Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society
The Trolley will run in a continual circle around Margaret Place and the Civic Center from 9:45 - 5:00. Because the option of J&R Carriage is available at the Civic Center, we strongly encourage parking at the Civic Center.
Permission has been secured from the property owners below to utilize their parking lots on Palm Sunday.
While many of our procedures are different, this video is excellent, especially as it pertains to the home.
Note: In Lake Charles, we do not use a registration desk. Docents report directly to their assigned house 15 minutes prior to their shift. Our shifts are two hours VS the three hours mentioned in this video.
One thing the joint-committee coordinating the 37th Annual Palm Sunday Tour of Homes knows is that the Southwest Louisiana and Convention Bureau (CVB) knows what it is doing! As a result, when CVB representative Tico Soto sent an e-mail to the event chair asking "what about a lemonade stand?" an e-mail was immediately sent out to the Margaret Place community.
Within hours, a Charlie Brown type lemonade stand was in the works and the cookie making and staffing began! (You gotta love the spirit of Margaret Place!) And, the commonality between Benedictine Monks and Margaret Place was born!
A huge thanks to Thrive Magazine for running a two page story about Palm Sunday Weekend in their latest issue! Check out page 34 and 35! Click on "Read More", then click on "expand" for reader friendly version. Impressive!
J&R Carriage will offer their popular carriage rides to/from the Civic Center and Margaret Place and within Margaret Place as part of our Palm Sunday Tour of Homes!
Two pricing options are available:
The carriages will be located in the same general location as the Trolley stop at the Civic Center.
Read more …J&R Carriage to Offer Carriage Rides Palm Sunday!
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Allstate/Dean D. Day,
LUTCF, Exclusive Agent
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Arts and Humanities Council
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Calcasieu Parish Police Jury |
Knight Media Printing | |
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Phyllis & Billy Loftin and
Loftin Cain & LeBlanc
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Willie Mount | |
| Sheila and Drew Ranier | Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitor’s Bureau |
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| Ada Vincent |
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When Sheila and Drew Ranier agreed to put their beautiful Wilson Avenue home and gardens on this year's Palm Sunday tour, one of the first conditions was that Karen Miller would have to be in charge of the docents!
As a CHPS member, Karen's experience at "docenting" is significant. She approaches the organization of these important volunteers from the perspective of one who has served as a docent multiple times as well as one who has had her home on the tour twice! In fact, when her home was last on the tour, long time friend Sheila Ranier was one of her docents.
Karen and Sheila are pictured here at the gate to the gardens after reviewing details for the the Palm Sunday Tour. Those relaxed smiles are a result of dotting their "i's" and crossing their "t's".
Read more …Salute to Ranier Head Docent for Palm Sunday, Karen Miller!
The fabulous Gingham Ladies will once again provide assistance during the Palm Sunday Tour of Homes.
Dressed in their trademark gingham outfits, they will assist with ticket sales at the high profile gates located at Shell Beach and Park, Dr. Micahel DeBakey and Harrison, and at ICCS.
When you start seeing our beautiful Palm Sunday Tour of Homes posters downtown, chances are they were arranged by local attorney Leslie Knox! Here, she is shown placing a KMI created poster on her office door in downtown Lake Charles.
Leslie is a resident of the Margaret Place Historical District (MPHD) and serves on the MPHD Board of Directors as well as the Joint Committee that is working to deliver the varied activiites for Palm Sunday Weekend, 2012.
In addition to her work with the MPHD and the Joint Committee, Leslie has agreed to place her Landmark Home, The H.D. White Home, on the Sunday Tour of Homes.
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