Acadian Fest this Saturday

The 13th annual Acadian Memorial Heritage Festival and Wooden Boat Congrès will be held this Saturday, March 18, in and around the Acadian Memorial and the Bayou Teche.
The Festival will also mark the re-opening of the Acadian Memorial which has been undergoing repairs following last August’s flood. Mayor Thomas Nelson will cut the ceremonial ribbon at 10 a.m.
The Cultural Heritage Center, which houses the Museum of the Acadian Memorial and the African American Museum, is still closed for repairs.
Food, music, arts and crafts, theater, demonstrations, children’s activities and workshops continue from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Evangeline Oak Park on Bayou Teche.
To celebrate both the Cajun/Acadian culture and the 200th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of St. Martinville, attendees are invited to dress in period costume.
For further information, contact the Acadian Memorial at 337-394-2258, info@acadianmemorial.org or at our web site at www.acadianmemorial.org.

Schedule of Events

9 a.m.
•Flag raising
• Wooden Boat Parade
•Cooking and Craft Demonstrations (all day)
•Food, water, soda and beer for purchase (all day)
•Craft booths and Acadian Boutique - Items for sale (all day)

10 a.m.
•Grand re-opening of the Acadian Memorial
•Table française avec Mavis Frugé (conversations in French)
•Wooden Boat Exhibit and Rides for public (just ask boat owner)
•Storytime for Children (“Fiddles and Spoons: Tales of An Acadian Mouse”)

10:30 a.m.
•Brazos Huval School of Music
•La Récolte

11 a.m.
•Théâtre Cadien - historical vignettes en français
•Hèlène Boudreaux – presentation on the traiteurs
•Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site – Traditional Toys & Games
•Dyeing and Pâquer-ing Eggs and other hands-on crafts

12 Noon
•Traditional Danses Rondes with Earlene Broussard

1 p.m.
•Reenactment of Arrival of Acadian Families to the Attakapas – Honoring Bourgeois and Duhon Families

1:30 p.m.
•Crowning of Monsieur ou Madame Bâteau de Bois 2017

1:45 p.m.
•Native American Traditional Music and Dancing

2 p.m.
•Théâtre Cadien
• La Recolte continues

3:30 p.m.
•Raffle drawing

3:30 p.m.
•Closing of Festival