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Creole Culture Day 2010
Sunday June 13, 10am-5pm |
Free Admission |
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Jeffery Broussard &
The Creole Cowboys Noon-2pm |
Goldman Thibodeaux &
The Lawtell Playboys 3pm-5pm
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Creole Food, Music, Crafts, Dancing!
Presentation of Richard J. Catalon Creole Heritage Award |
Boat Tours throuhout the day (nominal fee applies). |
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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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