To promote the use of collections housed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Department of History, Geography, and Philosophy is pleased to announce the Jamie Guilbeau and Thelma Guilbeau UL Lafayette Collections Research Grant in the amount of $2,000 for a researcher who is NOT a faculty member, staff member, or student at UL Lafayette.
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;
Awarded annually in the Spring semester of the academic year, the Neitzel Family Endowed Student Awards in Louisiana Studies recognize outstanding student scholarship* in any field related to Louisiana Studies, including but not limited to history, folklore, languages, music, geography, anthropology, archaeology, literature, architecture, and the visual arts.
The Center for Louisiana Studies, in partnership with the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Acadian Cultural Center, invites the public to a free lecture by University of Chicago doctoral candidate William Buckingham on “Remembering Isleño Décimas: Louisiana’s Lost Tradition of Spanish Ballad Singing.” The talk will be Wednesday, March 14, 2018, beginning at 6:30pm at the Acadian Cultural Center, 501 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA.
The Center for Louisiana Studies, in partnership with the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Acadian Cultural Center, invites the public to a free lecture by University of Chicago doctoral candidate William Buckingham on “Remembering Isleño Décimas: Louisiana’s Lost Tradition of Spanish Ballad Singing.” The talk will be Wednesday, March 14, 2018, beginning at 6:30pm at the Acadian Cultural Center, 501 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA.
Join John Laudun for a discussion of his book "The Amazing Crawfish Boat" at Bayou State Book Talks on Tuesday, March 13th, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Downtown branch of the Lafayette Public Library.
Lovely Inn, Cheniere, LA, 1949
C. LeRoy Martin
Woody-Wood Club, Carencro/Lafayette, LA area
L-R: Louis Solis, Tommy Savant, Jivin Gene, Benny Falcon, Ray Solis
C. Jivin Gene
Merlin Fontenot, Kenny Menard
