I-Peabody Hotel edumile eDowntown Memphis ingaphezu nje kwendawo enhle yokuhlala. Kubuye kube ngenye yezindawo ezidumile kakhulu futhi ezidumile kakhulu edolobheni.
Usuku ngalunye ngo-11 ekuseni, i-parade yamadada amahlanu e-mallard, eholwa i-Duckmaster esemthethweni yenza indlela ephuma ophahleni lwehotela kuze kube yilapho yokuvakasha khona. Lapho, iphepheni elibomvu likhishwe ku-elevator kanti uJohn Philip Sousa's King Cotton March uqala ukudlala.
Amadada aya emthonjeni we-Peabody's Grand Lobby lapho ehamba khona ngezikhathi zonke ngosuku njengoba abantu bephumula eduze kwendawo yokuvakasha.
Ngehora lesishiyagalolunye, lo mkhosi uphenduka lapho amadada ebuyela ekhaya lawo.
Qinisekisa futhi ufike kusenesikhathi ukuze izingane zithole indawo enhle eceleni kwekhabethe elibomvu. I-lobby igcwele izakhamuzi kanye nabendawo abafuna ukuthatha izithombe ezimbalwa zombukiso. Ukukhanga kuyathandwa kakhulu imindeni , kodwa abantu abadala balenga ehhotela ukuhlola umuzwa wayo wemlando, lapho bebamba isiphuzo ebhodini lokungcebeleka noma baphakamise phezulu kokubheka okuhle kakhulu emzini kusukela ophahleni bajabulele umbukiso , futhi.
UDuckmaster wamanje u-Anthony Petrina; yena kuphela uDuckmaster wesihlanu ukukhonza kule ndawo kusukela isiko siqala. Ngaphezu kokunakekela amadada, uqhuba izinkambo futhi ukhonza njengenxusa yehhotela elimlando.
Umlando
Lesi siko esiyingqayizivele saqala ngo-1932 lapho umphathi jikelele wehhotela kanye nomunye wabangani bakhe abazingelayo babuya uhambo lokuzingela e-Arkansas. Lo mbhangqwana wacabanga ukuthi bekuyoba ukuhlekisa ukubeka ama-decoys e-duck aphile emthonjeni we-Grand Lobby. Okuhloswe njenge-prank, babengazi ukuthi amadada angathandwa kanjani nezivakashi zehhotela.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalesi sigameko, ama-decoys aphilayo ashintshwa amadada amahlanu e-mallard.
Kwakuyi-1940 lapho isikhulu esibizwa ngokuthi u-Edward Pembroke sinikeza usizo lokuqeqesha amadada. U-Pembroke wayekade esebenza njengomqeqeshi wezilwane zesisisi futhi ngokushesha wafundisa amadada ukuba ahambe. Wenziwa uPeabody Duckmaster osemthethweni futhi wagcina lesi sihloko waze washiya umhlalaphansi ngo-1991.
Amadada
Ithimba ngalinye lamadada amahlanu (owesilisa oyedwa nabesilisa abane) kuphela ukusebenza izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba bathathe umhlalaphansi. Amadada akhuliswa umlimi wendawo futhi abuyiselwa epulazini lapho behlala emhlalaphansi.
Akukho uhambo oluya eMemphis luzophelela ngaphandle kokuvakashela i-Peabody Ducks. Akudingeki ukuba ube yisimenywa ehhotela ukuze ubone ama-duck. Eqinisweni, izivakashi zikhuthazwa ukuba zize usuku ngalunye futhi zibone lo mbonisi omnandi.
I-Peabody Hotel
149 Union Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103
Kubuyekezwe nguHolly Whitfield, ngoDisemba 2017