BBC4 Program: Cajun Culture with Eleanor Garland

Accession No.: 
PE1-002

BBC4 Program: Cajun Culture with Eleanor Garland; London, England; August 1998:

-Preservation of Cajun culture in Canada and speaking and learning in French. New Brunswick
-French singing competition
-Rachelle Dugas-Cajun Jig
-Neil Boucher (Director of Center for Acadian Studies at Université St Anne)
-Paul Comeaux-Café chef Christophe (Cajun cuisine)
-Use of the story of Evangeline to bring tourism to the area - Evangeline song
-Steven White

-“La Saguine” written in Acadian dialect: read by Antonine Mailler (Acadian intelligencia):
-About the life of an Acadian washer woman in the 30s and 40s
-First work to celebrate the normal lives of the Acadians.
-Renee Leger
-Herménégilde Chiasson
-Les Mechants Maquereaux - Acadian music group. Played a song

(19:07) - Beginning on new transmission
-Longfellow’s story - Evangeline
-Barbara Leblanc - Visiting Evangeline statue in Grand Pre
-1881 - First Acadian Convention
-Renee Leger - Executive Director of the National Society for Acadians in Moncton

(24:58) - Audio fades out.

(25:00) - Unknown man speaking about genealogy of Acadians

(26:22) - Audio starts over. Replay of program?

(42:43) - Third part of Cajun Country starts (Louisiana Cajuns)
-Fred’s Lounge Mamou. Live local radio broadcast in French from Fred’s since 1984
-“Taunte Sue” - Fred’s Mamou
-Carl Brasseaux

(46:53) - audio cuts out

(47:10) - audio restarts

-Mayor Eric Martin - St Martinville Mayor
-Romero Brothers Band - The Cajun Louisiana Anthem
-Two-Step played by Romero Brothers
-Warren Perrin
-Neil Boucher-supporter of Perrin’s petition to the English crown
-Paul Prudhomme mentioned
-Enola - Sister of Paul (spoken with)
-Sonny - Son of Enola (spoken with)
-Chris - Son in law (spoken with)
-Barry Ancelet
-Shane Bernard
-Council for the Development of French
-Carol Ann Andrepont and friends - Told Boudreaux and Thibodeaux jokes


***Audio ends***

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Warren A. Perrin
Subject: 
Louisiana, French, Cajuns, Acadian Deportation; Folk Music
Creator: 
BBC / Warren Perrin
Informants: 
Warren Perrin
Recording date: 
Monday, March 14, 2022
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
BBC
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, March 14, 2022
Digitized Date: 
Monday, March 14, 2022
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Returned to donor