Generations honor ancestors 
Twenty-two youth were presented at the Plantation Ball on April 4 at the Scottish Rite Temple. Those presented come from generations of planters. One presentee’s great-great-grandmother was the first woman allowed to vote in Claiborne Parish. Another presentee’s great-great-great-grandfather built Caspiana House, which has since been donated to LSU Shreveport for use in its Pioneer Heritage program. The property from one young man’s family is being used by 20th Century Fox’s Salem TV series. Another’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather traded seven cows to the Spanish government in 1800 for 7,000 acres of rich Red River land. Many were third generation presentees in the 56th annual event. The presentation of sons and daughters is annually anticipated as an established custom of Holiday in Dixie. The event ends with the Virginia Reel and an old-fashioned plantation breakfast.
[ SCENE STEALERS ]
1. Kim Fletcher, Liz McCurdy
2. Margaret and Harold Coates
3. Beth and Ben Woods
4. Dane Sanders, Josiah Namie, Blake Lawrence
5. Amy Brainard, Claudia Byram, Jann Logan, Dana Milner
6. Lennis and Richard Elston
7. Creighton and Elizabeth Light, Crystal and Marty Wooldridge
8. (Front row) Margie Braswell, Shirley Martin;
(Back row) Jimmy Martin, Michael Martin, Amie Martin, Jim Braswell, LeAnne Corley
9. Jackson Cavett Sibley, Kristi Cavett Jones
10. Garrett Fultz, Emily Fultz, Jeff Springmeyer
11. Phil Marion, Judy Reller, Linda Marion, Maddie Monarch, Laura Grisham,
Katherine Reller, Coral Bontz, Claude Reller
12. Kristina Doyal, Ragan Aple, Peyton Lawrence, Wendy Steele, Sara Hill, Alexis Little,
Brook Fort, Megan Ricord
13. Allie Zurenko, Megan Holloway, Mary Jane Hobgood
