Thursday, November 4, 2010

Happenings

It is getting chilly bundle up and get ready for November. 
 
Thursday-November 4, 2010
 
Grandmothers Buttons is hosting their Open House tonight starting at 5:30pm.  They are celebrating their 25th Anniversary.  Tonight would be a great way to kick off your Holiday Shopping. 
 
Tuesday-November 9, 2010
 
St. Francisville Rotary is hosting the 1st Vino in the Ville at the Bluffs from 6:30pm-9:30pm.  This is a great fundraiser and is sounds like a lot of fun.  There is an auction, door prizes and wine tasting. 
 
Saturday-November 13, 2010
 
Audubon State Historic Site presents Life on the Frontier from 10am until 4pm.  This program is a glimpse into our areas past and a chance for the visitor to reach out and touch their history.  It celebrates the Bicentennial of the 1810 West Florida Rebellion ..... the second American Revolution.  For more information 635-3739.
 
Saturday-November 20, 2010
 
Community Market Day in Parker Park.  Looking for that handmade unqiue gift come out to the Community Market from 9am until 1pm.  We will have Kevin Johnson singing from 10am until Noon and Ms. Timi Polan will have her Junior Jazzercise girls dancing at 12:30pm.  We will have baked goods, art, pottery, jewelry, arrow heads, produce and much more.  For more information call Laurie Walsh 635-3873.
 
Rosedown State Historic Site continues their Living History Demonstrations Series - visitors to Rosedown are invited to join Sasha Trana as she introduces historic arts, activities and crafts that are little seen today.  The "Lost Art" featured this month is Down Hearth Cooking: The Rosedown Thanksgiving Menu.  During the program, visitors will get a glimpse into how meals were prepared before the invention of electric or gas stoves or microwave ovens.  For the program Sasha will prepare an authentic 19th century southern Thanksgiving menu using down-hearth cooking equipment.  The demonstration will take place in the Old Kitchen Outbuilding behind the main house between 11am and 2pm.
 
Look forward to:
 
Christmas in the Country December 3, 4, & 5, 2010
Baton Rouge Symphony-tickets at the Bank of St. Francisville
Friends of the Library Tour of Homes - 635-3364
Breakfast with St. Nick - Heidi Pittman 721-3563
Christmas Parade - Chanel Lemelle 505-6600
Shop the Night Away December 9 & 16, 2010
 
Remember this is the time to show our local business owners how much we appreciate their hard work and determination.  Beat the traffic, Shop St Francisville.  We have some great treasures.
 
 

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West Feliciana Parish Tourist Commission
800-789-4221 or 225-635-4224


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