11:00 am – 4:30 pm:  REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN - Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: TROLLEY TOURS OF ORIGINAL FLORIDA CHAUTAUQUA CAMPUS -  Begin with a tour of our Historic District as it relates to the original Florida Chautauqua Assembly. Board the trolley and learn about how the Assembly began in the 1880s and about the famous people who spoke here, like Vice President Thomas Marshall. You'll be awed by the Victorian homes built during the original assembly, and you'll understand what the original campus looked like and how our community has been so influenced by this historic event.  Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood (Tickets $5)

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm:  Welcome Party with President Teddy Roosevelt (Safari Theme!) - Meet fellow Chautauquans, faculty, and the many performers and special friends who will make your "Journey into the American Chautauqua Movement" so special. President Roosevelt (interpreted by Joe Wiegand of Tennessee) will greet you on arrival as he "returns from Africa."  Dress comfortably for this event, because the Welcome Party will be a preview of the Camp Conservation live animal exhibit at the Walton County fair grounds.  Bring your camera!  Fair Grounds (Tickets $15)

7:30 am – 4:30 pm:  REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN - Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood

7:30 am - 8:30 am:  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/Orientation - Community Center.  Tickets $5.

8:00 am - 5:00 pm:  EXHIBITS OPEN:

• Camp Conservation Live Animal Exhibit - Walton County Fairgrounds, Free
• Florida Chautauqua History Exhibit - Walton County Fairgrounds, Free
• Porcelain Art Show - Community Center, Free
• Living History Presentations of our American Culture - Lake Yard, Free
• Muscogee Indian Gathering and Encamptment
• Civil War Camp
• Florida Frontiersmen Settlement Camp
• A Journey Through the Chautauqua Trail Student Museum Exhibit - Hall of Brotherhood
• Plein Air Paint Out & Art Sales
• Walton Heritage Museum (Train Depot) -Circle Drive
• Historic DeFuniak Springs Library- Circle Drive

 9:15 am - 11:15 am:  FEATURED KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: 

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will discuss the significance of Chautauqua and Plains, Georgia during the American Chautauqua Movement - Walton High School Auditorium.  Tickets $10

10:00 am - 2:00 pm: 

• DISCOVERING DEFUNIAK SPRINGS - Displays and presentations about all of the major events held in Historic DeFuniak Springs throughout the year.  Hospitality Tent behind Hall of Brotherhood.  Free

11:15 am - 1:00 pm:  LUNCH – Wise Education Complex.  Tickets Tickets $8

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm:  BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• History of the American Chautauqua Movement - Just what is Chautauqua?  Why did President Theodore Roosevelt call this event "The Most American Thing in America?" Find out from the head archivist of the Chautauqua Institution in New York, Jonathan Schmitz, how Chautauqua started and grew, and the impact it had on communities throughout North America - Tickets $8.
  
  

• With Words for Wings, Flying Through Life with Jackie Cochran - The first American woman to break the sound barrier and the holder of more flight speed, altitude and distance records at the time of her death in 1980 than any other pilot, male or female, Jackie Cochran left her family in DeFuniak Springs determined to be someone that mattered. In her lifetime, she applied that determination to achieve fame, build wealth, and attract a circle of friends who were household names, among them U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson. But who was the woman behind the name in the record books, behind the successful cosmetics business she ran for years, and the wife of America's wealthiest man? Always in motion and always attentive to maintaining a certain public image, Jackie was not an "open book," in spite of the two autobiographies published in her lifetime. Nonetheless, in a volume that takes it name from one of those autobiographies, Stars at Noon, Florida poet Enid Shomer employs the art of word choice, juxtaposition, and verse to probe and shed light on Jackie's character. The early Chautauqua movement included poetry readings among its activities. Using Ms. Shomer's work as a means of exploring Jackie Cochran's life, this session revives that tradition not only in homage to earlier ways, but in recognition of its power to uniquely convey meaning and insight for subjects common, profound, and -- in the case of Jackie Cochran's true self -- seemingly impenetrable.  Tickets $8.

