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Request a fileLive Performance by Bois Sec Ardoin
Mini Disc 1 is currently corrupted; will be restored later
Mini Disc 2 is as follows:
Bois Sec Ardoin on accordion on vocals, guitar and other vocals ?
00:00 - Allons Danser
03:00 - Harold asks the audience to turn the lights on / ends at 03:36
Live Performance by Michael Doucet, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley, Matt Doucet, Joel Savoy
Michael Doucet - fiddle; Ann Savoy - guitar; Steve Riley - accordion; Matt Doucet - guitar; Joel Savoy - fiddle
Mini Disc 1
00:00 - Introduction by Harold & Michael Doucet
06:32 - Alleman's Jig (Melody of "Valse de Cajun" but as a jig)
9:15 - Alleman's Jig again but as a two step
12:15 - Joel Savoy comes up on stage
14:07 - Michael explains Cheese Reed's fiddle tuning (standard) / La Belle de la Louisiana / La Belle de Bayou Tech
20:38 - Michael discusses Dennis McGee's tunings - Tasso / McGee's Reel
27:15 - Ann Savoy joins the stage
30:00 - Chère Bassette
36:31 - Grand Mallet
41:00 - Valse à Reed
45:40 - Doc Guidry's two-step
Live Performance by Michael Doucet, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley, Matt Doucet, Joel Savoy
Michael Doucet, fiddle; Ann Savoy, guitar; Steve Riley, accordion; Matt Doucet, guitar; Joel Savoy, piano
MiniDisc 2
02:06 - La valse des jonglemonts, two-step arrangement
07:45 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie in French
Live Performance by Michael Doucet, Ann Savoy, Steve Riley, Matt Doucet, Joel Savoy
Michael Doucet, fiddle; Ann Savoy, guitar; Steve Riley, accordion; Matt Doucet, guitar; Joel Savoy, piano
MiniDisc 3
00:00 - starts in the middle of Evangeline Special
04:28 - Dennis McGee Medley
09:45 - Cowboy waltz (Valse de vacher)
Live Performance by Thomas Matte, Reggie Matte, and Ken David
Thomas Matte, accordion and vocals; Reggie Matte, triangle and vocals; Ken David, fiddle; Bobby Dumatrait, Guitar;
Recorded c. 2005; Thomas was 93 years old at time of recording
Mini Disc 1
00:00 - Thomas noodles on the accordion / Harold makes announcements and pitches Dewey Balfa Week;
08:00 - Lewisburg Two-step (Acadian two step);
11:20 - Chère tout tout;
14:39 - Chère Alice;
16:49 - Thomas answers audience questions - Thomas talks about his first accordion and how he got started playing; Played his first dance 6 months after he started playing;
18:45 - Eunice Two-step
22:34 - Thomas answers more audience questions / Thomas tells a story about how he lost the first accordion he owned in French;
28:30 - Mon bon vieux mari;
32:28 - Reggie Matte arrives late from a boudin run / Harold gives more announcements
34:29 - La valse de grand chemin;
38:05 - Pointe aux Pins
41:47 - 'Tit monde;
46:09 - Allons à Lafayette
49:55 - Hathaway two-step
52:30 - La porte d'en arrière
57:30 - Harold introduces other members of the Matte family in attendance;
59:10 - Chère Alice;
1:02:40 - Perrodin two step
1:05:41 - La coulée rodaire
1:08:44 - La branche du mûrier
1:12:20 - Fifi Poncho
1:15:00 - Thomas talks about being a farmer (cotton, sweet potatoes, corn) during the Great Depression, made $1.25/day. Walked 2 miles per day to get to work. Made up to $2 per night when he'd play house dances. Sometimes musicians would set up on the kitchen table near a window, no amplification, so being elevated helped the band project;
Live Performance by Thomas Matte, Reggie Matte, and Ken David
Thomas Matte - accordion and vocals; Reggie Matte - triangle and vocals; Ken David - fiddle; Bobby Dumatrait - Guitar
Recorded c. 2005; Thomas was 93 years old at time of recording
Mini Disc 2
00:00 - Conversation about being a farmer in the Great Depression continues from Mini Disc 1; Became a carpenter, did that for 40 years and retired at 79 years old;
00:30 - More conversation about planting crops, milk cows, purchasing food in the old days;
01:50 - Says that there was four bootleggers in town and one bread maker;
02:15 - Favorite musiciains (Angelas LeJeune, Amédé Ardoin, ?? Guidry); played often with Joe Falcon; First accordion was purchased for $3 from his brother;
05:10 - Lewisburg Two Step; For old-time house dances there was usually only an accordion and somebody on t-fer, sometimes they'd have a fiddler;
08:49 - Evangeline Special is announced, but they play Creole Stomp;
13:10 - Church Point Breakdown
17:10 - Les flammes d'enfer / End
Live Performance by Ray Abshire, Courtney Granger, Kevin Wimmer
0:00 - Reno Waltz
2:34 - Introducing the band
2:58 - Step It Fast
6:17 - Sundown Waltz
10:08 - Ray Abshire talks about meeting pioneer Cajun musicians Varise Conner and Boscom Mouton out in Lake Charles during the 50s-60s
12:17 - Creole Stomp
16:00 - Ray takes questions about Varise Conner
19:55 - Mon couer t'appelle
23:57 - Lawtell Two-Step / Cuts off in middle of song at end
Breathe Easy dance featuring Ray Abshire
Recording only contained Ray's vocal mic. Very heavy compression was used to capture the disc in order to get some of the music.
