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Membership
Gala
JANUARY 26, 2027
Special Ticketed Event $35 per Person
at the Carriage House Restaurant
Annual Membership Meeting
Dinner and Gala
Limited Seating!
Historic Preservation Award Presentation
Natchez Favorite Alvin Shelby Pre-Event Entertainment
Begins at 4:30PM
Cash Bar Open 5:00PM
Dinner, Speaker, Awards Begin at 6:00PM
The Keynote Speaker at this upscale event will feature Scott Barretta on “The Musical World of Bud Scott,” a subject presented in cooperation with the Natchez Festival of Music. Scott is a Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mississippi, the former editor of Living Blues magazine, the host of the Highway 61 radio show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, a writer and researcher for the Mississippi Blues Trail, and the recipient of the 2016 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts for his work in documenting Mississippi blues traditions.