Center for Louisiana Studies Archival Catalog
This searchable database provides information on images, documents, and audio and video recordings, made between 1934 and the present.
CAFA Annual Meeting
A.J. LeBlanc introducing Judge Allen Babineaux;
Judge Babineaux thanking the Acadians for their invitation;
Judge Babineaux's grandfather educating himself;
Hearing the Story of Evangeline from his grandfather and going to the land of his ancestors;
1950s was his first trip to Canada, like a retreat;
Cajuns being put down;
Wanting to make people realize our culture we have down here;
Picking cotton at 50 cents, 100 lbs. 200 lbs, $1 a day;
"Destiny brought us here.";
Hundred-years War between England and France. Who was going to be the higher power. French and Indian Wars;
What is an Acadian?;
Louisianians;
Nova Scotia/Acadie was the first permanent colony other than Florida and other Spanish colonies;
French colony of Port Royal in 1603/1604. Jamestown, Virginia;
1603-1755, continual battle between England and France wanting to control Nova Scotia;
Mixture of English and French. No longer British, no longer French, but "Acadian";
Babineauxs in North America descend from a single couple, Nicolas Babineau(x) and Marguerite Granger;
10:22 (Pure) Democracy in the new world;
Beausoleil Broussard responsible for us being in Louisiana;
Describing Beausoleil like people that we know (dedication of Eddie Richard, audacity of Louvey Trahan, and face of Antoine 'A.J.' LeBlanc);
Guilbeau(x), all Babineau(x)'s have Guilbeau(x) blood. Louis Charles Babineaux married one of Joseph dit l'Officier's Babineau(x) many daughters. Babineau(x)'s here because of Grangers, Guilbeau(x);
Napoleon Bonaparte knew whoever owned the mouth of the Mississippi river (Louisiana Purchase) would be powerful;
Acadians claim the west bank of the Mississippi river to the Texas line;
Beausoleil led the first group of Acadians to Louisiana;
Acadians' history was not written by us, but by others who disliked us and opressed;
Judge Babineaux battled two cancers;
Reading Evangeline, Acadians were a 'defeated' people never to resuscitate again;
Fighting the last battle against the British. Guerilla warrior;
Joseph Guilbeau(x), Arceneauxs, Bernards, and Beausoleil's groups incarcerated in Halifax, but there were numerous prisons and concentration camps;
Group of 250 Acadians banded together. 7 prominent names including Arceneaux, Bernard, Guilbeau(x), Broussard. They settled around modern-day Broussard, New Iberia, and west of the Atchafalaya Basin;
Beausoleil Broussard died a few months after he arrived in Louisiana after months of fighting the British;
"First of all, to know who we are, we have to know where we came from and why we are here." and "We know why we're here, but the good Lord knows what he's doing. I think we're blessed to be living in this area of the United States of America." - Judge Babineaux;
Lots of work to do;
No longer a majority in America;
Continue bilingualism;
19:55 Judge Babineaux one of three American jurist to represent the U.S. at the German Marshal Fund of America's European Judges Conference in Lyons, France to be conducted in German and French:
Two of the three judges representing the U.S. came from Acadiana. Allen Babineaux from Carencro who was made fun of, Justice Summers from Abbeville whose mother was a LeBlanc, and a judge from New York ;
Like United Nations, instantaneous translations;
A Cajun representing the United States of America and proud speaking an accent;
Cajun accent "as American" as any other accent in the U.S.;
The fittest survived the hardships the Acadians endured, and the Cajuns are the survivors;
Always had the talent, but never the oppurtunity;
Kermick? Chiasson's grocery store on Moss St. and his (grand)kids coming to visit Mr. Allen and his wife;
Cajuns in the high ranks of the U.S. millitary and the mainstream of things as Americans (their grandparents couldn't speak English);
Speaking English like Americans (not British) and French like Cajuns (not Frenchmen);
French Immersion, Congrès Mondiale, and Franco-Fête;
Known for our joie de vivre and ambassadors/musicians like Zachary Richard, Beausoleil Broussard?;
California Cajuns;
Not limiting our ability to communicate in one language and never forgetting the French langauge;
30:11 At least 40% of the words in the English dictionary are French (camouflage);
Only heard English at school, never at home until the radio came about;
Is this culture worth saving/does it have a value?;
'Television culture' ruining America;
Fixing Allen Babineaux's telephone;
Liberty and Equality;
Tripod must have three equal legs in order to stand up straight and the glue that holds things together (liberty, equality, and fraternity);
Fairs and festivals;
Communicating and sharing feelings with others;
Judge from New Orleans concerned coming to Lafayette (the country);
Different culture than mainstream America;
Less prejudice and more cooperation than any other area of the U.S.;
CAFA;
Jimmy Domengeaux, Dudley LeBlanc, Roy Theriot;
Twinning Longueuil and Moncton, only between mayors and not people;
CAFA offers continuation between people;
Without youth and language, we have no hope/future;
This culture produced two cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church;
Names like Roy, Mathieu;
39:56 Infrastructure solid now because of CAFA;
60-70 different family reunions that are still functioning;
2003 - 200 year anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson doubling the size of the United States;
2004 - Acadie, Canada to the land of our ancestors;
Destiny brought us here, Louisiana the only state under the 'Civil Code.' Same in continental Europe, Central and South America and most of Afirca also under this code;
Becoming more involved in this advance;
Up until WWII, England was a dominant factor. Then the U.S. snuck in behind England after WWII because we spoke English;
Communication;
Promoting the Cajun culture;
La Société Historique Acadienne celebrating the first contact with Cajuns since Le Grand Dérangement;
Jean-Marie Fonteneau;
Les cadiens sont entêtés;
Crusades and infidels. The most stubborn, loyal people came from France where the Acadians were from (Southern/Western France);
Nonc Roger being hard-headed;
Fr. Yvonne LeBlanc's joke. Young priest giving his first sermon;
49:40 A.J. LeBlanc talking about his trip to Anchorage, Alaska. Western conference - west of the Mississippi river. Walking into the bar and having people know they're from Louisiana;
#1 question tourists have is why we're so happy. Enjoy tonight, get out tomorrow;
A.J. pure Acadian (LeBlanc + Bourdreaux + Robichaux + Hebert) and proud of it;
Judge Babineaux returns talking about saving the culture and language;
Grace before meals and the U.S. Pledge in French;
Cajun Acadian Flag pin and explanation. Flag of Acadiana;
A.J. LeBlanc was instrumental in instituting June 6th as Acadian(a) Day in Louisina;
Comments from attendee: history lesson this morning and people should be proud of dedicated board members;
Board members?: Betty Duchamp, Johnny Comeaux, Woody Hebert, and Ronnie Blanchard;
Johnny (not an officer) will read the report of tallying votes for president;
First meeting at the City Bar in Maurice;
Elected officers to be re-elected to same positions (A.J. LeBlanc, Eddie Richard, Allen Babineaux?);
Secretary will read the minutes from the May 6 board of directors meeting and accepting the minutes;
Adjourning the meeting;
Musical Performance by Cajun Pride and The Cankton Cajuns
On tape : Bons Temps
Cajun Pride and Cankton Cajuns
Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler Show at Randol’s 1988;
Cajun Pride;
Creole Stomp;
“T-boy” Bourgeois – Emcee;
Chère Tout Toute;
J’ai été au bal;
Welcoming people from France and Happy Birthday for Jacques;
Jolie Blonde;
Allons à Lafayette/Lafayette Two Step;
J’aime mieux t’avoir perdu (que jamais t’avoir connu; Robert Elkins, Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold);
Introduction of members of ‘Cajun Pride’:
Bill Pellerin – Accordion;
Patrick Elkins – Rhythm Guitar;
David Daigle – Drums;
Woodrow Daigle – Triangle;
Clarence Denais – Fiddle;
‘Tit Bec Doux;
La Valse d’Héritage;
Lacassine Special;
Buggy Tracks;
Hick’s Wagon Wheel Special;
Fool’s Waltz (Jolly Rogers Waltz/Grand Gueydan);
Martha Lovelace introduces the band? ‘Renaud’ from Paris France;
La Valse d’Anniversaire;
Les haricots sont pas salés;
Program R14-8 – The Cankton Cajuns :
Mamou Two Step;
La valse qui me fait du mal/La Valse de Duson/La Valse de Bayou Chêne/La Valse des Opelousas/La Valse de St. Landry/La Valse de Stelly/Big Boy Waltz;
CFMA Dancers;
Cajun from Church Point (Okie from Muskogee);
Cankton Waltz;
Bayou Teche Two Step;
Chère Alice/La Valse à ‘Tit Dam Hanks;
Bachelor’s Life (La Vie d’un Vieux Garçon);
Kaplan Waltz (Chère Petite);
‘Tit Galop Pour Mamou (The Games People Play);
