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Interview with Blake Miller

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 10:59am -- Chris Segura

0:57 – McGee’s One Step by Blake Miller and Chris Segura
3:04 – Interview
- Plays accordion, fiddle, and guitar
- Grew up in Iota, Louisiana
- Grandfather is Larry Miller, an accordion maker, who was originally a science teacher, high school assistant principal, elementary assistant principal, and then went into the oil business. Larry Miller learned accordion building from Shine Mouton.
- Grandfather, grandfather’s brother, and their dad and uncle were all musicians.
- There were instruments everywhere in all the houses that he grew up in.

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Interview with Chaz Justus and Daniel Coolik

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 10:47am -- Chris Segura

1:14 – Convict Waltz by D.L. Menard
4:14 – Interview with Chaz Justus
- Talks about how the weather is going to be nice at the coming Blacktop Festival
- Talks about the Blackpot cook-off, and that chef Pat Mould will be the judge for the contest. Going to happen on Saturday afternoon from 12:00pm-5:00pm.
- Yvette Landry is running the Accordion contest on Saturday morning at 11:00am.
7:52 – L’anse aux pailles by the Balfa Brothers
11:20 – Interview with Chaz Justus

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Interview with Dr. Barry Ancelet

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 10:05am -- Chris Segura

1:03 – Plutard dans la vie by Wayne Toups (written by Jean Arceneaux)
4:20 – Interview with Barry Ancelet
- In 1978, when he was twenty-seven years old, he was at an event called “Rencontre des peuples francophones”, and the “Soirée littéraire”, and on the spur of the moment, he read one his poems in which he came up with the pseudonym and alter-ego, Jean Arceneaux.
- Under the name, Jean Arceneaux, he wrote songs for Wayne Toups, Richard LeBoeuf, D.L. Menard, Hubert Maitre, Jambalaya, and Steve Riley.

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Interview with Anya Burgess

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 9:36am -- Chris Segura

00:50 - Tu peux cogner mais tu peux pas entrer by the Magnolia Sisters
03:35 – Interview
- Originally from Boston, Massachusetts
- Moved to Louisiana in 2000
- Grandmother was a piano player
- Started playing piano and clarinet
- Played folk music on guitar in high school during high school
- Attended Bowdoin college in Southern Maine
- Started going to contredanses and square dancing each weekend
08:03 – Ballygow/The Bus Stop/MacDonald’s by Nightingale
12:08 – The Curlew/McDermott’s/Three Scones of Boxty by Altan

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Prejean Festival - Song Contest

Wed, 02/10/2021 - 12:52pm -- Chris Segura

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"

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Interview with Mrs. Dronet

Wed, 02/10/2021 - 11:27am -- Chris Segura

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"

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