When Calls the Heart
Blue Gate Dinner Theatre
3 Days | August 8, 2024-January 4, 2025
Starting At $Flexible Pricing
The Blue Gate Theatre presents “When Calls the Heart” a musical about trusting God, danger, adventure, comedy & romance. All of that and more is presented as Janette Oke’s best-selling novel comes to life onstage in this brand new uplifting show, “When Calls the Heart: The Musical!”
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Itinerary
Day 1 – Shipshewana, IN – Blue Gate Inn – Cooking Class with Threshers Dinner
Arrive today in Shipshewana, IN where you enjoy a two-night stay at the Blue Gate Garden Inn, a resort-type hotel in the heart of Indiana’s Amish Country.
Tonight, enjoy a Cooking Class with Threshers Dinner. This two-hour experience includes a full demonstration of 3-4 menu items as Carolyn Yoder and her family demonstrate how they make “non- lumpy” mashed potatoes, their signature secret baked chicken recipe and delicious Peanut Butter Cream Pie. These and other recipes are provided. After the cooking demonstration, your group enjoys the Threshsers Dinner. (D)
Day 2 – Guided Amish Countryside Tour – When Calls the Heart w/Lunch – Cook’s Bison Ranch Tour & BBQ Dinner
This morning, meet your local guide for a tour of the Amish Countryside. Travel the scenic back roads passing horse drawn buggies, tidy farm homes and white washed barns. Learn about the fascinating lifestyle of the Amish as your knowledgeable guide tells all about the area and the history, traditions, and customs of the Amish.
Next, enjoy delicious lunch at the Blue Gate Inn Restaurant before a matinee performance of “When Calls the Heart” at the Blue Gate Theatre. A theatrical celebration of truth, adventure, sacrifice, faith and – above all – love: When Calls the Heart The Musical is brimming with excitement, comedy, adventure and of course, romance! Elizabeth Thatcher is from a very wealthy family in Toronto, Canada, at the beginning of a promising teaching career, but deep down inside, she is feeling a bit, “restless.” When her older brother writes to ask if she might consider taking a teaching job in the great Canadian west, she decides that this is the opportunity she has been waiting for! Saying goodbye to family and everything she has ever known, she sets off on the adventure of a lifetime! Mishaps, challenges, and new experiences ensue as the captivating story and enchanting music take you on a journey you will never forget!
End the day with a tour of Cook’s Bison Ranch. Here you will enjoy a Chuckwagon BBQ Dinner and a wagon tour of the farm. Explore the pasture and enjoy the chance to hand feed the great American Bison in its own habitat. Learn the intricacies of raising, feeding, and managing this wild animal. (B,L,D)
Day 3 – Davis Mercantile – Depart for Home
After breakfast, visit the Davis Mercantile. You will have time to explore 4 floors of shops, eateries and even a Carousel before departing for home. (B)