Poydras Home's 6th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival was held on Thursday, December 5th

Poydras Home’s 6th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival was held on Thursday evening December 5th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in our spacious 1857 Hall. This year, our headliner live music was the iconic, beloved, New Orleans favorite CHARMAINE NEVILLE!

Individual tickets to this event were priced at $125 with Poydras Home residents and children attending free-of-charge. Many supported our annual fundraiser as an event sponsor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Poydras Home 2024 Sixth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival Sponsors

2024 Tree Sponsors

  • Hancock Whitney Bank
  • Anne and Bobby Swayze
    • In Memory of Martha Anne Treen

2024 Lights Sponsor

  • Lucy and Kell Riess

2024 Tree Top Sponsors

  • Caroline and Bob Brickman
    • In Memory of Roger Worlock
  • Nell Lanier
  • Edward Moise
  • Charlie and Kirk Reasonover
  • Robert Saer
    • In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Saer
  • USI Insurance Services, LLC
  • The Vinson Family
  • Ginger Weichert-Gundlach
    • In Honor of Johanna Weichert

2024 Decorations Sponsors

  • Anonymous
    • In Memory of Eleanor Armstrong
  • Gail Asprodites
  • Morris Bart
  • Penny Baumer
  • Bellwether Technology Corporation
  • Joe Bucher and Kathryn Lichtenberg
  • Carver Darden
  • CommCare Corporation
  • Mary Demmas
    • In Memory of Con Demmas
  • Vaughn and Doug Downing
  • Favorites Promotional Products & Apparel
  • Carla H. Fishman
  • Gaye Frederic
  • Frischhertz Electric Co., Inc.
  • Claire and Derby Gisclair
    • In Memory of Maurice J. Picheloup, III
  • Lesley Hardin
  • HUB International
  • Claire and Larry Jacobi
    • In Memory of Larry Robert
  • LeGlue & Company CPAs, LLC
  • Janis Gissel Letourneau, MD
  • Becky & Tommy McGoey
    • In Memory of Pat and Joe Norton
  • Dianne McGraw
  • Lynne and Stephen Meade
    • In Memory of Butty and Betty Lou Tranchina
  • Dr. and Mrs. Brian and Kristin Moore
  • Gwynne Moser
  • Edith Mossy
  • Mullin
  • Payactiv
  • Pontchartrain Materials Corp., L.L.C.
  • Elizabeth Ryan
  • Terry Salassi and Family
  • Gene Shapiro and William Murray
    • In Honor of Nanette Shapiro
  • Michele Triche
  • Triton Healthcare, Inc.
  • UKG

2024 Festival Gifts

  • John Allen and Lynn Gutknecht
    • In Memory of Lena Gutknecht
  • A-MED Ambulance Service
    • In Honor of Frank Macera Founder
  • Julia Ary
  • Bettye and Mike Bagot
  • Mr. and Mrs. Jason Bargas
  • Suzanne Butler and Mark Klyza
  • Joanna L. Diboll
  • Marigny Dupuy
    • In Honor of Claire Clark
  • Jane Fink
    • In Honor of Darrell Fink
  • Ashton R. Hardy
    • In Memory of Alice Baumbach Hardy
  • Laine B. Harper
  • Laurie Hienz
    • In Honor of Eugenia Elliott
    • In Memory of Michael F. Hienz
  • Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones
  • Judy Kron
  • The Lagarde and Jurgens Families
    • In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Perret
  • Judy and Wiley Lastrapes
    • In Honor of Wiley Lastrapes
    • In Memory of Sally Cockerham
  • Charles B. Maginnis, IV
    • In Memory of Gladys Maginnis
  • Margo Moss
  • Julia Navar
  • Page T. Nelson
    • In Memory of Phyllis Thompson
  • Ernest and Mina O’Bannon
    • In Honor of Maurice Garsaud 
    • In Memory of Fleta Garsaud
  • Lydia Rose
    • In Memory of Earl Rose
  • Isabel W. Sanders
  • Sherri Schaefler
  • Margie Scheuermann
    • In Memory of Milton Scheuermann
  • Leslee Shapiro
  • Brenda Smith
  • Laura St. Clair
  • Mary Ann St. John
  • Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Jones
  • Nancy Turner
  • Dr. and Mrs. Herbert W. VanHorn, III
    • In Memory of Gladys B. “Teetsie” VanHorn
  • Laurie T. Waggener
    • In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Tranchina
  • Blair L. Wehrmann
    • In Memory of Robert Rice Wehrmann
  • Jackie and Richard Yancey
    • In Honor of Jackie Ryan

2024 In-Kind Festival Sponsor

  • Barnes Electric in-kind gift of equipment and labor to assemble and disassemble Poydras Home’s 30-foot outdoor holiday tree seasonally
  • Creole Creamery in-kind gift of artisan ice cream served at our event

2024 Entertainment

  • Charmaine Neville Band


Relive Poydras Home's Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting & Music Festival through St. Charles Avenue Magazine's coverage of our signature fundraiser event!

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