La Valse de la Vie;
Johnny Can’t Dance;
La Valse du Pont d’Amour;
Lacassine Special;
*See credits for musicians’ names*
- Kermit Venable - Accordion;
- Merlin Fontenot - Fiddle;
- - Rhythm Guitar;
- - Bass Guitar
- Rose Courvelle - Drums;
Musial Performance by Joe Doulgas & The Cajun Americans
On tape: Bon temps: Cajun Field
Joe Douglas
Lafayette Breakdown/Midnight Playboys Special;
La Valse à Bélizaire (Way Back in the Hills);
Mamou Two-Step;
(10:19) Tous le deux pour la même/Hollybeach Waltz (les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle)/Faire l'amour dans les rangs de coton;
Creole Stomp;
(19:43) Oh Bon Dieu, s'il vous plaît aidez-moi? (similar to Les 'tits yeux noirs and Chère Chérie);
Marksville Two-Step (High Point Two-Step);
La Valse Criminelle;
(34:12) Les zydeco sont pas salés;
Jolie Blonde (La fille de la veuve/Ma blonde est partie/La valse de Gueydan/La valse de Jolly Rogers/La valse de Couillon);
(42:36) 'Tit galop pour la Pointe aux Pins;
Les traces du boghei (La dernière fois/Mother's Day Waltz--Wayne Toups);
Allons à Lafayette/Lafayette Two Step;
La Porte d'en Arrière/The Back Door;
Joe Douglas-accordion;
Merlin Fontenot-fiddle;
Gary Breaux-drums;
Lester Broussard-bass guitar;
Junior Martin-steel guitar;
Errol Menard-scrubboard;
CBS Sunday Morning Interview with Beau Jocque
***Date Unknown***
Roots of Zydeco a mix of European, African, and American cultures;
Taking old song and redoing them in a new way;
Mama's Little Baby Loves Shortening Bread--Cornbread;
Beau Jocque--getting a feel of what the crowd wants to hear;
First learning Cajun music and speaking Cajun French;
How he came to get the nickname 'Beau Jacques';
Growing up on a farm and welding;
Picking up the accordion seven years ago whenever he had an accident at work, He couldn't do what he used to do;
Wilbert Guillory--Zydeco Festival to bring back the Creole culture and no lose it;
12th Zydeco Festival;
Transformation of Zydeco and risk of losing it? Exceeding the boundary;
1994 Louisiana Hall of Fame (Music Edited)
On tape:
1994 - LA. Hall of Fame
Music Edited
2:00:50
***Re-catalog names of musicians and songs***
Induction of 11 regular people plus 71 Boogie Kings;
Bernie Cyrus--Executive Director of the Louisiana Music Commission from New Orleans. Working with various musicians in the state. Leroy Martin;
Louisiana the music capital of the world, continue supporting the arts. Music before tourism;
David Houston--Mountain of Love, Almost Persuaded--Louisiana Hayride. 2 Grammy awards in Nashville. Various songs he recorded and television appearances. Travel, Grand Ole Opry. Son and wife of Shreveport accept his award;
Tonight's show dedicated to Houston and Antoine Mouton (both deceased);
David playing a picture of Houston playing fiddle as well as ASCAP and other awards and memorabilia;
Antoine and George Mouton (brothers)--Dixie Phonograph company--9 parishes, 6-mile radius from Lafayette. Tracking down T.K. Hulin for his record. Warren Storm, Tommy McLain, etc. George and Mrs. Antoine Mouton accepting awards;
Deloy C. Ross--jukeboxes. Brother-in-law was Webb Pierce. George Mouton accepting his award;
Ledel "Blackie" Forestier from Coulée Croche (00:14:46). His travels. Performing since 1947 at various festivals, appearance on television and documentaries, records and albums;
President and Secretary of the Blackie Forestier Fan Club--Faye and Roger Dugas;
The Southern Serenaders, Vin Bruce's recordings, Thibodaux radio station--KTIB. Recording for Jin, Swallow, and Houma records. Rare 1933 pictured 78 rpm of Jimmie Rogers. Playing festivals, offices or various music organizations--Leroy Martin;
Martin responsible for radio and television stations going bankrupt. Martin's first guitar;
Anniversary Waltz by Blackie Forestier & the Cajun Aces;
Fatima High School morning announcements, Pelican Boys State, National Public Radio, Working with Dudley LeBlanc on KROF Abbeville, Army, broadcasting. First Master Ceremony of LA Hall of Fame, KPEL, Cajun Heartland, U.S.A. (covers 7 parishes)--Marty Melancon (31:25);
Cajun Heartland U.S.A. project--tourism and economic development of Acadiana. Recognizing the ingredients of a good gumbo;
From Lake Charles, Walking Down the Aisle with the Berry Cups. Joining Cookie & the Cupcakes in 1964 and The Boogie Kings in 1967. Recordings and travels--Little Alfred;
Music arranger for concert bands. 1949. U.S. Air Force Band and leader of The Boogie Kings in 1964. Studio session work. Managing The Boogie Kings and owning the trademark. Written two books. Performing with various artists--Ned Theall;
Ned thanking the Boogie King fans, the Boogie King members, remembering deceased members, and inspiring youth;
The Capris, La Louisianne recording. Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Performing with various artists, joining The Boogie Kings. From Pineville. What's Happening. Las Vegas and signing with RCA Victor. Old and new albums--Duane Yates (44:51);
People not letting the band retire and reuniting with old friends;
Coming back to Louisiana to eat, getting offered numerous record deals. Not realizing what you have until you leave the area;
Baddest Tenor Saxophone player according to Playboy magazine. Composer, co-leader, White Trash, Toto (7 Grammy awards in 1973). Platinum Album, Toto IV. Playing with various artists--Jon Smith. Guidry grandparents and uncle encouraged him and helped him on his way;
Pianist learning from old 78 rpm records. R & B records from New Orleans. Playing Big Band then R & B. You're On My Mind on Melody label. Recording for various record labels and writing songs. 1957, joining Bobby Page and the Riff Raffs. Electric bass before Swing Kings. Working in the oil industry--Roy "B.B." Perkins;
Starting in 1952 with Phillip Comeaux and the Modern Airs;
Dan Silas, full-time for 8 years then part-time Boogie King for 25 years with many emotionally charged events and moments. Talking about the 5 deceased Boogie Kings (Noris Badeaux, Robert Pradeaux, Gary Walker, Bobby Ramirez, Danny Sonnier) (59:14);
Danny Sonnier played guitar with Clint West in the early 1960s. Widow and sons accepting his award;
Robert Pradeaux played trumpet in the late 1960s. Touring the east coast in 1968. Dynamic horn sound and musical arrangements of The Boogie Kings. Daughter accepting his award;
Bobby Ramirez a driving drummer pushing the band sometimes harder than the band wanted. The Boogie Kings in desperate need of a drummer, 14 years old. Finesse, maturity, and skills. Playing on the Johnny Carson and Ed Sullivan show--father accepting his award. His father brought a picture of his son who's final performance was with White Trash;
Gary Walker playing in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe before he was 18 years old. Keep coming back to audition, singing his heart out. Birth of a star. Parents accepting his award and presenting the museum a picture of Gary and his microphone;
Noris Badeaux made love to a saxophone. Paying to get into a gig. Perfection, one mistake was too many. Forcing others to be as good as you could be. He had his own fan club made up almost entirely of musicians. Widow and sons accepting his award;
1 singer, 4 instrumentalists. Welcome departure of what your normally see. Front men and with records receive recognition. Recognizing the geniuses;
Renée Couch?, Boogie King secretary appreciation award (01:16:34);
Ned Theall, Jon Smith, Duane Yates, Evert Brady, Harry Revain, Robert Wilson, Steve Howard, Robert Wilson, Gordon Wiltz, Jimmy George, and Bill Gregory--1994 Boogie Kings performing band (***names may be mispelled***);
Ned listening to Bill Best on the radio;
Past members:
Vocalists: G.G. Shinn, Gerry Lacroix (Shinn accepting award), Bert Miller--first singer from 1956, Clint West, Tommy McLain, Little Alfred, Linda Clark, James Anderson, Step Stewart, Little Jewel, Bonnie Herpin, M. J. Juneau, Joy Mitchell;
Baritone Saxophone: Dan Silas (also emcee), Johnny Smithie, Earl Taylor (next D.A. of St. Landry Parish);
Just Sxaophone: Byron Lonney, Mike Pollard, Murphey Buford, Dale Gauthier (Nancy Hebert accepting from The Big Oaks Club), Willie T. Trahan, Jim Druet, Dickie Landry, Harry Simoneaux, Leroy Leonnie, Jeff Fournet, Bubba Robin;
Trumpet: Tillie Lawrence, Donald Martin, Joe Willie, W.J. Dugas, Ron Lormand, John Packman, Gene Settlow, Marshall Sear;
Keyboard: Bryan Leger, Johnny Giardanno, Bubba Boudreaux, Glen Guilbeau;
Drums: Ken Yetman, Ronnie Crowley, Don Trahan, Bubba Marks, Robert Vernon, Joe Thibodeaux, Austin Broussard, Jim O'Brian, Charles Bailey, Bobby LeJeune;
Guitar: Harris Miller, Jack Haul, Ted Broussard, Pat Smith, James Stelly (01:29:31);
Bass Guitar: Gary Dorcy, Mark Jenkins, Roy Perkins, Larry Badon, David Hide;
Group Picture after Ned Theall's presentation. Douglas Ardoin, founder and creator of The Boogie Kings;
