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“Literature,
Lore, and Lyrics of the Mighty Mississippi
Welcome
aboard!
An
exciting and unique travel experience awaits friends
of Center and members of the Ole Miss Alumni
Association.
An
eight-day, fun-filled trip will explore the Deep
South’s extraordinary creative legacy through
fascinating programs,
concerts, films, and shore
excursions in keeping with the theme
“Literature,
Lore, and Lyrics of the Mighty Mississippi.”
The
trip will take place April 6-13, 2004, on board
America’s
only floating hotel, the luxurious and
spacious RiverBarge
Excursion Lines River Explorer.
Limited
to 160 guests, the trip will begin in New Orleans and
go up the Mississippi River, stopping for shore
excursions in Baton Rouge, Natchez, and Vicksburg,
before ending with a day in Memphis.
The
Center and the Alumni Association have until May 1,
2003, to fill the vessel exclusively with Ole Miss
friends and alumni. After that date, staterooms will
be released to the general public. Ole Miss Chancellor
Robert Khayat and his wife, Margaret, plan to be on
board during the trip.
Highlights
include programs by noted Southern writers, scholars,
and musicians; guided excursions in river towns;
concerts; films; and time to enjoy the mighty
Mississippi.
Among
participating program presenters are
_ Center
director Charles Reagan Wilson
_ Ole Miss historian David Sansing
_
Ole Miss alum Greg Iles of Natchez, author of 24
Hours
_ Emmy
Award-winning screenplay writer/director/actor Stuart
Margolin (Rockford Files)
_ Eudora Welty scholar Peggy
Whitman Prenshaw, who will focus on The Ponder
Heart
_
Pulitzer Prize nominee and Mississippi native
Clifton Taulbert of Tulsa (Last Train North, Eight
Habits of the Heart)
_ William
Faulkner scholar Noel Polk of Hattiesburg, who will
focus on The Reivers
_ Former
Ole Miss Alumni Association President Marion Smith of
Natchez
Discussions and films
will also explore Louisiana’s Huey P. Long, John
Barry’s Rising Tide, and
Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men.
While on board, guests
will enjoy first-class comforts, service, food, and
amenities. All accommodations on the River Explorer
are identical, with comfortable, 200-square-foot
staterooms featuring large picture windows. Rooms have
either twin beds or a queen bed, a full bath with tub
and shower, mini-fridge, telephone, TV/VCR,
coffeemaker, hair dryer, radio, binoculars, and lots
of storage.
Staterooms
are on two decks, Royal (lower) and Platinum (upper).
Platinum Deck rooms have a small balcony. A limited
number of single rooms are available on each deck. A
third, open-air SkyDeck runs the entire 600-foot
length of the vessel.
Rates
perperson range from $2526 to
$4101. Price includes eight days aboard the River
Explorer, all meals, 24-hour snacks and soft
drinks, all shore excursions, all guides, all
entertainment, welcome aboard and farewell cocktail
parties, a wine tasting, a cooking demonstration, and
all tips
To
register, send a deposit of $500 per person to
University of Mississippi Alumni Association, P.O. Box
1848, University, MS 39677-1848. Write on the check
the purpose of the
deposit.
Registrants
will receive information about optional pre and post
24-hour packages in New Orleans and Memphis and motor
coach transportation back to New Orleans on the last
day.
This
trip is made possible in part by an association with
the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration, chaired
by Center Advisory Committee member Carolyn Vance
Smith. All travel and program arrangements are by
Educational Travel Associates, Inc., P.O Box 1307,
Natchez, MS 39121. For information, please call
601-446-1208 or e-mail Carolyn.Smith@colin.edu
Information
about the RiverBarge Excursion Lines River Explorer
is available at the web site, www.riverbarge.com.
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