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 a.m. Demonstrations: Net Making, Bamboo Fishing Poles, Bousillage Bowls, Canning, Quilting, Washing & Clothesline Hanging (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Cooking Demo: Outdoor Cooking-Jambalaya (10 a.m. - 1 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)
11 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)
12 p.m. Sharing Circle: Cajun Women Across the Generations
Cajun Jam (12 - 4 p.m.)
Cajun Dance Lessons (12 - 12:30 p.m.)
Genealogy Station (12 p.m. - 4 p.m.)
12:30 p.m. Music: The Huval-Fuselier Band (12:30 - 2:30 p.m.)
1:00 p.m. Sampling of Jambalaya from Outdoor Cooking Demo
1:30 p.m. Sharing Circle: Les Traiteurs
Boat Tour ($5 for 30 min. tour)
2:30 p.m. Tintamarre (2:30 - 3 p.m.)
Cajun Dance Lessons (2:30 - 3 p.m.)
Boat Tour ($5 for 30 min. tour)
3 p.m. Feufollet (3 - 5 p.m.)
3:30 p.m. Boat Tour ($5 for 30 min. tour)
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Vermilionville Hosts Free Culture Day in Celebration of Acadians
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