In the fall of 1904 a revival broke out in Wales. During the next six months, 100,000 people gave their lives to Christ as Lord in a great spiritual awakening. No one organized the campaign. They did not use advertising, public relations, radio broadcasts, or great soul-winning and witnessing campaigns.
The price of crawfish is $3 a pound to the fishermen now so I’m assuming that nobody is catching very much. Every day I see trucks and trailers hauling boats heading to the landing but so far have heard nothing exciting. Fishermen say they’re looking around, once in a while saying they might have found a good spot – maybe.
Hometown news was – and still is – the backbone of old time weekly newspapers in south Louisiana, and there were many weeks when life in little communities just didn’t yield a big story.
Elks and Moose and Owls and Lambs all had fraternal orders in south Louisiana in March of 1913, but a critter that was already becoming iconic had none. That’s why some men in Abbeville decided it was time to create a social and fraternal organization recognizing the crawfish.
Multi-Grammy nominated Harvey Mason draws upon the rich jazz-funk legacy of the ’70s and recasts seven of that era’s most enduring classics with his new album. The lead composition, “Chameleon,” serves, in part, as the signifying reference for Mason’s disc.