She attended a school taught by Sister Marguerite. There was plenty of time for play. Helped by the sisters, the ten Shaker girls put on plays. In New England , five Shaker communities remain open today, including Sabbathday Lake in Maine, where the eight remaining Shakers live. Canterbury opens for daily guided tours May through October.
All villages feature a multitude of festivals and demonstrations.
Kirkpatrick drew headshakes for stilt-walking and vaulting down the stairs. But, as disciplinarians, Shakers were softies. She shoveled snow and swept floors. She left at age 18, but returned every year for Marguerite s birthday. Today, as he probed the remains of a blacksmith s shop, he told us what his excavations have revealed.