2003 Festival

Louisiana Heritage and Folk Traditions of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration

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Stage Schedule:

Friday

East

West

Main

N-Club Times

N-Club

12:00-1:15

Fred Beavers

and the Old Time Fiddle Band (Country)

12:00-12:45 Harry Pratt Bagpiper

12:45-1:15 KidFest I: Louisiana Music

Cajun Dance Lessons

12:00-12:45

Miss Lillie's Creole Kitchen

1:30-2:45

Jay Cormier and Cajun Country (Cajun)

Willie Mae Kennedy

(African-American Gospel)

Fred Beavers and the Old Time Fiddle Band (Country)

1-1:45

The Louisiana Purchase and the U.S. Constitution

3:00-4:15

Blue Jean Band

(Gospel)

3:00-3:45 Healing Traditions and the Cultures of the Louisiana Purchase

3:45-4:15 Kidfest II: Harmonica

Jay Cormier and Cajun Country (Cajun)

2:00-2:45

Creole and Cajun Folktales and Practices

4:30-5:45

Natchitoches Parish Detention Center Choir (African American Gospel)

Po Henry and Tookie (Blues)

4:30-5:15 Back Porch Band (Traditional British Isles Music)

3:00-3:45

The Jena Choctaw-Split Cane Basketry

6:00-7:15

Don Fontenot et Les Amies de La Louisiane (Cajun)

Back Porch Band (Traditional British Isles Music)

6:45-8:00

Maggie Warwick and the Louisiana Hayride Band (Country)

4:00-4:45

The Spanish in Louisiana

7:30-8:45

Po Henry and Tookie

(Blues)

Hoodoo Pappas (Ballads and blues)

8:15-9:45

Don Fontenot et Les Amis de Louisiane

(Cajun)

5:00-5:45

After the "Americans" Came-Creoles and the Louisiana Purchase

 

 

 

 

6:00-6:45

Louisiana's Literature, Folk Traditions, and the Louisiana Purchase

Saturday

Saturday

East

West

Main

N Club Times

N-Club

10:00-11:15

The Dunlaps

(Anglo Gospel)

Curry Perkins

(Fiddle music)

Cajun Dance Lessons

10:00-10:45

Native Americans and the Louisiana Purchase

11:30-12:45

Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys

(Cajun)

Easter Rock

KidFest III

Southland Bluegrass

 

1:00-1:15 Welcome Ceremony

11:00-11:45

On My Way-the Work of Sarah Albritton

1:00-2:15

Scotty Pousson and the Pointe Aux Loup Playboys (Cajun)

The Conlys

(Irish Ballads)

1:20-2:15

Caddo Dancers

12:00-12:45

Miss Lillie's Creole Kitchen

2:30-3:45

Southland

Bluegrass

2:30-3:05

Egg Knocking

KidFest IV

3:10-3:45

Cajun foodways

Kevin Naquin and the Ossun Playboys (Cajun)

1:00-1:45

Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing and the Legacy of the Louisiana Purchase

4:00-5:15

Hoodoo Pappas

(Ballads, blues)

The Conlys

(Irish Ballads)

Scotty Pousson and the Pointe Aux Loups Playboys (Cajun)

2:00-2:45

African-Americans and the Louisiana Purchase

5:30-6:45

The Upper Way

(Anglo Gospel)

Basin Brothers

(Cajun)

6:15-7:30

 River Road Boys (Western Swing)

3:00-3:45

Material Culture and the British Heritage of North Louisiana

7:00-8:15

Willis Prudhomme

(Zydeco)

The Sidemen

(Blues)

7:45-9:00

Hadley Castille

(Cajun)

4:00-4:45

Louisiana Music and the Louisiana Purchase

8:30-10:00

Willis Prudhomme

(Zydeco)

 

9:15-10:30

Hardrick Rivers Review

(Blues, dance music)

5:00-5:45

Natchitoches: After the Americans Came

Dr. Marietta LeBreton

 

 

 

 

6:00-6:45

British Isles Foodways

 

 

 

 

7:00-7:45

African- American Foodways

 
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