Boogie Kings never a one-man band, Harris Miller and Bert Miller helped out a lot. Name from Bert's sister. Mother allowed them to practice. Wife married to a musician. Thanking Ned Theall for taking the band to do great things. Only hiring people wanting to go in the same musical direction;
Group Picture;
Untitled Swamp Pop song (Theme Song?);
Duane Yates singing Boogie Chillun especially for Clint West. Pelican Club in Marksville;
For all the ladies, Take Me In Your Loving Arms (01:45:00);
Hank Williams song, Hey Good Lookin';
Harris Miller sings I'd Rather Go Blind;
I Love That Swamp Pop Music with Warren Storm and Tommy McLain;
Musical Performance by Héritage Cadien and Don Montoucet & the Mulate Playboys
On Tape: 892 OK Bal De Maison #I
Héritage Cadien:
Jerry Miller--Accoridon;
Cliff Miller--Fiddle and Vocals;
J.B. David--Rhythm Guitar and Vocals;
Pilar David--Triangle;
Larry Miller--Spoons;
Creole Stomp;
Jolie Blonde (Ma Blonde est Partie/La Fille de la Veuve/La Valse de Gueydan/La Valse de Jolly Rogers/La Valse de Couillon). Reprise;
Intro and joke by Allan Simon. The guy selling bibles. Sailing Contest between U.S. and Australia with Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton on tour in Australia. Dolly is America's Cup;
Creole Stomp as Theme Song;
Jolie Blonde;
Enola Prudhomme's cooking;
Cajun from Church Point (Okie from Muskogee);
Intro by Allan again with repeat of everything previously;
La Valse des Mèches;
La Porte d'en Arrière/The Back Door;
Cajun with prettiest horse tied to a tree. A Texan cam and wanted to buy her, "she don't look good." The Cajun sold her to the Texan. Stumbling and running into gates/fence. Blind horse. Called the Cajun;
La Valse de Calcasieu;
Enola's cooking;
Band Intro;
Allons Danser Colinda;
Theme Song (Creole Stomp);
Don Montoucet & the Mulate Playboys:
Don Montoucet--Accordion;
Louis Foreman--Fiddle;
Clarence Hanks--Rhythm Guitar and Vocals;
Unknown Drummer and Bass player (David Doucet??);
Theme Song (Just Because);
Chère Toutoute;
Enola Prudhomme's cooking;
J'ai été au bal hier au soir (Joe Falcon's Ne Buvez Jamais, similar to The Rabbit Stole The Pumpkin);
Grand Mamou (similar to Aimer et Perdre/La Valse de la Rosa/Chère Mignonne);
Fi Fi Poncho (La 'Tite Anna à Ozenne Meaux) with T-Paul Duhon on bones and James Kitchen from England on spoons;
Enola's cooking;
La Porte d'en Arrière/The Back Door;
Theme Song (Just Because). Reprise;
J'ai passé devant ta porte (Mon coeur t'appelle);
Enola Prudhomme's cooking;
Jolie Catin/Eunice Two-step with T-Paul Duhon on bones and James Kitchen from England on spoons;
Chère Alice (La Valse à 'Tit Dom Hanks);
Enola Prudhomme's cooking;
Bayou Pon Pon;
Theme Song (Just Because);
Louisiana Office of Tourism 1996 Spots
***Date Unknown***
Various tourism locations around Louisiana;
Chemin-a-haut State Park;
New Orleans (Faubourg);
Baton Rouge;
Ouachita;
Mardi Gras;
Lake d'Arbonne;
Zydeco. Fais Do Do;
Kisatchie;
New Orleans (Vieux Carré);
Crawfish Boil;
A.J. LeBlanc Interview
On Tape: A.J. Leblanc interview on K22 Television 10/95 w/Pat Hanchey 9487267 "K22 LIVE" open
***Date unknown***
Pat Henchey and Herman Fuselier;
Talking to A.J. LeBlanc about a new festival. Festivals in St. Landry Parish;
Zydeco Festival, Festival from Washington, Goat Festival;
Friday, October 13th--any candidate running for office can get involved in the village and can join the gumbo cook-off;
Gentleman imitating Earl Long, Dudley LeBlance;
Gombo de Babine before election time;
Native American singing and dancing Sunday;
Group from Honduras Sunday as well as Hadley Castille;
Sell t-shirts and posters;
Music by Joe Doulas until 9 pm;
Different foods from different festivals (Festival of Festivals);
10 am to 9 pm Saturday. 10 am to 6 pm Sunday (music starts around 12:30 pm);
Admission $5 Sat.-Sun. (15 and above), free Friday;
Chase chicken, magician, family envrionment;
Festival at Acadian Village October 13-15, 1995;
Ms. Mildred-- Civil War Ghost Story;
Indian Pow Wow/Acadian Village/Concert on the Bayou
Leroy J. Langlois
404 Holden Ave.
Lafayette, LA 70506
235-4149
INDIAN POW WOW (approximately 36 minutes)
ACADIAN VILLAGE (0:36:00)
CONCERT ON THE BAYOU (0:56:00)
Indian Pow Wow October 2nd/3rd, 1992 at Blackham Coliseum;
Teepees in front of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church on Johnston Street;
Various Native American arts and crafts, t-shirts, drawings/paintings, dream-catchers, headdresses, necklaces, wood carvings, etc.;
Indian Fried Bread sold for $1.00 by the Coushatta Tribe of LA;
Traditional Native American flute music, drumming and singing, dancing;
Dancing competition with announcement of different categories;
Addressing their creator (prayer led by Bob ?);
Native American Flag Song with is equivalent to their National Anthem. Red Land Singers;
Soldier Dance;
Native Americans surviving their holocaust and healing from it. U.S. Citizenship in 1924. Europeans meeting Natives;
Acadian Village;
Gift Shop--Le Magasin, Cistern, Map of France, inside the gift shop (arts and crafts and various merchandise);
Background music--Les Traces du Boghei, J'ai été au bal hier au soir, Lacassine Special, Kaplan Waltz (Chère Petite), La Porte Arrière/The Back Door, J'ai été au bal hier au soir (repeat);
Houses, turtles on a log in the river, ducks;
Bernard House circa 1800;
Thibodeaux House circa 1820;
Nutria and turtles;
La Chapel du Nouvel Espoir;
LeBlanc House;
Ducks, bridge, pavilion;
Inside Gift Shop;
The Acadian Music Festival (Cajun Heritage and Music Festival) at Acadian Village October 9-11, 1992;
***Same performance as LE3-041***
Acadian Trail Ride Inc. with Jambalaya playing Les Veuves de la Coulée in the background;
Jambalaya Cajun Band:
C'est Fun?;
Chère Alice (La Valse à 'Tit Dom Hanks);
Old Fashioned Two-step;
Dans le Clair de la Lune;
Mon Tour Va Venir Un Jour;
La Valse du Malchanceux;
C'est Fun;
La Belle de la Campagne;
Various food vendors (Knights of Columbus and others);
T'es la mienne pour tout le temps. Terry playing and dancing on the dance floor with his fiddle;
Quand j'étais pauvre;
Indian Village;
La Mazurka;
A.J. LeBlanc introducing himself as pure Acadian and introducing Native Americans who have helped us to bring us where we are today;
Borrowing land from the Indians. Will Rogers' people met the people who came over on the Mayflower;
The Lord's Prayer signed in Choctaw sign language. Mowa-Choctaw Band;
Native Dancing on Sunday;
Dedicating the festival to Dewey Balfa, presentation of award to Nelda;
Dewey's words about his father. We shouldn't cry, because we'll be all together one day. Arrête-pas la musique;
Reggie Matte won 2 years in a row at A.J.'s contest. Paul Daigle also won twice;
Bayou d'Alleman. Wayne Toups around 10 pm;
Amédé Two-Step;
Could I Have This Dance by Anne Murray;
The Cajun Jig;
J'ai Fait Mon Idée;
Crowley Two-step (Jambalaya Hot Step);
KPLC News Segment on Lafayette at Acadian Village
KPLC TV, LAKE CHARLES
LIVE @ 5 ON THE ROAD IN LAFAYETTE
7NEWS @ 6 LIVE FROM LAFAYETTE
AUGUST 6, 1993
Swamp Pop at Acadian Village;
John Bridges--Top stories: tornadoes in Virginia. Politics, President Clinton. Ensuring drivers have insurance in Lake Charles;
Split-oak basket weaving by Gerladine Robertson. Basket uses then and now. Cutting down White, Red, and Post Oak trees;
Charlie Goulas (blacksmith apprentice) teaching how to make square nails. More farm tools like axes, hoes;
Mild Steel 2,600 degrees by the color, cooling it off, making anything he needs;
Square nail, steel was valuable and hard to come by. Apprentice young boys in the winter;
Part of the Cajun Heritage, knowledge from old people;
Warren Storm singing to commercial;
Commercial Break;
Weather forecast (10:28);
1755-Le Grand Dérangement. Dan Guillot (Lafayette Clerk of Courts) gives the history of Vermilionville(1844)/Lafayette (1884);
Collection of historical pictures of Lafayette--Images de Lafayette (book);
Lafayette growing until it takes up the entire parish;
Commercial Break;
Butchering pigs, cooking cracklins with Rocky Sonnier from Breaux Bridge. Cooking a pig-skin football (17:08);
Seasoning cracklins served with boudin, hog-head cheese, crackers, and a beer;
Pork Fricassee, Barbecue Chicken dinner on Sundays, Fried Turkeys, Poboys, Beignets and coffee (bed and breakfast on the bayou);
Commercial Break;
Lafayette parish the fastest growing parish in the state, economics (22:34);
Acadiana Mall and 104 retail stores;
Oil Industry and oil bust in the 1980s. Diversified into medical care (5 hospitals), USL, and retail stores;
Stock Market Report;
Flip, Flop, and Fly;
Commercial Break;
James Smith--Shrimp Season, Teen Dance at the Lake Charles Civic Center (28:06);
Bobby Scott and LA.Vintage with special guest Warren Storm;
What is Swamp Pop music? Mix of blues and rock and roll, name from England. Antoine 'Fats' Domino. Drums, horns;
My Girl;
Bayou Alleman, Acadian Village;
