The Annual Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies Butterfly Capital of Louisiana
Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds
Saturday, Sept 10
9:00 a.m. - Until
Don't Miss the Parade - 9:00am
Tentative Schedule - All Information Subject to Change
Sponsored By
The Haynesville Garden Club EXHIBITS & DEMONSTRATIONS (throughout the day)
The Annual Butterfly Festival Parade Sept 10
Please join us for the annual Butterfly Festival Parade. Line-up begins at 8:30 a.m. behind First United Methodist Church, and parade begins at 9:00. Grand Marshal, Dump Hatter, renowned vocalist and inspiration for the book The
Famous Caterpillar.
We invite all mayors, town officials, school board members, police jury members, church leaders, policemen, firemen, schools, puplic service people, and all applicants in the upcoming elections. We also encourage all motorcycle and horse riders, plus those who have antique cars. We will again feature our annual pet parade contest for the largest, smallest, most unusual, and best decorated pet. Judging will be on Main Street, and trophies will be awarded at the opening ceremony following the parade at the Fair Grounds. Please call Linda Knox at 318-624-1606 for further information.
The Annual Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies will be held Saturday, Sept 10, at the Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds in Haynesville beginning with the Butterfly Parade at 9:00 AM. The day's activities will include a number of activities including several educational workshops, musical entertainment, creative fun for kids and a nature photography contest.
Vendors Sought For Butterfly Festival
Food and craft vendors are being sought for the annual Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies. The charge for vendors is $25 for a 10'x10' booth in the air-conditioned building and $15 for a 12'x12' space under a covered pavilion. Tables can be rented for $5 each. Festival hours are 9:00 AM - 8:30 pm. For more information, contact Pat Bourn, (318) 624-1216 or LeBois Sincox, (318) 624-0661.
Butterfly Festival To Feature Nature Photography Contest
A nature photography contest will be part of the Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies to be held Sept 10 at the Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds in Haynesville. Entry classes are: Student in grades 1-4, grades 5-8, grades 9-12, and adults. All photographs will be on exhibition during the festival with winners being announced from the stage at 12:30 PM Awards each class are first place $20, second $15, third $10, and fourth honorable mention. For an entry form or further information, contact Mary Anna Perryman, 299 Perryman Drive, Dubberly, LA 71024, Ph (318) 377-1006 or email .
An entry must be from a competitor's own garden and can be any type of flowering or foliage plants growing in a container. Entries must be at the fairgrounds no later than 11:00 A.M. on the day of the festival. Contact Beverlee Killgore, daytime (318) 624-1122, evening (318) 624-2432 OR .
Fun For The Kids
Bumper to Bumper Kiddie Rides — James Roach
Sidewalk Art Competition—Suzy Allen
Several Additional Outdoor Activities
Festival Highlights
Musicical Entertainment
Parade
Photography Exhibits
Butterfly Collections
Butterfly Conservatory with live butterflies
Nature Photography Contest
Flower Exhibit & Contest
Butterfly Books, Posters and T-Shirts
Nature Displays
Water Conservation Display Trailer
Butterfly Plant Sale
Construction of take-home Butterfly Towers (complete with caterpillars & food)
Craft & Food Vendors
Face Painting
And much more . . .
Don't Miss Our Features On The Inside Stage
11:00 - 11:30 Gems of Cairo
11:30 - 12:15 Dance Line, High School & Jr. High Cheerleaders Perform
1:00 - 1:30 Silver Belles Springhill Line Dancers
2:00 - 2:30 Gems of Cairo Plus Karaoke Under The Pavilion
Festival Admission
$3 for Adults
$1 for children ages 6-18
Under 6 years of age free
Directions to Festival Site
Haynesville is located on U.S. Highway 79 in the Piney woods near the Arkansas border. It it approximately 1 1/2 hours from Shreveport, and Ruston, 30 minutes from Magnolia, El Dorado, Minden and Springhill.
RV Hook-ups available - call 318-624-0911
For More Information
Mrs. Loice Kendrick-Lacy
203 Troy St
Magnolia, AR 71753
(318) 624-1929 or
(870) 234-4910
A Butterfly Buffet - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? - Loice Kendrick-Lacy
5:00
Drawing for Butterfly Quilt
5:00 - 6:30
Supper Break
6:30 - Until
Country, Bluegrass & Gospel Music - Local and regional groups perform.
About the Butterfly Festival Speakers
GREG GRANT - a horticulturist, naturalist, garden writer, and plant developer, is co-author of Home Landscaping-Texas (2004) and The Southern Heirloom Garden (1995). He writes the popular "In Greg's Garden" column for Texas Gardener Magazine and contributes regularly to Neil Sperry's Gardens Magazine.In
Greg's Garden, a Pineywoods Perspective on Gardening, Nature and Family was published as a Kindle book in 2010. Greg has introduced a number of successful plants to the Texas nursery industry for which he has won several outstanding awards. He serves as a part-time research associate for garden outreach at Stephen F. Austin University's SFA Gardens in Nacogdoches,Texas.
