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Cajun Musicians The Savoy Family Band

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:56:03 +0000

Cajun Musicians The Savoy Family Band…Cajun music performed by a family from Savoy, Louisiana… near Eunice. From Left to right is brothers Wilson Savoy Joel Savoy, Dad Mark Savoy & mom Ann Savoy.

Duration : 0:3:5

Reading of the original screenplay section 2 of part 1, “The Story Of A Louisiana Hurricane”

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:20:31 +0000

What Cajun life was really like prior to the BP oil spill

Duration : 0:11:7

Life In A Large Family

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:23:11 +0000

Momma talks about living in a large south Texas Cajun family in the 1940s. Part of a series. Music CC ‘BY’ courtesy Incompetech. Vintage archives courtesy The Prelinger Archives. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Duration : 0:3:22

Our Trip Back to Acadie Part 2

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:44:05 +0000

In the summer of 2004 we made a pilgrimage to Nova Scotia for the Acadian World Congress.

We had a great time and met a lot of other Brow’s and Breau’s at the Breau family reunion. We camped for a week on the Bay of Fundy where we got to see some huge tidal changes.

In the middle of the film is footage of the original Breau farm. Vincent Breau settled there about 1650 and the family lived there till 1755 when all Acadians were exiled by the English.

The Acadian World Congress, or Le Congrès Mondial Acadien, is a festival of Acadian and Cajun culture and history, held every five years. It is also informally known as the Acadian Reunion.

The third congress, in 2004, was held jointly by several Nova Scotia communities in the ancestral Acadie region and celebrated the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first French-speaking settlers in Canada. As in the previous gatherings, musical festivals and theatrical productions displayed Acadian culture, and academics debated the meaning of Acadia in the 21st century.

Duration : 0:4:57

Our Trip Back to Acadie Part 1

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:30:07 +0000

In the summer of 2004 we made a pilgrimage to Nova Scotia for the Acadian World Congress.

We had a great time and met a lot of other Brow’s and Breau’s at the Breau family reunion. We camped for a week on the Bay of Fundy where we got to see some huge tidal changes.

In the middle of the film is footage of the original Breau farm. Vincent Breau settled there about 1650 and the family lived there till 1755 when all Acadians were exiled by the English.

The Acadian World Congress, or Le Congrès Mondial Acadien, is a festival of Acadian and Cajun culture and history, held every five years. It is also informally known as the Acadian Reunion.

Duration : 0:8:15

No Doll Until Someone Dies

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:10:19 +0000

Momma talks about her hobby horse childhood in Winnie, Texas and the death that resulted in her getting her first doll. A family history series. Music CC 'By' courtesy Doc & Lena Selyanina. Vintage public domain film footage courtesy Prelinger Archives. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Duration : 5 min 10 sec

Dishing On The Kinfolk

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:31:25 +0000

Dishing On The Kinfolk
Momma talks about the kinfolk in South Texas. Part of a family history series. Music CC 'BY' courtesy Emily Lacy. Vintage public domain film footage courtesy Prelinger Archives. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Duration : 2 min 8 sec