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Here we Go with Upcoming Events!!

We have a lot of great events coming up so we will give you details on the events in February.

Feliciana's Spring Seminar Series

February 6, @ 6:00-8:30pm

Backyard Fruit Growing (Dr. Charles Johnson)

Plant Propagation (Andre Brock)

February 13, @ 6:00-8:30pm

Composting Basics (Bob Souvestre)

Tree Pruning for Homeowners (Brian Chandler)

Free admission, Door Prizes and Refreshments provided. Seminars will be held at Folkes' Campus in Jackson.

For more information call Andre Brock 635-3614

Music at The Mag

February 3, Gary Bello

February 10, MoJo Mud

February 17, Fugitive Poets

February 24, Delta Drifters

Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site

Month of February, 10 am-4 pm. In celebration of Black History Month, Rosedown will mount a display in the gift shop conference room honoring the lives and accomplishments of African-Americans. The exhibit will feature pictures, brief biographies and music of African-Americans who had an influence on history.

Saturday, February 11, Rosedown will be hosting the 7th Louisiana Civil War re-enactment group, as they begin their 2012 season. The group will be presenting a Civil War-era winter encampment on the grounds of the plantation, and throughout the day will demonstrate typical camp activities, as well as presenting military drills such as marching, patrolling, and military maneuvers. The 7th Louisiana re-enactors are best known locally for their participation in the popular annual re-enactment of the historic Civil War Siege of Port Hudson. The Port Hudson Siege took place during the spring and summer months of 1863 and remains the longest military siege in the history of the United States. The annual Port Hudson Siege re-enactment is scheduled for the weekend of March 24-25, on the grounds of Port Hudson State Historic Site.

Journey Stories

February 12, - March 19, 2012

St. Francisville is now making preparations to host the travelling Smithsonian Institution exhibit called Journey Stories, which opens the first week in February in the West Feliciana Historical Society's museum/visitor center on Ferdinand Street right in the heart of St. Francisville's National Register Historic District.

This fascinating exhibition has been designed to encourage small towns across the country to examine in depth just who we are and how we got here, revealing nationwide migration patterns as early pioneers braved the perils of travel in the days of dangerous ocean shipwrecks and riverboat sinkings, runaway teams and overturned wagons on rude rutted dirt tracks, plus pirates and outlaws, wild animals and wild Indians.

As compelling as these national records are, the localized ones are even more so. St. Francisville certainly had some unique settlement routes, from the Mississippi River bringing early Anglo pioneers to an area that reminded them of the rolling hills of the Old Country, to the sunken traces worn deep into the loessial soils by horse-drawn coaches and covered wagons, to the country's earliest standard-gauge railroad line.

Anytime throughout the 6 weeks Journey Stories will be in St.Francisville a Drive Through History (CD Driving Tour) will be available at the Museum; 11757 Ferdinand St. For more information please call Helen Williams at 225-635-6330

Saturday, February 11, 2012 @ 11:00 AM

Walking Tour of Jewish History?Rebecca Kastil conducts the tour that highlights significant contributions of St. Francisville's early Jewish immigrants. The tour begins at the old Julius Freyhan School, 4727 Fidelity St.

Saturday, February 11, 2012 @ 3:30PM

Rachel O'Connor's World-A one Woman Play?Kathryn Ward portrays Rachel O'Connor and presents the life of one determined Feliciana plantation owner. The play will be at Oakley located at Audubon State Historic Site, 11788 Hwy 965.

Sunday, February 12, 2012 @ 2:00

Grand Opening Reception?The reception is at the West Feliciana Historical Society Museum, 11757 Ferdinand St., hosted by the Women's Service League; it kicks off the opening of the Journey Stories Smithsonian Exhibit, sponsored by the West Feliciana Historical Society. The exhibit stays up until March 19 and is free and open to the public.

Saturday, February 18, 2012 @10am

Feliciana Filmmakers: Student Oral History Projects at the West Feliciana Historical Society Museum

Saturday, February 25, 2012 @10am

Feliciana Filmmakers: Student Oral History Projects at the West Feliciana Historical Society Museum

Saturday, February 25, 2012 @2pm

Presentation: Louisiana's Native Americans by Margo Soule at Old Market Hall on Royal St.

