LAPLACE - Destrehan Plantation is celebrating the 2007 Holiday Season with the first annual Joyeux Noel Gala and Grande Ball on Friday and Saturday, December 7 and 8. Dances of the antebellum days will be taught on Friday night, 7:30-9:30 p.m. to all persons dancing on Saturday. Dance master is Craig Kaster of Baton Rouge. Members of the Louisiana Vintage Dancers of Baton Rouge and Crescent City Historic Dancers of New Orleans will be the lead couples. Saturday's festivities will begin with candlelight tours and historical reenactments in the big house at 6:00 p.m. with the grande ball at 7:30 in the Mule Barn on the plantation grounds. The plantation big house, as well as the Mule Barn, will be all aglow in the holiday dress of days gone by. All dancers attending the Grande Ball must be in complete period attire and purchase a combo ticket for dance lessons on Friday night. If dancing is not your thing, just purchase a spectator ticket and enjoy the candlelight tours, vignettes and the holiday festivities in the Mule Barn on Saturday. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. A combo ticket for both nights is $30 per couple and a spectator's ticket for Saturday night only is $10. For more details or to order tickets call Destrehan Plantation 985-764-9315. Destrehan Plantation is located at 13034 River Road, Destrehan, La.
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