00:00 - Band chattering
00:57 - Allons à la queue de tortue [break in the recording songs ends abruptly];
3:50 - Woman in audience asks question;
4:30 - Nathan welcomes dancers to Breathe Easy dance;
4:54 - Reno Waltz;
9:20 - Sound lady giving instructions to adjust mics;
10:20 - Font de culotte two-step;
13:48 - band chatters over how nice the dance floor is;
14:20 - Musician's Life;
18:24 - French Blues / Pine Grove Blues;
23:30 - J'ai étais au bal (Band refers to it as "Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin");
28:40 - Creole Waltz;
33:23 - Lacassine Special;
38:06 - Tous les Deux Pour la Même;
42:12 - Enterre-moi pas;
47:11 - Kaplan Waltz;
52:16 - Crowley Two-Step;
56:40 - Balfa Waltz;
1:00:37 - Jolie Blonde;
1:05:47 - Pine Grove Blues;
1:10:10 - Band chatter / start of Johnny Can't Dance / End;
Forked Island 1954, Chris’ Piano Lesson, Hidalgo/Vincent 1957
Unknown Singer (No note on box, Look in note cards and try to match to tape)
00:00 - "La Sainte Catherine"
01:25 - Unknown song
03:55 - "C’est un bonne rêve, Laisser-moi dormir"
06:55 - "J’ai passé dans les grands bois"
08:20 - "I Have a Good Job"
Marlin Hargrave - Forked Island Elementary School, March 17, 1954 - Recorded by Roland Broussard, teacher
09:00 - "Si j’aurais mes souliers (La cravate)"
Group of Fifth and Sixth Grade Students from Forked Island Elementary
11:20 - "La Marseillaise"
12:27 - "Je suis chrétien"
12:49 - "En avant poumpoum"
13:00 - "Saute crapaud"
13:18 - Pervis Hebert - "Devinez quoi ce qu’il y a"
14:20 - Agnes Saltzman - "Les maragoins"
14:45 - Agnes Saltzman and Burton LeMaire - "Et ou est-ce que t’es parti"
16:45 - O’neal Suire - "Un petit Bonhomme"
17:02 - Geneva Nunez - "Madame Baptiste"
17:30 - Christine Broussard - Piano Lesson - April 19, 1954
Dubs of disc recordings - Songs sung by Evangeline Saltzman, Allen James Dronet, Liben Simon, Emery Toups, Betty Lou Robert, Roland Desormeaux, Annie Lee Romero
Evangeline Saltzman - Gueydan High School, March 24, 1949 - ***Original discs transferred to tape at varying speeds***
00:00 - "Mon père m’a donné un petit mari"
01:25 - "Le premiere jour de mai"
03:50 - "O oui, grand Dieu que je suis à mon aise"
06:35 - "Mon bon vieux ‘tit homme"
07:25 - "La belle allait, oui, au matin"
10:58 - Allen James Dronet, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Trois petits gallants"
13:51 - Liben Simon, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Dédans Lyon" (Devines ce qu’il y à)
14:50 - Unknown singer - "Quatre belles oiseaux"
16:03 - Liben Simon - "Et quand j’étais petite" (La rose au bois)
17:25 - Emery Toups, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Y à t’un princess"
18:06 - Betty Lou Robert, Erath, LA, 1949 - "En arrière de chez mon père" (L’oranger)
21:10 - Roland Desormeaux, Erath, LA, 1949 - "Je suis parti au grand bois" (Jogue au plombeau)
Annie Lee Romero, Erath, LA, 1949
22:10 - "Gabrielle Waltz"
22:37 - "Lafayette est pris en feu"
23:00 - "Quand j’etais garcon"
Dubs of Disc Recordings of songs sung by Mabel Touchet, Marie Lange, Leonce Harrington, Huey Hebert, Evangeline Saltzman, Roland Desormeaux, Annie Lee Romero, Emery Toups, Betty Lou Robert, Ernest Belanger, Duprelie Boudreaux
Recordings by Various Artists:
00:00:10 - Unknown Singer - Unknown Song
Mabel Touchet, Kaplan, LA - Kaplan High School, February 7, 1947, and May 5, 1947
00:01:40 - "Un matin dans mai"
00:03:09 - "Trois petits tambours"
Marie Lange, Kaplan, LA, Kaplan High School, May 5, 1947
00:05:35 - "Mon père m’a donné qu’un petit homme" (Le petit mari)
Mrs. Léonce Harrington (née Marie Hebert), Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
00:06:35 - "Mon père était un jardinier"
Marie Lange
00:07:41 - "Goodbye ma chère amie" (multiple takes)
00:09:45 - "Y avait un petite homme" (Guillori)
00:12:05 - "Moi, je l’aime une petite fille"
Huey Hebert, Kaplan, LA - May 26, 1947
00:13:14 - "C’est la robe à Tante Dolie"
00:13:47 - "Les maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle (two takes)"
00:14:34 - "Je prends mon violon"
00:14:57 - "Tu m’as promis"
