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Poydras Home's 6th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival was held on Thursday, December 5th
Poydras Home’s 6th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival was held on Thursday evening December 5th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in our spacious 1857 Hall. This year, our headliner live music was the iconic, beloved, New Orleans favorite CHARMAINE NEVILLE!
Poydras Home 2024 Sixth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival Sponsors
2024 Tree Sponsors
- Hancock Whitney Bank
- Anne and Bobby Swayze
- In Memory of Martha Anne Treen
2024 Lights Sponsor
- Lucy and Kell Riess
2024 Tree Top Sponsors
- Caroline and Bob Brickman
- In Memory of Roger Worlock
- Nell Lanier
- Charlie and Kirk Reasonover
- Robert Saer
- In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Saer
- USI Insurance Services, LLC
- The Vinson Family
- Ginger Weichert-Gundlach
- In Honor of Johanna Weichert
2024 Decorations Sponsors
- Anonymous
- In Memory of Eleanor Armstrong
- Gail Asprodites
- Morris Bart
- Penny Baumer
- Bellwether Technology Corporation
- Joe Bucher and Kathryn Lichtenberg
- Carver Darden
- CommCare Corporation
- Mary Demmas
- In Memory of Con Demmas
- Vaughn and Doug Downing
- Favorites Promotional Products & Apparel
- Carla H. Fishman
- Gaye Frederic
- Frischhertz Electric Co., Inc.
- Claire and Derby Gisclair
- In Memory of Maurice J. Picheloup, III
- Hardie and Johnson Wealth Management / Merrill Lynch Global Wealth and Investment Management
- Lesley Hardin
- HUB International
- Claire and Larry Jacobi
- In Memory of Larry Robert
- LeGlue & Company CPAs, LLC
- Janis Gissel Letourneau, MD
- Becky & Tommy McGoey
- In Memory of Pat and Joe Norton
- Dianne McGraw
- Lynne and Stephen Meade
- In Memory of Butty and Betty Lou Tranchina
- Dr. and Mrs. Brian and Kristin Moore
- Gwynne Moser
- Edith Mossy
- Mullin
- Payactiv
- Pontchartrain Materials Corp., L.L.C.
- Elizabeth Ryan
- Terry Salassi and Family
- Gene Shapiro and William Murray
- In Honor of Nanette Shapiro
- Michele Triche
- Triton Healthcare, Inc.
- UKG
2024 Festival Gifts
- John Allen and Lynn Gutknecht
- In Memory of Lena Gutknecht
- A-MED Ambulance Service
- In Honor of Frank Macera Founder
- Julia Ary
- Bettye and Mike Bagot
- Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bargas
- Suzanne Butler and Mark Klyza
- Joanna L. Diboll
- Marigny Dupuy
- In Honor of Claire Clark
- Jane Fink
- In Honor of Darrell Fink
- Ashton R. Hardy
- In Memory of Alice Baumbach Hardy
- Laine B. Harper
- Laurie Hienz
- In Honor of Eugenia Elliott
- In Memory of Michael F. Hienz
- Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones
- Judy Kron
- The Lagarde and Jurgens Families
- In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Perret
- Judy and Wiley Lastrapes
- In Honor of Wiley Lastrapes
- In Memory of Sally Cockerham
- Charles B. Maginnis, IV
- In Memory of Gladys Maginnis
- Margo Moss
- Julia Navar
- Page T. Nelson
- In Memory of Phyllis Thompson
- Ernest and Mina O’Bannon
- In Honor of Maurice Garsaud
- In Memory of Fleta Garsaud
- Lydia Rose
- In Memory of Earl Rose
- Isabel W. Sanders
- Sherri Schaefler
- Margie Scheuermann
- In Memory of Milton Scheuermann
- Leslee Shapiro
- Brenda Smith
- Laura St. Clair
- Mary Ann St. John
- Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones
- Nancy Turner
- Dr. and Mrs. Herbert W. VanHorn, III
- In Memory of Gladys B. “Teetsie” VanHorn
- Laurie T. Waggener
- In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Tranchina
- Blair L. Wehrmann
- In Memory of Robert Rice Wehrmann
- Jackie and Richard Yancey
- In Honor of Jackie Ryan
2024 In-Kind Festival Sponsor
- Barnes Electric in-kind gift of equipment and labor to assemble and disassemble Poydras Home’s 30-foot outdoor holiday tree seasonally
- Creole Creamery in-kind gift of artisan ice cream served at our event
2024 Entertainment
- Charmaine Neville Band
Relive Poydras Home's Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival through St. Charles Avenue Magazine's coverage of our signature fundraiser event!
St. Charles Avenue Magazine June 2024 issue Poydras Home article
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