Our Family: April 2007

The Pageant

The queen's court(there is a pageant queen every year)
Sorry the pic didn't turn out so well but gives you an idea

This section of the pageant was Natchez
Under the Hill. My understanding that it
was kinda the red light part of the city.

The gentleman to the very left
is Uncle Bryant Reed. He played the part of
the captain and sang two songs and did a little dancing too :-)(with
the barroom girls)

The King and Queen of the pageant.
There are two clubs. The Natchez Garden Club and
the Pilgrimage Garden club. They each have their own king and queen
who reign for two weeks each during the pageant. It is a by-invitation-only club.
Tere were only a couple of black pople in the pageant and NO black people came to watch it.

The Natchez Pageant

The Spring Pilgrimage was going on while we
were down there so we were able to attend
The Natchez Pageant which was really neat.

These little ones were going around small maypoles
then sat down on the steps to watch the older children

These are the older children dancing around
the maypole

Aren't they adorable!

Gramp and Micah

Nana and Lissy

Lissy on the patio at Dunleith

Dunleith

The diningroom- You can see the wallpaper best if you look in the mirror
(which btw is made of crushed diamonds). This wallpaper is one of the four rooms in the
WORLD to have it. Needless to say, it is PRICELESS!!!!

The Sideboard- Isn't it beautiful!

Granny in the double parlor

Granny relaxing on one of the many rocking chairs on
the veranda at Dunleith

The house was surrounded on
two sides by long, wide, double verandas

Oh if only houses could tell stories.......

Stanton Hall- We didn't tour this one, as
we had already toured it a couple of years ago

Ravennaside- This wasn't an Ante-bellum home.
It was built in 1902 but I thought it was really pretty

Dunleith, Circa 1856- This one was really neat. I'll include
more pictures of the interior soon. This is the only mansion we
toured while we were there.

These stairs are from 17--. The ladies used
them to step out of their carriages. I guess that
tells you how solid marble is. It's been out in the wind
and rain all these years and didn't look any more
shabby than most of the houses that have been built in the last
50 years.