New Orleans is a wonderful destination and ELFA has planned some terrific activities for spouses. We encourage you to bring your spouse this year. For your enjoyment during the ELFA Annual Convention, we're offering different packages for spouse/companion attendees. Choose the package that fits into your plans.
A spouse or companion attending any portion of the convention or social functions must be registered and pay the appropriate spouse/ companion fee. If he or she is employed in leasing, the full member attendee registration fee is due.
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Package #1: Regular Convention Registration
This package includes all convention activities. Spouses or companions who register for the full convention package are entitled to attend all sessions and social activities, including the Sunday Welcoming Reception, the Tuesday Night Mardi Gras Party, special spouse program on Monday and Tuesday, and breakfast each morning. -
Package #2: Evening Events Only
This package includes the Sunday Welcoming Reception and the Tuesday Night Mardi Gras Party. Spouses or companions registering for this package may also attend any business sessions they like. -
Package #3: Special Spouse/Companion Activity
This package includes the special events planned specifically for spouses and companions, separate from convention sessions on Monday and Tuesday. Description of these special events follows.
Monday, October 13
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cajuns and Plantations
Experience the opulence and grandeur of antebellum plantation life and the "joie de vivre" of the Cajuns. Attendees will travel to a pastoral Cajun village, where they will board pontoon boats. An authentic Cajun boat captain will be the guide to exploring the lush swamp, which is alive with exotic plants and animals. If you're lucky, you'll get to see the most famous swamp inhabitant – the beady-eyed alligator.
Next, attendees will journey to beautiful Oak Alley Plantation, which has been the site of many films and television episodes. This landmark is also home to the country's most famous avenue of 400-year-old oak trees. Guides will escort attendees through the mansion, describing life in a bygone era. A delicious Southern-style luncheon, served at Oak Alley Plantation, is included.
Tuesday, October 14
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Now You're Cookin'!
Attendees will get a firsthand demonstration on what makes New Orleans cooking special. Attendees will be transported via mini motor coach through the French Quarter to the New Orleans School of Cooking, located in a quaint renovated molasses warehouse built in the early 1800s.
During the demonstration, attendees will learn the basics of Louisiana cooking, with fun as the primary ingredient. The personable chef will teach such New Orleans specialties as gumbo, jambalaya and pralines, and season them with history, trivia and tall tales. It's a "ga-ron-teed" good time for all. Following the class, all will enjoy a delectable lunch drawn from the menu items that have just been prepared before your eyes.
Everyone will take back written recipes, so that you can return home and cook like a New Orleans chef no matter where you call home!
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