Footage of Horse Races and Track, Performance by Canray Fontenot and Bois-Sec Ardoin, Interview with Bois Sec Ardoin and his wife

Accession No.: 
LO2-016

1. Tapes 1336 -1338 - Horse Races 2-6
-Selling watermelons on the racetrack
-footage of horse workout (00:03:00)
-announcer explaining the betting process (00:04:45)
-Race, workout, and betting footage
-Recipe for boudin, rice dressing, butchering hogs (00:22:18)
-Additional race, workout, and betting footage (00:26:30)
-Prepping horses for race (00:34:40)
-Race footage (00:40:20)

2. Tape 1339-1340 - Ardoin Dance Hall 1-3 - Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot
-Mardi Gras song (00:41:05)
-'Trinquez, Trinquez' - explanation of lyrics (00:47:40)
-'La table ronde' (00:49:45)
-'Bonjour, bonne année'
-'Eunice Two Step'
-'Fais pas tout ca'

Conversation with Bois Sec and his wife (01:04:45)
-Learning how to play the accordion
-House dances
-Amédé Ardoin
-'La coulée rodaire' (01:12:55)
-Talking to Ms. Ardoin about picking cotton, cutting wood when she was younger

Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Lomax Video
Subject: 
Louisiana, Creole, French, Music, Horse Racing
Creator: 
Alan Lomax
Coverage Spatial: 
Louisiana
Publisher: 
Association for Cultural Equity
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
01:21:53
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Digitized Date: 
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Original Format: 
DVD
Digital Format: 
mp4
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 45