Ailee Pardi - Senior Recital

Accession No.: 
CO6-19-003

Ailee Pardi:

00:00:00 - Pardi begins her presentation with introductions and the explanation of her project, that focuses on rare fiddle tunes
00:03:19 - 'Waltz of the Mulberry Limb' and breakdown of the song
00:06:52 - 'Mischievous Reel' and Dennis McGee
00:14:01 - McGee's style and some aspects of Cajun fiddling
00:15:37 - 'Mischievous Reel' (Version 2)
00:16:58 - How Cajun tunes, particularly fiddle arrangements, change over time and are passed down

00:17:40 - Story of the song 'Valse à Guibeaud Pelikan;' dating back to the Civil War
00:20:54 - 'Valse à Guibeaud Pelikan'
00:23:06 - Analyzing the 'Lake Arthur Stomp'
00:25:28 - 'Lake Arthur Stomp' and breakdown of the song
00:28:29 - Ailee takes questions from the audience
00:29:16 - 'Wayne Perry Blues'

00:32:47 - 'La Valse à Pop'
00:34:30 - The process of learning rare old tunes
00:35:23 - Juliane Mahoney joins Ailee for the next few songs; first, 'The Rabbit Stole the Pumpkin' (Bascom Mouton)
00:37:38 - 'Courville-McGee Waltz'
00:40:00 - 'Frugé's Reel'

00:43:53 - 'Valse des Ballots'
00:45:34 - 'Evangeline Breakdown'
00:49:22 - Ailee Pardi acknowledges her friends, mentors, and the audience before the last song
00:50:05 - 'Caillette est Crèvée' (Wade Frugé)
00:52:15 - The audience applauds U.L. Lafayette's first graduate with a B.A. in Traditional Music
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Media Type: 
Video
Collection: 
Comeaux Chair
Subject: 
Louisiana, French, Cajun, Fiddle, Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair, Traditional Music Program
Creator: 
Dr. Mark DeWitt
Informants: 
Ailee Pardi, Dr. Mark DeWitt
Recording date: 
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Tommy Comeaux Endowed Chair
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:52:56
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, July 15, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, July 15, 2019
Original Format: 
MPEG-2
Digital Format: 
MOV
Storage Location: 
Born Digital