[StBernard] LOS ISLENOS SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE ISLENO CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 9th

[Westley Annis]

Los Islenos Heritage and Cultural Society will sponsor "Los Islenos
Christmas" on the grounds of Los Islenos Museum Complex, 1345 - 1357 Bayou
Road in St. Bernard Village, Sunday, December 9th, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. until
7:00 p.m.  The Chalmette High School Band, under the direction of Jason Rusk
and the Chalmette High School Owlettes Auxiliary Twirling Group under the
direction of Dierdre Groby will open the concert and program of Christmas
related festivities.  Ms. Tina Serigne, director of Joe Davies Elementary
School Choir, will lead Davies Choir in a performance of traditional
Christmas carols.  A bon fire, constructed by Society Historian Jerry Glen
Estopinal, will be ignited in addition to general caroling by the public.
Refreshments will be available to the public.

 

Los Islenos Historic Village, Los Islenos Museum and the L.A. Ducros Museum
and Research Library will be decorated for the Holiday Season by a committee
of Los Islenos Society organized under the direction of Chairperson Kathy
Serpas Ziegler.  Ducros was the last home and office of Louis Alfred Ducros,
M.D., coroner of St. Bernard Parish for 43 years before his death in 1945.
Los Islenos Museum was the home of businessman and community philanthropist
Manuel Molero who maintained throughout his life an abiding commitment to
the heritage and culture of his ancestors from the Canary Islands.  The
Isleno Village includes the Coconut Island Barroom of Edwin Messa, the
Estopinal House and kitchen which date to ca. 1790, the Esteves House built
ca. 1890, the Cresap-Caserta House built ca. 1910 and a replica trappers
cabin originally designed and built by Calvin Melerine.

 

Los Islenos Christmas is organized by Los Islenos Society in cooperation
with the St. Bernard Parish School Board and St. Bernard Parish Government.
Admission is free and opened to the public.