• (Meet an Author)  The Tuskegee Airmen Story - Meet historian Dr. Daniel Haulman of the U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base who co-authored the newly released book, The Tuskegee Airmen:  An Illustrated History: 1939-1949.  Many documentaries, articles, museum exhibits, books, and movies have treated the subject of the Tuskegee Airmen, the only black American military pilots in World War II.  Most of these works have focused on their training and their subsequent accomplishments during combat. This publication goes further, using captioned photographs — many never published before — to trace the Airmen through the various stages of training, deployment, and combat. Hundreds of images also chronicle the critical support roles of non-flyers: doctors, nurses, mechanics, navigators, weathermen, parachute riggers, and other ground support personnel, all of whom contributed to the Airmen’s success. An important feature of this book is a chronology detailing missions flown. The facts presented here debunk some of the myths and inaccuracies that have developed around the legend of Airmen, including the notion that the 332nd Fighter Group never lost a bomber to enemy aircraft. A complete roster of the pilots is also included. In words and pictures, this volume makes vivid the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the environments in which they lived, worked, played, fought, and sometimes died. - Daniel Haulman, Ph.D. (Tickets $8)

• Chautauqua Brain Bowl - Just how much do you know about Chautauqua?  It's time to put your brain to the test with Dr. Britt Poulson.  This fun, entertaining session is where one half of the audience competes against the other half in an attempt to answer questions about various topics.  Answers are determined by the group, so no one is put on the spot or embarrased.  Come and see how much you know!  Test your skills by engaging in this competitive quiz game orchestrated by Dr. Britt Poulson of Tallahassee, Florida.  - Tickets $8.

• Wings of Opportunity:  The Wright Brothers' Time in Alabama - Yes, the Wright Brothers WERE in Alabama.  Julie Hedgepeth Williams, author of Wings of Opportunity, has uncovered the rich but untold story of the famous inventors' brief time in Montgomery, Alabama, where they established the nation's first civilian flying school in 1910 and flew the world's first night flights.  Alabama's capital city had been wishing mightily for a way to remake its image as a progressive place, and the unexpected arrival of the Wright Brothers and their "aeroplane" made city leaders ecstatic.  They planned to publicize the city based on the fact that there were only two airplanes legally in the air in early 1910 -- and one of them was in Montgomery.  The only drawback was the unfortunate fact that the Wright Brothers had no intention of acting as publicists for Montgomery.  The city's tussle with the Wright Brothers over publicity, as well as citizens' awe at hosting one of the two airplanes in the nation, made for much humor.  - Julie Hedgepeth Williams (Guests $8)

• The Titanic and Her People - 100 Years Later - April 14-15, 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Judy DeBolt will share some of the stories of the people who sailed on the Titanic. In some regards, the story of the Titanic is like a soap opera. A couple who are running away from their spouses. A man kidnapping his children. A wealthy American traveling with his mistress. Whole families going to America to start a new life. Why did some of these people survive and others did not? What happened to the survivors after being rescued by the Carpathia? There is so much more to the Titanic story than she was a big ship, she hit an iceberg, and she sank. Come listen to the stories and then ask yourself what you would have done had you been on the Titanic. - Tickets $8.
  
  

• Performance Tea: President Theodore Roosevelt - The 26th President once said "Chautauqua is the Most American Thing in America."  Now, you can have an armchair discussion over tea with President Theodore Roosevelt (interpreted by Joe Wiegand of Tennessee).  Enjoy this incredible monologue from the man you will believe is the 26th President of the United States sitting directly in front of you!  - Joe Wiegand, Community Center (Tickets $18)

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm: 

• TREE PLANTING CEREMONY IN HONOR OR FORMER PRESIDENT AND MRS. JIMMY CARTER.  Join the City of DeFuniak Springs and the Florida Chautauqua Center in honoring the Carters for all their work in "waging peace" around the world.  Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will participate in this historic event - Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, Free

