Ville Platte VP Quarterback Club sponsors dance
The Ville Platte Quarterback Club will be sponsoring an adult Mardi Gras Dance Friday, February 12, beginning at 8 p.m. until at the Ville Platte Northside Civic Center. Music will be provided by D.J. Sassy. Tickets can be purchased by calling 831-9065 or 831-7570. Tickets are $10 per couple and $7 per person. Free gumbo will be served. All proceeds will be used to help purchase uniforms for Ville Platte athletes.
Swamp Pop show is Monday evening
The “Swamp Pop Reunion V” will be Monday, February 15, at the Ville Platte Civic Center, the Swamp Pop Capital of the World. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the Swamp Pop Reunion show will start at 8 p.m. The following Swamp Pop legends are donating their time and talents for the benefit of the Swamp Pop Museum and will be performing: Johnnie Allan, V.J. “Boo Boo” Boulet, Roy Chaffin, Guitar Gable, Jivin’ Gene, Ernest Jacobs, Charles Mann, Tommy McClain, Jerry Raines, Jay Randall, Skip Stewart, Earl Taylor, Willie Tee, Kenny Thibbs, Charles Veillon, Mike Vice. They will be backed up by Bobby and The Rockers.
Mamou Children’s run is Sunday
Mamou’s Children’s Mardi Gras Run will be Sunday, February 14, at the Mamou Recreational Center. Sign-up is at 7:30 a.m., followed by departure at 8 a.m. Children, five to 15, are welcome. They must be in costume. Cost is $10 per child. Applications and money can be turned into the Mamou Police Department. For more information, call 468-5221.
Savoy Cancer Center’s Mardi Gras Social on the calendar Monday night
Savoy Cancer Center is planning its Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Social for Monday, February 15. Tickets are on sale at the cancer center and are $50 per person. No reservations for tickets will be allowed. All phone purchases will require a credit card payment. Raffle tickets for an ATV and cash give-a-ways will be $5 a chance and are available at local banks, pharmacies and the cancer center. For tickets or more information, call 468-3099.
Annual Courir de Mardi Gras is Tuesday
The Mamou Mardi Gras riders will leave the American Legion home at approximately 8 a.m. on horseback to hit the countryside, where they will gather ingredients for the Mardi Gras Gumbo. Registration starts at 6:30 a.m.
This run is for men only, 18 and older, who must be masked and in costume. Males, 16 or 17 years of age, must be accompanied by a parent. The cost is $25 per person. The run is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a parade to follow down Sixth Street. (No buggies and wagons will be allowed.)
Trophies will be given to the Best Mardi Gras, Best Dancer, and Best Chicken Chaser under the red light. The street dance will follow. For more information, call Kenneth Mouiller at 468-5126 or Boyd Landreneau at 468-2738.
Town of Mamou has music planned
The Town of Mamou has lots of music scheduled for its annual Mardi Gras celebration beginning Saturday, February 13, with COD (Cajun on Delivery) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Ferrell Manuel and Wild Rice from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Both bands will perform at the stage located at Chestnut and Sixth streets.
On Monday, February 15, COD performs again from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. under the traffic light. Steve Riley will take the stage from 8 to 11 p.m. at the same location. On the north end of the festivities, Big Mack will take the stage from 5 to 7 p.m. and Lil Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers from 7 to 11 p.m.
On Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day, Cajun Tradition (Jamie Berzas - DJ) will be under the traffic light from 10 to 11 a.m. Cajun Tradition (Jamie Berzas Band) will take the stage from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
On the northend, the lineup includes Big Mack from 9 to 10 a.m., Jeffery Broussard and Cowboys from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Chris Ardoin and NuStep from 1 to 5 p.m.
Pine Prairie Pine Prairie plans Children’s Run
The Village of Pine Prairie will be hosting a children’s Mardi Gras run Tuesday, February 16. Registration will be held at the KC Hall beginning at 7 a.m., and departure will be between 8:15 - 8:30 a.m. The route will take revelers inside and outside of the Pine Prairie corporate limits and will return down Highway 13 for 2 p.m. Gumbo will be served and a costume contest will be held. A chicken chase also will be held. The event is for children up to age 15. Categories for the costume contest will be ages three to six, ages seven to nine and ages 10 to 15.
