LAFAYETTE, LA - The community is invited to join the Bayou Vermilion District's Vermilionville as they celebrate their annual Acadian Culture Day on Sunday, August 12 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at their historic village. Every year Vermilionville hosts this free event for the public to explore how the Acadian community maintains their heritage.
This year's Acadian Culture Day will focus on living cultures and the activities planned for the day will include: cooking demonstrations; boat tours and canoeing; artist demonstrations such as net making, bamboo fishing poles, bousillage bowls, canning, quilting and old-time washing and clothesline hanging; games and crafts for children including tintamarre noise makers, kites and Acadiana flag making; a genealogy station by Acadian Memorial; dance lessons with Cal and Lou Courville; sharing circles on Cajun Women Across the Generations and Les Traiteurs; film screenings of Pie Day by Drew Landry and I Always Do My Collars First by Connie Castille; and music in the Performance Center by The Huval-Fuselier Cajun Band followed by Feufollet.
Each year for Acadian Culture Day Vermilionville presents a representative of the community with the Acadian Cultural Preservation Award in recognition of outstanding lifetime contributions to the preservation of the culture and the community. This year's recipient is the Michot Family for their impact on multiple levels of the Acadian community. Past award recipients include: Aldus Roger, Floyd Sonnier, Camey Doucet, Warren Perrin, Eddie Richard, A.J. LeBlanc, Karl Breaux, Pete Bergeron, Elaine Clément, Dr. Carl A. Brasseaux, Dr. Ray Brassieur and Edward Cazayoux.
Special thanks to the following organizations for their support with Acadian Culture Day: Louisiane-Acadie, Codofil, Jumelage de Scott, Foundation Richard-Guidry, FrancoJeunes, Acadian Memorial, Les Amis de l'Immersion, La Table Française de Dwyer's and the Lafayette Master Gardeners.
See below for a schedule of activities, visit the calendar of events at vermilionville.org or call (337) 233-4077 for more information.
10:00 a.m.
- Demonstrations: Net Making, Bamboo Fishing Poles, Bousillage Bowls, Quilting, Washing &
Clothesline Hanging, Rosary Making, Healing (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
- Healer's Garden Tour (10 a.m. - 5 p .m.)
- Films: Pie Day by Drew Landry & I Always Do My Collars First by Connie Castille (10 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
10:30 a.m.
- Acadian Cultural Preservation Award Ceremony & Interview with the Michot Family
(10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
- Boat Tour ($5 for 30 min. tour)
- Cooking Demo presented by Louisiane-Acadie, Inc: Outdoor Cooking-Jambalaya (10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
11:00 a.m.
- Crafts & Games: Tintamarre Noise Makers, Kites and Acadiana Flag Making (11 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
11:30 a.m.
- Boat Tour ($5 for 30 min. tour)
- Cooking Demo & Samplings: Pie Day & Tartes Traditions (11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
12:00 p.m.
- Sharing Circle: Cajun Women Across the Generations (12 - 1 p.m.)
- Cajun Jam (12 - 4 p.m.)
- Cajun Dance Lessons (12 - 12:30 p.m.)
12:30 p.m.
- Music: The Huval-Fuselier Band (12:30 - 2:30 p.m.)
- Boat Tour ($5 for 30 min. tour)
1:00 p.m.
- Sampling of Jambalaya from Outdoor Cooking Demo presented by Louisiane-Acadie, Inc
- Genealogy Station with the Acadian Memorial (1 - 4 p.m.)
1:30 p.m.
- Sharing Circle: Les Traiteurs (1:30 - 2:30 p.m.)
2:30 p.m.
- Tintamarre (2:30 - 3 p.m.)
- Cajun Dance Lessons (2:30 - 3 p.m.)
3:00 p.m.
- Feufollet (3 - 5 p.m.)
- Table française
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Vermilionville Hosts Free Culture Day in Celebration of Acadians
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