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• History of the Florida Chautauqua, the Winter Assembly in the Land of Summer - Known as the “Winter Assembly in the Land of Summer,” the Florida Chautauqua was founded in 1884 at a meeting with John H. Vincent in the Athenaeum at the New York Chautauqua. The Florida Chautauqua operated from 1885 through 1927. Come learn from Dean DeBolt about the history of one of the longest-running Great Southern Chautauquas in the town of DeFuniak Springs, Florida and how it influenced the Gulf Coast region. - Tickets $8
  
  
• Integrating a Public School System into Chautauqua - What "sold" Walton County, Florida Superintendent of Schools Carlene Anderson on the benefits of engaging students of all grade levels in every area of the Florida Chautauqua Assembly?  She will share what some classes are doing to help make your visit to this event so spectacular but, even more importantly, what benefits the students will take with them from their Chautauqua Project-Based Learning Experiences that will impact their lives forever.   Tickets $8.
   
• Chautauqua and the Mezzo-Soprano Indian Princess: Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone - At the time of the early Chautauqua movement, Indian was "in" in American music. Composers were injecting all manner of compositions (both popular and classical) with Native American themes. Native Americans were in demand as performers on the Chautauqua circuit, to include Native-American musicians who played western musical instruments in bands and orchestras, and Native American singers who performed a European-American semiclassical and classical repertoire. One of the most successful and well-traveled Native-American singers of this time was Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone, a descendant of Tecumseh. Living to be 103, her life circumstances and multi-cultural experiences are the focal point of this presentation exploring relations between Native Americans and the greater non-Indian populace at the time of the early Chautauqua movement. As comparators, several modern-day Native American performers and composers will be introduced for an assessment of what Tsianina Redfeather might be performing and how she might be received if appearing at Chautauquas today. - Todi Carnes (Tickets $8)
  
  
• (Meet an Author) Find Your Literary Heart - Frye Gaillard’s first encounters with books were disappointing. As a child he never cared much for fairy tales – “stories of cannibalism and mayhem in which giants and witches, tigers and wolves did their best to eat small children.” But at the age of nine, he discovered Johnny Tremain, a children’s novel of the Revolutionary War, which began a lifetime love affair with books, recounted here as a reader’s tribute to the writings that enriched and altered his life. In a series of carefully crafted, often deeply personal essays, Gaillard blends memoir, history and critical analysis to explore the works of Harper Lee, Anne Frank, James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, John Steinbeck, and many others. As this heartfelt reminiscence makes clear, the books that Frye Gaillard chose shaped him like an extended family. Reading The Books that Mattered: A Reader’s Memoir will make you study your own shelves to find clues into your own literary heart. Tickets $8.
  
  
• Performance Tea:  Chautauqua Stars Clarence Darrow & William Jennings Bryan - Meet these friendly adversaries and frequent political allies who were at the center of a national debate as opposing attornies in the Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.  This was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded school.  Community Center.  Tickets $18.

4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.  BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Parlor Reading With Wallace Bruce's Great Granddaughter - Meet a direct decendant of Wallace Bruce who will read a sample of her great grandfather's world-renowned poetry in the parlor of his historic cottage on Circle Drive in Historic DeFuniak Springs. Enjoy servings of wine and cheese while you enjoy this historic session. She (Rusty Bowman) will be introduced by her legendary great grandfather (interpreted by Chuck Puckett) who not only was the longest serving president of the original Florida Chautauqua Assemblies, but who also served as U.S. Consul General to Edinburg, Scotland, was a personal friend of Robert Todd Lincoln, and the first person to have erected a statue of an American president (Abraham Lincoln) on foreign soil.  404 Circle Drive. Tickets $18.

  Integrating the Disabled into Chautauqua - More schools like the Chautauqua Learn & Serve Charter School in Panama City, Florida and programs for people with developmental disabilities are taking the learning experience outside of traditional classes.  Find out from the founder of this special school, Cynthia McCauley, how these special needs students and individuals are traveling to Chautauqua, New York and even volunteering in other countries to enhance their skills, behaviors, and habits of citizenship needed for life as an independent adult.  Tickets $8
  
  
• Preservation of Historical Materials - Dean DeBolt, University Archivist at the University of West Florida, will lecture on preservation of paper and related materials, the problems that plague books, and methods and treatments to protect fragile documents and materials—a must for the family historian and genealogist.  Tickets $8.
  
