Old Edwards Holiday Style Week 2009 will kick off the Highlands holiday season November 16-19 with tips, techniques, shows and expos on everything from great food and wine to chic holiday fashions and décor. In the Holiday Entertaining Expo and Wine Lunch at The Farm on Wednesday, November 18, guests will participate in a hands-on learning experience with Chef Johannes Klapdohr, as he creates Five Festive Hors D’oeuvres—Old Edwards Style—to be devoured by attendees. A full wine lunch will follow with wine pairings by Sommelier Curt Christiansen.

SUMMER STYLE WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Monday, November 16
Healthy Beauty and Life Balance
The Spa at Old Edwards
10 am to 1 pm
$25

• 10:00 am
o Joyful Movement – Having a strong and balanced body can make you feel good about yourself and your life. It conveys to others that you value yourself. This contributes to long-term stress relief and adds healthy years to you life. Enjoy an elixir from Bali to balance the body mind and spirit.
• 11:15 am
o Healthy Choices for Glowing Skin – The importance of cleansing to prepare the skin to absorb 600 times the moisture and nourishment of your products. Product tips and sampling.
• 12:30 pm
o Nourish and Hydrate – Spa cuisine lunch featuring nourishing soup and sandwiches. Healthy digestion is a must to get the most from your meals. Health soups are filled with fiber antioxidants and vitamins help your body combat the stresses of life.
 Move your body to enhance your life
 Glowing skin begins with clean skin
 What you put on the inside reflects on the outside

Tuesday, November 17
Holiday Forals & Décor with Champagne
2 pm to 4 pm
The Farm at Old Edwards
Tickets are $60 and cover a champagne greeting and a special holiday decoration
Limited Space, Call 828-787-2625 to make your reservation

Set among the natural seasonal splendor of The Farm at Old Edwards Kirk Moore, Oakleaf Flower and Garden guru, will pique and tweak your creative holiday bliss. Kirk will share his favorite decorating secrets that will turn your home into a holiday haven. Using supplies provided, you will take away a special holiday decoration that you will make with Kirk's help. A favorite part of the event will be the "holiday speed round" where you will learn to make quick decorations for that last minute party.

Wednesday, November 18
Holiday Entertaining Expo with Wine Lunch
11 am to 3 pm
The Farm at Old Edwards
$75 Per Person for Champagne Arrival with Lunch and Wine, and Seminar
Limited Space, Call 828-787-2625 to make your reservation.

Join Chef Johannes Klapdohr for a hands-on learning experience featuring Five Fabulous Hors D’oeuvres for the holidays with wine pairings by Curt Christiansen. Enjoy lunch and Q&A with Chef and Curt, and take home recipes so you can entertain in Old Edwards style.

Thursday, November 19
Holiday Fashion Show and High Tea
3 pm
Hummingbird Lounge
$25 Per Person, Includes High Tea and Fashion Show
Wine, Beer and Cocktails Available for Purchase
Limited Space, Call 828-787-2625 to make your reservation.

A new Old Edwards tradition, the Holiday Fashion Show 2009 will help you express yourself in style for your holiday events. The Hummingbird Lounge at Old Edwards will once again play host to this festive event. At a high tea, guests will “oo” and “ah” as our stylish models sashay through the Hummingbird wearing the season’s most desired fashions. Followed by a Champagne gathering in Acorn’s.

Participants to any Holiday Style Week event enjoy 15% discount on lodging that week and 10% discount at Acorns, Madison’s, the Spa Boutique, and Oakleaf Flower and Garden—making it easy, fun and affordable to entertain in high style!

About Old Edwards Hospitality Group: (www.oldedwardsinn.com) The Old Edwards Hospitality Group encompasses The Old Edwards Inn and Spa in Highlands, NC, as well as The Old Edwards Club—a private club that features a professionally designed golf course, outdoor heated mineral pool, tennis courts, a fitness center, clubhouse and pro shop. Also introduced in 2009 was Satulah, Old Edwards Private Residences, which includes 14 luxury mountain homes just two blocks of Main Street, Highlands. The Mobil Four-Star, AAA Four-Diamond resort is located at 445 Main Street in Highlands, NC. Also included in the Old Edwards Experience are a Mobil Four-Star wellness spa, Madison’s Restaurant and Wine Garden, The Farm at Old Edwards special events and wedding facility, Acorn’s and Acorn’s Annex upscale retail shops, and The Rib Shack & Sports Corner. Madison’s Restaurant and Wine Garden has won the Wine Spectator “Award of Excellence” every year since 2005 and the “Best Of” award in 2008 and 2009.