Festival Acadiens et Creole
Girard Park, Lafayette, Louisiana
Friday October 11, Sunday October 13, 2013
5:15 PM Friday, October 11, 2013 Scène Ma Louisiane
A few women get inspired to line dance while the rest of the crowd is dancing two step or zydeco or some variation of the two while Geno Delafose and His French Rockin' Boogie with special guest Joel Sonnier sing from the stage. I decide to walk through the dancers, which would be impossible by 6:45 when Geno's set ends and this uneven patch of grass turning to mud will be packed solid. The Official Cutting of the Boudin kicked off the 39th annual event at 5:00.
Another band will follow from 7-8:45. Saturday and Sunday music and dancing will roll on from 10:30 AM until 7:15 PM. If the park had stadium lighting, there is no telling when the music and dancing would end.
PS the grey haired gent at the 1:42 mark is a 90 year young fella from Denver, he and his wife have been dancing for 20 years. Now I have another role model.
Sunday, October 13, 2013 12 PM The festival has been open an hour, will continue till 7:15, not very crowded yet.
A walk from the street down toward the Scène Ma Louisiane, the main stage (there are two other stages, one outdoors, Scène Mon Heritage) like this one, another (Salle de Danse) in a tent where the temperature could melt probably melt glass. I pass by one section of food tents, there are fifteen more nearby selling anything fried, baked, boiled or roasted, not to mention a few dedicated to your sweet tooth. Cooking demonstrations go on all day long at the Culture de la Table seen at the 0:38 mark. Three rows of Arts and Crafts vendors are in a nearby section of the park.
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