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October Newsletter,II Volume 38, No.9 www.faubourgmarigny.org. October 2010 Les Amis de Marigny Helping to make Marigny a better place to live, work and play TheThe Dearly Dearly Departed Departed Society Society by Donna Wakeman Founded by Gene Cizek and Lloyd Sensat, the Dearly Departed Society will debut on All Saints Day, November 1st. The Society is intended to be a participatory group fostering the perpetuation of All Saints Day traditions in the old historic cemeteries of New Orleans. Events will be held at St. Louis #1 Cemetery from 10am- noon. The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association will place a floral wreath on Bernard de Marigny's tomb and the organization will have a table with information on Bernard's fabulous neighborhood. William de Marigny Hyland ( Bernard's great, great, great, great grandson) will discuss his illustrious ancestor. Robert Florence's Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries will have the blue note replaced on the Musicians’ Tomb and 'All Saints Day in New Orleans -- Decorating the Tombs in One of provide a jazz band. Anna Ross Twichell will the City Cemeteries, an 1885 engraving' decorate the tomb in authentic 19th century mourning. Additionally, there will be role playing ghosts: Lloyd Sensat as Bernard de Marigny, Anyone interested in participating may email Lloyd Sensat at Barbara Trevigne as Marie Laveaux, Barbara [email protected]. Even if you do not have a relative Robichaux as a lady from Storyville, and Greg entombed, you can participate by adopting and tending a Osborne as Apollinaire Perrault. nameless, unadorned, forlorn, neglected and forgotten tomb. Some suggested All Saints Day traditions: attend mass, lime At noon, Mass for the Dearly Departed will be wash a tomb, clean the names cut in the marble slabs, weed celebrated by Father Tony Rigoli at the Mortuary a grave site, leave flowers, drape a tomb with black cloth, Chapel. Now Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church and picnic in the cemetery, have a family reunion or simply visit International Shrine to St. Jude at 401 North the cemetery. Rampart St., the church was built in 1826. Its original function was as a mortuary chapel when "There is much that is great & wonderful & exceptional about funerals from the St. Louis Cathedral were forbidden New Orleans, but nothing is more impressive than the fact by city ordinance because of yellow fever contagion. that the richest elements of this city's culture are The famed Creole team of Claude Gurlie & Joseph participatory." - Lolis Eric Elie Guillot were the architect-builders. In 1969, it was designated an official New Orleans historic landmark. W A L K I N G T O U R & O T H E R S P E C I A L E V E N T S ‐ p a g e 1 5 NOPD HOT SHEET page -11 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 About the Newsletter Classifieds Now Available The newsletter is now accepting classified ads. Les Amis de Marigny is the newsletter of the Faubourg Personals, however, are not being accepted. Contact Marigny Improvement Association, a 501(c) non-profit, all- volunteer organization committed to the preservation of the [email protected] unique architectural and cultural heritage of our historic district, and to improving the quality of life in our diverse community. Contents, editorials and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the official views of the FMIA, its Board or its members. Contents of Les Amis de Marigny are copyrighted. Permission to reprint any of the newsletter, including photographs and original artwork, must be A D V E R T I S I N G obtained from the editor and/or byline columnist. Manuscripts, photographs and articles dealing with topics of Commercial Advertising interest to the Marigny neighborhood are encouraged. The editor reserves the right to reject submissions including editorial and advertising content. Submissions must be Rates 1-2 times/year received by the 7th of the month for inclusion in the next month’s issue. Send contributions to: FMIA Newsletter, Full 1/2 1/4 Business 2401 Burgundy St Box 10, NOLA 70117 or Page Page Page Card [email protected]. The newsletter is published each month except July and Business $110 $53 $40 $23 December. Member Non- Business $113 $58 $43 $28 Member Rates 3+ times/year Full 1/2 1/4 Business MEET THE NEIGHBORS Page Page Page Card Business $90 $45 $30 $18 Member by Lisa Tabb Non- A big Who Dat goes out to the Who Dat Coffee Café! They Business $93 $48 $33 $21 generously opened their doors to the Marigny community, Member 7 serving up delicious cheese cakes and other nibbles. For those of you who have not yet been to a Meet the !"#$%&'()#*&+,#!"-))"#+.#/0-1+,2#+,#&%%+&,3)#/+"4#"4)# You can e-mail us at [email protected] with the Neighbors function, it is open to all residents of the 5*67#"0#)-&(+3&")#8%+24"#+,#0'-#,)+2480-400(9#!$*!# address of the property, or call us at 888-321-0812 with Faubourg Marigny, renters and owners alike. 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As with our other events we need volunteers to help plan the event as well as volunteers to help the day JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT of the event. As part of our plan to combat blight, we have been helping The planning committees are: the City cite owners of blighted properties. This is the first step in the process which will lead to the adjudication of Volunteer * Art Market * Caroling * Brochure * Music the properties if the owners do not bring their properties * PR/Media * Photography * Site Logistics * Sales out of their blight status. We will announce the dates and Logistics * Kids Areas. time of these adjudication hearings as it is important that we show a strong presence at these hearings. The Day of the event volunteers serve a two hour shift of Hearing Officers need to hear how these properties and their choice and help with tasks for the day. the continued lack of their maintenance affect our neighborhood and our lives. If you are interested in volunteering out please If you know of a property that has visible damage and/or is contact volunteer chair Ron at 909-7047. vacant; please let us know so we may add them to the list. Next Board Meeting: November 4 Next General Meeting: October 19 20th century living on our neighborhood and planet. We are looking resident’s eport for volunteers to help with on the day of the tour. If you can help P R out please contact Ken. by Chris Costello Just around the corner is our Annual Candlelight Caroling which will be on December 12th. We are looking for volunteers to help We have made it through another summer and another year for with this event as well. Please contact Maureen. our organizaon. Happy Birthday FMIA. We are 39 years old and geng beer with age. Congratulaons to everyone who has As we begin our new organizaonal year and ease into another helped make our neighborhood a great place to live, work and season please consider giving some of your me back to the play. Our efforts were recognized one year ago by the American community. The Marigny is a great place to live, work and play Planning Associaon by selecng us as one of the Top 10 Great because of the efforts of many who have given their me to make American Neighborhoods.
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