The
Faulkner Elderhostel program was excellent!”
“Great
week! Please reserve places for us to return next
year!”
“I
love Faulkner. There is no one to discuss him
with at home in Boston. And now here I am dropped
into a place where 300 people talk about Faulkner.
For a week, I died and went to Heaven. Thanks
for the experience of a lifetime.”
“I
want to come back next summer!”
Such evaluations by 28 older students registered
through Elderhostel for the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha
Conference in July 2000 were overwhelmingly positive,
according to Carolyn Vance Smith of Natchez, president
of Educational Travel Associates Inc.
Smith,
former Mississippi/Arkansas Regional Elderhostel
director and a longtime college educator, coordinated
the group’s activities during the Faulkner week
at Ole Miss.
“We
had many people attending their very first Elderhostel
program during the Faulkner Conference,” Smith
said. “The experienced Elderhostelers told them,
‘This program is so special and wonderful. They’re
not all like this!’”
“Everyone
praised Ole Miss, the speakers, the hospitality,
the campus and especially the local people who
were so kind to them.”
With
that success behind her, Smith is planning a second
Elderhostel Faulkner program during the 28th annual
Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference,
July 22-27, 2001.
Again,
the Elderhostel program will include all conference
lectures, field trips, meals, and other activities
and will also provide special Elderhostel‑only
sessions with Faulkner experts.
Anyone
55 or older (or accompanying someone 55 or older)
is eligible to register for the Elderhostel program.
Cost is $713, which includes the conference registration
fee, lodging (double occupancy) at the Triplett
Alumni Center Hotel on the Ole Miss campus, all
meals from supper July 22 through lunch July 27,
field trip transportation, handouts, and souvenirs.
A limited number of single rooms are available
at an extra charge.
Program
registration, which opens in February 2001, may
be made by calling toll-free, 1-877-426-8056,
and using the program number, 24225-072201-01.
Information
about the program is available from Smith by telephone
(601-446-1208) or by e-mail (carolyn.smith@colin.cc.ms.us).
