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Interview with Andeole Stelly Part i

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Principal subjects:
Great Depression and World War II eras
Description of a typical day and daily routine during the Great Depression - Grandmother raised him;
Childhood games (Depression era);
Daily diet;
Role of the church in everyday life;
Education;
Use of English in school;
Language usage at home;
Parental support of education;
Age at which persons usually began to work;
Jobs;
Impact of the Great Depression on everyday life in informant's community;
Age at which informant married;

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Interview with Helen Willingham

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Helen Willingham;
Principal subjects:
Great Depression and World War II eras;

Questions:
Typical daily routine;
Childhood games;
Education / school attendance;
Parental support of education;
Use of English language;
Marriage;
Changes in local life after World War II;
Travel; holidays and holiday celebrations;
Lenten meals / holiday meals / diet / cuisine;
Role of the Catholic church in family life;
Work / jobs;
Flood of 1927;
Dancehalls / dance halls

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Paroles et Musique

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Paroles et musique II (Presentation Littéraire à la Maison Française de USL):
-"Situez Situation" - Poème de Debbie Clifton (Louisiane);
-"Histoire sans Paroles" et "Musique de Fleurs de Lys" (Québec);

-Debbie Clifton lit une de ses poèmes. Quand elle entend la musqiue Cadienne, elle a de la misère à cause qu'elle entend ses ancêtres criant pour la jusstice;
-"Situez Situation";
-Un peu d'un satire;
-"Cocodril prend un goût de poésie"? en Créole;

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Chez Nous Autres

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

-Mardi Gras Jig -Savoy, Balfa, Menard;
-Musiciens qui vont jouer à l'Hommage à la Musique Acadienne le 23-25 Mai, présenté par CODOFIL;
-Marc Savoy, Dewey Balfa, et D.L. Menard vont finir le jour Samedi, 24 de Mai;
-Festival dédié à Iry LeJeune cette année. Ramener une fierté d'être Cadien, parler le français Cadien, etc.;
-La Valse du Pont d'Amour (1948) - Iry LeJeune;
-15 ans sans accordéon pendant le Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. Pas Western Swing;

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Festival de Musique Acadienne

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Festival de Musique Acadienne:

Sunday, September 21, 1980
2:00-3:30 PM

Tim Broussard & the Cajun Ramblers:

-Creole Stomp;
-Chère Tout-Toute;
-Reno Waltz (Welcome Club Waltz--Lionel Cormier);
-Les Flammes d'Enfer (Tante Adèle--Austin Pitre);
-Steel guitar player broke a string, fixing it. Needing more accordion in the monitor;
-Fi Fi Poncho;
-Homesick Waltz (Adam Hebert);
-Hathaway Two-Step (The Cajun Freeze);

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Folktales by Bud and Mary Fentroy and Mr. & Mrs. Edward Morin, Revon Reed;

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Bud Fentroy, Parks, LA (English):

-Bouki and Lapin raising sweet potatoes/corn (crop division). 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'. Playing Godfather/object of Battler (Brier Patch). -Lapin fooled Bouki to throw him in the bushes;

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