Commercial Break;
News: Shrimp season--Ken Savoie, Teen Dance at the Lake Charles Civic Center with extra security to handle a larger crowd, New Federal Courthouse in Lake Charles on Broad Street, KPLC Kids--Shalonda (32:15);
Midnight Playboys Special/Lafayette Breakdown--possibly Joe Douglas and the American Cajun Band;
Commercial Break;
Tee Paul Duhon, "The Bone Man," has been playing for about 52-53 years. He learned from an old Black man (38:28);
Thibodeaux House. A.J. LeBlanc talking about girls sleeping in the house and boys sleeping in the attic;
Lafayette Association for Retarted Citizens like Bob and Keith;
Admission to Acadian Village;
Vermilionville (Merlin Fontenot and others playing music in the Performance Center). Visitor center (LCVC) opened in May of 1992;
Bus tour of Lafayette;
Food and music;
Commercial Break;
Weather forecast (46:01);
Commercial Break;
Tom Woodard--Highschool football. District 3-5A new. Speaking to head coaches (52:04);
Commercial Break;
Allen Tumey--Randol's Cajun Restaurant on Kaliste Saloom (Frank Randol) (58:02);
Eating crabs (boiled and softshell), herb garden, shipping food;
Dancing (Jambalaya Cajun Band). Family atmosphere;
Randol's is the Cajun McDonald's;
Wedding at Acadian Village;
Swamp Pop song by Bobby Scott and LA. Vintage with special guest Warren Storm;
Rendez-Vous: Domengeaux Interview
Rendez-Vous - Domengeaux Interview LA013;
Audiovisual Bureau/Consulate of France - 1340 Poydras Street, Suite 1710 - New Orleans, LA 70112;
Interview avec James Domengeaux, fondateur et président du CODOFIL, le Conseil pour le Développement du Français en Louisiane. 18:45;
Vicki ?;
CODOFIL founded in 1968;
Mr. Domengeaux is not necessarily in love with the French language because he cannot read or write it and never studied it. But he sees the possibilities and advantages that French education could give us;
Article in Times Picayune said the U.S. is lacking people who know foreign language skills;
Second languages in the U.S.;
At first, the U.S. wanted to overcome the melting pot it was becoming and become uniform in the language that it spoke. Now, people are differentiating and accepting cultural differences;
His family has been here in Louisiana for 300 years. Grew up speaking both English and French and he believes this to be the best way to learn a language, especially when one is young;
It's easy. We might not speak French as well, but everyone understands one another;
04:49 Mr. Domengeaux receiving credit/privilege from France, Canada, Belgium, etc. for what he did for French in Louisiana;
Going to numerous francophone countries and numerous tourists coming here, there's no trouble communicating with them whatsoever;
Little red button - les gens d'honneur de France;
French poll of what three things they desire most. Women were first, wine was second, and people of honor were third;
Being lucky to be born in Louisiana;
Writer Yves Berger writes for Le Monde in France and says Louisiana is the prettiest place in the world;
Mr. Domengeaux was a congressman before getting involved with French (1941-1949);
Playing poker with government officials;
Truman was the Senator of Missouri at that time (before he was Vice President). They'd play poker every Saturday night and he was very lucky. After he became President, Mr. Domengeaux said he ran the government just like he played poker. He'd take chances and luck out;
He has been an attorney in Lafayette for over 50 years and works with Bob Wright;
Commodities Exchange in New Orleans started with Bob Wright started about 5 years ago;
Not his influence, but it was something that was there and he took advantage of it;
CODOFIL on television/radio portrays the Cajuns as people who lives in the swamps with big webbed feet and live with alligators;
09:59 Lafayette is the home base for CODOFIL? Trying to have branches in Shreveport and New Orleans;
Opened New Orleans branch yesterday;
Mr. Breaux (John Breaux?), Jimmy Fitzmorris' assistant;
Chapters in East and West Banks and 10th Ward, LaFourche Parish chapter (Galliano, Golden Meadow, no more French from Lock Port to Grand Isle);
What does CODOFIL do exactly? Use/promote/develop French everywhere possible for educative, economic, and touristic benefits;
Brought pride back to degraded/ignorant/poor language;
Competitive languages;
Anglo-Saxon Protestants support this movement;
Cosmopolitan atmosphere;
Tourism increased over 33% due to French activity - Bob LeBlanc;
Publicity that could not have been bought;
France knows CODOFIL better than President Carter;
14:40 People in Louisiana don't realize how important French in Louisiana is;
No desire to force everyone to speak French;
More beneficial form bilingual Americans;
Made mistakes because communication wasn't there. Vietnam War and French President Charles De Gaulle, Iranian language and crisis;
RadioFrance. French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac? American Ambassador to France coudn't speak any French. Mr. Domengeaux the American ambassador to tell President Ford that it was a crime to send someone to represent the United States who couldn't speak French;
Ambassador Firestone in Belgium couldn't speak French either;
Let's Be Proud To Speak French/Soyons Fiers De Parler Français;
Speak French, It's Money In The Pocket/Parlez Français, C'est De L'argent En Poche;
En Français: De l'école à la maison
EF 201 LA004
De l'école à la maison
On discute les gens qui parlent le francais dans...et les méthodes pour enseigner le francais? aux enfants. Aussi, interview avec? Père Donald Hebert qui fait des recherches généalogique. 29:45
*Barcode *4895* over label, some words not legible*
Audiovisual Bureau/Consulate of France - 1340 Poydras Street, Suite 1710 - New Orleans, LA 70112
French as a second language in elementary schools;
Shreveport, in Caddo parish--Arthur Circle Elementary School. Mme. Genevieve Yanker? Les enfants chantent et répondent au quéstion "qu'est-ce que c'est?";
Kids naming various objects in French;
Breaux Bridge Elementary in St. Martin Parish. Mme. Savanna Nora. Plus que 80% des gens qui parlent français dans la paroisse;
1er programme bilingue en 1970. Français comme seconde langue en 1971;
Amanda LaFleur--resource teacher. Kids naming various global geographies;
Grand Lake Elementary in Cameron Parish. Kids naming various objects and verbs in French;
Singing 'Lâche-pas la patate' by Jimmy C. Newman while the kids make their snakes;
Adam Conner--in charge of the development of French in Cameron parish. Before CODOFIL in certain schools with 1st graders then older kids;
3 écoles avec 3 foreign associate teachers la première année de CODODIL, 1st-6th grades;
This year is the first year of having CODOFIL in all 6 Cameron Parish schools;
French as an elective in high school. The kids are interested and the community supports it;
40% of kids come from families that speak Cajun French. The language, culture, and heritage of the Cajuns;
Père Donald Hébert--la généaalogie des familles Acadiens;
Né à Lafayette, studied in the seminary from 1956-1968, appointed to St. Anthony's in Eunice in 1970;
Starting research in 1972 of all 13 civil parishes in 26 volumes of Southwest Louisiana Records;
3/4 grandparents (Hébert, Mire, Léger) Acadians and1/4 English (Credeur--Coruthers);
Mire--Lemire;
Changer les noms parce que les prêtres ne savaient comment épeler des noms. Des prêtres espagnols;
Tracing family back to 1545;
Fontenot--famille française;
Retracer les Hébert;
Bona Arceneaux--6 volumes des Acadiens au Canada;
Les livres wont ensembles;
Start with dates that are known and using the books to trace your roots;
Leaving France for work, fishing in Canada. 1755, English deported Acadians to Louisiana;
History and Genealogy go together. A lot of Acadians went to England, Amercian Colonies. Returned to France in 1763 for the Treaty of Paris. 8 boats came to Louisiana with almost 2,000 Acadians (second voyage);
Hebert et Bourque. Les vieilles églises en France;
Not much as changed in 300 years. Big love of family, Catholicism, and the French language among Cajuns/Acadians;
Start at the library and learn how to do genealogy;
Contracts, marriages, baptismal, etc.;
LPB--series of films by Mr. Bona Arceneaux;
Un Acadien de Québec qui ne s'est pas fait déporté;
20-25 voyages en Louisiane, un politicien, 26 émission TV des Acadiens/leur généalogie;
French presentations. People in Louisiana should be able to follow because we know the history so well;
Giving history of each Acadian family;
Acadian grandparents;
Histoire et Généalogie des Acadians--6 volumes;
Father Hebert's books. 2nd series called South Louisiana Records;
Boudreaux, Thibodeaux, Breaux, Trahan, Robichaux, etc.;
October 4th it will air on LPB;
1955 of work, +25 yeas Mr. Arceneaux's work;
Louisiana Hall of Fame Tape 3 of 5
Recorded by:
Creative Video Service, Inc.