Evangeline Salzman - Gueydan, LA, March 24, 1949
00:15:36 - "La belle allait oui au moulin"
00:19:03 - "O oui, grand Dieu que je suis à mon aise"
00:21:52 - "Mon bon vieux 'tit homme"
00:22:38 - "Mon père m’a donne un petit mari"
00:24:00 - "Le première jour de mai"
00:26:20 - Roland Desormeaux - Erath, LA, 1949 - Je suis parti au grand bois (Jogue au plombeau)
Annie Lee Romero - Erath, LA, 1949
00:27:18 - "Gabrielle"
00:27:45 - "Lafayette est pris en feu"
00:28:10 - "Quand j’étais garçon"
00:29:06 - Unknown singer - "Quatre belles oiseaux" (Two takes, first take mistracks)
00:30:30 - Unknown singer - "La destinée, la rose au bois"
00:31:50 - Emery Toups - Erath, LA, 1949 - "Y à t’une princess"
00:32:30 - Betty Lou Robert - Erath, LA, 1949 - "En arriere de chez mon père" (L’oranger) (Fragment)
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947) 82 years old
00:33:00 - Unknown song
00:37:40 - "C’est la caille et la perdrix"
00:39:27 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (La belle s’est mis en page)
00:44:30 - "Par un beau lundi" (O La belle Emelie)
00:45:23 - "J’ai trouvé c’elle que j’aime"
00:45:30 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (Fragment)
00:47:05 - "En revenant du boulanger"
00:48:50 - "C’est la vie de la nation" (fragment)
Mrs. Duprelie Boudreaux - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:50:23 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:52:05 - "Hummed Lullaby"
Ernest Belanger
00:53:14 - "C’est la belle Sylvie"
00:55:25 - "Il y à des jolies filles" (two takes)
00:58:18 - "Il est grand temps de me marier"
01:01:13 - "O la, grand dieu, que je suis à mon aise"
01:04:18 - "Logé, j’ai attendu dire que t’es parti à l’armée" (fragment)
Tape III - Re-recordings of wax discs made in 1946 and 1947
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, November 22, 1946
00:00:08 - "La-bas, oui, chez mon père" (L’oranger) (two takes)
00:02:40 - "La belle Créole"
00:05:39 - "Viens, dira-tu, belle Castilliene"
00:08:31 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:11:58 - "J’avais juré" (Ta tete est courronée or La fleure de la jeunesse)
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, February 8, 1947
00:15:25 - "Par un beau lundi" (Le belle Emelie)
00:19:28 - "La bas dans ces vallons"
00:22:53 - "Depuis ce jour, la belle Créole"
00:28:50 - "Petit enfant"
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, LA, May 5, 1947
00:30:10 - "Je suis la délaissée"
Simeon Touchet with Sidman Touchet Trahan
00:33:05 - "Je te donnerai un petit paquet d’épingles" (Laforte : Ma-12)
Simeon Touchet
00:35:39 - "Lisa, pourquoi refusé ma tendresse"
00:39:10 - "Le long de ces beaux bois"
00:42:20 - "C’est ue petite fille de quinze ans"
Simeon Touchet - May 24, 1947
00:50:15 - "D’un beau soir en me promenant"
Marie Hebert Touchet
00:51:57 - "O si l’amour prendrait racine" (Vive l’amour)
Simeon Touchet
00:52:48 - "Sur les trois lauriers blancs"
00:55:50 - "Blanche ma bonne lumière"
00:58:30 - "O Charles cheri"
01:01:00 - "D’un grand matin dans mon jardin"
Tape 3 Side 2 - Re-recordings of wax discs made in 1946 to 1949
Re-recordings (1946-1949)
00:00:12 - Simeon Touchet - "Allons chers camarades a l’armée"
00:02:25 - Paul Touchet - Meaux, LA, May 25, 1948 - "Je me marie en quatre semaines" (Théogene Dubois)
Sidmay Touchet Trahan
00:07:07 - "Je connais qui est une femme comme moi"
00:03:56 - "Vive l’amour"
00:04:40 - "Les Acadiens sont pas si fou"
Joe Frederick - Meaux, LA, July 8, 1949
00:04:56 - "Allons chanter un chanson"
00:08:15 - "Les cantiques de mort"
00:26:00 - "Voila l’instant toute glorieuse"
00:29:05 - "Je crois en Dieu"
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:31:58 - "Ce soir j’ai déserté" (two takes)
00:35:35 - "O, c’est la caille et la perdrix"
00:37:53 - "Sur le pont de Nantes" (La belle s’est mis en page)
00:42:52 - "O la belle Emelie"
00:43:40 - "J’ai trouvé celle que j’aime"
00:45:24 - "En revenant du boulanger"
00:47:10 - "C’est la vie de la nation"
Mrs. Duprélie Boudreaux - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:48:40 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:50:17 - "Lullaby"
