CITY OF
EUNICE, LOUISIANA
Courir de Mardi Gras 2010
Schedule
January 26, 2009 - February 24, 2009
For an Arts, Crafts or Food Booth - Click HERE

About the Boucherie

     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.

About the Courir de Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Run)

    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.

Monday, January 26 - Friday January 30, 2009

 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Pre-Registration for "Lil' Mardi Gras Run" - Eunice Mayor's Office
Click HERE for more information on Lil' Mardi Gras
Click HERE for registration form for Lil' Mardi Gras
Click HERE for truck/trailer registration for Lil' Mardi Gras

Saturday February 14, 2009

 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Pre-Registration for "Courir de Mardi Gras" - Eunice City Hall

Thursday February 19, 2009

  7:00 pm -

Music on Downtown Second Street

Performing at Nicks on Second St.
7:00 pm -   Cajun Jam Session - Free

Refreshments Sold. PLEASE - No Ice Chests Allowed
 

Friday February 20, 2009
  7:00 pm -

Music on Downtown Second Street
 

Performing at South Second St. & Walnut Ave.

7:00 pm - 11:00 pm   Street Dance:
Mike Dean, James Dupre & Friends
 

Performing at Nicks on Second St.
9:00 pm - 1:00 pm Horace Trahan & his Original Band
 

Refreshments Sold. PLEASE - No Ice Chests Allowed
 
 

Saturday February 21, 2009
  8:00 am - 8:30 am  Sign-In for pre & day of registration for LeJeune Mardi Gras Run Then Leaves Town
 (Today's Run Is For Teenagers Ages 13 to 17)

 

Registration fee on the day of run $20.00

     Sign in and Registration in front of the National Guard Armory at the corner of 9th. St. & Maple Ave. Children up to 17 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 St. Thomas Chapel in Savoy (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. 

Pre - Registration is available for $10.00

Begins: Monday January 26,  2009 from 8:00 am to - 5:00 pm
Ends: Thursday January 30,  2009 from 8:00 am to - 5:00 pm
at the Eunice Mayors Office - Click HERE to print registration form on line

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

For More Information Contact:

Eunice Mayors Office (337) 457-7389 or
the Eunice Chamber of Commerce at 337-457-2565
  8:30 am - 4:30 pm Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Free admission

  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

 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Pre-Registration for "Courir de Mardi Gras" - Eunice City Hall
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Eunice Depot Museum - Mardi Gras films and exhibits - Free admission
10:00 am -

Music on Downtown Second Street
  3:00 pm - LeJeune Mardi Gras Parade - Down Second Street
  6:00 pm - 7:30 pm At The Liberty - Mardi Gras Show - Georgie Manuel & Mardi Gras Traditions

For the full Official Liberty Schedule, Click HERE
  7:00 pm - Music on Downtown Second Street

Performing at South Second St. & Walnut Ave.

10:00 am - 1:30 pm   Street Dance - Open Cajun Jam Session
with coordinator -Brandon Moreau

  :00 pm - 6:00 pm

   Fred Charlie & the Acadiana Cajuns
with special guest musicians

 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

   Jesse Lege/Joel Savoy & Friends

Performing at Nicks on Second St.
 7:00 pm -   Travis Matte & Zydeco Kingpins
 

Refreshments Sold. PLEASE - No Ice Chests Allowed
 
 

Sunday February 22, 2009
  8:00 am - 8:30 am  Sign-In for pre & day of registration for Lil' Mardi Gras Run
(Today's Run Is For Children Ages 0 to 12)

 

Registration fee on the day of run $15.00

     Sign in and Registration at The Recreation Complex on Sittig Road. Children up to 12 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 the Eunice Recreation Complex (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. 

Pre - Registration is available for $7.00

Begins: Monday January 26,  2009 from 8:00 am to - 5:00 pm
Ends: Thursday January 30,  2009 from 8:00 am to - 5:00 pm
at the Eunice Mayors Office - Click HERE to print registration form on line

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

For More Information Contact:
Eunice Mayors Office (337) 457-7389 or
the Eunice Chamber of Commerce at 337-457-2565
  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 Recreation Complex on Sittig Road
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Eunice Depot Museum - Mardi Gras films and exhibits - Free admission

10:00 am -

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.
12 Noon - Music on Downtown Second Street
  3:00 pm - Children's Mardi Gras Parade - Down Second Street
 

Performing at Main Bandstand on Park Avenue
11:30 am   Joel Martin and da' Classics with Charlo
 

Performing at South Second St. & Walnut Ave.

12 Noon - 3:00 pm   Briggs Brown & Bayou Cajuns
 

Performing at Nicks on Second St.
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm   Kyle Huval & Dixie Club Ramblers
 

Refreshments Sold. PLEASE - No Ice Chests Allowed
 
 

Monday February 23, 2009

All Day Long

 Eunice Depot Museum, Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum and shops open city wide

  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).
10:00 am -

Music on Downtown Second Street
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.
 

Performing at South Second St. & Walnut Ave.

 10:00 am - 1:00 pm   Open Cajun Jam Session
with coordinator -Brandon Moreau
   2:00 pm - 5:30 pm   Street Dance - Carl Hollier & Cajun Hot
   7:30 pm - 11:30 pm   Lundi Gras Street Dance -
Junior Melancon & the Comedown Playboys
 

Performing at Nicks on Second St.
8:00 pm - 12:00 pm Paul Daigle & Don Fontenot
 

Refreshments Sold. PLEASE - No Ice Chests Allowed
 

Tuesday Mardi Gras Day - February 24, 2009

  6:00 am - 8:00 pm

 Registration at The Northwest Community Center on 501 Samuel Drive - 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.
   You must be at least 18 years old to participate and must have a picture ID with you to register.  Cost is $30 per person.  No Horse Drawn Vehicles, Four Wheelers or Bicycles are allowed.  Participants must be in traditional costumes.
   Only forty (40) private trailers will be registered. Cost to register a private trailer will be $30 and you must have proof of insurance on tow vehicle. There will be sixteen (16) Association Trailers available on a first come, first serve basis, morning of the Run.
  8:00 am Mardi Gras Leaves The Northwest Community Center For Run

For More Information Contact:
Eunice Mayors Office (337) 457-7389 or
the Eunice Chamber of Commerce at 337-457-2565

  8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Prairie Acadian Culture Center - Music, traditional crafts, cooking

  9:00 am - 5:00 pm

 Eunice Depot Museum (Special exhibit: Cajun Country Mardi Gras dolls, plus a variety of handmade Mardi Gras masks) (12 Noon)  - Cooking Demonstration
10:00 am

Festival Begins Downtown Eunice
Activities begin at with Cajun and Zydeco bands, food, refreshments, a children’s parade, fun jumps, arts & crafts and a costume contest.
10:00 am -

Music on Downtown Second Street

  3:00 pm 

Mardi Gras Parade - The Mardi Gras run returns to Eunice for truck parade returning to the Northwest Center after parading through downtown Eunice for a free gumbo supper for all registered runners from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
 

Performing at Main Bandstand on Park Avenue
10:00 am  - 12 Noon Don Fontenot & les Amies de la Louisianne
12:45 pm - 3:00 pm Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
 

Performing at South Second St. & Walnut Ave.

12 Noon - 3:00 pm Ronnie Matthews & Throwdown
 

Performing at Nicks on Second St.
6:00 pm Geno Delafosse and French Rocking Boogie
with special guest: Kyle Huval
 

Refreshments Sold. PLEASE - No Ice Chests Allowed
 
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