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Creole Culture Day

June 12, 2022
Vermilionville

Creole Culture Day is held annually in June at Vermilionville. This annual celebration explores the past and living history of the Creole heritage. Each year brings a new theme and with it programming that includes sharing circles, cooking demos, children’s activities, live music, jam sessions, exhibits, boat tours, canoeing, and the Richard J. Catalon Award ceremony where they honor an individual who has contributed greatly to the Creole Culture.

Creole Culture Day

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2022 Timeline of Events

Performance Center

10:30 am    Herb Green percussion to start the day
11:00 am    Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
1:00 pm     The Richard J. Catalon Creole Heritage Award
1:30 pm     Gospel Music Presentation by Francis Leblanc
2:00 pm     Wayne Singleton & Same Ol’ 2 Step

Historic Village | 10 am - 4 pm

Authors
Storytellers Billy Francis and Howard Ledet
Inventions by Creole exhibit
Performances and Poetry by Daphne Thomas and Alex Poetic-Soul Johnson
Genealogy in South Louisiana with Alex Lee
The Paintings of Revina Amos, and the Photography of Joe Walker
Traditional Open-hearth Cooking with Ivy Lemieux
Crafts for the kids
A Zydeco jam session that is open for all!
Tours of the historic Broussard home
Cooking demonstrations by Deloris Sais and LA Greedy Krystal Moses, and others

Food and beverage will be available for purchase. Admission is free. For more information call (337) 233-4077.

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Getting to Lafayette

The city of Lafayette, LA is located in the center of Lafayette Parish at the intersection of I-10 and I-49 between New Orleans and Houston and only 35 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. The eight parishes that comprise the area are Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion. Acadiana is made up of 22 South Louisiana parishes that extend from south of Alexandria in the center of the state, to Lake Charles on the west, south of New Orleans on the east, and to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.

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Lafayette, LA is at the heart of Louisiana’s Cajun & Creole Country, an area known as the ‘Happiest City in America’ and it’s no mystery. Whether your passion is for our rich cultural history, the bustling culinary scene or distinctive blend of Cajun and Zydeco music, you can be sure you will leave beaming from ear to ear. Plan your escape to the Happiest City in America.

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June 12, 2022 Vermilionville

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June 12, 2022
Vermilionville