CHARLES ALLEN, Ph.D. - a biology Professor at the University
of Louisiana at Monroe before retiring, is currently a Botanist at Fort Polk. He has attended all of our festivals, giving invaluable contributions with his programs, plant walks and displays. Active with the Louisiana Native Plant Society and the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society, Charles is the coauthor of several books on native plants. He and his wife Susan operate Allen Acres B & B, a nature-oriented facility located in Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana. The site is a 26-acre wooded paradise that is listed as a state Natural Area. The gardens are specifically designed to attract butterflies and hummingbirds as well as numerous other birds.
JAMES DEAN - a member of the Louisiana Bayou Bluebird Society, began a hobby of building bluebird houses when he retired almost 20 years ago. Using scrap lumber left from the construction of his family home many years previously, he erected 15 houses the first year which expanded to a maximum of 1,100 boxes over the years. Because of the growth of pine trees on much of the land on which he has permission to place the houses, he only has 250 out this year. Currently he is building the boxes from scrap from a friend's sawmill. Jimmy will be bringing cypress nesting boxes to the festival for sale at $5 each.
MICHAEL SEAL - owner and operator of "The Funny Farm," has been in the business of growing and propagating bromeliads since 1990. A longtime member of the Mississippi Nursery and Landscape Association, Michael has given programs to flower and garden shows, garden clubs, master gardener groups and their state conferences, and to college seminars throughout Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. He has been a speaker at the Flower and Garden Show in Little Rock every year since 2006.
About the Entertainers
Gems of Cairo - This group from Shreveport has been dancing together since 2008, their name coming from the ancient city of Cairo where for thousands of years diverse Societies have come together in a unique mixture of cultures. That perfectly describes the Gems' dance style, a blend of traditional Arabic folkdance, and a glittering contemporary cabaret belly dance with a dash of Spanish flamenco and a decidedly Gypsy flair--all performed with appropriate gorgeous costumes. Joining the Gems of Cairo in their performance will be the drum troupe, LogJam, which focuses on traditional Arabic rhythms with an American Tribal style dance background.
SILVER BELLES - Currently there are eight active members of Silver Belles, ranging in age from 63 to 78. The group meets three days a week as a part of the Friends 50 Plus exercise program emphasizing the conditioning of both mind and body. For the past ten years they have performed at such places as festivals, nursing homes, assisted-living faciliies, having been a popular feature at the Butterfly Festival for a number of those years. Near the end of their routine, the group invites interested members of the audience to join them on stage.
STRUMDINGERS UKULELE BAND - The leader of The Strumdingers, bass player David Matthews, formed the band consisting of five members in 2006. Currently there are nine enthusiastic strummers who play for their own entertainment as well as for the public. With venues ranging from back porch to theater, from
poolside to assisted-living facilities they play for private parties, luncheons, conferences, festivals, all sorts of
events. With an imaginative flair, they tailor their programs to fit the occasion.
Butterfly Festival slated for September 10
The Guardian-Journal
Haynesville’s
13th Annual Celebration of Butterflies is fast approaching, so get ready for
lots of fun and activities.
To be
held on Saturday, September 10, at the Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds in
Haynesville, admission for adults is #4, and $1 for children ages 6-18.
Children ages six and under are free.
The day
is packed full of fun activities for kids of all ages (adults too!), beginning
with the parade to be held at 9 a.m. Dump Hatter, renowned vocalist and
inspiration for the book “The Famous Caterpillar,” will be the grand marshal.
The parade, butterfly-themed, will include a pet parade with trophies awarded
for the largest, smallest, most unusual and best-decorated pets.
To
enter, please contact Linda Knox at 318-624-1606.
At 10
a.m., Michael Seal, owner and operator of “The Funny Farm,” will be speaking on
Bromeliads: Easier to Grow than to Produce. He has been in business and growing
and propagating bromeliads since 1990. A longtime member of the Mississippi
Nursery and Landscape Association, Seal has given programs to flower and garden
shows, garden clubs, master gardener groups and their state conferences, and to
college seminars throughout Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Alabama and Texas. He has been a speaker at the Flower and Garden Show in
Little Rock, Ark., every year since 2006.
At
10:30 a.m. until noon, will be Creative Fun for Children.
From 11
until 11:30 a.m., Gems of Cairo -- Dancing on Stage will entertain. This group
from Shreveport has been dancing together since 2008, their name coming from
the ancient city of Cairo, where for thousands of years, diverse societies have
come together in a unique mixture of cultures. That perfectly describes the
Gems’ dance style, a blend of traditional Arabic folk dance, and a glittering
contemporary cabaret belly dance with a dash of Spanish flamenco and a
decidedly Gypsy flair -- all performed with appropriate, gorgeous costumes.
Joining the Gems of Cairo in their performance will be the drum troupe, LogJam,
which focuses on traditional Arabic rhythms with an American Tribal style dance
background.
From
11:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m., cheerleaders will be performing on stage. and at
the same time, speaker James Dean will talk about Bluebird Trails Across
America. Dean, a member of the Louisiana Bayou Bluebird Society, began a hobby
of building bluebird houses when he retired almost 20 years ago. Using scrap
lumber left from the construction of his family home many years previously, he
erected 15 houses the first year, which expanded to a maximum of 1,100 boxes
over the years.
