The Cajun French Music Association (CFMA), Baton Rouge Chapter is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of our Cajun music, Cajun dance, Cajun language and heritage. We are a non-profit 501-C3 organization that has been in existence for over 20 years. We take pride in a long history of presenting authentic Cajun dances in Baton Rouge.
FRIDAY NIGHT DANCES
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UCT Hall-11175 Florida Blvd, 2 miles east of Airline Hwy at Sherwood Forest Blvd. Please check the Fun Section of The Advocate for our ads. Also check our website, www.batonrougecajundance.com & (Cajunradio.org) for dance date and bands.
June 8- Cameron Dupuy & The Cajun Troubadours
June 22- Chris Miller & Bayou Roots
NEXT MEETING -Tuesday May 8th, 2012 meeting 6:30 PM – BLUEBONNET LIBRARY
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NEW MEETING LOCATION Open/combined Board and General Meeting at 6:30 PM. Come join us at Bluebonnet Library.
CAJUN HERITAGE / by Maurice Lasserre
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Nostalgia: Le Siphon (see-fohn)
The siphon Every spring above New Orleans in Parishes bordering the Mississippi, farmers irrigated their rice fields with water from the River (le fleuve). Large cast-iron pipes, arched over the levee, and vibrated to touch as they spilled thousands of gallons of fresh water into the irrigation ditches that nourished the rice fields. Children swam and played in water where fish appeared overnight, as if magically; wading birds fed their hatchlings with whatever they could catch, and youngsters with baited strings caught crawfish by the bucket full, and gleefully chased stranded catfish with dip nets (carlets) after the River receded and siphons ceased to flow. Where rice grew – sugarcane and soybeans now flourish. The siphons have long been removed, and industrial pipes that carry chemical products to waiting vessels are mindful of what used to be. . . Editors Note: A much larger, Government financed, Fresh Water Diversion System of canals and pumping stations now uses River water to mitigate the damage that has been caused by Salt-Water Intrusion in the marshes south of St. Charles and nearby Parishes.
Maurice
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