Thier dancers practice throughout the year in preparation for the Festival. On stage, they perform a variety of Greek dances for entertainment.
OR 'outdoor marketplace'
Long a Greek symbol of abundance and good luck - we hit the Daiquiri Booth for some frozen pomegranate libation!
The Rotisserie — Take the Festival home with you to savor and share! Slow roasted Spring Lamb (sold by the pound) will be cooking all weekend long.
Kali Orexi is the Greek phrase for Bon Apetit! Literally, it translates to good appetite.
Jackie and her Gyro with tzatziki sauce :)
The Pastry Shoppe — Over twenty traditional homemade Greek pastries, including baklava, galaktobouriko, kourambiedes, cakes, and cookies
Traditional Greek Dinner — We'll be serving our traditional Greek dinner all three days of the festival. Includes tiropita, spanakopita, pastitsio, meatballs, and a Greek salad with dolma (stuffed grape leaves)
Loukoumades — Hard to say but wonderful to eat, our "lou-coo-ma-days" are the Greek version of beignets --lightly fried golden brown, drenched in honey, and dusted with cinnamon
Amie and her imported Greek red wine :)
Live Greek music outside to relax and/or dance (in the HEAT!)
Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough said the port was closed Monday, leaving two vessels waiting to head north and one waiting to go south. The U.S. economy could face a bill running into the hundreds of millions of dollars a day if the lower Mississippi River is closed to shipping for days or weeks, port officials said. It wasn't clear when the river would reopen to traffic.
The Mississippi River is expected to crest Saturday in Natchez at 63 feet, down a half-foot than earlier predictions, but almost five feet above a record set in 1937. The river at Natchez was already 3 feet above the 1937 level as of Monday morning. To the north, the river is projected to crest Thursday at Vicksburg at 57.5 feet, more than a foot above the 1927 record there.
It could take weeks for the water to recede to normal levels.
During the spring, the Mississippi is a highway for towboats bushing barges laden with corn, soybeans and other crops brought down from the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi river systems. Grain and other farm products come down the river, mostly by barge but some by rail, to the Port of South Louisiana, north of New Orleans, for export. They are loaded onto massive grain carriers headed overseas.