Because
of the growth of pine trees on much of the land on which he has permission to
place the houses, he only has 250 out this year. Currently, he is building the
boxes from scrap from a friend’s sawmill. Dean will be bringing cypress nesting
boxes to the festival for sale at $5 each.
After
lunch, from 1 until 1:45 p.m., Greg Grant will speak about “Flapping about My
Favorite Butterfly Plants.” Grant, a horticulturist, naturalist, garden writer
and plant developer, is co-author of “Home Landscaping -- Texas” (2004) and
“The Southern Heirloom Garden” (1995). He writes the popular “In Greg’s Garden”
column for Texas Gardener Magazine and contributes regularly to Neil Sperry’s
“Garden Magazine.” “In Greg’s Garden, a Pineywoods Perspective on Gardening,
Nature and Family,” was published as Kindle book in 2010. Greg has introduced a
number of successful plants to the Texas nursery industry for which he has won
several outstanding awards. He serves as a part-time research associate for
garden outreach at Stephen F. Austin University’s SFA Gardens in Nacogdoches,
Texas.
From 1
until 1:30 p.m., Silver Belles will be Line Dancing on stage. Currently, there
are eight active members of Silver Belles, ranging in age from 63 to 78. The
group meets three days per week as a part of the Friends 50 Plus exercise
program emphasizing the conditioning of both mind and body. For the past 10
years, they have performed at such places as festivals, nursing homes,
assisted-living facilities, having been a popular feature at the Butterfly
Festival for a number of those years. Near the end of their routine, the group
invites interested members of the audience to join them on stage.
From 2
until 2:30 p.m., Gems of Cairo will return to the stage. From 2:40 until 3:10
p.m., Strumdingers Ukulele Band will take the stage. The leader of The
Strumdingers, bass player, David Matthews, formed the band consisting of five
members in 2006. Currently, there are nine enthusiastic strummers who play for
their own entertainment as well as for the public. With venues ranging from
back porch to theater, from poolside to assisted-living facilities, they play
for private parties, luncheons, conferences, festivals, all sorts of events.
With an imaginative flair, they tailor their programs to fit the occasion.
From
3:20 until 4:15, Charles Allen, PhD, will speak about Wildflowers of Louisiana.
Allen, a biology professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe before
retiring, is currently a botanist at Fort Polk. He has attended all of our
festivals, giving invaluable contributions with his programs, plant walks and
displays. Active with the Louisiana Native Plant Society and the Cajun Prairie
Habitat Preservation Society, Allen is the co-author of several books on native
plants. He and his wife, Susan, operate Allen Acres B&B, a nature-oriented
facility located in Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana. The site is a
26-acre wooded paradise that is listed as a state Natural Area. The gardens are
specifically designed to attract butterflies and hummingbirds as well as
numerous other birds.
From
4:15 until 5 p.m., Loice Kendrick-Lacy will speak about “A Butterfly Buffet:
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” From 5 until 6:30 p.m., a supper break will be
taken, followed by country, bluegrass and gospel music from 6:30 p.m. until.
Also of
interest will be the photography contest. A nature photography contest and
exhibit will be held with monetary awards made to the winners in four age
groups. For forms and more information, please contact Mary Anna Perryman, at
318-377-1006, 299 Perryman Drive, Dubberly, LA 71024.
Also, a
container gardening contest will be held. An entry must be from your own garden
and can feature any type of flowering of foliage plants growing in a container.
To enter, please contact Beverlee Killgore during the day at 318-624-1122, or
during the evening at 318-624-2432, 2222 Main Street in Haynesville, LA 71038.
On
display for touring from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. will be a locomotive from
L&NW on the day of the festival. It will be located on the tracks across
from the fair building.
Other
festival highlights include lots of fun for the kids, including karaoke under
the pavilion, bumper to bumper kiddie rides from James Roach, spacewalk,
sidewalk art competition and other outdoor activities. Also, don’t forget about
the sale of butterfly plants, books, T-shirts, community art and photography
exhibits, craft and food vendors, and take-home butterfly towers (complete with
caterpillars and food).
Sponsors
for this year’s festival includes the Claiborne Chamber of Commerce and the
Haynesville Garden Club.
For
more information on the festival or for directions, please contact Loice
Kendrick-Lacy at 318-624-1929 or (870) 234-4910. Mailing address is 203 Troy
Street in Magnolia, Ark., 71753. Also, those interested may visit the parish’s website at www.claiborneone.org or
www.haynesvillela.org, and click on “Attractions.”
A nature photography contest will be part of the Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies to be held Sept 10 at the Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds in Haynesville. Entry classes are: Student in grades 1-4, grades 5-8, grades 9-12, and adults. All photographs will be on exhibition during the festival with winners being announced from the stage at 12:30 PM Awards each class are first place $20, second $15, third $10, and fourth honorable mention. For an entry form or further information, contact Mary Anna Perryman, 299 Perryman Drive, Dubberly, LA 71024, Ph (318) 377-1006 or email .
Festival Highlights