"A Production Company"
120 Representative Row
Lafayette, Louisiana
318-234-EDIT
LOUISIANA HALL OF FAME
Sunday, April 14, 1996
Tape 3 of 5
Inducting Bobby Kimball and Big Luther Kent with a Performance by The Deuce of Hearts (Take My Hand);
S.S. Fools, signing with CBS records, singing with various artists;
Toto named after Dorthy's dog, Wizard of Oz;
Grammy nominations;
Rosanna;
Bobby Kimball's thank you speech;
Big Luther Kent's various recordings and performances;
Ned Theall of The Boogie Kings accepting Kent's award because he has health problems;
The Deuce of Hearts (Gary and Travis Thibodeaux) accompanied by three Boogie King members (Ned Theall, John Smith, and Willie T):
Oh What A Night;
Time and Time Again;
I'm In Love Again by Antoine 'Fats' Domino;
Take My Hand--song of the year;
Ma belle, ma belle;
I Should Have Never Fell in Love;
I Told My Pillow by Clarence 'Frogman' Henry;
Ooh La La;
Best Day of Your Life;
Jessie Leger 1989
Jessie Leger & the Jeff Davis Ramblers 1989;
VFW Hall in Jennings? Post 2130;
Band Intro by Antoine « A.J. » LeBlanc;
Honoring the music of Lawrence Walker;
Jessie Leger – Accordion;
Atlas Frugé – Steel Guitar
Ralph Janisse – Fiddle
Edmond Guidry – Drums;
Ivy Laborde? – Rhythm Guitar;
Tous les deux pour la même/Hollybeach Waltz/Faire l’amour dans les rangs de coton/J’ai une mouche dans mon couche-couche;
Johnny Can’t Dance;
Same audio as LE3.023
Cajun Roots;
Je Peux Pas T'oublier;
Midnight Playboy Special/Lafayette Breakdown;
Fool's Waltz;
Sonny making a roux;
Cajun from Church Point;
Band Intro:
Allen Simon? - Emcee;
Woodrow 'Willie' Daigle - Triangle;
Yves Thibodeaux - Fiddles;
Andrew Jagneaux - Accordion;
Jim Gaspard - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals;
David Daigle - Drums/Vocals;
Theme Song (Fi Fi Poncho) and reprise;
Bayou Teche Waltz;
Meat Jambalaya cooking demonstration;
Hathaway Two Step ('The Cajun Freeze');
Tolam Waltz;
Thelma Daigle tells a joke about her Nonc Clébert from Crowley and I-10;
Les Flammes d'Enfer;
La Valse d'Héritage;
Marksville Two Step;
Band Intro (see above);
Fi Fi Poncho;
Band takes a 10-min. break;
Fi Fi Poncho;
Crawfish étoufée cooking demonstration;
Reno Waltz;
Creole Stomp;
Le Hack à Moreau/Ton 'Tit Coeur est Barré (Turn to La Valse de Grand Chemin);
Cajuns' Groundhog Day;
Les Zydeco Sont Pas Salés;
Les Traces du Boghei/Mother's Day Waltz (Wayne Toups)/La Dernière Fois;
The Back Door;
Les 'Tits Yeux Noirs;
Band Intro (see above);
Theme Song (Fi Fi Poncho);
Les Cadiens de la Paroisse Vermillon
Gérard Sellers, Réalisateur et Metteur-en-scène
8215 Brich Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
TEL: (504)861-7878
***Date Unknown***1994
See Credits for more information
Acadians first arrived in 1764. 1790-Most People claiming Acadian Descent than in any other country. What will happen to our culture?;
Bon Temp Train on KROF Abbeville. D.L. Menard's Bachelor's Life;
Acadian Langauge;
1604-First immigrants of France arrived in Acadia, 394 years
150 years raising families, worked their farms, trapped. Same things Cajuns of Vermilion parish were doing;
Coming to the New World and naming new things;
Separating Acadian families into American Colonies;
Vermilion Parish coastline very similar to Acadian coastline. Living on the water;
Abbéville 1844 crée par Père Antoine Désiré Mégret, un missionaire de Vermilionville (Lafayette). Acheter de la terre à Pont Perry. Il y avait juste des Américains (ne parlaient pas français et n'étaient pas catholique), pas de cadiens. Ils voulaient just lui vendre de la terre basse. Acheter de Mr. LeBlanc pour l'église, la maison de court, et les rues;
Un des plus gros assemblement des Acadiens;
Plus chaud, des moustiques, etc. Faire récolte, élever des bêtes;
Monter dans un arbre/leur cheval pour voir s'ils étaient partis dans la bonne direction. Venir de Cameron, frapper la Pecanière;
Les moustiques dans les mèches, étouffer les vaches;
Aider les voisins travailler les vaches dans les mèches;
Used to, 6 am to 5-6 pm. Now you can get back for 2 pm with the new roads. Bridge now, no need for a barge anymore;
Putting horses on the barge, pushing cattle about 25 miles;
Costs lest per acre in the marsh because of the insects. The grass doesn't die during the winter, don't need to plant rye grass/hay;
2 horses on a barge and go to the Western side of the marsh, 2 on Eastern side to push them south to the beach, join the rest of the horses;
Arriving at the pipeline. 6-8 miles of travel;
Carrying calves on horses;
40-50 horses on the barge;
Putting calves on barges;
Separating cattle with calves and cattle without. 47-50 head of cattle in a field;
Tagging cattle after calves and cos are reunited, medicating them;
Teaching kids what was done in the past. Learning what to do;
La Dernière Valse par Lionel Leleux;
Crawfishing. 200-300 acres that are farmed. Rotating fields;
Crawfish boil;
Maxie Broussard visiting with the Trahans. Rice and Crawfish farmers throughout generations;
2,600 acres of rice. 700 heads of cattle. Planting rice in March, crawfishing in November, restock rice in May/June annually to be sure there's a crop;
Takes a lot of water for both, deep wells and canal drains connected to the intracoastal canal;
Differences in planting rice then and now. Easier to plant/cut rice nowadays in an air-conditioned combine;
Crawfishing by foot for two days, then he stopped because it was too hard;
Crawfish 'Combine.' Voir Jim Olivier avant qu'il va pêcher;
Robert Duval et Maxie Hebert--his movie. 18-wheeler hauling crops in winter. Sinking a truck and borrowing a neighbor's;
Typical of Cajuns to find where they're related it at all;
D.L. Menard playing for a school with Leo Abshire on fiddle;
D.L. had an uncle that had a Cajun band. They had a practice one night and he fell in love with the guitar. Montgomery Ward Catalog to buy an $11 guitar that was shipped by mail. He showed D.L. the rhythm to a two-step and a waltz;
1962-La Porte d'en Arrière/The Back Door. The band thought it was alright just by himself. Je peux pas t'oublier was recorded first, then The Back Door;
This'll be the hit, Mr. Badeaux started a little bit faster than it was supposed to be. Recording Wednesday, Saturday night at the Jolly Rogers Club between New Iberia and St. Martinville and singing that song 7 times;
Playing festivals, schools. Kids appreciate Cajun music more and more lately because kids couldn't go into clubs. Now in restaurants;
1974-Tour with Lionel Leleux and Marc Savoy in South America. State Department Tour because of The Back Door;
D.L. started to hate the song because that's all he would sing;
Lionel Leleux making fiddles. Interested because it's in the blood;
His father had a fiddle. Lionel was one of four. Lionel teethed on a fiddle;
1924 before Lionel bought a fiddle for $4.50 (50 cents a week). Playing songs after a week;
Aller chez son grandpère, son père se fâchait en voyant ça. He was 75 years old when she told him that;
Lionel older than D.L., both enjoy music;
Lionel fixing and building fiddles. D.L. building chairs. Cajuns were primarily farmers;
Tradition of not buying things at the store, but making them;
Always thought less of themselves for speaking French. Maybe better than monolingual anglophones;
Making quilts since 1990 at Ms. Maryland Morvant's place, finding a pass-time. Every Tuesday. Giving quilts to convents, kids with AIDS, for themselves;
Selling quilts in Europe, California. Making money for convents/churches of Abbeville and Gueydan;
Buying materials using the money made from selling prior quilts;
32 hours à travers 6 semaines. Pull names to make quilts for 22 mothers;
Americans in charge of businesses. English was the language of the U.S., not French;
Americans were the same type of people that deported the Acadians from Canada. Most kids went to school without knowing English. Punishing kids for speaking French at school;
D.L. learning English in school;
Grandparents and parents didn't speak a lot of English. Father went in the Navy at 18 years old;
Starting school with a tutor in first grade;
Cajun French vs. Québec/Canada/France. Importing French and not being able to speak with their families;
Cajun French can't last more than another 30-40 years because kids don't speak French;
People didn't want their kids to speak French because they thought they were less than;
Cassettes and Video tapes will be the only place we'll hear Cajun French in 10 years if it's not taught in schools;
Cajun music tells the Acadian story. We make the instruments and we play the music;
Young musicians playing other types of music with Cajun instruments;
Youth learning French via the music;
Cajun music more popular than rock and roll;
Camey Doucet says kids are only learning French to sing the words of songs. They don't speak it. Wayne Toups and Roddie Romero. Must be up-tempo for young people;
1755-Le Grand Dérangement, Joseph 'Beausoleil' Broussard;
1925-1931, Cajuns went to Texas to work in the oil fields. Cajuns developing boats and energy to work on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico;
Oil in Arab countries, Cajuns went to develop that. Oil in the North Sea;
Not rare to find a farmer with a few head of cattle, flood fields to crawfish, duck hunting and opening blinds to everyone;
Fishing, crabbing, shrimping, the parish is so diversified;
Acadians like to have so much fun, that we'll remember how much fun they had;
Cajun culture excites tourists. Cajuns live to eat;
Camey Doucet announcing songs/announcing weather forecast in French;
La Porte d'en Arrière/The Back Door with various scenes around Vermilion Parish;
Our trip to "Acadiana", Louisiana in March of 1998
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Photo Transfer to Video
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Our trip to "Acadiana", Louisiana in March of 1998.