  
• (Meet an Author) A Blue Moon, Oral History and North Florida in the Early Twentieth Century - Michael Morris, the author of Man in the Blue Moon, will discuss how oral history from his grandfather who was raised near Apalachicola shaped his fourth novel which Publishers Weekly calls "a magical and mesmerizing page turner." The novel is based on a true story of a man on the run for murder who was shipped in a crate to Apalachicola. The Florida Chautauqua plays a role in this 1918 story. Michael Morris is a fifth generation Floridian and the author of the award winning novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, and Slow Way Home, which was named one of the best novels of the year by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  Tickets $8
  
  
• (Meet an Author)  Better Balance Can Be Learned - Unsure of your steps when you walk around the historic Chautauqua Communities which make up the Chautauqua Trail?   Many of us can improve the quality of our daily lives with better physical balance.  Dr. Don Rapp, author of On Balance:  Mastery of Physical Balance for Life, will provide you with many fall prevention ideas and will explain how to improve the quality of your daily life through fall prevention information.  He will also lead us in simple and safe exercises adjustable for the disabled to the athlete. Tickets $8.
  
  
• Performance Tea (and Meet an Author): Chilling Tales of a Titanic Survivor - Have tea with Titanic survivor, Sylvia Caldwell (interpreted by Julie Hedgepeth Williams). Sylvia and her husband Albert, along with their infant son Alden, were one of the few families to survive the Titanic intact. Sylvia will be interpreted by Albert's great-niece, Julie Hedgepeth Williams. Find out how Sylvia and her family were fleeing their jobs, wound up on the Titanic, were rescued, and how Albert has been telling their story at Chautauquas throughout the nation.  Community Center.  Tickets $18.

6:30 pm:  EVENING DINNER PERFORMANCE

A Multi-Media Dinner Performance: An American Tapestry - Enjoy your dinner (catered by Walton High School Culinary Art Class) and a performance tour of American History that will be remembered not just for the musical performance by world renowned flutist Donna Wissinger and pianist Joy Myers, but for the informative and eloquent narration that weaves a tapestry of America’s rich and eventful past. The show is complimented by masterful paintings of great American artists. More than a concert, the show integrates the talents of local students with these nationally renowned artists for an evening in true Chautauqua style family entertainment and learning! Community Center.  (Tickets $25)

7:30 am – 4:30 pm:  REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN - Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood.

7:30 am - 8:30 am:  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood.  Tickets $5.

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: EXHIBITS OPEN:

• Camp Conservation Live Animal Exhibit - Walton County Fairgrounds, Free
• Florida Chautauqua History Exhibit - Walton County Fairgrounds, Free
• Porcelain Art Show - Community Center, Free
• Living History Presentations of our American Culture - Lake Yard, Free
  • Muscogee Indian Gathering and Encamptment
  • Civil War Camp
  • Florida Frontiersmen Settlement Camp
  • A Journey Through the Chautauqua Trail Student Museum Exhibit - Hall of Brotherhood
  • Plein Air Paint Out and Art Sale
  • Walton Heritage Museum (Train Depot), Circle Drive
  • Historic DeFuniak Springs Library- Circle Drive

9:00 am - 10:15 am:  KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - The Chautauqua Trail

Meet many of the leaders of the 14 Chautauquas in North America and listen to their brief presentations about what you will experience when you visit their Chautauquas and communities. - First United Methodist Church Sanctuary.  Tickets $10

10:45 am - Noon:  BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Are You Related to a Famous Chautauqua Speaker? - Genealogist Wayne Sconiers will show you how to do research on your family where you just might discover you are related to some of the most prominent citizens of our times. - Walton Heritage Museum (Train Depot).  Tickets $8.
  