Ernest Belanger - Abbeville, LA, October 22, 1947
00:51:28 - "C’est la belle Sylvie" (Rossignol Sauvage)
00:53:38 - "Il y à des jolies filles"
00:56:25 - "Il est grand temps de me marrier"
00:59:24 - "O la, grand Dieu, que je suis à mon aise"
01:02:25 - "Loge, j’ai attendu dire que t’es parti à l’armée"
Dubs of Disc Recordings of Mabel Touchet, Sydney Romero, Marie Lange, Huey Hebert, Catherine Duhon, Mrs. Leonce Harrington, Mrs. Alphe Hebert;
Recordings:
Mabel Touchet - Kaplan, LA, Februrary 7, 1947 and May 5, 1947
00:10 - "Mon père m’a mis à l’école" (two takes) (La rose au bois)
03:45 - "Y à trois petits tambours" (three versions)
Sydney Romero - Kaplan, LA, Februrary 7, 1947
10:30 - "Si tous les garcons du monde"
12:30 - "Faites monter les pigeons blancs" (Vive l’amour)
Marie Lange - Kaplan, LA, May 5, 1947
13:22 - "Y avait un petit homme" (Guillori)
15:34 - "Moi, je l’aime une petite fille"
17:13 - "Goodbye ma chère amie"
18:25 - "Mon père m’a donné qu’un petit homme" (Le petit mari)
Huey Hebert - Kaplan, LA, May 26, 1947
19:24 - "C’est la robe à Tante Dolie"
19:50 - "Les maragoins ont tout mange ma belle" (two takes)
20:30 - "Je prends mon violon"
20:55 - "Tu m’as promis"
Catherine Duhon - Meaux, LA, 1947
21:27 - "Y avait un petit bonhomme"
Mrs. Leonce Harrington (nee Marie Hebert) Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
22:00 - "Mon père était un jardinier"
Mrs. Alphe Hebert - Abbeville, LA, March 3, 1949
23:05 - "Et ou tas-tu charmant Billy"
Dairy Day French Song Contest - Abbeville, LA - 1953, Ballads Sung by Forked Island School Children
Judged by Louise Olivier, Louise Verret, Dr. Arceneaux
Side 1 - Children’s Division, Oct 16, 1953
00:00:10 - Intro
00:01:53 - Annie Catherine Broussard - "La fête de Dairy Day"
Raywood Morvant
00:03:49 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:05:14 - "La cravate"
00:06:50 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:08:56 - Herman Babineaux - "Papillon"
00:10:29 - Daisy Foster - "J’ai étais au bal"
00:12:15 - Jimmy Morvant - "Je veut marrier"
00:14:17 - Harry Touchet - "Danser Colinda"
00:15:38 - Rita Cecile Landry - "Frère Jacques"
00:16:20 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Savais-vous planter des choux"
Burton LeMaire
00:18:49 - "La marseillaise"
00:20:00 - "Saute Crapaud"
00:20:15 - "Frère Jacques"
00:21:07 - James Broussard - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:23:10 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Quand j'étais petite"
00:27:00 - Catherine Blanchet - Winners announcement
Side 2 - Adult Division - Oct 17, 1953
Raywood Morvant
00:29:40 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:31:18 - "La cravate"
Joe “Nonc Joe” Harrington
00:34:37 - "Ne pleure pas, vierge de France"
00:37:35 - "La caille et la perdrix"
Ulysses Broussard
00:41:05 - "Madame ??, donne-moi ta fille"
00:43:45 - "Et ou c’est qu’elle est, la malheureuse"
Caesar Vincent
00:45:28 - "O le printemps de Jules Bitière" (sp) (Tobie Lapière)
00:50:06 - "C’est une vieille"
Lelia Labauve
00:53:15 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:55:20 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:56:30 - "Bonjour belle Rosine"
00:58:54 - Andre Pommier - "Allons à Lafayette"
01:01:00 - Mme. Joe Falcon - "Jolie Brune"
01:02:02 - Joe Falcon - "Allons à Lafayette"
Mme. Sylvan Romero
01:04:19 - "Mes trois camarades"
01:06:20 - "Les maragoins"
01:06:55 - "La petite poule caille"
01:08:05 - Clevinis Touchet - "Mon aimable catin"
01:10:42 - Alan Richard - "Dans la Louisiane"
01:!2:20 - Roy Theriot - "Les maragoins"
01:18:20 - Caesar Vincent - "Fais do-do, petite"
01:19:50 - Winners announcement
Forked Island School Children - Mar 17, 1954
01:21:27 - Marlin Hargrave - "Si j’aurais mes souliers" (La cravate)
Forked Island Elementary Fifth and Sixth Grade School Group
01:23:35 - "La Marseillaise"
01:24:30 - "Je suis chrétien"
01:24:52 - "En avant, poumpoum"
01:25:03 - "Saute Crapaud"
01:25:20 - Pervis Hebert - "Devinez quoi ce qu’il y a"