Other communities
In other area communities, the following events are planned:
Grand Prairie A change in the rules
The Grand Prairie Mardi Gras Association continues to keep the tradition of rural Mardi Gras runs alive and will follow the rules, which went into effect last year in an attempt to prevent accidents. The association also worked with the sheriffs from St. Landry and Evangeline Parish to adhere to new rules and regulations from the departments. Please remember, deputies will be enforcing these rules on this year’s run.
All riders must be 18 years of age or older, provide a picture identification card at registration and be in full costume. When riders approach homes, they must be masked. Profanity or vulgarity will not be permitted. Any rider, determined by the Capitaine, to have consumed too much alcohol will be asked to ride in the patrol car.
There will be no doubling on horseback; only one rider per horse. Riders must observe safe riding practices. No racing and acrobatic riding will be allowed. Riders will not be allowed to ride their horses on the lawn of any homeowner.
All trailers entering the ride must be decorated, be equipped with sides, three-feet in length in the front and on the left and right sides of the trailer, and the rear of the trailer may be open. Riding in the back of any vehicle will be prohibited.
All participants will participate at their own risk. Registration fees are $20 per person. All participants will be issued a bracelet by the association, and anyone caught without the bracelet will be removed from the ride. Registration will be Sunday, February 14, at the old W.D. Grocery Store in Grand Prairie from 6 to 9 a.m. The ride will leave at approximately 9 a.m.
Capitaine is Shane Trahan and co-capitaine is Brock Vidrine. As the ride progresses, the Mardi Gras Association states other rules could be enforced if leaders believe they are in the best interest of the “run” and the community’s well-being. Any questions, please call Vidrine (831-5963) or Trahan (831-2879).
Iota Iota plans Mardi Gras
The 23rd Annual Tee-Mamou Iota Mardi Gras Folklife Festival will be held Mardi Gras Day, Tuesday, February 16, in downtown Iota from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s festival will feature authentic Cajun food, craft booths, a parade, a young musicians tent, Cajun music by Briggs Brown and the Bayou Cajuns, the Preston Frank Family, Scotty Pousson and the Point Aux Loup Playboys and the Lafayette Rhythm Devils.
Eunice Boucherie set
The annual Boucherie will be in front of city hall at 10 a.m.
Music lineup given
On Thursday, February 11, Horace Trahan and his original band will be performing at Nicks on Second St. from 9 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Cajun Brass Monkeys take the stage at South Second and Walnut streets from 7 to 11 p.m. for a street dance Friday, February 12. Horace Trahan and his original band returns to Nick’s from 9 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday’s day begins with a jam session from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the stage at South Second and Walnut streets. Then Fred Charlie and the Acadiana Cajuns will perform from 2 to 6 p.m. followed by Ganey Arsement and the Lake City Gamblers from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Travis Matte and Zydeco Kingpins take the stage at Nick’s at 9 p.m.
Sunday’s music sees Sean Vidrine and da’ Classics with Charlo at the main stage on Park Avenue from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.At the stage on Second Street, Briggs Brown and Bayou Cajuns at 10:30 a.m. and Brandon Moreau and Pam Perdu from 12 to 3 p.m.
Monday brings an open Cajun jam session on Second Street at 10 a.m. with the Breaux Bridge Production performing from 2 to 5 p.m. and Belton Richard and the Musical Aces from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Tuesday concludes with Don Fontenot and les Amies de la Louisianne at the main stage from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold from 12:45 to 3 p.m. and Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys from 4 to 6 p.m. On the Second Street stage, Ronnie Matthews and Throwdown will perform from 12 noon to 3 p.m. followed by Geno Delafosse and the French Rocking Boogie Band at Nick’s at 6 p.m.
For more information on the Mardi Gras celebrations, visit http://www.eunice-la.com/mardigras2010sch.htm.
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