  
• Sarah Tyson Rorer: Chautauqua’s Food Ambassador - Come learn about Sarah Tyson Rorer who was the “Martha Stewart” of her era (late 1800s into the early 1900s).  Not only did she create the recipe format that we use today, but she is considered America’s first dietician.  Rorer created the Philadelphia School of Cooking, where she instructed thousands in the art of home economics, steering many immigrants and those of lesser fortune into careers as income-sustaining domestics.  A member of Mt. Gretna, the Pennsylvania Chautauqua’s faculty, she taught classes in the Sarah Tyson Rorer Hall of Cookery through 1909 during the summer season.  A columnist for Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, she also published her own magazine, Table Talk, and still managed to be a popular speaker on the Redpath Chautauqua Circuit and at the 1904 St. Louis World Exposition.  If you use Pyrex cookware or make Jello, you’re still enjoying the fruits of her labor.  We’ll discuss how this incredible woman became a household name in America.  Tickets $8.
  
  
• Meet an Author:  Explore the Question of How General Stonewall Jackson Really Died - When General Stonewell Jackson suffers a mortal wound at the Battle of Chancellorsville during the Civil War, there's suspicion of foul play.  Historical fiction writer Skip Tucker introduces his newly released novel, Pale Blue Light, by discussing the tragic events of 150 years ago and raising provocative questions about the nature of warfare and the facts of a famous general’s demise.  Says Francis Coleman, editor of the Mobile Press Register, “Skip Tucker can flat-out tell a story. His characters are colorful, his facts are straight, and his writing is engaging.”  Tickets $8.
  
  
• Record-Keeping 101 for Non-Profits - This session is for non-profit leaders, treasurers and board members who are responsible for an annual budget, acknowledging contributions,  and providing accurate records for government and tax filings.  Chad Branson, CPA and Manager of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, audits school districts, local governmental entities, not-for-profit entities, and some for-profit businesses.  He will advise you and your team on such topics as how promptly you must acknowledge a financial gift to your organization, how to accurately maintain a record of each contribution, the significance of an annual meeting of your board to determine a budget and how to effectively and legally proceed with that budget to insure a great audit (should the government select your organization for one!) Tickets $8.
  
  
• The Titanic and Her People - 100 Years Later - April 14-15, 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Judy DeBolt will share some of the stories of the people who sailed on the Titanic. In some regards, the story of the Titanic is like a soap opera. A couple who are running away from their spouses. A man kidnapping his children. A wealthy American traveling with his mistress. Whole families going to America to start a new life. Why did some of these people survive and others did not? What happened to the survivors after being rescued by the Carpathia? There is so much more to the Titanic story than she was a big ship, she hit an iceberg, and she sank. Come listen to the stories and then ask yourself what you would have done had you been on the Titanic. - Tickets $8.
  
  
• Performance Tea:  John Wesley, Founder of Methodism - Because the original Chautauqua Assembly in New York was created by Methodists as a summer training institute for its ministers and Sunday school teachers, it seemed appropriate to invite the founder of Methodism, John Wesley (1703-1791), to be one of our presenters.  Please come have tea with Reverend Wesley (interpreted by Britt Poulson of Tallahassee) and hear his story of growing up in England, the founding of the Methodist church in America and how the Chautauqua movement began. Community Center. 
  Tickets $18.

Noon - 1:15 pm: LUNCH – Your Choice of any Chautauqua Meal at these Locations:

• Bogeys Restaurant
• Busy Bee Cafe
• Muscogee Nation of Florida - Lake Yard
• Camp Conservation Cafe

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm:  Civil War Skirmish - Bring your lunch to the Civil War Camp area to observe a Civil War Skirmish by The Walton Guard - Lake Yard

1:45 pm - 3:00 pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• The Traveling Chautauquas - Not all Chautauquas had a gated community.  As Jonathan Schmitz, archivist for the New York Chautauqua will share with us, some Chautauquas were traveling Chautauquas where companies arrived with their tents and speakers in rural communities and sold tickets to sessions and entertainment events.  Find out from the Chautauqua Institution's head archivist what impact these Chautauquas had on rural communities, like Plains, Georgia, home of President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter who, today, want to revive that historic tented event. Tickts $8.
  
