Ville Platte Cotton Festival II and Opelousas Yambilee Festival

Accession No.: 
RI1-005

October 15, 1964 - Ville Platte Cotton Festival II;

00:00:13 - Elby "Bee" Deshotel - Boitine boiteuese;
00:02:16 - George Fontenot and Ludry Soileau - Jig;
00:04:48 - Aubrey Deville and Preston Manuel - Le vieux boeuf et le vieux chariot;

Elby "Bee" Deshotels;
00:06:45 - Les souliers rouge;
00:08:50 - L'Arbre est dans ses feuilles;

00:12:00 - Louisiana waltz - for dance competition;
00:14:50 - Announcement - Winners of Opelousas Yambilee for individual instrument, group, solo singing, and dance competition; Cash prize;

October 15, 1966 - Opelousas Yambilee contest;
00:18:30 - Band warming up;
00:20:52 - Maxie Rozas and Shirley Bergeron - Drunkard's Waltz / Midnight Waltz;
00:22:45 - Announcement - Welcomes audience to french music contest; Introduces band:

Eli Ardoin - Accordion
Maxie Rozas - Fiddle
Shirley Bergeron - Guitar

00:26:00 - Drunkard's Waltz / Midnight Waltz (was listed as jolie blonde);
00:27:52 - Lacassine two step (sounds like Choupique two step);
00:30:10 - Announcement for the solo contest;
00:30:49 - Shirley Bergeron - Madame bosso;

Not included in recording:
Eli Ardoin, Shirley Bergeron;
Falcon waltz;

Eli Ardoin, Shirley Bergeron, Maxie Rozas;
Two step;

Angelas Lejeune, Maxie Rozas, Shirley Bergeron;
La fille de la veuve;
Ossun two step;
Chère tout-toute;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Rinzler, Ralph
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; Accordion; Violin; Ballads
Creator: 
Ralph Rinzler
Recording date: 
Thursday, October 15, 1964
Coverage Spatial: 
Ville Platte & Opelousas, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:32:48
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, August 26, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--7"
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 2 Shelf 1