Thank you from Jennie Byram, Frances Levasseur, and Marjie Lachance
***See attached letter (LE3-040)***
Acadian Village in Lafayette, Louisiana;
Speaking French just like in Acadia;
Different merchandise in the gift shop. Talking about the weather in March;
Visiting the houses in the village. Kristi Guillory singing Bayou Pon Pon;
La maison Bernard--le plus ancien 1800 avec l'addition en 1840;
Religious items;
Musical items: records, instruments;
Le garçonier (boys slept in the attick, girls slept in the house);
Thibodeaux House--1820;
Different technologies in the house, kitchen?;
Goats, Cistern, Chickens, Geese, La Chapelle de Nouvel Espoir;
LeBlanc House--1821;
Speaking with A.J. LeBlanc. Shared family names between Cajuns and Acadians;
A.J.'s trip to Canada last August. Seeing the resemblance and hearing the same stories;
Saving Louisiana's coast. Getting 10 Acadians to come and telling them they get half of all the land they recycle. Louisiana would be in South America;
Fighting to keep the French language;
Making Cajuns believe speaking French made them basse-classe. Getting paid twice as much for being bilingual;
Dudley LeBlanc--Hadacol. 1930-1935, people didn't take vitamins. 18% alcohol in Hadacol. Selling his medicine all over the country except in the North (same formula as Geritol);
Using Hadacol box tops to go see shows with Minnie Pearl, Dorothy Lamour, Hanks Williams Sr., all the big actors;
Groucho Marx's program;
Dudley's Sunday afternoon radio show/newscast. People had stopped going to mass to listen to Dudley. Bishop asked him to change it to 12:30 pm;
People talking about how well Hadacol worked. Lady had rheumatism, she hurt everywhere. 3 bottles a week was helping. Now taking 5+ a week. She no longer worries about who she sleeps with;
Dudley visiting the pope in Rome, Italy. People knew Cousin Dud, but not the guy with the little hat (the pope);
Visiting the U.S. President. Traveling with girls;
Cajun Acadian Flag;
La maison St. Jean--Juillet 1881 le premier congrès. La rue de St. Jean;
Les Billeaud;
Castille--espagnol;
St. John House donated by Mr. & Mrs. Joe Joseph;
Guineas and house signs;
Geese swimming;
Different houses;
Farming tools and Blacksmith shop;
Inside the St. John House;
Blacksmith shop, buggies, wagons, plows;
Pavilion and houses;
Billeaud House--Weaving looms, spinning wheels, brown and white cotton;
La Chapelle de Nouvel Espoir. Pews all replicas of the first pew;
All doors half-doors;
Castille House circa 1860 and cistern behind;
House where the dentist was;
Dr. William Lesley of Illinois (1848-1928) practicing in 1875 Carencro for 53 years;
First doctor to practice in Lafayette parish;
Pepper harvester;
House with arts and crafts;
Le magasin--country store;
Various pictures to Doug Kershaw's 'Cajun Baby' and Dixieland Jazz;
Mississippi Valley Museum;
History of Acadian Village narrated in French: Le Magasin Général, La Maison Aurélie Bernard, La Maison Thibodeaux, La Maison LeBlanc, La Maison Saint-Jean (schoolhouse), La Forge, La Maison Billeaud, La Chapelle du Nouvel Espoir, La Maison Castille, Le Cabinet du Medecin, La Maison du Docteur Salles, T' Frère's House Bed and Breakfast, Alida's Bed and Breakfast;
Jean Lafitte Cultural Center and Vermilionville in Lafayette. La Maison Acadienne, different houses around Vermilionville, Bayou Vermilion River;
Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville;
Thanking A.J. for his hopitality;
Cajun Heritage and Music Festival 1992 Part I
Three little Indian girls. Native American Village/Camp;
Buggy in the Blacksmith Shop at Acadian Village;
Stream. Campers in the background;
Bridge and old homes;
Blacksmith Shop;
Wagon, wooden horses;
Birdhouse (wood duck box). Keep squirrels from getting to them;
Rabbits, guineas, chickens, ducks. Ducklings;
Jack-mule/donkey;
Goats;
Turtles on a log;
Pageant queen (Sharice?);
Norene Porter. Cajun Heritage and Music Festival Queen contestants;
Presentation of awards, runners-up. Lauren Lagrive? new queen;
Horse-drawn wagons with country music playing on the radio (trail ride);
Jambalaya Cajun Band;
Les Veuves de la Coulée;
Chère Alice (La Valse à 'Tit Dom Hanks);
Old-Fashioned Two-step;
T'es la mienne pour tout le temps. Terry playing and dancing on the dance floor with his fiddle;
Quand j'étais pauvre;
La Mazurka;
Borrowing land from the Indians. Will Rogers' people met the people who came over on the Mayflower;
The Lord's Prayer signed in Choctaw sign language. Mowa-Choctaw Band;
Native Dancing on Sunday;
Dedicating the festival to Dewey Balfa, presentation of award to Nelda;
Dewey's words about his father. We shouldn't cry, because we'll be all together one day. Arrête-pas la musique;
Reggie Matte won 2 years in a row at A.J.'s contest. Paul Daigle also won twice;
Bayou d'Alleman. Wayne Toups around 10 pm;
Amédé Two-Step;
J'ai Fait Mon Idée;
Crowley Two-step (Jambalaya Hot Step);
Evangeline Special/Saturday Night Special;
J’ai une mouche dans mon couche-couche/Tous les deux pour la même/Hollybeach Waltz/Faire l’amour dans les rangs de coton;
Perrodin Two-Step;
Les ‘Tits Yeux Noirs;
Midnight Playboys Special/Lafayette Breakdown;
Joe Douglas & the All-American Cajun Band;
Les Zydeco Sont Pas Salés;
La Valse d’Héritage;
Mamou Two Step;
Les Traces du Boghei;
Down at the Twist and Shout?;
Un Autre Soir Ennyuant;
‘Tit Galop Pour La Pointe Aux Pins;
Marksville Two Step;
Mathilda;
Cajun Stripper/Bosco Stomp;
Good Time, Hard Loving Cajun Man?;
Jambalaya/Grand Texas/L’Anse Couche Couche;
Cajun Heritage and Music Festival 1992 Part II
October 9, 1992;
Wayne Toups:
Mamou Two-step;
Sugar Bee;
Mathilda;
Evangeline/Saturday Night Special;
Mardi Gras in New Orleans;
October 10, 1992;
Ducks at Acadian Village;
Unknown band:
Beau Thomas--fiddle;
Rodney? Miller--Steel Guitar;
Amédé Two-step;
Les Flammes d'Enfer;
J'ai fait une grosse erreur;
Bosco Stomp/Cajun Stripper;
Untitled Two-step (maybe one of Belton Richard's?)
Indian Village/Camp;
Guy playing piano accordion;
E Buffalo Ding Post. Ride the pony;
Plowing the field with a horse-drawn plow (Zydeco Flammes d'Enfer in background);
Kids Zydeco dancing;
Beau Jocque?:
Grand Marais Two-step? (Midland Two-step/Country Playboys Special);
Unknown band:
Jongle à moi;
Quand j'étais pauvre;
Don't mess with my toot toot with kids dancing;
KLFY/Lafayette Waltz?;
La Porte d'en Arrière/The Back Door;
Lacassine Special;
Shamrock Two-step (La Poussière--Ray Landry);
Amédé Two-step with kids sitting in with the band;
Hey Maman, Hey Papa (Zydeco Waltz--La Valse à Tante Nana?);
Hathaway Two-step (The Cajun Freeze) with an untitled one-step--line dance;
Girl sings Chère Bassette;
50 piastres, mes vieux culottes, et mon pick-up truck (Mermentau Waltz/99 year waltz as a two-step);
Si aisé pour aimer/So easy to love;
Lafayette Two-step/Allons à Lafayette?;
Chère Tout Tout;
'Tit Galop Pour Mamou (similar to The Games People Play);
Just Like a Cajun--Jim Olivier;
Miss Ann Goodly and the Zydeco Brothers:
Untitled Rock n Roll Two-step;
Sugar Daddy;
Zydeco Cha-cha?;
Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya;
Jolie Blonde (Ma Blonde est Partie/La Fille de la Veuve/La Valse de Gueydan/La Valse de Jolly Rogers/La Valse de Couillon);
I'm going to dog hill;
Jambalaya/Grand Texas/Alons Kooche-kooche;
Ms. Ann Special;
Hard Times--Blues/Swamp Pop;
Untitled Zydeco Two-step;
La Valse à Tante Nana?;
Zydeco Boogaloo;
Goin' to Mamou?;
Zydeco Stomp?. Band Intro;
Morning programming for KATC-TV3;
Hotel Acadiana Sales Presentation
Hotel Acadiana;
Visit Acadian Village and Vermilionville;
Plantation Homes;
Cajun Dome;
Heymann Performing Arts Center;
St. John's Cathedral and +450 year-old oak tree;
Tour groups. Al E. Gator;
Columbian Coffee;
Pool;
Ballroom;
Meetings;
Swimming/whirpools;
Gym;
Café Raintree;
Scandal's plays '60-'80s top hits;
Lagniappe;
Address and contact information;
Cajun Renaissance Man: Dudley J. LeBlanc
***Date Unknown***1996
Music composed by Sam Broussard;
See credits for more information;
Hadacol, Groucho Marx. Dudley LeBlacn was a senator of Louisiana;
1944-selling from his barn. 1951-all-time high of $25 million in sales;
Last of the great American patent medicines;
Selling women's medicines;
Check from the postman;
Sold himself out of a job by telling people to buy 2-3 years of supply. Not as much with tobacco;
Seeing a girl get off the train, meeting Evelyn, his wife;
Growing family of 6;
Searching new products to add to his line;
Bedridden and ready to try a traiteur (prayer and string), doctor gave him a shot. Getting vitamins via shots;
Preparing Hadacol in his barn. Forming the LeBlanc corporation;
Fantastic results from taking Hadacol. Miracle drug. Alcohol and Vitamin A or B;
12% Alcohol in Hadacol. Selling in liquor stores, more of a drink than medicine;
Hadacol Parties among teenagers;
If it doesn't smell good or taste good, it's got to be good for you;
Putting profits back in as advertising;
Barn and barrel to automated bottle factory. A bottle a second;
Hadacol coins. Hadacol Boogie;
100 18-wheeler Hadacol trucks delivering to 11 states in the South;
1950-nation-wide advertising. 1.5 million radio stations. 3-4 ads in the newspaper;
Outsold Bayer aspirin, as popular as Disco. He spent more time than Coca-cola did on promotion;
Radio contests giving away Hadacol;
Hadaol Club, Captain Hadacol for kids;
Taxes;
Traveling medicine shows high-tech and modern. Medieval tradition. Pulling a snake from a bottle. Actors, musicians, anything to draw a crowd;
1950-led caravan of celebrities;
2 Hadacol box tops to see show, counterfeit box tops;
Growing 5 feet after a bottle of Hadacol;
Hadacol jokes;
Plugging Hadacol in National spotlight;
1951-train "Hadacol Special" to middle America;
Playing Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl;
Sponsoring Hank Williams Sr., Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys;
Jambalaya from a caravan;
Sex sells. Ms. Hadacol contest;
Lucille Ball, Marx Bros., hired comedians. Elvis Presley, Bob Hope;
Fireworks after every show. Memory that would last a lifetime;
