Merci Monsieur Shane Bernard, historian and curator at McIlhenny Company, for your efforts to beautify the New Iberia Amtrak Station. Merci Monsieur Alex Bernard for inspiring your father.
Gracias Madame Jane Braud for sending the Yuletide on the Bayou flyer.
ATTENTION DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES: if you would like the Girl Scouts to sing a special song in front of your store during the event on Dec. 14 between 10 a.m. - noon, please contact Jane Braud to schedule a visit. Following the event if you'd like to display one or more of the gingerbread houses in your storefront window or inside your shop, please let her know as the girls can deliver them following the event. Please use this event to promote your products!
Tour participant Renée Richard with historian Dr. Donald Frazier.
Merci Mesdames Pat Kahle and Cathy Shramm for leading the Shadows-on-the-Teche Civil War Tour on Nov. 9. The free day-long tour filled a 55 passenger tour bus very quickly with a waiting list. Stops were made at battle sites in St. Mary and Iberia Parish. Speakers included Dr. Don Frazier, Mr. Kelby Ouchley and Dr. Shane Bernard. Lunch was provided by the IPCVB. The tour was made possible by a grant to the Shadows-on-the-Teche from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Interpretation and Education Fund.
Thank you Madame Leslie Davis with Delcambre Direct Seafood for sending the press release on the debut of Vermilion Bay Sweet Shrimp at Rouse's.
Merci Madame Lanae Lopez for sending this flyer for the Christmas Comedy Jam to be held Dec. 21. LaQuinta Inn and Suites will be the event's host hotel.
The Berry Queens, Madame Cathy Melancon, Queen Puss-N-Boots, and Madame Linda Horton, Iberian Ambassador Queen on da geaux, greeted spectators with the Bunk Johnson Brazz Band at New Iberia Beneath the Balconies.
Welcome Madame Erica Gaspard, Comfort Suites' new GM!
Envision daBerry still needs Christmas decorations for their Winter Window Wonderland Display on Main Street New Iberia. Anyone can donate whatever they have to the NILA Gallery, LLC at 301 West St. Peter on Thursday - Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Read Envision daBerry's newsletter here.
The Iberia Community Garden Co-op is coming soon. The garden is a project of the BestLife Iberia initiative of the Iberia Industrial Development Foundation. It is funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Fund for Gulf Communities and the Community Foundation of Acadiana, in partnership with Acadiana Works, Inc. and administered by the Iberia Industrial Development Foundation. Get the latest updates on Facebook.
SOCIAL MEDIA TIP #14:Create a content schedule to make people expect certain content at a certain time or day on Facebook and Twitter. For instance, Jungle Gardens has the "Wildlife Wednesday" theme and visitors post pictures of wildlife they took at the gardens. At IPCVB, we use the following weekly schedule. We encourage you to use the same themes and hashtags and to send us your content!
Please send us information on your January events by Nov. 22. We are compiling the January calendar to be sent to the media on Dec. 2. You can check your event listing on our web calendar.
Participate in Shop Small on Nov. 30, 2013. The Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce is encouraging local businesses to join this nationwide initiative this holiday season. From now on through Nov. 27, the chamber will be promoting the event by mentionning specific information on participating shops, restaurants or salons. There is no cost to your business for the promotion and you don't need to be a member of the chamber. Please e-mail Janet Faulk-Gonzales, call 337-364-1836 or visit Iberiachamber.org for more information. Get free marketing tools for your business on the ShopSmall website.
ATTENTION EVENT PLANNERS: Publish your event in Gulf Coast Wave, a fact-checked, bi-weekly current events e-newsletter (free) covering the Central Gulf Coast. Each entry is hyperlinked on the photo and in the text. Contact them to find out how your event can be included in their newsletter and on their website.
ATTENTION MEETING PLANNERS: eLearning University is offering a free webinar on capturing the invisible group sales leads next Thursday, Nov. 21.
Iberia Parish sugarcane harvesting will be featured in a documentary about food and culture in Acadiana by Press Launch. Please stay tuned for air dates.
The Southern Soul Food Showdown was featured in the e-newsletters of Louisiana Cookin' andLouisiana Kitchen and Culture. The latter also featured El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia.
Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne and the Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Commission are unveiling plans for commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. Details here.
Gracias Madame Jane Braud for sending the Yuletide on the Bayou 
Welcome Madame Erica Gaspard, Comfort Suites' new GM!
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