JULEPS IN JUNE!
Juleps in June, 2008, which took place at the residence of Patricia Strachan, 1134 First Street, attracted a full house of Faulkner Society patrons, who were greeted with mint juleps in traditional silver cups by Ms. Strachan and the party committee, including Faulkner Society chairman Anne Simms Pincus and co-founders Rosemary James and Joseph DeSalvo, Jr. The Strachan residence is a large Garden District property and guests congregated on the veranda, in the mansion, and in the extensive gardens, enjoying food catered by Elizabeth Cox of At Your Service, with music by the Nifty Fifties band.
2008's Honored authors were T. J. Fisher, 
author of Hearsay From Heaven & Hades, and
Karen Essex, author of the bestselling novel, Stealing Athena.
A lovely portrait of Mr. Faulkner, created by well known New Orleans portrait artist Mary Soniat, was to have been auctioned at Juleps in June, 2008. Because the crowd was large and widely dispersed over the Strachan property, a decision was made to reserve the painting for auction at a later event.
We offer our sincere thanks to the 2008 gala committee, including Honorary Chairman Patricia Strachan, who generously allowed the Faulkner Society to use her residence for the event, and Gala co-chairs Anne Simms Pincus, who currently is chairman of the Executive Board of the Faulkner Society; board member, Sandra Trout Wilson, who chairs the Advisory Council Advisory Council members Louis Wilson, Peter Raarup; and volunteers Sarah Hershberger, Gabriela Hernandez, and Lacey Kearney.
Take a look at all the fun from this year's Juleps in June: CLICK HERE! to visit our Juleps in June Scrapbook!
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Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116 phone: (504) 586-1609 or (504) 525-5615 fax: (504) 522-9725 info@wordsandmusic.org |
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