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13 Eunice � Mamou 13 � 29 Rayne 35 Cajun Music Hot Spots Airport Ville Platte 104 190 10 167 167 � Opelousas 182 93 � 49 Lafayette Abbeville 10 Washington hing Carencro Grand Coteau 14 � 0 31 90 0 5 km 182 LOUISIANA LOUISIANA Breaux Bridge � 31 5 mi 20 49 Area of detail Baton Opelousas Rouge 10 10 Lafayette NEW ORLEANS To New Orleans Cajun Country To Baton Rouge St. Martinville 86 New Iberia includes anything from up-and-comers to some of the biggest names as well as folk tales and jokes. Oh, and it’s all in French. Locals and tourists alike pack the seats and aisles, with dancing on the sloped floor by the stage. Don’t understand what’s being said? As Barry points out, turn to your neighbors—they will be happy to translate. This is the right way (actually, the way) to begin your Saturday night of music in Cajun Country. Second St. and Park Ave. & 337/457-7389. www.eunice-la.com. Admission $5 adults, $3 children, free for children under 6. Prairie Acadian Cultural Center Finds A terrific small museum, the Acadian Cultural Center is devoted to Cajun life and culture. Exhibits explain everything from the history of the Cajuns
160 CHAPTER 5 . SIGHTS TO SEE & PLACES TO BE to how they worked, played, and got married. The graphics are lively and very readable and are well combined with the objects on display (most were acquired from local families who have owned them for generations). The center has a collection of videos about Cajun life and will show any and all of them in the small theater (just ask). Anything by Les Blanc is a good choice, but you might also check out Anything I Can Catch, a documentary about the nearly lost art of hand-fishing. (You need to see someone catch a giant catfish with his bare hands!) 250 West Park. & 337/457-8490. www.lsue.edu/acadgate/lafitte.htm. Free admission; donations accepted. Tues–Fri 8am–5pm; Sat 8am–6pm. Closed Christmas. Savoy Music Center Moments On weekdays this is a working music store with instruments, accessories, and a small but essential selection of Cajun and zydeco CDs and tapes. In the back is the workshop where musician Marc Savoy lovingly crafts his Acadian accordions—not just fine musical instruments but works of art— amid cabinets bearing his observations and aphorisms. On most Saturday mornings, though, this nondescript faded-green building on the outskirts of Eunice is the spiritual center of Cajun music. Keeping alive a tradition that dates from way before electricity, Marc and his wife, Ann (or one of their sons, who are now thriving musicians in their own right) host a jam session where you can hear some of the region’s finest music and watch the tunes being passed down from generation to generation. Here, the older musicians are given their due respect, with octogenarians often leading the sessions while players as young as those in their preteens glean all they can— if they can keep up. Meanwhile, guests munch on hunks of boudin sausage and sip beer while listening or socializing. All comers are welcome. But don’t come empty-handed—a pound of boudin or a six-pack of something is appropriate. And if you play guitar, fiddle, accordion, or triangle, bring one along and join in. Don’t try to show off. Simply follow along with the locals, or you’re sure to get a cold shoulder. Hwy. 190 E. (3 miles east of Eunice).&337/457-9563. www.savoymusiccenter.com. Tues–Fri 9am–5pm; Sat 9am–noon. LAFAYETTE Stop by the Lafayette Parish Convention and Visitors Commission Center, 1400 NW Evangeline Thruway (& 800/346-1958 in the U.S., 800/543-5340 in Canada, or 337/232-3808; www.lafayette travel.com). Turn off I-10 at exit 103A, go south for about a mile,
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