OTHER ACTIVITIES
Danny Sanchez, left, and Dana Guilbeau
wear beads and carry torches while leading the Mardi
Gras d'Iberville parade during the
celebration of the twinning of Plaquemine with the village of Petit de
Grat, Nova Scotia.
Advocate photo by Doug Keese
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Paulette Henry works on a flower
arrangement Wednesday at the
Montegut Recreation Center in
preparation for the Mardi Gras
tableau to be held there Saturday.
The tableau is part of the Congrès
Mondial Acadien.
Photo by BRYAN TUCK/THE COURIER. |
Liette Saulnier, left, Natalie Hogan,
center, and Lianne Comeau of Clare, Nova Scotia, wave to parade watchers
Friday from their perch on a float rolling down North Jefferson Street
in Port Allen.
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Jean and Denise Borque fill their
necks with beads during the Montegut parade Friday night. The Bourques,
of Montreal, came to Terrebonne Parish for the Bourge/Borque/Belliveau
family reunion, one of many Congrès Mondial Acadien '99 events during
the past week.
Photo by CINDY SKOP/THE COURIER. |
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Houmas Indian Irvin Cunningham of
Lutcher helps lead the processional Sunday during a re-enactment of the
first Acadians' arrival in St. James. The Houmas were the first to
greet the Acadians on their arrival.
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Ronnie Foret, singer for the Houma-based
band Dakota, sings to a small crowd that gathered outside the Bayou Terrebonne
Waterlife Museum last week during the Congrès Mondial Acadien celebration.
Congrès festivities now move to Lafayette, and the closing ceremony
is scheduled for this coming Sunday.
Photos by CINDY SKOP/THE COURIER. |
Joan Rizzuto of Mandeville searches
the wall of names at the Acadian memorial in St. Martinville for family.
Rizzuto and her mother Lorraine Achee-Rizzuto found two members of their
family on the wall.
Advocate staff photo by Arthur D.
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Les Zoublioux members from left
to right, Dillon Robicheau, 16, Jean-Pascal Comeau, 16, Christian Hogan,
16, Rene LeBlanc, 15, and Christal Thibault, 16.
Advocate staff photo by Arthur D.
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Enjoying the muscic at Acadian Village
(left)
John Rowland/The Advertiser
Dominique Dupuis plays the fiddle
Thursday during the celebration marking 10 years of twin city status between
Carencro and Dieppe, New Brunswick. The event was held at Carencro's Pelican
Park.
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Dancers from La Baie
en Joie of Nova Scotia
perform at the Liberty
Theater in Eunice on
Thursday as part of a
Congres event.
Advocate staff photo
by Arthur D. Lauck |
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