Teche Theater Christmas gala held

Teche Theatre for the Performing Arts held its annual Christmas Dinner Gala on Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at the TTPA, and according to TTPA Board Member Diane Wiltz, “It was perfect.”
“There’s no place like home,” said Wiltz of the Home for the Holidays gala. “It was everything we had planned, and more. The entertainment was our (Franklin’s) very own Clay Boudreaux, and it doesn’t get any better than that. You are in your hometown theatre being performed-to by your hometown boy, who is internationally known. It was truly wonderful.”
Wiltz compared living in Franklin to Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” saying that she and her husband watch the film every holiday season, and that they feel as blessed in their lives as George Bailey did in his at the end of the film.
Fellow TTPA Board Member Ed “Tiger” Verdin said of the gala, “It was beautiful. Clay Boudreaux came home, and there and we were all full of Christmas spirit,” adding that it is great to see the community so energized about the revitalization of the city.
Wiltz said she would like to thank the Bayou Belles for sponsoring the meal that night. She also thanked Chuck Davis for constructing the stage set; Marnie Vaughn, owner of Bargain Barn Too; Brett Casselman; Robin Boudreaux; Perry Lowery and Tony Scelfo.