2024 Florida Chautauqua Assembly


March 15, 2024

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THURSDAY
8am - 9am: REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, 95 Circle Drive.

5:30pm - 6pm: OPENING CEREMONY
6pm - 10pm: BICENTENNIAL LAKE YARD CELEBRATION
Performance by Walton County Community Band and Okaloosa

FRIDAY
8am - 9am: REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, 95 Circle Drive.

9am - 10am: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
"Walton County FL Genesis" - Sam Carnley and Bruce Cosson

10:30am - 11:30am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
"Raising Heritage Cattle Using Regenerative Farming Techniques" - Roy Barton
"The History of Public School Education in Okaloosa and Walton Counties" - Dr. Patrice Williams-Shuford
"Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune" - Lizzy Briscoe Wilson

11:45am - 12:45pm: PERFORMANCE TEA
Jan Turnquist

1:30pm - 2:30pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
"The Woman Behind Gone with the Wind" - Judy DeBolt
"History Mystery" - Dr. Mendy Henderson
"Florida Freedom - Slave Emancipation" - Dr. Anne Brinton

3pm - 4pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
"The American Chautauqua Movement" - Dean DeBolt
" Compassion Without Compromise: Trying to Understand and Support Someone Who is Gay" - Veronica Durling

5pm - 6pm: VESPERS
6pm - 10pm: STREET PARTY

SATURDAY
8am - 9am: REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, 95 Circle Drive.

9am - 10am: KEYNOTE SPEAKER
"Madame Octavia Walton Le Vert" - Brenda Rees

10:15am - 11:15am: CLASS
Mountain Dulcimer Class with Jessica Comeau, Amphitheater

10:30am - 11:30am: BREAKFAST SESSIONS
"Post Genesis Show and Tell" - Sam Carnley and Bruce Cosson
"Early Florida Pioneer Life" - Dr. Brian Rucker
"Walton County and the World" - Greg Garland

11:45am - 12:45pm: CLASS
Mountain Dulcimer Class with Jessica Comeau, Amphitheater

11:45am - 12:45pm: PERFORMANCE TEA
Jan Turnquist

1:30pm - 2:30pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
"Panhandle Native American History" - Ferris Powell
" Raising Heritage Cattle Using Regenerative Farming Techniques " - Roy Barton

3pm - 4pm: CLOSING SPEAKER
Superintendent Russell Hughes

5pm - 6pm: VESPERS
6pm - 10pm: STREET PARTY

Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood
95 Circle Drive
DeFuniak Springs, 32435

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