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Creole Culture Day 2010
Sunday June 13, 10am-5pm

Free Admission

Jeffery Broussard &
The Creole Cowboys Noon-2pm
Goldman Thibodeaux &
The Lawtell Playboys 3pm-5pm
 
Creole Food, Music, Crafts, Dancing!
Presentation of Richard J. Catalon Creole Heritage Award
Boat Tours throuhout the day (nominal fee applies).
This project is supported by a Partnership Grant from the
Acadiana Center for the Arts with funds provided by Lafayette
Parish Consolidated Government.
Schedule
Sunday, June 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Vermilionville

 

Performance Center

10:30 a.m. – Award Ceremony

            Master of Ceremonies:   Anne Laughlin

            Richard J. Catalon Creole Heritage Award presented to: Mary Goody

            Richard J. Catalon Video Played

            Presented by:   Anne Laughlin, The Catalon Family and John Broussard

            Acceptance Speech – Mary Goody

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Plate Lunch for Purchase – Gumbo; Chicken & Sausage Creole with White Rice OR Smothered Pork Chops with White Rice; Smothered Okra w/Tasso; Field Peas w/Bacon; Sweet Dough Pies OR Fig Cake  

12 p.m. to 2 p.m. – Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys

2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Dance Lessons with John Broussard  

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Goldman Thibodeaux & The Lawtell Playboys

 

Restaurant

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Open for Lunch    

               

Conference/Lobby Room

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc. – Exhibit & members

Art Exhibit by Vergie Banks & Historical Exhibit by Vermilionville Foundation “Blacks in the Attakapas Region.”

1 p.m. – C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc. – Organization History – Lobby

2 p.m. – “La Table Française” led by Herbert Wiltz – Conference Room

3:30 p.m. – C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc. – Meeting – Conference Room

 

Cooking School

Complimentary Creole Cooking Demos

1 p.m. – Carolyn Shelton – Collard Greens

2 p.m. – Carolyn Shelton  – Collard Greens

3 p.m. – Linda Fontenot – Creole Green Beans

4 p.m. – Linda Fontenot – Creole Green Beans
 

Hands-On Crafts

Beau Bassin - Rag Dolls in the color of the Creole Flag (3 tickets each) & Zydeco Bean art (3 tickets each); Creole Flag Workshop – complimentary

Lead by – Chris Benoit

Buller House – All Day – Palmetto Matt with Geraldine Robertson

 

Boat Tours

5, 30-minute boat tours including information on Creole Culture

Prices - $5 for students; $7 for adults

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.

 

Historic Village

Boat Shed – Cliff Mire – wood carving

Schoolhouse – Joe Hall – accordion playing  

Maison Mouton – Joshua Armstrong   - split-oak basket making

Maison Buller – Geraldine Robertson – palmetto braiding

Maison Broussard Kitchen – Daphney Walker – pine-needle basket making

Forge – Peter Manganello – blacksmithing

Maison Boucvalt – Ciera Walker – corn-husk doll making

Chapelle – Jeanette Neveu – Job’s Tear rosary making

            2 p.m. – Talk on Creole Healing Traditions by Dr. Ray Brassieur

Ferry – Russell Ellzey – pulling guests across Le Petit Bayou on hand-drawn ferry

 




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