A Musical Saturday

Saturday morning we got up and grabbed a donut at a local bakery.  Yum, glazed donuts still warm from the oven!  Then we went to a local music store called the Savoy Music Center.  They have jam sessions there all morning on Saturday.  Local musicans come in to play cajun music and the public is welcome to come and listen.

 

It is just a small building on the edge of Eunice.

 

 

Once you are inside, you can see why I liked it.  Boudin (a sausage with rice in it that tastes better than it looks) and cracklins for a snack.

 

 And cast iron for sale!

 

The jam session was fun to listen to even though most of the singing was in Cajun French.

 



 

 

Young and old played side by side and passed down the traditional songs.  The gentleman on the left is Milton Vanicor.  Here is a article about him http://www.jeffdavistoday.com/content/milton-vanicor-94-returns-washington.  We got to visit with him for awhile after they were done playing.  What an interesting man.

 



 

We went from there to the Jean Lafitte cultural center in Eunice.  It was a museum tied in with the one that we went to in Lafayette.  It was supposed to have Cajun dance lessons, quilting demonstrations, and cooking demonstrations Saturday afternoon.  However, because of the sequester, all but the cooking demonstration was cancelled.  We walked from there to the Cajun music hall of fame and the railroad museum.  Then it was off the the Liberty Theater for a Cajun music concert.

 



 

Another long day!