August Trip to Canad(a) Aug 1994

Accession No.: 
LE3-005

Aug. 12, 1994
00:00:19 - Boarding the plane to go to Canada;

Aug. 13, 1994
00:01:25 - Bay of Fundy at St. John Delta?, Canada;

Aug. 14, 1994
00:02:41 - French-Canadian musicians at the Confederation Centre of the Arts telling joke/stories/singing songs in English and French. Keyboard, guitar, bones, mandolin, table-dancing;
00:04:24 - Cemetery in Northwest Cove?, Nova Scotia. Adelaide Martin & Abraham Pineau, Zarcharie Martin. Catholic Church & choir;
00:05:51 - Bay of St. Lawrence overlooking the Northwest Cove? near the Church. Mass letting out. Eddie and Polly Richard. A.J. LeBlanc;
00:07:21 - Green Gables Tea Room and Gift Shop;
Catholic Church in Miscouche, Prince Edward Island, Canada;
Acadian memorial and cemetery behind the church;
Poirier, Thibideau, Gauthier, Gaudet. Stone, Iron, and Wooden headstones;
00:11:20 - La Maison des Bouteilles;
Log Chapel and Presentation of 'Bal de Maison' Cassette Tape;
00:17:49 - Soirée Acadienne chez La Cuisine à Mémé with Musicians and Comedians;
Stories/jokes in French by one of the comedians;
Step dancing;
Skit/Story;
00:35:55 - A.J. LeBlanc introduces Paul Duhon who places bones with local band. Mayor of Breaux Bridge and his wife are there with Zachary Richard's parents;

Aug. 15, 1994
Breakfast;
Taking pictures before getting on the bus;
Hotel Shediac;
Acadian Festival;
Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada;
'Les Méchants Macreaux' - band;
00:46:36 - Zachary Richard performing;

Aug. 16, 1994;
Art Gallery/Acadien Museum;
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada;
Acadian band playing on the water;
Horse-drawn trolley (La Balade) and wagon (St. Anselme);
Paul Duhon playing bones;
Celebrating Mrs. Polly Richard's birthday;
Cookout in Shediac with Cajun music;
00:55:38 Making Acadians Honorary Cajuns;
Eddie and Polly Richard, Tommy Angelle, Mayor of Carencro;
Band;

Aug. 17, 1994;
Paul Duhon playing bones with a fiddler;
Le Pays de la Sagouine;
Fiddler table dancing;
01:05:02 - Treasure Hunt;
Big round dance to The Jetsons theme song?;
Carey's By The Sea (restaurant). Sunset;

Aug. 18, 1994
Sea birds at the beach;
Acadian Village (in Canada);
Congrès Mondiale Acadien;
Depiction for life of the Acadians when they arrived in the 17th century;
Local band playing the Orange Blossom Special with table dancing;
Dress-up Dinner;
01:19:22 - 40th Anniversary. Landry Family Band. 19 musicians;
Dance tunes and ballads;
Paul Duhon playing bones;
Acadian Flag (Cajun). Ron Guidry. Presentation of Theriot coat of arms;
Castille House poster and explanation of single chimney in Cajun houses;
Paul Duhon playing bones with the Landry Family Band;

Aug. 19. 1994
01:33:24 - Wharf;
Fisherman;
Country houses;
Catholic Church museum?;
Get-together. Dinner;

Aug. 20, 1994
Watching the tide come in/horizon;
Memorial;
In town;
01:43:34 - Bar. Reflections of the Trip;
01:52:36 - Cut to Black
02:01:09 - Film resumes

Aug. 21, 1994;
Brick Dome Barrack?;
Rainy day on the ocean;
Bridge over the river;
02:12:59 - Dinner at Hotel?;
Bagpiper;
Hotel get-together with piano music;
Things tour guide is tired of hearing and strengths/flaws;
People breaking eyeglasses;
Thanking the tour guide;

Aug. 22, 1994
02:50:24 - Trip back to Louisiana;
Boarding the plane;

Aug. 23, 1994
'The Roots of Acadiana Down Home' on KATC with Agnes Derouen;
A.J. LeBlanc explains a mural of the deportation at the University of Moncton;
French Canadian Flag;
Retrouvaille '94/Congrès Mondiale;
Earlene Broussard (CODOFIL) and women passing on the culture;
Catholic Mass in Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada;
Singing 'La Cravate' on the bus;
Kids' Tintamarre;
02:59:54 - Roddie Romero playing accordion;
Fishing and Sailing in Shediac ("Lobster Captial')
Honorary Cajuns;
Shediac twinned with Breaux Bridge;
Zachary Richard;
Tommy Angelle, Mayor of Carencro;
"The Bubba's" cook for the Acadians;
Acadian's stance on Cajun cooking;
Kristi Guillory, Hadley Castille;
Judge Allen Babineaux, Mark Babineaux;
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco;
03:16:15 - News Story on KLFY with Jim Olivier and ? Boudreaux;
Shediac;
Roddie Romero playing at Cap Pelé;
15 hr music marathon;
Jim speaking to Cajuns in French;
Dudley Duhon rewrote 'The Back Door';
Babineaux Family Reunion;
Boudreau Family Reunion;
03:26:21 - Catholic Mass in Rogersville;
Monument Assomption;
Fr. Arceneaux explains the tricolor Acadian flag;
Singing about the deportation;
03:30:34 - Tintamarre in Bouctouche;
Le Pays de la Sagouine;
Zachary Richard in Shediac;
Dieppe, sister city with Carencro;
'The Bubba's' with Ray Guidry fed Acadians;
Hadley Castille and Kristi Guillory provided music;
University of Moncton;
Planning the coming Congrès Mondiales;
Jeu de Retrouvailles;
Warren Perrin asking the Queen of England to apologize for deporting the Acadians;
Caraquet's Village Acadien;

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
A.J. LeBlanc Video Collection
Subject: 
August Trip to Canada Aug 1994; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Acadia; Congrès Mondiale
Creator: 
A.J. LeBlanc
Informants: 
A.J. LeBlanc
Recording date: 
Friday, August 12, 1994
Coverage Spatial: 
New Brunswick/Nova Scotia, Canada
Publisher: 
A.J. LeBlanc/KATC/KLFY
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
03:34:39
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Digitized Date: 
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Original Format: 
VHS Tape
Digital Format: 
DV Tape
Storage Location: 
ULL Special Collections