I-Peabody Hotel eyaziwayo eDowntown yaseMemphis ingaphezu kwendawo enhle yokuhlala. Kwakhona ikhaya linye edumileyo-kunye neyona ndlela ikhethiweyo.
Ngosuku ngalunye ngo-11 ekuseni, i-parade yamahlanu e-mallard, ekhokelwa yi-Duckmaster esemthethweni yenza indlela yayo ukusuka ephahleni le hotele ukuya kwindawo yokubambela. Kulapho, iphepheni ebomvu igqityiwe kwi-elevator kwaye uYohn Philip Sousa's King Cotton Matshi uqala ukudlala.
Amadada aya emthonjeni we-Peabody's Hall Lobby apho bahamba khona ngokukhawuleza yonke imini njengoko abantu bahlala behlala kufuphi ne-bar lobby.
Ngo-5 ntambama, umkhosi uphenduka xa amadada ebuyela ekhayeni lawo.
Qinisekisa kwaye ufike kusasa ukuba abantwana bafumane indawo efanelekileyo kwi-tappe ebomvu. I-lobby isoloko izaliswe ngabakhenkethi kunye nabemi befuna ukumbamba iifoto ezimbalwa zembonakalo. Ukukhanga kuyathandwa kakhulu kwiintsapho , kodwa abantu abadala baxhonywe ehotele ukuba bahlolisise indlela abavakalelwa kuyo, ukuba bafumane isiselo kwi-bar lobby okanye phezulu phezulu kwezinye iimbono ezibalaseleyo kwidolophu. , naye.
I-Duckmaster yangoku nguAnthony Petrina; Nguye kuphela u-Duckmaster wesihlanu ukukhonza kule ndawo kuba isithethe siqala. Ukongeza kokunyamekela amadada, uqhuba iindwendwe kwaye ukhonza njenge-ambassador kwihotele yembali.
Imbali
Isithethe esiyingqayizivele saqala ngo-1932 xa umphathi jikelele wehotele kunye nomnye wabalingani bakhe abazingelayo babuya e-Arkansas. Lo mbini wacinga ukuba kuya kukuhlekisa ukubeka i-decoys yabo ephilayo kwindawo yomthombo weLobby Lobby. Eyinjongo njengeprank, babengenayo ingcamango yokuba iidumbu ziza kuba ziindwendwe zeehotele.
Kungekudala emva kolu hlobo, ama-decoys aphilayo athatyathwa ngamadada amahlanu e-mallard.
Kwakukho ngo-1940 ukuba i-bellman egama linguEdward Pembroke incede ukuqeqesha amadada. U-Pembroke wayesebenze njengomqeqeshi wezilwanyana zeeskiti kwaye ngokukhawuleza wafundisa amadada ukuba ahambe. Wenziwe i-Peabody Duckmaster esemthethweni kwaye wagcina eso sihloko de wahlala phantsi ngo-1991.
Amadada
Iqela ngalinye leemadada ezintlanu (enye inkunzi kunye nabesifazana abane) sebenza kuphela kwiinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba bathathe umhlalaphantsi. Amadada aphakanyiswa ngumlimi wasekuhlaleni kwaye abuyiselwa epulazini xa behlala phantsi.
Akukho uhambo oluya eMemphis luya kugqibeka ngaphandle kokutyelela kwi-Peabody Ducks. Akufanele ube ngumndwendwe kwihotele ukuze ubone uhambo lwamadada. Enyanisweni, iindwendwe ziyakhuthazwa ukuba zize ngosuku ngalunye kwaye zibone lo mboniso omnandi.
I-Peabody Hotel
149 Union Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103
Ukuhlaziywa nguHolly Whitfield, ngoDisemba 2017