Sunday, February 26, 2012 @2pm

Dr. Irene S. DiMaio Gerstacker's Louisiana: Fiction and Travel Sketches from Antebellum Times through Reconstruction. Reception hosted by St. Francisville United Methodist Church at Old Market Hall on Royal St.

6^th Annual Celebration of Writers and Readers

Saturday February 25, 2012 from 8:30am until 2:30pm at Hemingbough Conference Center.

This year's authors will be:

Valerie Martin, Orange Prize for Literature for Property, other works are The Confessions of Edward Day and Mary Reilly. (made into a movie starring Julia Roberts).

Rodger Kamanetz, poet and non-fiction writer and author of 10 books, internationally acclaimed for The Jew in Lotus; other works are Burnt Books and The History of Last Nights Dream, Terra Infima plus five books of poetry.

Mona Lisa Savoy, PhD, poet, collected poems in Red Beans and Ricely Yours.

Tom Aswell, journalist and music historian, Louisiana Rocks: The True Genesis of Rock and Roll.

Feliciana Green Festival

Saturday ? February 25 @ the West Feliciana Parish Sports Park

A family style bike ride is planned leaving the Sports Park around 11:30am heading to Imahara's Botanical Gardens through downtown and back to the Sports Park. A Mustard Green Cooking Contest, educational information on recycling, solar, wind and water power, food, music and beverages as well as a Ms. Mustard Green Queen Contest.

Lots of fun and a fundraiser for the West Feliciana Food Bank. For more information call Z Dave Deloach 933-9585

Looking into March brings

Journey Stories until March 18, 2012

St. Francisville Symphony Chamber III March 9, 2012

Main Streets of Louisiana Book Signing March 16, 2012

Audubon Pilgrimage March 16, 17 & 18, 2012

St. Francisville Spring Stroll and Art Show March 31, 2012

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St. Francisville, La. Jan-Feb 2012 Press Release

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Plantation Country Romance: February in St. Francisville is for Lovers
By Anne Butler

When Martha Barrow of Highland Plantation returned to the St. Francisville area after completing her education at Madame Legoin's fashionable educational institute in Philadelphia, she was 18 and in the sweet bloom of youth. She quickly caught the eye of handsome planter Daniel Turnbull, ten years her senior. Writing of the relationship some years hence, one of their granddaughters would say, "A mutual romance immediately commenced, little Cupid cast his darts and their hearts that instant caught the sunshine they through life had sought." They were joined in matrimony in 1828 and their descendants for generations would occupy their magnificent home called Rosedown, now a state historic site where the wedding of the Turnbull's daughter Sarah is regularly reenacted.

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Early Travels to St. Francisville, LA, Led to Some Lurid Descriptions
by Anne Butler
Flatboat on the River

The four-laning of US Highway 61 and the new Mississippi River Bridge make it easy to reach St. Francisville these days, but in the 19th century, travels to this picturesque little Mississippi River village were fraught with perils and gave rise to some spectacularly gruesome newspaper dispatches.

In February, as the West Feliciana Historical Society museum, on Ferdinand St. in St. Francisville, hosts the travelling Smithsonian Institute exhibit called Journey Stories, the focus is on who we are and how we got here. St. Francisville and its now-vanished sister city Bayou Sara beneath the bluffs have got some fascinating tales to tell in this regard.

Full Article

Previous Articles by Anne Butler...

ST. FRANCISVILLE'S CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY, by Anne Butler Full Artilce

SMITHSONIAN SHOW IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, by Anne Butler Full Article

FALL IS WELCOMED WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA by Anne Butler Full Artilce

UNIQUE WILDLIFE REFUGE IN ST. FRANCISVILLE AREA by Anne Butler Full Article

ST. FRANCISVILLE AREA'S FABULOUS HISTORIC FURNISHINGS BEING INVENTORIED by Anne Butler Full Article

ST. FRANCISVILLE NOTED FOR ITS UNIQUE CULINARY HISTORY by Anne Butler Full Article

Above articles are available for press/promotional use only. High resolution photographs to accompany these articles are available by request. Contact Patrick Walsh by EMAIL or calling (800) 488-6502

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New Year's Schedule

Happy New Year in St. Francisville

Here is the schedule for the upcoming New Year's Weekend.

