Cabot School New Orleans Dinner and Dancing

On Saturday, March 17, in the Cabot School Dining Hall and Gym, from 5-7 p.m., there will be a New Orleans dinner to benefit the trip by Cabot AP Biology students to New Orleans from May 19 to May 26, 2007. The dinner will be buffet style and will include:

On the tables:

Corn Bread and Biscuits
Celery Seed Coleslaw

Sides:

Maque Chou (Classic Baked Corn)
Red Beans and Rice

Main Dishes:

Vegetarian Jambalaya
Chicken and Andouille Gumbo
Blackened Catfish

Desserts:

White Chocolate Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
Pecan Pie

Tickets purchased by Thursday, March 15, will be as follows: adults $15; children under twelve and senior citizens over 60, $10; and a family of four, two adults and two children under twelve, $40. Prices after that will be $5 more each. The reason for this is to be able to plan and prepare enough for all who wish to partake. Take out is available, but in order to protect the landfill, we are asking you to bring your own containers. To buy tickets, call Helen Morrison at school 563-2289 ext. 243 or at home 563-2488. Leave a message with your name and phone number and the number and kind of tickets you wish to purchase. New Orleans jazz will be provided by the students of the Cabot School small band, and by the professional group, Maple Leaf Seven, from St. Johnsbury. There will be room to kick off your shoes and dance.

The trip to New Orleans will be to volunteer to help with clean up, to help in clinics or at shelters for abandoned pets, and to work at food kitchens. One interesting possibility is to work to restore gardens and to plant trees around the city. In addition, students will be doing some research on how various human activities/structures made the devastation from Hurricane Katrina even worse. And finally, they will be exploring a bit of the societal and cultural aspects of New Orleans. Their final exam in June will be a presentation to interested community
members on their experiences and findings.