L'Acadie Inn Guest Mardi Gras 2010 Schedule

Friday, February 12th

2 pm- until: Check-in; Try a piece of king cake; visit with friends; jam session; get the scoop on events*

Make sure to include a visit to the Cajun Music Hall of Fame and the Eunice Depot Museum featuring a special Mardi Gras exhibit!

6 pm-10:00 pm: D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant for the Tee Mamou-Iota Courir & Howard Noel Cajun Boogie

7—11pm: Eunice Street Dance

5:30—9:30 pm: Church Point Gumbo Cook-off; Parc de Depot, Church Point

9 pm: Horace Trahan; Nick's on 2nd Dancehall, Eunice

8:30 pm—10:30 pm: Paul Daigle & Family Gold; Parc de Depot, Church Point

Saturday, February 13th

7:00-10:00 am: Continental breakfast including: coffee, milk, juice, boudin, doughnuts, fruit and cereal*

9 am -12 pm: Jam Session (Savoy Music Ctr.; free)

9 am – 1pm: Fred’s Lounge, Mamou

10 am: Jam Session; S 2nd & Walnut, Eunice

LeJeune Cove Mardi Gras

11:30-12:30 pm: lunch stop for Eunice Le Jeune Mardi Gras at L'Acadie Inn & RV Park; catch some beads from the "young" carrying on the Cajun traditions & watch them chase some chickens!

1:30-5 pm: crawfish boil & gumbo with jam session on the patio*

2 pm: Fred Charlie & Acadiana Cajuns; S 2nd & Walnut, Eunice

3 pm: Le Jeune Mardi Gras Run comes in; Eunice

3 pm: Music Program; Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Center, Eunice

4 pm: Cooking Demonstration; Jean Lafitte Prairie Acadian Center, Eunice

6-7:30 pm: Jambalaya Cajun Band, Basile Mardi Gras & Mrs. Georgie Manuel, Eunice Liberty Theatre-live radio show or check-out Bubba Frey's Restaurant for live music and good food

6 pm—10 pm: D.I.'s Cajun Restaurant for the Tee Mamou-Iota Courir & Briggs Brown Bayou Cajuns

7 pm: Travis Matte and the Kingpins; Nick's on 2nd, Eunice

7:30 pm: Ganey Arsement & Lake City Gamblers; Eunice Street Dance; S 2nd and Walnut, Eunice

8pm –12am: Lakeview Park Barn Dance with the Redstick Ramblers; $10 cover

8pm—10:30pm: Geno Delafosse & French Rockin’ Boogie; Parc de Depot, Church Point

Sunday, February 14th

7:00-10:00 am: Continental breakfast served in lobby*

7:00 am: Courir de Mardi Gras; Saddle Tramp Clubhouse, Church Point

8 am: watch the L'Anse Maigre Mardi Gras run- Lakeview Park; gumbo & dance to follow with Jesse Brown & Choupique

9 am: Children's Mardi Gras run leaves Eunice Rec Complex

10 am: Boucherie, downtown Eunice

10:30 am: CFMA Jam with Briggs & Megan Brown, Kyle Huval & Friends

11 am—2pm: Felton Lejeune & the Cajun Cowboys; Parc de Depot, Church Point

11:30-3 pm: Sean Martin & 'da Classics with Charlo; Park Ave Stage, Eunice

12- 3 pm: Brandon Moreau & Pain Perdu; S 2nd & Walnut, Eunice

4-8 pm: Nick's on 2nd Cajun Dance, Eunice

3 pm: Children's Courir de Mardi Gras parade, Eunice

3:30—6:30pm: Dustin Ray & Southern Groove; Parc de Depot, Church Point

Monday, February 15th

7:00 -9:30 am: Full hot breakfast: coffee, milk, juice, eggs, "Donald Mac's grits gravy", sausage, and biscuits with butter or margarine, pancakes*

10 am: Jam Session; S 2nd & Walnut, Eunice

Soileau Mardi Gras

12pm: Mardi Gras Slide Show Presentation with host Barry Ancelet; Prairie Acadian Cultural Center

1—3:30pm:Council on Aging Mardi Gras Dance, Norwest Community Center, Eunice $5 admission

2- 5:30 pm: Breaux Bridge Production, Street Dance, Eunice

2:30—6:30pm: Ray Abshire, Fred’s Lounge, Mamou

1 pm-5pm: Traditional Lakeview-L’Acadie Boucherie at Lakeview Park*

5pm-11pm: Lakeview Park Barn Dance with the Pine Leaf Boys & Horace Trahan, $10 cover

6pm—10pm: Al Roger Louisiana Pride; D.I.’s Cajun Restaurant, Basile

7 pm: Nick's on 2nd Cajun Dance; Eunice

7:30-11:30 pm: Belton Richard & the Musical Aces, Street Dance; S 2nd & Walnut, Eunice

Tuesday, February 16th

6:30 -8:00 am: Continental breakfast served in lobby*

7-8 am: Faquetigue Courir de Mardi Gras meet for rules if you're participating; wear traditional costumes; no beads; bring your own drinks & snacks ($15 entry fee to the Association)

9 am: Watch the Faquetigue Courir from a neighbor's; be sure to bring your cameras to capture the chicken & pig chase (other stops maybe a guinea or rooster, duck or goose) and bring your nickels for the "cinq sous" dancing and riders*

10am: Don Fontenot & Les Amies de la Louisianne; Main Stage, Park Ave, Eunice

9am—3pm: Lafayette Rhythm Devils; Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys; Mamou Mardi Gras

12:45 pm: Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold; Main Stage, Park Ave, Eunice

12-3 pm: Ronnie Matthews & Throwdown; S 2nd & Walnut, Eunice

2-3 pm: Gumbo & dance wrapping up the Faquetigue Courir ($15 fee for band & gumbo); Walter Mouton- band

3 pm: Mardi Gras parade through downtown Eunice

3—5pm: Jason Frey & Lagniappe; Iota Mardi Gras

4-6 pm: Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys; Main Stage, Park Ave, Eunice

6pm: Geno Delafosse & French Rockin Boogie; Nick’s on 2nd, Eunice

6pm—10pm: Scotty Pousson Pointe aux Loups Playboys; D.I.’s Cajun Restaurant, Basile

Wednesday, February 17th

7:00 - 10:00 am: Continental breakfast served in lobby *

If you are Catholic and would like to attend a local Ash Wednesday mass, please ask. We will be happy to provide mass times.

*Please note that inn activities & meals are for 2 registered guests per room/site unless otherwise noted. Additional guest fees are as follows: crawfish boil, gumbo, Lakeview-L’Acadie boucherie: $10 per person; full breakfast: $5 per person. If you have a reservation and have further questions, please feel free to contact us.

Schedule is subject to change without notification. Please verify all outside area events & times.

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