All Accommodations will be open December 30, 31 and January 1, 2012 except Greenwood Plantation B&B.

Restaurants Schedule:

Audubon Café ? closed December 30, 31 and January 1

Birdman ? open December 30 and close at noon on December 31, closed on January 1

Blue Horse Saloon ? open December 30 and 31 from 4pm until 2am closed on January 1

Carriage House ? open December 30, open until 9pm on December 31 and closed on January 1

Cozy Corner Bistro ? open December 30 and until 5pm on December 31 closed on January 1

East Dragon ? open December 30, close early on December 31, closed on January 1

Feliciana Seafood open December 30, 31 and January 1 but no deli service

Magnolia Café open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

Oxbow ? open December 30, 31 and closed January 1

Que Pasa open December 30, closed December 31 and January 1

Sonny's Pizza ? open December 30, and 31, closed January 1

South of the Border ? open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

The Bluffs ? open December 30 and 31 on the 31^st from 8:00pm til 1:00am New Years Eve Special

$65.00 a person or $125.00 a couple Reservations requested.

Wing It Grill ? open December 30, closed December 31, and January 1

The Wine Parlor ? open December 30, 31 and January 1

Shops Schedule:

A Few of My Favorite Things open December 30 and until 2pm on December 31, closed January 1

Backwoods Gallery open December 30 and until 2pm on December 31, closed January 1

Bohemianville Antiques open December 30 and until 2pm on December 31, closed January 1

Grandmothers Buttons open December 30 and until 2pm on December 31, closed January 1

Harrington Gallery open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

Hillcrest open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

Ins & Outs open December 30 and until 2pm on December 31, closed January 1

St. Francis Arts and Antiques open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

Sage Hill open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

Shanty Too open December 30, close early December 31, closed January 1

Angola Museum will be closed December 30, 31 and January 1

Rosedown and Oakley will be open December 30 and 31, closed January 1

West Feliciana Parish Sheriffs Office and St. Francisville Police Department will take you home if you

need a ride please remember to not drink and drive.

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Christmas Schedules

We would like to wish everyone and Merry and Safe Christmas and Holiday Season.

This issue of happenings will let you know the Christmas Schedule for our local businesses.

Worship Services on Wednesday, December 21, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at St. Francisville United Methodist Church, 9862 Royal St., St. Francisville:

December 21 - Longest Night Worship - 6:00 p.m.

This service is for anyone grieving a loss of any kind this Christmas season or want to support someone who is grieving.

December 24- Christmas Eve Worship

Candlelight and Holy Communion

4:00 p.m. (children will sing)

6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

December 25 - Christmas Day Worship -10:00 a.m.

Casual service and Blessing of the Toys

Accommodations Schedule:

Barrow House ? closed December 23, 24 and 25

Best Western ? open December 23, 24 and 25

Butler Greenwood Plantation ? open December 23, 24 and 25

Cottage Plantation ? closed December 23, 24 and 25

Greenwood Plantation ? closed December 23, 24 and 25

Hemingbough open December 23 and 24, closed December 25

Lake Rosemound Inn ? open December 23,24 and 25

Lamplighter Suites ? open December 23, 24 and 25

Lodge at the Bluffs ? open December 23, 24 and 25

Magnolia 3-V Tourist Court ? open December 23, 24 and 25

Magnuson Hotel open December 23, 24 and 25

Myrtles Plantation ? open December 23 closed December 24 and 25

Peaceful Pines ? open December 23, 24 and 25

ShadeTree ? open December 23, 24 and 25

St. Francisville Inn open December 23, closed December 24 and 25

Restaurants Schedule:

Audubon Café ? open December 23, closed December 24 and 25

Birdman ? open December 23 and til noon on December 24, closed on December 25

Blue Horse Saloon ? open December 23 and 24 from 4pm until 6pm and closed December 25

Carriage House ? open December 23, closed December 24 and 25

Cozy Corner Bistro ? open on December 23 and until 5pm on December 24, closed on December 25

East Dragon ? open December 23, will close early on December 24 and closed December 25