  
• DeFuniak Springs and Edinburgh, Scotland: Wallace Bruce and the Abraham Lincoln Statue - Between stints as President of the Florida Chautauqua, Wallace Bruce of DeFuniak Springs engineered the erection of the first statue of an American President (Abraham Lincoln) anywhere in the world outside the United States .  Dean DeBolt will explain how he did it, how Robert Todd Lincoln and Andrew Carnegie helped, and why Scotland?  Tickets $8.
  
  
• Chautauqua and the Mezzo-Soprano Indian Princess: Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone - At the time of the early Chautauqua movement, Indian was "in" in American music. Composers were injecting all manner of compositions (both popular and classical) with Native American themes. Native Americans were in demand as performers on the Chautauqua circuit, to include Native-American musicians who played western musical instruments in bands and orchestras, and Native American singers who performed a European-American semiclassical and classical repertoire. One of the most successful and well-traveled Native-American singers of this time was Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone, a descendant of Tecumseh. Living to be 103, her life circumstances and multi-cultural experiences are the focal point of this presentation exploring relations between Native Americans and the greater non-Indian populace at the time of the early Chautauqua movement. As comparators, several modern-day Native American performers and composers will be introduced for an assessment of what Tsianina Redfeather might be performing and how she might be received if appearing at Chautauquas today.  Tickets $8.
  
  
• Meet an Author:  A Native American Perspective on the Creek Indian War - Through Sharman Burson Ramsey's genealogical studies she found that her fourth great grandmother, Vashti Vann, was Native American. Ironically, Vashti Vann's husband, Benjamin Jernigan, a friend of Andrew Jackson, was asked by Andrew Jackson to herd cattle in the Fort Crawford area because Jackson anticipated having to fight the Spanish. This friendship led to Ms. Ramsey's family settling in the North Florida area during the time of the Creek Indian War which inspired the writing of Swimming with Serpents. This session will be focused on the lead up to the Creek Indian War setting the scene for her novel, Swimming with Serpents, and its sequel, Nest of Vipers, set during the First Seminole War, which is also to be published by Mercer University Press in 2013.  DeFuniak Springs Library (Tickets $8)
  
  
• Performance Tea (and Meet an Author): Chilling Tales of a Titanic Survivor - Have tea with Titanic survivor, Sylvia Caldwell (interpreted by Julie Hedgepeth Williams). Sylvia and her husband Albert, along with their infant son Alden, were one of the few families to survive the Titanic intact. Sylvia will be interpreted by Albert's great-niece, Julie Hedgepeth Williams. Find out how Sylvia and her family were fleeing their jobs, wound up on the Titanic, were rescued, and how Albert has been telling their story at Chautauquas throughout the nation. Community Center. Tickets $18.

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm:  BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• With Words for Wings, Flying Through Life with Jackie Cochran - The first American woman to break the sound barrier and the holder of more flight speed, altitude and distance records at the time of her death in 1980 than any other pilot, male or female, Jackie Cochran left her family in DeFuniak Springs determined to be someone that mattered. In her lifetime, she applied that determination to achieve fame, build wealth, and attract a circle of friends who were household names, among them U.S. Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson. But who was the woman behind the name in the record books, behind the successful cosmetics business she ran for years, and the wife of America's wealthiest man? Always in motion and always attentive to maintaining a certain public image, Jackie was not an "open book," in spite of the two autobiographies published in her lifetime. Nonetheless, in a volume that takes it name from one of those autobiographies, Stars at Noon, Florida poet Enid Shomer employs the art of word choice, juxtaposition, and verse to probe and shed light on Jackie's character. The early Chautauqua movement included poetry readings among its activities. Using Ms. Shomer's work as a means of exploring Jackie Cochran's life, this session revives that tradition not only in homage to earlier ways, but in recognition of its power to uniquely convey meaning and insight for subjects common, profound, and -- in the case of Jackie Cochran's true self -- seemingly impenetrable. Tickets $8.
  
