Side 1;
1. Introduction
2. The Reno Waltz
3. Tee Mon
4. My Father-in-law's Sorrows
5. The Grand Prairie Waltz
6. The Chatagnier Waltz
7. Jolie Blonde
Side 2
1. D&M Special
2. Alleman Waltz
3. I Went To The Dance
4. The Louisiana Waltz
5. Lacassine Special
6. The Lawtell Waltz
Bud Fentroy (Mary Fentroy's Son) (same as AN1.112):
-Bouki and Lapin raising sweet potatoes/corn. Lapin always fooled Bouki (fox)
-Bouki and Lapin raising crops with bucket of butter for lunch
-Christening babies 'Lick the Top' then 'Halfway Gone' and 'Lick the Bottom'
-Lapin fooled Bouki to throw him in the bushes
Hubert Reed (51); Alexandre Manuel (62); Elvin Fontenot (48):
(***same as AN1.113***)
Revon Reed
Folk Tales:
-First got married, living by Bayou Duralde raising ducks
-He would notice some were missing
-Racoon/alligator/opossum would eat 3 or 4 ducks
-One day, they were all eaten. Not a one came back
-2 maringouins qui se brossaient les dents
-Cousinne z-Oie (girlfriend) from Coontown au nord de Mamou
-Nonc Olide et son mulet qui se roulait
-Pascal et son bicycle
-Nonc Olide encore
The CENTER for LOUISIANA STUDIES is excited to partner with SICKBAY to host an intimate evening of solo performances at DOCKSIDE STUDIOS on Thursday, May 18, featuring DICKIE LANDRY, NOVELLER, and LOUIS MICHOT. These artists have achieved accolades and success far beyond their hometowns, pushing their instruments and their compositions well beyond the bounds of what would be considered Louisiana music into exciting new forms, yet remaining connected to the underlying roots of community building and storytelling through music and art.
Le bilinguisme en l’an 2000
En l’an 2000, les nouvelles technologies rapprocheront les gens et les moyens de communication instantanée seront à la portée de tous. Il y aura une révolution culturelle et une révolution dans les transports.
The public is invited to the UL Press's Warehouse Clearance Sale. The event will be held on the third floor of UL Lafayette's Dupre Library, and it will take place during the University's Spring Break, so there should be plenty of available parking. We will have thousands of books, representing dozens of titles at greatly reduced prices.
April 19: 9 am - 4 pm
April 20: 9 am - 4 pm
For more information and to see what items will be on sale, click: https://www.facebook.com/events/238764446590229/
Join historian John Troutman for a discussion of his new book "Kika Kila: How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music" at Bayou State Book Talks on Tuesday, April 11, beginning at 6:30 pm at the Downtown branch of the Lafayette Public Library.
To promote the use of collections housed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the Department of History and Geography 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.
The Center for Louisiana Studies, in partnership with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of History and Geography, invites the public to a free lecture by Greg Robinson, Professor of History at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Robinson’s talk, “The Unknown History of Japanese in Louisiana,” is informed by research conducted in UL Lafayette’s various archival collections and is funded by the Jamie and Thelma Guilbeau Charitable Trust. The talk will be Thursday, March 23, beginning at 12pm at the Ernest J.