01:26:18 - Agnes Saltzman - "Les maragoins"
01:26:40 - Agnes Saltzman and Burton LeMaire - "Et ou est-ce que t’es parti"
01:28:30 - O’neal Suire - "Un petit bonhomme"
01:27:48 - Geneva Nunez - "Madame Baptiste" (version of Madame Bosso)
Dairy Day French Song Contest - Abbeville, LA - 1953, Ballads Sung by Forked Island School Children
***Note: This tape was in awful condition, and it was almost impossible to get a good pass on it***
BL1-006 contains the same performances from Abbeville Dairy Day 1953
00:00:05 - Introduction
00:01:56 - Annie Catherine Broussard - "La fête de Dairy Day"
Raywood Morvant
00:03:50 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:05:14 - "La cravate"
00:06:50 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:08:53 - Herman Babineaux - "Papillon"
00:10:24 - Daisy Foster - "J’ai étais au bal"
00:12:15 - Jimmy Morvant - "Je veut marrier"
00:14:15 - Harry Touchet - "Danser Colinda"
00:16:30 - Rita Cecile Landry - "Frère Jacques" (00:15:30) - Tape mistracks badly. Restarts song at around (00:16:30)
00:17:38 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Savais-vous planter des choux"
Burton LeMaire
00:19:52 - "La marseillaise"
00:20:48 - "Saute Crapaud" (fragment)
00:21:18 - "Frère Jacques"
00:22:11 - James Broussard - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:24:16 - Amy Dean Meaux - "Quand j'étais petite"
00:27:55 - Catherine Blanchet - Winner's announcement
Side 2 - Adult Division - Oct 17, 1953
Raywood Morvant
00:30:36 - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
00:32:10 - "La cravate"
Joe “Nonc Joe” Harrington
00:35:22 - "Ne pleure pas, vierge de France"
00:38:18 - "La caille et la perdrix"
Ulysses Broussard
00:45:28 - "Madame ??, donne-moi ta fille". Tape mistracks and restarts
00:48:03 - "Et ou c’est qu’elle est, la malheureuse"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:50 - "O le printemps de Jules Bitière" (sp) (Tobie Lapière)
00:54:26 - "C’est une vieille"
Lelia Labauve
00:57:33 - "Je m’ai fait un nouveau beau"
00:59:35 - "J’ai passé dessous le pommier"
00:56:30 - "Bonjour belle Rosine"
01:03:05 - Andre Pommier - "Allons à Lafayette"
01:05:13 - Mme. Joe Falcon - "Jolie Brun"
01:06:38 - Joe Falcon - "Allons à Lafayette"
Mme. Sylvan Romero
01:08:30 - "Mes trois camarades"
01:10:30 - "Les maragoins"
01:11:06 - "La petite poule caille"
01:12:10 - Clevinis Touchet - "Mon aimable catin"
01:14:45 - Alan Richard - "Dans la Louisiane"
01:16:27 - Roy Theriot - "Les maragoins"
01:22:23 - Caesar Vincent - "Fais do-do, petite"
01:24:00 - Winner's announcement
01:25:30 - Family recordings begin
Unidentified child singing with Ed Blanchet
Tape mistracks, corrects at (01:36:20)
01:39:05 - "Happy Birthday"
01:41:00 - "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Recording made at Catherine’s parents’ home / #6, Roy Theriot's office, 1953, Back: ?/56, Rev. Martin, Oct/53, Roy Theriot's Office
Recordings:
00:00:00 - Reverand Martin talking about Catherine at her parents' home
00:06:50 - Same man paraphrases something that he read and sings an unidentified French song
00:08:53 - Unidentified French Song
00:11:35 - "I Trust In God"
00:16:40 - Poem
00:22:05 - Religious chants
Roy Theriot’s office - Abbeville, LA, October 23, 1953
00:25:18 - Joe Harrington - "Au pont de l’Anse" (Nantes)
Caesar Vincent
00:30:09 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:33:17 - "L’oranger"
00:35:50 - "Je chante une chanson" (Sur le bord de l’eau)
00:40:05 - "O nous avons qu’un temps a vivre"
00:41:28 - "Les maragoins" (La valse de vieux Ropopio)
00:42:30 - "Si j’avais mes ons souliers" (La cravate)
Mrs. Sylvan Romero
00:44:22 - "Y a trois de mes camarades"
00:46:25 - "Par un beau dimanche" (Ouvre la porte)
00:48:45 - "C’est ma petite poule caille"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:45 - "Charmante Eloise"
00:52:05 - "C’est une jeune fille"
"Marie-en-sange, femme jolie" (Mariansan)
01:00:25 - "O viens-tu, doc"
"Par un dimanche matin"
01:05:30 - "En arriere de chez mon pere" (Dig et don don)
Catherine Blanchet Recordings of Lucia Broussard
