Murder Mystery Dinner

In only a matter of 4 days, we transformed our house into an English Manor and hosted a murder mystery dinner theater party. We invited 18 women from church, hoping that if women were made to speak with an English accent and act silly, that the walls of social separation would fall to the ground. While I'm not sure if that goal was fully realized, I think the girls had a great time and felt of my care for them. It is challenging to bring 2 cultures together and additionally challenging bringing people together who are in a variety of life circumstances. I still think friendships can be developed despite walls, barriers, and stereotypes.


SO, here's some pictures from the night:

Entry way. Each guest stopped here, read the description of the mystery and got their assigned character.

Each table setting had a rose,a name card, a script, and a description of their character.

The menu: we had Cucumber sandwiches for appetizer; Roast Beef, roasted potatoes for the main course;to drink, fresh sqeezed lemonade (not really English, but it was tasty!) and for dessert we had an English trifle. Our guests were treated well and had their food brought to them.

I downloaded the script from merrimysteries.com so I didn't have to get too creative on my own. Preparations were hard enough! This girl on the left had an authentic English accent, she having lived in England for 4 years. She put my attempts, and some others', to shame! Germans are taught British English here and so their English came out naturally sounding all spiffy.

Ben played our rich, handsome murder victim and was the star of the night. He hammed it up, and made us all laugh, just like usual! The joke of the night, however, came as we discussed how it would appear if someone walked into our party. If they knew we were Mormons, they might just think Ben was having dinner with all of his many wives!

We had a lot of fun. I think in another life, I would've liked to have become a professional party planner!