  

• Parlor Reading With Wallace Bruce's Great Granddaughter - Meet a direct decendant of Wallace Bruce who will read a sample of her great grandfather's world-renowned poetry in the parlor of his historic cottage on Circle Drive in Historic DeFuniak Springs. Enjoy servings of wine and cheese while you enjoy this historic session. She (Rusty Bowman) will be introduced by her legendary great grandfather (interpreted by Chuck Puckett) who not only was the longest serving president of the original Florida Chautauqua Assemblies, but who also served as U.S. Consul General to Edinburg, Scotland, was a personal friend of Robert Todd Lincoln, and the first person to have erected a statue of an American president (Abraham Lincoln) on foreign soil.  404 Circle Drive. Tickets $18.

  A Rare Titanic Family:  A Firsthand Account of the Titanic - Author of A Rare Titanic Family, Julie Hedgepeth Williams will be telling her great-uncle Albert Caldwell's story of  how he and his wife and baby all survived the Titanic in 1912.  They were one of the few families on the Titanic to survive intact.  Albert lived to be 91 and told the story of the Titanic to Julie many times.  Julie presents a fascinating PowerPoint slideshow based on the firsthand account as Albert told her and as he told to both Chautauqua audiences in 1912 and audiences around the nation from 1912 to 1976.  But there was much he never told, which Julie found out through research.  She discovered that Albert and Sylvia were fleeing their employer in Siam..., and the employer was waiting for them when they finally arrived on the rescue ship in New York.  The fascinating story of this cat-and-mouse chase around the globe, which included a tragic trip on the Titanic, has delighted audiences in 10 states.  Tickets $8
  
  
• Marketing The Florida Chautauqua Assembly and Original Campus to The Chautauqua Trail - Christopher Mitchell, President of the Florida Chautauqua Assembly, and City officials will bring government, business, Chautauqua leaders and guests together to discuss the Florida Chautauqua Assembly's potential impact on a nation-wide marketing campaign and how this Assembly will play a role in a revised American Chautauqua Movement.  -Free.
  
  
• Performance Tea (and Meet an Author):  The Late Controversial Florida Governor Sydney J. Catts - Tilt a tea of  cup with one of Florida's most controversial and charismatic Governors, Sidney J. Catts (interpreted by Jim Moore), who maintained deep ties with the Chautauqua movement.  Learn about the Reverend's gun-toting, Bible-thumping campaigning and the lingering suspicions of Catt's printing counterfeit money in the basement of his home just off the grounds of Florida's famous and historical Chautauqua Assembly in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.   Community Center.  Tickets $18.

6:00 pm:  EVENING DINNER PERFORMANCE:  Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Rider Feast - You're invited to the big tent behind the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood to meet the president who once declared Chautauqua "The Most American Thing in America."  You'll be treated to a feast of venison, quail, and even buffalo, along with some treats from the Gulf of Mexico!  President Roosevelt will also introduce you to some of America's heros, some who are tribe members of the Muscogee Nation of Florida , some who are Frontiersmen and others who are soldiers of the American Civil War.  You'll also be treated to some of the regions best artwork which will be for sale during the stand-up dinner where you will have a chance to say goodbye to the many friends you met during the historic 2013 Florida Chautauqua Assembly!   Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood.  Tickets $25.

7:30 am - 8:30 am: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: EXHIBITS OPEN:

• Living History Presentations of our American Culture - Lake Yard, Free
  • Muscogee Indian Gathering and Encampment
  • Civil War Camp
  • Florida Frontiersmen Settlement Camp
  • A Journey Through the Chautauqua Trail Student Museum Exhibit- Hall of Brotherhood
  • Historic DeFuniak Springs Library- Circle Drive

8:00 am - 5:00 pm:  Plein Air Paint Out and Art Sale - Hospitality Tent & Lake Yard

10:00 am - WORSHIP SERVICES (Your choice, below)

• Civil War Camp – Lake Yard
• Florida Frontiersmen Settlement Camp – Lake Yard
• Muscogee Indian Gathering and Encampment - Lake Yard

Noon – 1:00 pm: LUNCH – Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood. (Guests $8)

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: Civil War Skirmish – Lake Yard

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm:  Learn to play Shuffleboard!  - Lake Yard (next to Library)

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm:  Walton Heritage Museum, Circle Drive