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March 15, 2024
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
