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The Kick-Off to the assembly and the bicentennial Lake yard celebrations
Check in at the Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, 95 Circle Drive, for the assembly and pick up your wristbands, programs, and assembly map.
Get all of your questions about the Assembly answered here.
Available to all passport holders is a tour of this beautiful, recently refurbished Inn. The famous Sunbright House was constructed at the birth of the Chautauqua Assemblies retreat movement in DeFuniak Springs by railroad magnate J.T. Sherman in the mid-late 1880s
At the lake yard amphitheater enjoy performances by the Walton County and North Okaloosa Community Bands.
5:30 - Opening remarks by Chautauqua Assembly President
5:35 - National Anthem
5:40 - Welcome and brief introduction of speakers/events
5:45 - Music from the talented Community Bands
Tavern with adult beverages and trivia.
Candlelit Boat-Making Workshop
Candlelit Boat Launch
Join in a night of trivia along with a selection of adult beverages from the Chautauqua Winery and Grayton Beer Company. Prizes for top finishers.
Tavern 3-Day Passport - $70 unlimited beer and wine
Tavern 1-Day Passport - $20 (Opening) unlimited beer and wine
Beer $5 a glass & Wine $8 a glass
Join us in making a paper boat that floats and holds a tea candle Afterwards, we will launch them on the lake.
First Presbyterian Church, 1063 Circle Dr
In the kitchen enjoy a variety of continental-style breakfast items. There will be coffee, water, and juice.
Coffee will be available all day to VIP passport holders.
Sam Carnley & Bruce Cosson bring to life "Walton County's Genesis"
Explore the intricacies of the politics behind Walton County's beginning. What is the significance of Uchee Valley and the Isle of Sky Highlands to the county's genesis? Come discover together with two of the county's most renowned historians.
Grab a bite to eat from a restaurant downtown or from one of the food trucks at the lake yard. Then stroll through the exhibits around the lake yard and check out the talent at the amphitheater. The Walton High School Jazz Band performs at 1:15 PM
Join Winnie the Pooh at the library as he reads to you. Kids of all ages from 0 - 120 are welcome.
The Florida Chautauqua Association, in collaboration and partnership with the City Beautification and Tree Board, City of DeFuniak Springs, the Florida Forest Service, and Walton County Extension Service, will honor Rev Tyrone Livingston Broadus of the U.S. State Department with a tree planting ceremony in Chipley Park Friday, March 15, 2024, in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Chipley Park is the centerpiece of a once-gated resort/campus where Arbor Day in Florida originated in 1885 during the first
Authentic Pioneer Style Dinners are included with the VIP ticket.
Single Supper $35
Couple Supper $60
Prepared with love by the Sisters in Spirit (S.I.S.) ladies in collaboration with Dirty Hands Farm. You will enjoy a hearty meal with live entertainment featuring Kimberly Miller
The menu will be heritage Spanish cattle beef prepared in shepherd's pie and beef stew served with cucumber salad, freshly oven-baked bread or cornbread, and pecan cobbler. Drinks will be tea, water, and coffee.
First Methodist Church, 88 Circle Dr
Step back in time and meet Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) published more than 30 books, but it was her best-selling anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin that catapulted her to international celebrity and secured her place in history. She believed her actions could make a positive difference. Her words changed the world. Portrayed by Jan Turnquist
AMPHITHEATER, 1183 Circle Dr
Dean DeMarra from First Baptist Church
NEXT TO AMPHITHEATER, 1183 Circle Dr
Join in a night of trivia along with a selection of adult beverages from the Chautauqua Winery and Grayton Beer Company. Prizes for top finishers.
Tavern 3-Day Passport - $70 unlimited beer and wine
Tavern 1-Day Passport - $30 unlimited beer and wine
Beer $5 a glass & Wine $8 a glass
First Presbyterian Church, 1063 Circle Dr
In the kitchen enjoy a variety of continental-style breakfast items. There will be coffee, water, and juice.
Coffee will be available all day to VIP passport holders.
Madame Octavia Walton Le Vert Portrayed by Brenda Rees at Chautauqua 2024. One of America’s most fabulous early nineteenth-century doyennes was Madame Octavia Walton Le Vert (1811-1877). During the earliest Florida Pioneer Days, Octavia was a renowned cultured woman; a much-admired society hostess and a member of the family whose name Walton County memorializes. She was a contemporary of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Louisa Mae Alcott, Little Women, and Edgar Allan Poe wrote a poem
Grab a bite to eat from a restaurant downtown or from one of the food trucks at the lake yard. Then stroll through the exhibits around the lake yard and check out the talent at the amphitheater. The Walton High School Jazz Band performs at 1:15 PM
Authentic Pioneer Style Dinners are included with the VIP ticket.
Single Supper $35
Couple Supper $60
Prepared with love by the Sisters in Spirit (S.I.S.) ladies in collaboration with Dirty Hands Farm. You will enjoy a hearty meal with live entertainment featuring Neal Dalton Kelly.
The menu will be BBQ pulled pork from a whole hog smoked in Dirty Hands Farm smokehouse served with baked beans, cole slaw, freshly oven-baked bread or cornbread, and fruit salad with whipped cream.
First Methodist Church, 88 Circle Dr
Step back in time and meet Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) published more than 30 books, but it was her best-selling anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin that catapulted her to international celebrity and secured her place in history. She believed her actions could make a positive difference. Her words changed the world. Portrayed by Jan Turnquist
Library, 3 Circle Dr
Join Maddie for storytime at the library. Kids of all ages from 0 -120 are welcome!
AMPHITHEATER, 1183 Circle Dr
The Northwest Florida State College's gospel choir
NEXT TO AMPHITHEATER, 1183 Circle Dr
Join in a night of trivia along with a selection of adult beverages from the Chautauqua Winery and Grayton Beer Company. Prizes for top finishers.
Tavern 3-Day Passport - $70 unlimited beer and wine
Tavern 1-Day Passport - $30 unlimited beer and wine
Beer $5 a glass & Wine $8 a glass
Check out the talent performing at the Amphitheater under the Entertainment Schedule tab