Region 3 - Western Acadiana

Western Acadiana
Region 3

Artists Listed By Parish:

Acadia

Paul Daigle - Cajun Musician

Gerald Frugé - Cajun Mardi Gras Capitaine

Clara Habetz - German American Traditions

Andrew Jagneaux - Accordion Maker and Player

Robert Jardell - Cajun Musician

Suson Launey - Needlepoint Mardi Gras Mask and Costume Maker

Jackie Miller - Prairri Cajun Mardi Gras Screen Mask and Costume Maker

Larry Miller - Accordion and Triangle Maker

Gregory W. Mouton - Accordion Maker

Deborah H. Viator - Fiddle and Violin Maker

Allen

Dempsy Clyde Perkins - Woodworker and Blacksmith

Calcasieu

Lesa Cormier - Cajun Musician

Ezolia Ann Goodly - Zydeco Musician

Raymond Latour - Zydeco Musician

Allen "A.J." Smith - Storyteller and Cajun Humorist

Evangeline

Jamie Berzas - Accordion Musician

Russell "Potic" Rider - Cajun Mardi Gras Run

Floyd Soileau - Recording Pioneer

Gervis Stanford - Cajun French Fiddler

Jefferson Davis

David Bertrand - Cajun Mardi Gras Run

Hubert "Anatoo" L. Clement - Cajun Humorist and Musician

Terry Clement - Cajun Musician

Ledel "Blackie" Forestier - Accordion Player and Musician

Bertney Langley - Storyteller

Lorena Langley - Basketmaker and Pottery Maker

Lafayette

Johnnie Allan - Louisian Swamp Pop Musician

Autry "Chank" Baudoin - Storyteller

Bonnie Boudreaux - Doll Maker and Chair Caning

Elaine Bourque - Acadian Brown Cotton Spinner and Weaving

Murray Conque - Storyteller and Accordion Player

Thelma Daigle - Cajun Humorist and Storyteller

Luderlin Darbone - Cajun and Country Musician

Michael Doucet - Fiddler

Jules "Nonc Jules" Guidry - Cajun Band Leader and Musician

Denise C. Harding - Braided Rugs and Cajun Foodways

Terry Huval - Cajun Musician

Russell "Dale" Pierrottie - Bousillage

Nathan Williams - Zydeco Musician

St. Landry

Julie M. Allison - Old Fashioned Sun Bonnet Maker

Paul A. Bourdier - Duck Decoy Carver

Fred Charlie - Cajun Musician

Roscoe Chenier - Blues Guitarist

Edward Harris, Sr. - Split White Oak Basketmaker

Harris Family - Split White Oak Basketmakers

Rebecca Henry - Creole Folk Medicine

Kernis James Huval - Crawfish Traps and Wild Game Foodways

J. C. Labbie - Cajun Band Leader and Musician

Harry Lafleur - Musician

Allen Manuel - Cajun Mardi Gras Screen Mask and Costume Maker

Georgie Manuel - Cajun Mardi Gras Screen Mask Maker

Adner Ortego - Fiddle Maker

Joseph Soileau - Cowhide Chairs

Preston Watley - Chairmaker

"Nonc" Allie Young - Accordion Player for the Basile Cajun Band

St. Martin

Rodney Babineaux - Cajun Foodways

Christine & Nelda Balfa - Cajun Musicians

Mervin Barras - Alligator Skinner and Trapper

Al Berard and the Basin Brothers - Cajun Band from Atchafalaya River Basin

Camille "Com" A. Blanchard - Cajun Dancer, Fisherman, Hunter, and Cajun Foodways

Lillian "Lil" L. Blanchard - Cajun Dancer, Quilter, and Cajun Foodways

David Greely - Fiddler and Vocalist

Mary Martha Mouton Pierre - Open Hearth Cooker, Wax Flower and Wreath Maker, Quilter, Corn Shuck Bookmark Maker, and Rosary Maker

Errol Verret - Cajun Musician, Accordion Maker and Boat Maker

Ferril Verret - Cockfighting Traditions, Swamp Traditions, Fisherman, and Hunter

Ollie Verret - Cajun Foodways, Quilter, and Dancer

St. Mary

John Darden - Chitimacha River Cane Basketmaker

Melissa M. Darden - Chitimacha River Cane Basketmaker

Vermillion

Marie Herpin Adams - Cajun Ballads

Milton J. Adams - Cajun Musician

D. L. Menard - Chairmaker and Cajun Musician

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