Feliciana Seafood ? open December 23, 24 and no deli service on December 25

Magnolia Café ? open December 23, closed December 24 and 25

Oxbow ? open December 23, closed December 24, 25 and 26

Que Pasa ? open December 23, closed December 24, 25 and 26

Sonnys Pizza ? open December 23 and 24, closed on December 25

South of the Border open December 23, closed December 24 and 25

The Bluffs Restaurant open December 23 and 24 until 3pm, closed December 25

Wing It Grill open December 23, closed December 24 and 25

The Wine Parlor open December 23 and 24 until 2pm, closed December 25

Shops Schedule:

A Few of My Favorite Things open December 23 and til 2pm on the 24, closed December 25

Backwoods Gallery open December 23, and til 2pm on the 24, closed December 25

Bayou Pickers open December 23

Bohemianville Antiques open December 23 and til 2pm on the 24, closed on December 25

Border Imports open December 23 and til 2pm on the 24, closed on December 25

Grandmothers Buttons open December 23 and til 2pm on the 24, closed December 25

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Christmas in the Country

CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY ? DECEMBER 2, 3 & 4, 2011

FRIDAY-DECEMBER 2, 2011

1:00pm-5:00pm Women's Service League will sell Fresh Wreaths and Plantation Country (Pre-wrapped) Cookbooks-Ferdinand St
5:30pm-First Baptist Church Children's Choir will sing on the front porch of Town Hall - Ferdinand Street
6:00pm- West Feliciana Middle School Choir ? will sing on the front lawn of the Town Hall ? Ferdinand Street
Mayor Billy D'Aquilla will light the Town of St. Francisville Christmas Tree and will host a Welcome Reception, Fireworks and a special visitor to make that Christmas Wish to!!!
7:00pm- Baton Rouge Symphony and Dessert Reception at HEMINGBOUGH. Tickets available at Bank of St.Francisville.

Check out the downtown shops.

SATURDAY-DECEMBER 3, 2011

7:30am - Prayer Breakfast at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
              Breakfast with St. Nick at Jackson Hall at Grace Episcopal Church brought to you by the Women's Service League
8:00am &, 9:30am - two seatings available. Reservations encouraged. Tickets are $6.00. Tickets may be purchased online at www.womensserviceleague.com or call Doughty Varnedoe (225) 718-3847 or email varnedoes@bellsouth.net
9:00am-5:00pm ? Women's Service League - Fresh Wreath & Plantation Country Cookbook Sale ? Ferdinand St
9:30am-10:30am ? West Feliciana High School Performance Choir ? United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
10:00am - Bains Lower Elementary Choir ? Voices in Motion Town Hall Front Porch - Ferdinand Street
10:00am-2:00pm - Lyrical Quartet will stroll along Ferdinand and Royal Streets
10:00am - 4:00pm ?Parker Park ?FOOD, VENDORS, SPACEWALK and MUSIC Homemade Items- Jewelry, Photographs, Honey, Paintings, t-shirts, Calendars, Hair Bows and much, much more.
10:00am ? 4:00pm New St. Luke Baptist Church Music Ministry Cookbook Sale ? Town Hall ? Ferdinand St.
10:00am-4pm- Christmas at Oakley Plantation ? Annual Holiday Festival Highway 965
11:00am ? 11:45am - West Feliciana High School Beginning & Advanced Choir - Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
11:30am-4:00pm ? The Williams Singers, Second Chance, New Beach Grove Baptist Church Male Chorus and The Sensational Soul Searchers will be performing on the Town Hall Front Porch on Ferdinand St.
11:30am - Junior Jazzercise Demonstration- Ferdinand St.
Noon-4:00pm - Angola Inmate Traveling Band ? across from Garden Symposium Park
Noon-2:00pm - Main Street Band in Parker Memorial Park
2:00pm ? Women's Service League present the Christmas Parade ? Rolling on the River - along Ferdinand and Commerce Sts Chanel Lemelle 505-6600

6:00pm- Community Sing A Long Methodist Church Royal Street
6:00pm-8:00pm -Live Nativity First Baptist Church on Highway 10 & 61

6:00pm-8:00pm-Christmas at Oakley ? Candlelight Tours, periodic music and wassail ? Highway 965



SUNDAY-DECEMBER 4, 2011

11:00am-5:00pm ? Women's Service League - Fresh Wreath & Plantation Country Cookbook Sale- Ferdinand Street


Check out the downtown shops for late night shopping. Check out the back for the Store Specials during the Weekend.

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