Greenbrier’s 11,000 acres while includes a box lunch at the conclusion competing with others as you work your way Combine a two hour casting & fishing event with through the clues of our scavenger hunt. an hour of yoga. Recommended venue: Howard’s Creek Lodge. All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 9 SPECIAL PROGRAM REPERTOIRE The Adventure Zone Group Meditation with Cari Cohen Children’s Program Time: 1 hour Let our young guests create lasting memories at Fee: $400 The Greenbrier with our highly-trained staff and Guided Meditation themed events. Pricing and activities vary based You’ll be guided in simple breath techniques and on seasons, times and number of children. mindfulness-based meditations to help you feel Please inquire for more information. peaceful, calm, and present. There can also be a short discussion on how to set up a sustainable Group Yoga with Cari Cohen, daily practice. Greenbrier Fitness Chakra Meditation: Corporate (Chair) Yoga Break-Out Chakras are energy centers in the body. When Session for Meetings the energy is flowing optimally, you feel vibrant, Fee per group: peaceful and clear. This guided meditation can $150 — 15 minutes help you understand how to promote flow in the $200 — 30 minutes chakras as well as relaxation in your body. It can $400 — 60 minutes also support feelings of stability, empowerment, Learn how to quickly relieve back, neck, and creativity, love, passion, self-expression, intuition, shoulder tension and feel more relaxed. You’ll self-healing and connection. This can be practice simple stretches, movements, & breath experienced sitting or lying down. techniques sitting in a chair and/or standing. Personal Journey Meditation and Healing: Gentle Yoga Is there something you’d like to change, heal or A deeply relaxing practice focused on breath, shift? Or something you’re wanting to manifest? simple movement and stretches. A short We’ll start with a short meditation to help you feel meditation may also be included. Great for calm and centered. You’ll then receive spiritual beginners and anyone new to yoga. healing based on what it is you’re wanting. The healing is energy-based, not hands-on and can Yoga Flow be done with any number of participants. Sharing Energizing Vinyasa Flow class focused on breath, is optional. This is best experienced with space to movement, strengthening and stretching. This lie down. class can be adapted to accommodate various levels or you choose: beginner (I), beginner/ Break-out Meditation Sessions intermediate (I/II) or intermediate (II). (For Meetings Only) Fee: $200 - 15 minutes Foundational (Hatha) Yoga $300 - 30 minutes Feel more balance and peace with this foundational yoga practice. Stretches and Cari Cohen is a Spiritual Healer, Massage dynamic movements are used to help you feel Therapist and Yoga (500-hr), Meditation, relaxed and rejuvenated. A short meditation may JourneyDance™ and Fire Dance Teacher. be included. All-levels. Suitable for beginners. Since 2001, she has helped thousands with transformation. Cari has two degrees from the One-hour Class for Gentle Yoga, Yoga Flow, and prestigious University of Pennsylvania and has Foundational (Hatha) Yoga Fee: traveled the world to study with master healers 1 guest - $125 and teachers. 2 guests - $160 In addition to private classes customized for 3 - 6 guests - $225 your group, Cari also offers private healing and 7 - 15 guests - $300 meditation sessions in The Greenbrier Spa and 16 or more guests - $400 weekly yoga classes at The Greenbrier Resort and Bridal Party Yoga The Greenbrier Sporting Club. Time: 1 hour Nice way to begin the exciting day with one hour of relaxing yoga All fees are subject to tax and Historic Preservation Fee. 10 SPECIAL PROGRAM REPERTOIRE

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