Lucia Broussard, 1954:
Les œufs
Sur le bord de la rivière - Lucia Broussard
Là-bas, là haut sur cette montagne
Little Boys:
Silent Night
Recording made at Catherine’s parents’ home / #6, Roy Theriot's office, 1953, Back: ?/56, Rev. Martin, Oct/53, Roy Theriot's Office
***Copy of BL-009***
00:00:00 - Reverand Martin talking about Catherine at her parents' home
00:06:50 - Same man paraphrases something that he read and sings an unidentified French song
00:08:53 - Unidentified French Song
00:11:35 - "I Trust In God"
00:16:40 - Poem
00:22:05 - Religious chants
Roy Theriot’s office - Abbeville, LA, October 23, 1953
00:25:18 - Joe Harrington - "Au pont de l’Anse" (Nantes)
Caesar Vincent
00:30:09 - "O dis moi donc, mon aimable catin"
00:33:17 - "L’oranger"
00:35:50 - "Je chante une chanson" (Sur le bord de l’eau)
00:40:05 - "O nous avons qu’un temps a vivre"
00:41:28 - "Les maragoins" (La valse de vieux Ropopio)
00:42:30 - "Si j’avais mes ons souliers" (La cravate)
Mrs. Sylvan Romero
00:44:22 - "Y a trois de mes camarades"
00:46:25 - "Par un beau dimanche" (Ouvre la porte)
00:48:45 - "C’est ma petite poule caille"
Caesar Vincent
00:49:45 - "Charmante Eloise"
00:52:05 - "C’est une jeune fille"
"Marie-en-sange, femme jolie" (Mariansan)
01:00:25 - "O viens-tu, doc"
"Par un dimanche matin"
01:05:30 - "En arriere de chez mon pere" (Dig et don don)
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick 1969, Mrs. Milton Nunez 1969
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick & Mrs. Milton Nunez:
Mrs. F.W. Kerkseick - Performing old Irish songs that Irish construction workers sang
01:00 - "The Old Chaw"
01:48 - Two verses from other songs
Mrs. Milton Nunez
04:57 - "Le matin, quand je me lêve" (Les amours et les beaux jours)
-Learned from Ms. Eunice Langlinais
06:45 - "Jouais l’accordion"
07:55 - Same tune played on accordion and harmonica
10:47 - "Le temps et proche finis" (Cantique)
Meaux High School Quartet - 1957
Meaux High School Quartet:
00:00 - "Father, Carry Me Home"
00:47 - "Tap, Tap, Tap"
03:51 - "My Lady Sleeps"
06:56 - "Tap, Tap, Tap"
08:29 - "Students talking"
French Singing Contest - Opelousas Yambilee Festival
French Song Contest - Matches recording from Ralph Rinzler - RI1-001
Emmeline Broussard
02:00 - "Le chevalier du roi"
03:45 - "La petite Jacqueline"
05:10 - Tex Parent - "La Magalon"
07:10 - Debra Couvillon - "J’ai passé devant ta porte"
Amy Dean Meaux
07:50 - "Papa m’a donné un petit mari"
09:25 - "J’ai étais au bal hier au soir"
11:48 - "La chanson de cinquante sous"
14:15 - "Allons dancer Colinda"
Joseph Schexneyder
16:00 - "Oh ma belle"
17:25 - "J’ai perdu mon mama"
Master of Ceremonies (name unknown)
20:20 - "Nora, Darling"
Ending
Interview with F. Stelly recorded by Marie del Norte Theriot
Presumed to be a recording made by Marie del Norte Theriot. Copy dubbed by Catherine Blanchet;
00:20 - Mardi Gras chant with a quick description of a Mardi Gras run;
02:40 - Discussion about old ways of dancing - Quadrilles, Lanciers;
06:05 - Talking about a novel written in 1888 by a Delahoussaye- This novel gives an account of the Acadians;
07:30 - Account of traditional Acadian clothing;
Tapes 1 and 2 from Louise Olivier Collection - Copy Collected by Catherine Blanchet
"Olivier Collection" Dr. Bonstein; date c. 1956; Bobby Burg, Marian Dugazé, Madame Burg, Boy Fruget;
Tape #1
1. Gabrielle
2. Les Maringouins ont tout mangé ma belle
3. La Chanson de Cinquant Sous
4. La fille de quatorze ans
5. Chère tout tout
6. Allons Danser Colinda
7. La valse de Church Point
8. Johnny Can't Dance
Tape #2
9. Jolie Blonde
10. J'ai passé sous le pommier
11. La fleur de la jeunesse (Lula Landry)
12. Les filles de Vermilion (Lula Landry)
13. Pagnier d'épingles
14. J'ai passé devant ta porte
15. La noce à Josephine
Blanchet Family Tape
Blanchet and Gibbins Family Tape
Contains orchestral and choral recordings as well as children singing
Blanchet Family Tape
Blanchet - Family Recordings:
Children singing "Happy Birthday" to Catherine
Children singing nursery rhymes
Interview with Mrs. Dronet
Recording made in Loom Room