1951-sold Hadacol for $8 million to finance his campaign for Governor of Louisiana. Wanted to be first Cajun governor since Reconstruction;
Hiring big jazz bands and making 112 speeches (only 2 in English);
Northern Protestants controlled the government. French Catholic a liability, demarcation;
Acadians, the Great Deportation;
Born August 16, 1894 in LeBlanc, LA. Poor, pure LeBlanc;
Break out of farming, hunting, and fishing;
A little smarter than the rest of his class. Enroll after 8th grade at university. Graduated college (SLI) at 17 years old;
Oil Broker after break-up of Standard Oil. Average income only a few hundred dollars a year;
Huey Long was selling artificial cooking oil. Dudley selling shoes. Rented a carriage together because they covered rural Louisiana and didn't compete with one another;
WWI-Translating for English-speaking Americans;
Better roads. 1920 race, State Representative from Vermilion Parish. Aid people;
Buggy Tax refund bill. Automobile taxes illegally collected on horse and buggies;
Thibodeaux Benevolent Association (TBA);
Regulation of railraods;
Bitter rivalry between LeBlanc and Long with same goals;
Destroy Dudley LeBlanc's business. Not allowing TBA's insurance in Louisiana, selling it in Texas;
Running for governor in 1932 against O.K. Allen;
Rigging the election, stealing it from Dudley by exchanging ballot boxes. Some boxes found floating in rivers;
Old Age Pension, Unemployment insurance, public education learned from French History;
Traced ancestry to French monarchy;
New Deal was part of his idea that Long took and vibrated all the way to Washington;
Sunday Radio Program in French. Cousin Dud;
Gospel according to Dudley LeBlanc, everyone believed everything he said;
Cousin Dud part of young Cajuns' upbringing;
Like a soap opera, listening to his show continuously;
Father of Old Age Pension during Earl K. Long administration;
Louisiana segregationist, prevented Blacks and Cajuns from voting;
You Are My Sunshine--Jimmie Davis, ran for a second time in 1959;
Paving roads;
Prominent Democrats coming to Louisiana, promoting rice, agriculture, Cajun people;
Campaign of 1963. McKeithen carrying Vermilion parish;
Dudley's last race against James Fontenot. His cars without opponent's bumper sticker;
Take care of the Cajun people, my people;
Acadian Renaissance;
Docile, quiet people. It's ok to take a stand. Assertion into business sector;
Francophones and Anglophones didn't mix;
Not speaking French with a monolingual Anglophone around;
Punished for speaking French in schools, knelt on corn, dunce cap, beat them, write lines, lock them up in a room;
1755-René LeBlanc led the Acadians when they were driven out of Nova Scotia;
The Story of Evangeline and the Deportation of Acadians as criminals by English Crown;
Destroy the ethnic group, separating families, deported in ships designed for cattle;
Genocide of the Acadians;
3 books regarding the history of the Acadians;
Researching Acadian documents in various archives;
Acadian Miracle;
Pride in speaking French;
Represented the Cajun in the early part of the 20th century;
Founding of CODOFIL;
Linking the Acadian provinces in Louisiana and Acadia;
Bringing students to Nova Scotia;
Bicentennial of Acadian Deportation;
Congrès Mondial Acadien of 1994;
Proud to be Cajun. Music, Food, Art;
No other culture like this;
Being Cajun a state of mind;
Cousin Dud put Cajuns on the map, not Justin Wilson;
Acadian activist;
Everyone in Louisiana knows Dudley;
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Dennis McGee, Sadie Courville, D. L. MenardLee Manual, Ally Young, D. L. Menard, Barry AnceletCanray Fontenot, Bois Sec Ardoin, Morris Ardoin
Rendez-vous des Cajuns; Performances by The Hackberry Ramblers; Ann Savoy; Mayor Curtis Joubert
The Hackberry Ramblers:
'Ragtime Annie'
'Redwing'
'Beaumont Rag'
Interview with Luderin Darbonne by Barry Ancelet:
Floyd Soileau, Mayor of Bayou Pon Pon
The Hackberry Ramblers:
Hackberry Ramblers Theme Song
'Corrina, Corrina'
'Ma chère belle'
'Queue de tortue'
'Cousin Doug'
'Hadacol Skit'
Aldus Roger and the Lafayette Playboys:
'Scott Playboys' Special'
'La valse de 'tit Maurice'
'Jeunes gens de la campagne'
'Louisiana Waltz'
'Lacassine Special' (with the Hackberry Ramblers)
'Jolie blonde'
'Chère tout tout'
Bal de Maison; Bal de Noces; Performances by Ann Savoy;
Introductions
Ann Savoy
Curtis Joubert
Narration, enactment concerning Les Bals des Noces
Dennis McGee and Sady Courville:
(10:48) - La valse de Kathleen
-Interview with Dennis McGee and Sady Courville
-Adieu Rosa
-Courville Reel
(20:00) - Talking about Old time house dances - Amede Ardoin, Dennis McGee, Joe Falcon
(21:50) - Interview with Sady Courville
-Band plays a waltz for dancers
(26:00) - Interview with Odile Falcon
-Food sold at dances
(27:00) - J'ai étais au bal
-Allons à Lafayette
(33:40) - Solange Falcon - Thoughts about playing with Joe Falcon and Cleoma Breaux
(34:50) - Brief Interview with Octa Clark
(37:30) - Interview with Pierre Daigle - talking about other activities going on at dances
Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, Octa Clark and Preston Manuel:
(39:00) - Home Sweet Home
(40:45) - Intermission
(43:18) - Les bals de noces
-Jumping the broomstick
-Getting married in homes; costumes; Paper flowers
(47:00) - Wedding song - La fleure de la jeunesse
(51:40) - Odile Falcon - Quand je suis à mon aise
Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, Octa Clark, Preston Manuel:
(54:30) - La coulée rodair
-Marche des mariés (Wedding March)
-Acadian Two-Step
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold; Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys;
Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold:
Paul Daigle - Accordion and Vocals
Robert Elkins - Guitar and Vocals
Vernon Bergeron - Drums
Tony Thibodeaux - Fiddle
Kelly Hebert - Bass
La 'tite robe courte
La lumière dans ton chassis
Georgia Lou
Quelle Etoile (Paul plays solo version)
(19:10) - La valse de la vie
(23:50) - Roger Lafleur; Cajun Humor
Delton Broussard and the Lawtell Playboys:
Delton Broussard - Accordion
Calvin Carrière - Fiddle
(30:20) - Bernadette
-Les flammes d'enfer
-Jolie blonde
-Gotta Find My Woman
Jimmy Newman; Cajun Cooking - Speghetti and Meatballs
Delton Broussard:
(58:45) - Dog Hill
-Everybody Likes to Zydeco
-Madeleine
-La valse des Cherokees
-Roger Lafleur; Cajun Humor
Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold:
(01:23:20) - 'Tit bec dou
-Les memoires dans mon couer
-Chère Aline
-J'ai rèvé hier au soir
-Hackberry Hop
-La lumière dans ta chassis
-Paul Daigle's Blues
-La valse criminelle
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Nonc Allie Young and the Basile Cajun Band;Nolton Semien Band of Lawtell;
Nonc Allie and the Basile Cajun Band:
Nonc Allie Young - Accordion
Claudia Wood - Bass
Donald Ortego - T-fer
Natalie ?? - Drums
John Stelly - Fiddle
-Eunice Two Step
-Chère tout tout
-J'étais au bal
-Chère 'tits yeux bleus
-Les flammes d'enfer
-Anatou Clement - Comedy Routine
Nolton Simien Zydeco Band:
Nolton Simien - Accordion and Vocals
John Simien - Drums
Bill Simien - Bass
Wayne ?? - Guitar
(41:15) - Tout les temps en temps
-Dance All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
-Joe Pitre à deux femmes
-Be My Lady, Be My Woman, or Be My Wife
-Zydeco (That's Where Everybody Go)
-Jalapeno Lena
-We're Gonna Party Down
Mike Simon - recipe for crawfish chowder:
Nolton Simien Zydeco Band:
(01:08:50) - Zydeco, (That's Where Everybody Go)
-Jalapeno Lena
-We're Gonna Party Down
(01:24:48) - Anatou Clement - Comedy Routine
-Nonc Allie
(01:33:00) - Lacassine Special
-Jolie blonde
-Jongle à moi
-J'ai passé devant ta porte
-La valse d'héritage
-Madeleine
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Clement Brothers Cajun Band; Henry Grey and the Cats; Ed and Bee Deshotels
Hosted by Barry Ancelet
The Clement Brothers:
Terry Clement - Accordion
Grant Clement - Guitar
Purvis Clement - Fiddle
Ronnie Boudreaux - Drums
-Diggy Diggy Lo
-Jolie blonde
-Pine Grove Blues
-Grand Mamou
-Lake Charles Two-step
(25:00) - Ed and Bee Deshotels
-Cajun Stories - Yvonne et Yvette
Henry Gray and the Cats:
Henry Gray - Rhodes piano and vocals
Rudy Richard - Guitar (Played with Slim Harpo)
Zack "The Cat" Gaines - Drums
Brian Bruce - Harmonica
Andy Cornett - Bass
(37:20) - Instrumental Blues
-What'd I Say
-Worried Blues
Nursy Lafleur: Cajun Cooking
Henry Gray and the Cats:
-Instrumental Blues
-Howlin' Wolf Tune
(01:13:30) - Harmonica Duel
-When Things Go Wrong With You, It Hurts Me, Too
(01:27:30) - Ed and Bee Deshotels
-Cajun Stories
The Clement Brothers:
(01:36:53) - Pauvre hobo
-La valse de la Nouvelle Orléans
-Blues Cajun
-Valse de Bélizaire
-Choupique Two-step
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Dewey Balfa and the Balfa Brotherhoood; Preston Frank and the Soileau Playboys
Preston Frank and the Soileau Playboys:
Preston Frank - Accordion
Keith Frank - Drums
Jennifer Frank - Keyboard
(01:06:00) - Instrumental Two-step
-'Joe Pitre à deux femmes'
-'Jolie blonde'
-'Why You Wanna Make Me Cry'
-'Chère tout-tout'
Larry Miller triangle demonstration:
-Preston Frank (Second Set)
-'Big Mamou'
-'Highway Zydeco'
-'Hot Tamale Baby'
-'No Good Woman'
-'Dance All Night'
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Jamie Berzas and Cajun Tradition; John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys;
Hosted by Jim Olivier:
Jamie Berzas and Cajun Tradition:
Jamie Berzas - Accordion and Vocals
Lee Manuel - Fiddle
Madeleine Berzas - Drums
-Eunice Two Step
(04:10) - Les traces de mon bogué
-J'ai étais au bal
-J'ai passé devant ta porte
-Evangeline Two Step
(22:20) - Dave Petitjean; Cajun Humor:
John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys:
John Delafose - Accordion and Vocals
Gene Delafose - Drums
Jermaine Fontenot - Scrubboard
Tony Delafose - Bass
Curvis Williams - Cowbell
(34:55) - Johnny Can't Dance
-Joe Pitre
-La valse de cemitière
-Quoi faire
-Lucille
-I Can't Stop Loving You
(01:04:05) - Claudia Wood - How to make filé
John Delafose and the Eunice Playboys:
-'Won't You Please Do Right?'
