Mississippi Delta Literary Tour

LITERARY TOUR SCHEDULE

MONDAY, APRIL 4
YAZOO CITY: Willie Morris
Noon Registration--Alluvian Lobby
1:00 p.m. Depart for Yazoo City--Richie Caldwell, tour guide
JoAnne Prichard Morris, special guest
Tour homesite, library, cemetery, etc.
5:00 p.m. Depart Yazoo City, arrive back in Greenwood by 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Cocktails on your own at Giardina's bar or Free Time
7:30 p.m. Blues & BBQ Dinner--Viking Training Center
Spooney's Bar-Be-Que
Crystal Grill pies
Live Delta Blues (The Givens Brothers)

TUESDAY, April 5
GREENVILLE: Greenville Writers
8:00 a.m. Alluvian Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Depart for Greenville--Jimmy Thomas, tour guide
11:00 a.m. Talk given by Kenneth Holditch at the William Alexander Percy Library
Noon Lunch--Place TBA
"The History of Greenville," talk given by HughMcCormick
1:30 p.m. Greenville Tour led by Mary Dayle McCormick
3:00 p.m. Greenville Cemetery Tour led by Princella Wilkerson Nowell
2:30 p.m. Reception at McCormick Book Inn with Hugh McCormick
Readings by Julia Reed
5:00 p.m. Depart for Greenwood
6:30 p.m. Free Time
7:30 p.m. Dinner at Lusco's in Greenwood
"The Cefalu Connection," talk given by Amy Evans

WEDNESDAY, April 6
CLARKSDALE: Tennessee Williams
8:00 a.m. Alluvian Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Depart for Delta Tour led by Luther Brown
Greenwood to Cleveland, with stop at Delta State University Library
Noon Lunch at Madidi--Clarksdale
Gospel Music--Coahoma Community College Choir
1:30 p.m. Talk by Kenneth Holditch at Cutrer Mansion
2:30 p.m Tour Tennessee Williams sites, including St. George's Episcopal Church, and visit various blues sites, including Delta Blues Museum and Cat Head
4:30 p.m. Depart for Greenwood
7:00 p.m. Tour of Delta art at the Alluvian, led by William Dunlap
Maude Schuyler Clay, special guest
7:30 p.m. Dinner at Giardina's in Greenwood

THURSDAY, APRIL 7
OXFORD CONFERENCE FOR THE BOOK OR BUST!
8:00 a.m. Alluvian Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Depart for Oxford (1.5 hours)
Oxford Conference for the Book, dedicated to Flannery O'Connor
On the University of Mississippi campus, April 7-9

*All events subject to change.


					LITERARY TOUR SCHEDULE MONDAY, APRIL 4 YAZOO CITY: Willie Morris Noon Registration--Alluvian Lobby 1:00 p.m. Depart for Yazoo City--Richie Caldwell, tour guide JoAnne Prichard Morris, special guest Tour homesite, library, cemetery, etc. 5:00 p.m. Depart Yazoo City, arrive back in Greenwood by 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Cocktails on your own at Giardina's bar or Free Time 7:30 p.m. Blues & BBQ Dinner--Viking Training Center Spooney's Bar-Be-Que Crystal Grill pies Live Delta Blues (The Givens Brothers) TUESDAY, April 5 GREENVILLE: Greenville Writers 8:00 a.m. Alluvian Breakfast 9:00 a.m. Depart for Greenville--Jimmy Thomas, tour guide 11:00 a.m. Talk given by Kenneth Holditch at the William Alexander Percy Library Noon Lunch--Place TBA "The History of Greenville," talk given by HughMcCormick 1:30 p.m. Greenville Tour led by Mary Dayle McCormick 3:00 p.m. Greenville Cemetery Tour led by Princella Wilkerson Nowell 2:30 p.m. Reception at McCormick Book Inn with Hugh McCormick Readings by Julia Reed 5:00 p.m. Depart for Greenwood 6:30 p.m. Free Time 7:30 p.m. Dinner at Lusco's in Greenwood "The Cefalu Connection," talk given by Amy Evans WEDNESDAY, April 6 CLARKSDALE: Tennessee Williams 8:00 a.m. Alluvian Breakfast 9:00 a.m. Depart for Delta Tour led by Luther Brown Greenwood to Cleveland, with stop at Delta State University Library Noon Lunch at Madidi--Clarksdale Gospel Music--Coahoma Community College Choir 1:30 p.m. Talk by Kenneth Holditch at Cutrer Mansion 2:30 p.m Tour Tennessee Williams sites, including St. George's Episcopal Church, and visit various blues sites, including Delta Blues Museum and Cat Head 4:30 p.m. Depart for Greenwood 7:00 p.m. Tour of Delta art at the Alluvian, led by William Dunlap Maude Schuyler Clay, special guest 7:30 p.m. Dinner at Giardina's in Greenwood THURSDAY, APRIL 7 OXFORD CONFERENCE FOR THE BOOK OR BUST! 8:00 a.m. Alluvian Breakfast 9:00 a.m. Depart for Oxford (1.5 hours) Oxford Conference for the Book, dedicated to Flannery O'Connor On the University of Mississippi campus, April 7-9 *All events subject to change.