CITY
OF
EUNICE,
LOUISIANA
Courir de Mardi Gras 2007
February 15, 2007 - February 20,
2007 |
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About
the Boucherie
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A traditional old time Boucherie (hog butchering)
and cochon de lait (a suckling pig, now often
used to refer in general to a pig roast) is held downtown.
It begins
in front of City Hall at 10 a.m. the Sunday before
Mardi Gras.
Visitors
can see and enjoy the products of a Cajun tradition
that is still common at many family gatherings. A
hog is slaughtered and then made into a variety of
dishes such as backbone stew, boudin, gratins (cracklings
- pork skin with fat and some meat deep fried),
and other delicacies. By 11:30, the first
dishes are ready for tasting. Music and fun for the
family all day long. |
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About
the Courir de Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Run) |
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Mardi Gras
draws on traditions which are centuries old. Revelers go from
house to house, begging to obtain the ingredients for a gumbo.
The capitaine (captain) of the "Courir de Mardi
Gras" (Mardi Gras Run) first must obtain permission
from the people at the house for the group to go onto their
property. Once permission is given, the Mardi Gras riders may
charge toward the house where they will sing, dance and beg for
"cinqsou" (5 cents) until the owner offers them
ingredients
for the gumbo. The owner will throw a live chicken into the air
and the Mardi Gras group will give chase, running, falling, and
fumbling over each other for the honor of being the one to catch
their dinner. |
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Thursday February
15, 2007 |
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7:00 pm |
Music on Downtown
Second Street |
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Performing at
Nicks on Second St. |
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7:00 pm |
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Cajun Jam
Session - Free |
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9:00 pm |
Music on Downtown
Second Street |
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Performing at
South Second St. & Walnut Ave.
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7:00 pm
- 11:00 pm |
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Street
Dance: Chris Miller & Bayou Roots |
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Performing at
Nicks on Second St. |
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9:00 pm
- 1:00 pm |
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Travis
Matte and the Zydeco Kingpins |
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Refreshments Sold. PLEASE
- No Ice Chests Allowed |
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Saturday February
17, 2007 |
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| 8:30
am - 4:30 pm |
Cajun
Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Free admission |
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8:00
am - 5:00 pm
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Jean
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Prairie
Acadian Culture Center - Mardi Gras Interpretive
Program in Downtown Eunice - Free Admission |
| 10:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Eunice
Depot Museum - Mardi Gras films and exhibits - Free
admission |
6:00 pm
- 7:30 pm
At The Liberty -
Radio & TV Show with Wilson Savoy &
the Pine Leaf Boys,
Georgie Manuel & Mardi Gras
Traditions
For the full Official Liberty
Schedule, Click HERE |
| 7:30 pm |
Music on
Downtown Second Street |
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Performing at
South Second St. & Walnut Ave.
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10:00 am - 2:30 pm |
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Street
Dance - Open Cajun Jam Session |
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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Fred
Charlie & Acadiana Cajuns
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7:30 pm - 11:30 pm |
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The Bernie
Allen Band
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Performing at
Nicks on Second St. |
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4:00
pm - 7:00 pm |
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Kyle Huval
and Friends |
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8:00
pm - 12:00 pm |
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Paul Daigle |
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Refreshments Sold. PLEASE
- No Ice Chests Allowed |
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8:00
pm - Midnight |
St.
Thomas More Annual Old Style
Cajun Mardi Gras Dance -
Held at the St.
Thomas More Church Hall
- Doors open at 7:00 pm. - Music
by:
Jason Frey w/ Ken Smith - $20 per person - Tickets may be
purchased at the St. Thomas More Church Office, or call
(337) 457-8107
or (337) 457-9921 after hours |
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7:00 am |
Sign-In
for pre & day of registration for Children's Mardi Gras
Run
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8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Late
Registration
for Children's Mardi Gras Run
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Registration
fee on the day of run $10.00 |
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Sign in and Registration at The National Guard
Armory on the corner of 9th. Street & Maple
Ave. Children up to 16
years of age are invited to take part in the Mardi
Gras courir that is just as fun and exciting as the
adult run, but without the “spirits.” departs 9:00
am,
Lunch at Armory
(Registration fee provides lunch & snack for
registered child at 12 Noon. Parents will be
able to purchase lunch at stop after registrants
are fed). Ends at the City Hall parking lot at 3:00 pm. |
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Pre
- Registration is available for $5.00 |
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Begins:
Wednesday
January 31,
2007 - 8:00 am
Ends: Thursday February 15, 2007 - 5:00 pm
at Mayors Office - Click
HERE
to print registration form on line |
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ALL
TRUCKS & TRAILERS MUST BE REGISTERED (No
Fee To Register Them)
If in your own truck, ice chests are
allowed.