-'Grand Mamou'
-'Johnny Billy Goat'
Dave Petitjean - Cajun Humor
Jamie Berzas and Cajun Tradition:
(01:40:24) - Les flammes d'enfer
-'Lafayette Playboy Waltz'
-'Quand j'étais pauvre'
-'Jolie blonde'
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Johnnie Allan and the Memories; Hiram Sampy and the Bad Habits; Harry Lafleur and Friends;
Johnnie Allan and the Memories:
-'The Promised Land'
-'Lonely Days and Lonely Nights'
(08:54) - Sweet Soul Music
-'I Wonder Where You Are Tonight'
(17:35) - 'South to Louisiana'
Harry LaFleur and Claudia Wood:
(23:52) - 'Danse, 'tit Cajun, danse'
-'Chère mignone'
-'Prairie Cajun Breakdown'
(33:18) - Harry's Reel
Hiram Sampy and the Bad Habits:
(37:50) - 'Colinda'
-'Lucille'
-'Hot Tamale Baby'
(52:38) - 'Don't Have the Power I Had Ten Years Ago'
-'You Don't Call Me No More'
-'Hip et taieau'
(01:13:00) - 'Don't Mess With My Tout-Tout'
Harry LaFleur and Claudia Wood:
(01:20:30) - 'Contradanse à pépère'
-'T'es petite et t'es mignonne'
-'Chère Mom'
Johnnie Allan and the Memories:
(01:34:23) - 'Can't Turn Ya Loose'
-'Boney Maroni'
-'I Want My Baby Back Again'
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Boozoo Chavis; Ray Aucoin; Interview with Eddie Shuler;
Hosted by Shirley Bergeron:
Boozoo Chavis and His Magic Sounds:
-'Oh, Bye'
-'Bye Bye'
-'Diggy Liggy Lo'
(12:40) - Dog Hill
-'Jolie catin'
-'Boozoo is Here to Stay'
(25:30) - Deacon Jones
-'Paper In My Shoe'
-'Colinda'
(32:30) - Interview with Eddie Shuler - Founder of Goldband Records
-'First working with the Hackberry Ramblers'
-'Iry LeJeune - Story about recording the Duralde Waltz'
-Recording Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis and His Magic Sounds:
(43:30) - 'Paper in My Shoe'
-'Leona Had a Party'
-'Gone à la maison'
(57:25) - 'Suzie Q'
-'Uncle Bud'
Blake Mouton:
(01:06:30) - ''Tit monde'
-'Crowley Two-Step'
-'La valse de Cajun'
-'Church Point Breakdown'
Ray Aucoin:
(01:15:30) - Kansas City
-'This Should Go On Forever'
-'Mathilda'
(01:27:17) - 'Jolie blonde'
-'The Prisoner's Song'
-'Last Date'
(01:37:20) - Linus Bertrand - Recipe for Sauce Piquante
Ray Aucoin:
(01:45:15) - 'Wasted Days and Wasted Nights'
-'Colinda'
-'On Bended Knee'
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; performances by Nathan Menard; Bruce Daigrepont; Lula Landry; Vernon Smith;
Nathan Menard and his Rambling Cajuns:
Nathan Menard - Accordion and Vocals
Louis Foreman - Fiddle
Nonc Jules Guidry - T-fer
Intro:
-Valse à Tolam
(06:44) - Triangle Club Special
-La valse de l'héritage
-Ossun Two-Step
(22:13) - Cajun Cooking Segment - Vernon Smith - Catfish Courtbillon Recipe
Nathan Menard and his Rambling Cajuns:
(26:04) - La vie du musicien
-Mamou Two-Step
-Chère tout-tout
(40:34) - Hick's Wagon Wheel Special
-Grand Texas
(50:20) - Lula Landry
-La fleur de la jeunesse
-Quelle petite homme
-Dis Shick Ma Pelly Gum Gal
(01:01:00) - Les filles du Vermilion
Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band:
Bruce Daigrepont - Accordion and Vocals
Waylon Thibodeaux - Fiddle and Vocals
Ann Daigrepont - T-fer
(01:06:22) - Laisser-faire
-La valse de la rivière rouge
-Paradis des musiciens
(01:19:37) - L'arc en ciel
-Bruce's Two-Step
(01:30:10) - Lula Landry
-Isabeau
-Story
-Story about accordion player
(01:40:08) - La 'tite Anna à Mogène Meaux
Bruce Daigrepont:
(01:43:10) - Danse carré
-Disco et fais do-do
-Port Arthur Blues
-Marksville Two-Step
Rendez-Vous des Cajuns; Performances by Felton LeJeune and the Cajun Cowboys; Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders; Boo LeDoux; Mrs. Mary Alice Janot;
Hosted by Barry Ancelet
[soundtrack extremely low]
Felton LeJeune and the Cajun Cowboys:
Felton LeJeune - Accordion
Herman LeJeune - Fiddle
Leon Lejeune - Bass
Dudley Courville - Steel Guitar
Intro:
-Parting Waltz
-Evangeline Special
-La valse des mèches
(15:30) - La valse de KLFY
Recipe - Inaudible
Felton LeJeune and the Cajun Cowboys:
-'Tits yeux bleus
(33:15) - Les flammes d'enfer
-Ouvre la porte
-Laisse-moi parlez à ton coeur
(42:50) - Lacassine Special
Boo LeDoux - Talking about Cowboys:
-Making Horse Saddles
Fernest Arceneaux and the Thunders:
(01:03:50) - Zydeco Boogaloo
-Hey Mama
-Endless Zydeco Jam
(01:24:02) - Walking to New Orleans
Boo LeDoux - Talking about Cowboys
Fernest Arceneaux:
(01:45:25) - Joe Pitre à deux femmes
-Rock me Mama
-Bernadette
Rendez-vous des Cajuns; Performances by Rufus Thibodeaux with Jim Olivier; Aldus Roger and Adam Hebert; Rena Menard;
Rufus Thibodeaux:
-Lake Arthur Stomp
(4:25) - Jolie blonde
-Cajun Shuffle (Pauvre Hobo)
Rufus Thibodeaux avec Jim Olivier:
(12:00) - Grande Texas
-J'aime mes samedi soirs
(23:40) - Rena Menard - Cajun Humor
Rufus Thibodeaux and Jim Olivier:
(37:15) - Faded Love
-Tout les deux pour la même
(47:20) - You Hurt a Good Hearted Man
-Allons au fais do-do
Rena Menard - Cajun Humor
Aldus Roger with Adam Hebert:
(01:09:13) - Instrumental
-Tous les soirs
-Jeunes gens de la campagne
-'tit oiseau
-Madeleine
-'Tit Maurice
(01:38:55) - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
-Waltz of No Return
(01:49:07) - Lacassine Special
-Lafayette Playboy Waltz