Interview of Ann Savoy by Ben Sandmel
Ann Savoy:
00:00 - Discusses the start of the Liberty Theater
04:00 - Getting the national park involved in the Liberty Theater and then getting the Mayor of Eunice Curtis Joubert
06:10 - Marc Savoy putting on a Tex-Mex show at the Liberty in 1982 - Santiago Jimenez
07:15 - Nick Spitzer's "Zydeco" premiere at the Liberty
08:00 - Jim Isenogle - Head of Jean Lafitte Center being interested in buying the theatre
08:40 - Reviving the Mardi Gras of Eunice
10: 15 - The city of Eunice purchasing the Liberty Theater and the National Park began putting on shows at the Liberty
11:30 - Renovating the Liberty Theater. Historic aspects of the Liberty Theater, built in 1924 and opened in the 1930's
14:00 - Ann Savoy and Jane Vidrine writing plays and performing them at the theater
17:30 - The origins of the Rendez-Vous des Cajuns weekly show at the Liberty Theater
19:45 - The recipe portion of the show and humorist - Gertrude Fontenot, Linus Betrand, Madame Etoufée, Dula Matte
23:30 - Involvement of Ray Brassieur and Vincent Fontenot, Keeping the show mostly in French
