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Enrich your visit to Louisiana and 2014 ClarinetFest®! You’ll be able to choose from these three fun and educational optional events with your registration. Sign up early, space is limited for each special event trip to the first 110 participants, friends or family members.

#1 Pre Conference Houma House Plantation Tour and Lunch

A visit to Baton Rouge, LA would not be complete without a visit to one of the nearby plantation homes. Experience the southern splendor of "The Sugar Palace," the Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, and tour this grand antebellum estate. Step into 16 rooms filled with period antiques and Louisiana artwork, and enjoy 38 lush acres of gardens, ponds and a majestic live oak alley. Relax with a refreshing mint julep and enjoy the breeze off the Mississippi River! For more information go to http://www.houmashouse.com/

Tuesday July 29, 2014
9:30 AM Depart for Houmas House
10:00 AM -12 Noon Tour
12-1:30 PM Lunch
1:45 PM Depart for Cook Hotel
Cost: $50

#2 Louisiana Shrimp Boil in the LSU New Band Hall, featuring Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans and Jimmy “Swamp Dust” Babin

Jimmy will be cooking up a Cajun feast for us, including: Shrimp, Corn on the Cob, Boiled Potatoes, Jambalaya (Chicken, Pork, and Sausage), Red Beans with Ham over Rice, Marinated Vegetable Salad, Mixed Emotions Pudding, Coke Products & Bottled Water. (Tickets for beer will be sold separately). Check out Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans at http://www.doreensjazz.com/index.htm and Jimmy “SwampDust” Babin’s website,   http://www.creativecajuncooking.com/

Thursday, July 31, 2014
5-7:30 PM
Cost: $35

#3 Post Conference Cajun Swamp Tour

Cajun Pride Swamp Tours will show you the heart of the Cajun bayou. Includes bus transportation and an approximately 2 hour long narrated tour by private boat in the Manchac Swamp. Tour this privately owned wildlife refuge in a comfortable, covered boat with removable windows and open viewing from any seat. Swamp creatures are unafraid and responsive to the captain’s voice. In the safety and comfort of the boat, you will be able to get within a few feet of our “jumping gators.” Be on the lookout for nutria, ibis, turtles, herons, raccoons, egrets and more!

Monday, August 4, 2014
8 AM Pickup at Lod Cook Hotel, depart for Cajun Pride Swamp Tour
9:30 AM-12 Noon Swamp Tour
12:30 PM Depart for lunch at The Cabin (lunch not included in cost of Swamp Tour)
12:30-2 PM Lunch (not included in price) at The Cabin
2 PM Depart for Cook Hotel
Cost:  $30

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#4 New Orleans Day Trip

Spend the day in the heart of New Orleans in the beautiful French Quarter. Visit Café du Monde, take a walking tour, visit Central Grocery or just enjoy the views on the Mississippi. Trip includes round trip bus ride from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. You’ll be dropped off in the French Quarter and return at 8 pm. Don’t miss this chance to see one of the greatest cities in the U.S.
Monday, August 4, 2014

10 AM Pickup at Lod Cook Hotel, depart for New Orleans
8 PM Pickup in French Quarter Market for return to the Cook Hotel, Baton Rouge
Cost:  $25