***Needs to be cataloged more in-depth***
Interview with Mrs. Dronet - Discussion about how to work a loom while demonstrating the process
Song Fragments - Mrs. Dronet and Catherine Blanchet singing
01:04:30 - "La fleur de la jeunesse"
01:05:15 - Unidentified ballad
01:07:55 - "La belle Emelie"
Prejean Festival - Song Contest
Presented by Mr. Robert Prejean, Director:
Daniel Deville - Accordion
00:50 - "La valse des musiciens"
02:30 - "Madame Sosthaine"
03:40 - "Les traces de mon bogué"
04:57 - "Acadian Stomp"
Mme Lynnwood Vincent - Evangeline, Louisiana
06:09 - "Zing Zang Zon" (Danse ronde)
06:35 - "Ce nes plus un rêve"
07:40 - "La fête printanière" (Colinda et Colin)
10:15 - "Evangeline"
12:08 - "Galine, Galine, Gallow"
Marcus Landry - Harmonica, Accordion and Vocals
13:55 - "Hier aprés-midi le char à tué Fido"
15:22 - "Saute Crapaud"
16:20 - "La valse à grand chenier"
Mme. Curly Richard - Vocals
20:10 - "Ma Louisiane"
22:37 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte"
23:30 - "Pays dans la jogue"
Sabry Guidry - Harmonica and Vocals, Stories (Recorded extensively by Barry Ancelet - See Ancelet Collection)
25:09 - "Je me sens seule"
27:28 - "La 'tite jogue jaune"
28:38 - "Pas dessus les larmes"
30:15 - "Joke about a horse"
Mme. Catherine Blanchet - Vocals - Les danses rondes
32:05 - "La jolie rosier"
32:30 - "Papillion"
33:06 - "Shoo Fly"
Marcus Landry - Harmonica and Vocals
33:50 - "Je prends mon violon"
Mme. Steve Broussard (Amy Dean Meaux)
36:25 - "Mon petit mari"
37:58 - "J'étais au bal hier au soir"
39:42 - "J'ai passé dessus le pomier"
Mr. Klaby Meaux - Accordion
42:00 - "Les 'tits yeux noirs"
44:24 - "Grand Mamou"
46:32 - "Mon bon vieux mari"
James E. Fontenot - Operatic vocals and guitar
49:07 - "Mon bon vieux mari"
51:08 - "J'ai fais tout le tours du grand bois"
51:59 - "J'ai passé devant ta porte"
Meaux High School Presentation
Meaux High School:
00:00 - Introduction and singing of "Star Spangled Banner"
01:30 - "It's Me, It's Me, It's Me, O Lord" fragment
01:49 - Description of Meaux High School
02:40 - Quick descriptions of what students will learn in each grade
06:00 - Description of "upper elementary grades" and readings of essays
08:35 - High School - Language Arts, Mathematics, Agriculture, Science and Home Economics descriptions
12:30 - Electives and Extracurricular classes
13:10 - 1st graders singing "La petite poule caille"
14:40 - Band performance
Recording of French Ballad by Catherine Blanchet and Tèrese Perram
Multiple takes - Catherine Blanchet sings "un chanson de rouie"
***Notes accompany tape - stored in box***
Songs Sung by Various Children Recorded by Catherine Blanchet
Catherine Blanchet - Recordings of children singing:
00:00 - Roland Touchet - "Enterre-moi pas" - fragment
00:27 - Isodore Touchet - "Mon bon vieux mari"
01:35 - Oscar Joseph Foster - "La chanson de 50 sous"
03:20 - Beverly Jane Fontenot, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Frères Jacques"
04:15 - Ophelius Bourque and Roland Touchet, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Saute crapaud" (multiple takes)
07:10 - Unidentified singer - "J'ai casser le do de mon clarinette"
07:50 - Roland Touchet - Unidentified song
10:20 - Ophelius Bourque - "Les maringoins ont tout manger ma belle"
11:07 - Isodore Touchet - "Bosco Stomp"
12:00 - Isodore Touchet - "Lovesick Waltz"
12:55 - Isodore Touchet - "Colinda"
13:44 - Roland Touchet - "Frères Jacques"
14:34 - Roland Touchet - "Madame Sosthaine"
15:30 - Ophelius Bourque - "Touts les deux pour la même"
16:15 - Janelle Duhon, ?? Guidry - Unidentified song
16:30 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - "Je veux marrier"
17:00 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - French stories
19:50 - Lena Abshire - Unidentified songs
23:35 - Barbara Frederick - "Dedans la Louisiane"
27:52 - Unknown singer - "Pine Grove Blues"
Catherine Blanchet Interviews Mme. Robin
00:00 - Classification of Acadian Folk Dances - Circles, contra lines, with partners, unaccompanied by music;