*
NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED ON THE
RUN *
Click
HERE
to print truck registration form on line |
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For
More Information Contact: |
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Eunice
Mayors Office (337) 457-7389 or Barry
Soileau (337) 546-0613 |
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve,
Prairie Acadian Culture Center - Mardi Gras Interpretive
Program in Downtown Eunice - Free Admission (The
center is usually closed on Sundays but will be open
today). |
| 9:00 am |
Children's Mardi Gras
Run - Leaves The National Guard
Armory |
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10:00
am - 5:00 pm
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Demonstration
of Traditional Old Time Boucherie - Downtown
Eunice on South Second St. & Park Ave. - Witness this food way
tradition and experience the tasty dishes that result.
Other food, live music, dancing and refreshments. |
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Noon - 4:00 pm |
Music on Downtown Second
Street |
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Performing at Main Bandstand on Park Avenue |
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11:30
am
- 4:30 pm |
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Charlo
& Southern
Tradition |
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Performing at
South Second St. & Walnut
Ave.
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12
Noon -
3:00 pm |
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Jason Frey
& Lagniappe |
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Performing at
Nicks on Second St. |
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4:00
pm - 7:00 pm |
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Felton
LeJeune |
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8:00 pm
- 12:00 pm |
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Don
Fontenot et les Amis de la Louisiana |
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Refreshments Sold. PLEASE
- No Ice Chests Allowed |
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3:00 pm |
Children's Mardi Gras
Run - Down Second Street
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All
Day Long
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Eunice
Depot Museum,
Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum and shops open city
wide |
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Jean Lafitte National Historical
Park and Preserve, Prairie Acadian Culture Center - Mardi Gras
Interpretive Program in Downtown Eunice - Free Admission
(The
center is usually closed on Mondays but will be open today).
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| 12:00 Noon |
Jean Lafitte National Historical
Park and Preserve, Prairie Acadian Culture Center - Slide
Presentation: "The Variety of the Cajun Country Mardi
Gras," presented by Dr. Barry Ancelet, folklorist and
professor of French at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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12 Noon - 8:00
pm |
Music on Downtown Second Street |
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Performing at
South Second St. & Walnut
Ave.
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10:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
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Street
Dance - Open Cajun Jam Session |
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2:30 pm -
6:00 pm |
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Bradley Venable & the Hard
To Find
Playboys |
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8:00 pm -
Midnight |
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Junior
Melancon & the Comedown Playboys |
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Performing at
Nicks on Second St. |
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8:00 pm - 12:00 pm |
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Don
Fontenot et les Amis de la Louisiana |
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Refreshments Sold. PLEASE
- No Ice Chests Allowed |
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1:00
pm - 3:00 pm |
Northwest
Community Center - St. Landry Parish Council on Aging
Mardi Gras Dance - $5 general admission, $1 for persons age
60 or older. Judges will choose the most traditional and
prettiest costumes, best dancing couple, Mardi Gras King and
Queen. Music by Zydeco Force |
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Tuesday Mardi Gras Day
- February 20, 2007 |
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6:00
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Registration
at National Guard Armory - Courir de Mardi Gras
sign-up & departure for the Mardi Gras Run featuring
Live music, food and spirits. A great alternative to the
congested New Orleans celebration, this rural Mardi Gras
features traditional costumed pranksters traveling
through the countryside on horseback and flatbed
trailers gathering ingredients for the evening’s
communal gumbo. |
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Mardi
Gras Leaves Armory For Run |
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8:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Jean
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Prairie
Acadian Culture Center - Music, traditional crafts,
cooking |
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9:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Eunice
Depot Museum (Special
exhibit: Cajun Country Mardi Gras dolls, plus a variety
of handmade Mardi Gras masks) |
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10:00 am |
Festival
Begins Downtown Eunice - Activities begin at with
Cajun and Zydeco bands, food,
refreshments, a children’s parade and a costume
contest. |
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Performing at Main Bandstand on Park Avenue |
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am
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12
Noon |
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Don
Fontenot &
les
amis
de
la
Louisianne |
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1:00
pm
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3:00
pm |
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Paul
Daigle
& Cajun
Gold |
| 4:00
pm - 6:00 pm |
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Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys |
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Performing at
South Second St. & Walnut Ave.
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12
Noon
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3:00
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Ronnie Matthews & Throw down |
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Performing at
Nicks on Second St. |
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11:00
am
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2:00
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Donnie Broussard and Louisiana Stars |
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6:00
pm
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9:00 pm |
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Geno Delafosse and French Rocking Boogie |
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Refreshments Sold. PLEASE
- No Ice Chests Allowed |
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3:00
pm
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Mardi
Gras Parade - Courir de Mardi Gras truck
parade by the Courir de Mardi Gras returning and riding into
town |
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