Interviews with Barry Ancelet, Morris Ardoin, Dorestine Ledet et al.
Interviews with Barry Ancelet et al:
0:00 - Barry Ancelet talks about the song "Le premier jours de janvier"
1:30 - Barry Ancelet talks about the song "Isabeau" / "Sur le bord de l'eau"
3:00 - Barry Ancelet talks about Lula Landry, "Vermilion Parish southern coast culture"
-singing traditions, lack of cultural blending, high percentage of Acadians
4:21 - footage of Saint Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, LA
6:00 - footage of a country road, fields
12:55 - Chromalloy Drilling Fluids
14:00 - Eunice Impliment Co.
14:45 - Cowboy Lounge
15:30 - Morris Ardoin talks with Alan Lomax about building his dance hall
17:50 - Morris Ardoin talks about learning to play music from Bois Sec Ardoin
19:50 - Morris Ardoin talks about country dance halls
21:00 - Morris Ardoin talks about "French music"
22:40 - Morris Ardoin talks about traveling around the world to play music with his father
23:50 - Morris Ardoin plays a waltz on the accordion
24:40 - Morris Ardoin plays "Chère ici, chère là-bas" on accordion
25:45 - Morris Ardoin talks about his parents' relationship, his siblings
27:35 - Alan Lomax talks about the ethnic make-up of various communities in South Louisiana, the Ardoin family
30:50 - Morris Ardoin talks about truck driving, farming
32:00 - Morris Ardoin talks about "coups de main," communities getting together to help one another
32:47 - Morris Ardoin talks about integration, racism
35:00 - Morris Ardoin talks about violence in the city
37:00 - Morris Ardoin talks about his piece of land
39:30 - Morris Ardoin talks about the man who raised his Bois Sec Ardoin
40:00 - Footage of country roads Community Rice Drier, Inc.
42:25 - Alan Lomax introduces Dorestine Ledet
43:50 - Dorestine Ledet talks about her family, her father farming, her father's murder
47:30 - Dorestine Ledet talks about the way her parents raised her
49:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about children's songs, games and stories
50:08 - Dorestine Ledet sings a lullaby
51:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about raising her children
53:25 - Dorestine Ledet talks about Bouki and Lapin stories
54:50 - Dorestine Ledet talks about picking cotton and trapping as a child
55:50 - Dorestine Ledet talks about New Year's traditions in her family, sings "Bonjour, bonne année"
58:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about Christmas traditions, sings "La Table Ronde" and talks about a game they played with the song
59:00 - Dorestine Ledet sings a song
1:01:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about and sings the song "Dégo" / "Dago"
1:03:29 - Dorestine Ledet talks about and sings a juré
1:07:15 - Dorestine Ledet talks about courting when she was young, mothers chaperoning, holding hands with a handkerchief in between
1:08:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about meeting her husband at a juré
1:12:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about wakes in the home / veiller un mort
1:15:10 - Dorestine Ledet sings and talks about "Les haricots sont pas salés"
1:15:55 - Dorestine Ledet talks about mazurkas, sings "La misère"
1:16:45 - Dorestine Ledet talks about "le baisse bas," sings "Le hack à Moreau"
1:18:20 - Dorestine Ledet sings "Dégo" / "Dago"
1:19:08 - Dorestine Ledet sings "Fais do do pour ta maman"
1:19:45 - Dorestine Ledet shows her family altar, talks about saying the rosary
1:21:50 - Dorestine Ledet talks about her family's Native American ancestery
1:24:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about punishment as a child
1:25:00 - Dorestine Ledet talks about weddings
1:28:00 - Dorestine Ledet shows her family portraits
1:30:00 - Gladys Courville talks about how she met and married Dennis McGee
