It’s Road trip Monday ! And we are in the town Eunice ,La.
Eunice Louisiana Official Home Page!
“Prairie Cajun Capital of Louisiana”
Bienvenue à Eunice! Welcome to Eunice! The “HEART” of Acadiana! Eunice is the place to find good friends, good food and good music Right smack dab in the middle of Cajun Country.
Every Saturday in Eunice, Louisiana, local artisans, musicians, and more show off their skills with demonstrations of music, dancing, quilting, and the French language. Practice your Cajun two-step with the assistance of an expert volunteer and music provided by local musicians. Watch scrap fabrics become a beautiful quilt and come hungry for a foodways presentation by locals and professional chefs. Practice your Cajun French and learn a few new words at Cajun Conversations and the Explore & Restore Craft Workshop is hands-on fun for children of all ages. The fun doesn’t end there. Work off that rich cuisine with more dancing at the Liberty Theatre’s Rendez-vous des Cajuns.
Activities
10am-12pm – Explore & Restore Crafts for Kids
1pm – Cajun cooking begins
1pm-2pm – Cajun Conversation w/ Mat Fruge
2:45pm – Music & Dance Lesson
4pm – Allons Manger! (Let’s go eat)
While in Eunice https://www.facebook.com/pg/Rendez-vous-des-Cajuns-Cajun-Music-Radio-TV-Show-Liberty-Theater
Liberty Theater
The home of the “Rendez-Vous des Cajuns” Radio Show, the Liberty Center for the Performing Arts, located at the corner of South 2nd Street and Park Avenue, is a 1924 vaudeville/movie house which was purchased by the City of Eunice and renovated through a community project. The theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been included in the Great American Movie Theaters Preservation Press Guide published by the Smithsonian. During its “hey-days” of the 1920’s and 30’s, personal appearances were made at the Liberty by Fattie Arbuckle, Tex Ritter, Jimmy Clanton, the Bowery Boys and Roy Rogers. Open on Saturdays, 4 PM to 7:30 PM.
THE “RENDEZ-VOUS DES CAJUNS” CAJUN MUSIC RADIO & TV SHOW
Every Saturday Night from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, in the Liberty Center, the City of Eunice and the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve present a live radio show, featuring both Cajun and Zydeco music in the Grand Old Opry/Louisiana Hayride/Prairie Home Companion format. Cajun French is the language of the show with enough English spoken so that everyone can enjoy this unique and one-of-a-kind experience.