01:55 - Square dances and les lanciers - Mentions that she found an example in the Olivier Collection;
02:50 - Les jolies tambours;
03:40 - Mazurkas - She mentions that the Louisiana version of the Mazurka is almost unrecognizable compared to what they call a Mazurka in Europe;
05:00 - Description of the Acadian Waltz;
07:00 - Mazurka - Came to France from Poland, was a fashionable dance at some point, the French called the dance the "Warsaw." Descriptions of Mazurka steps;
09:40 - Current dances used with Cajun music - Polka, Waltz, 1940's "fad" dances;
12:30 - Definition of "fad dances;"
14:20 - Les danses rondes as seen in Breaux Bridge;
16:15 - Acadian dances with wooden shoes;
21:00 - More descriptions of Waltz, Mazurka, and Polka dances;
22:35 - Solo dances during Mardi Gras;
22:50 - Danse de mouchoir;
24:10 - Danse du marier;
25:00 - Colinda;
27:00 - Reconstructing old European dances;
Recordings of Songs Sung by Simeon Touchet for Catherine Blanchet's Thesis
Simeon Touchet - Meaux, Louisiana
00:00 - "Je suis la délaisse"
03:08 - "Je te donnerai un petit paquet d'épingles" (with Sidmay Touchet)
06:20 - "La belle Créole"
09:30 - Unnamed song learned from Louis Hebert
12:35 - "D'un grand matin dans mon jardin"
14:58 - "Allons chers camarades à l'armée"
20:44 - "La bas dans ces vallons" (with Sidmay Touchet)
24:30 - "Par un beau Lundi" (La belle Emelie)
28:45 - "Le long de ces beaux bois"
33:00 - "O, Chère Chèrie"
Choral Performance of French Songs
Choral performance by students at the Meaux School
00:00 - L'oranger;
02:15 - La jolie rosier;
02:38 - Je voudrais marier;
03:23 - Allons au bois
03:50 - Shoo Fly;
04:55 - J'ai étais au bal;
06:23 - Papier d'epingles
07:59 - Mon bon vieux mari;
09:54 - Le premier jour de Mai;
13:14 - La 'tite poule caille;
14:06 - La violette;
14:36 - Malbrough s'en va t'en guerre;
16:00 - La jolie rosier
16:30 - Mon petit mari;
17:49 - Trois petits tombours;
18:34 - Oh Lord, Hallelujah;
21:30 - I'm So Glad;
Songs Sung by Various Children Recorded by Catherine Blanchet
Copy of BL1-028
Catherine Blanchet - Recordings of children singing:
00:00 - Roland Touchet - "Enterre-moi pas" - fragment
00:27 - Isodore Touchet - "Mon bon vieux mari"
01:35 - Oscar Joseph Foster - "La chanson de 50 sous"
03:20 - Beverly Jane Fontenot, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Frères Jacques"
04:15 - Ophelius Bourque and Roland Touchet, Juanita Gail McDaniel - "Saute crapaud" (multiple takes)
07:10 - Unidentified singer - "J'ai casser le do de mon clarinette"
07:50 - Roland Touchet - "Dinga Dong Dong"
10:20 - Ophelius Bourque - "Les maringoins ont tout manger ma belle"
11:07 - Isodore Touchet - "Bosco Stomp"
12:00 - Isodore Touchet - "Lovesick Waltz"
12:55 - Isodore Touchet - "Colinda"
13:44 - Roland Touchet - "Frères Jacques"
14:34 - Roland Touchet - "Madame Sosthaine"
15:30 - Ophelius Bourque - "Touts les deux pour la même"
16:15 - Janelle Duhon, ?? Guidry - Unidentified song
16:30 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - "Je veux marrier"
17:00 - Henry Doucet, Jr. - French stories
19:50 - Lena Abshire - Unidentified songs
23:35 - Barbara Frederick - "Dedans la Louisiane"
27:52 - Unknown singer - "Pine Grove Blues"
French Folk Songs Sung by Gerard Dole and Catherine Blanchet
Tape had bad shedding with heavy print-through;
00:05 - I Love You, vous m'entender pas;
00:55 - J'ai plus petit doigt;
02:10 - Gerard introduces himself - tape starts breaking down badly at this point;
03:10 - Trois petits tombours;
Harry Oster - Tape IV - Recordings of Alma Bartholemew
Tape is in poor shape. Better quality recordings can be found in the Oster Collection
Harry Oster - Tape III - Various Performers
Recordings made by Harry Oster - Various Performers
The Colored Sacred Harp
00:00 - Florida Storm;
04:15 - Give Me Just a Little More Time;
06:20 - The Mercy Seat - Fairview Church near Hackleburg, AL - 3rd Sunday in April;
09:12 - The Spirit Shall Return;
Recordings by Corrine Saucier Recorded in Avoyelles Parish - Dubbed to tape by Catherine Blanchet
Le mariage de la caille et la perdrix (song) - Raphael Courville (Laforte : Ma-13)