batonrougecajundance

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.

Jan 20 – Drew Simon & Friends

Feb 10 – Jesse Brown & Choupique (MARDI GRAS DANCE)

Mar 9 – Wallace Trahan & Rice and Gravy

NEXT MEETING -Tuesday Feb. 14, 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

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Little Stone

Nostalgia: La Petit Pierre, the little stone of Vacherie. The Gravois family has owned a healing stone for over 200 years. Originally about three inches long, thick as a man’s thumb, black in color, mineral in composition and porous in nature; it has been used to treat hundreds of spider and snake bites, stings, infections and even the bites of animals suspected of being rabid – which may explain why such stones have historically been called mad stones. When applied to an affected area, the stone mysteriously clings to the skin until it fills with fluid, then falls off – after which it’s rinsed, dried and saved until needed again. The story goes that the stone came from the heart or liver of a white deer, and was given to the Gravois’s by an Indian who was nursed back to health by the family. The stone now exists in four pieces – having been broken by Doctors from Charity Hospital where it was taken in 1949 to determine why it had supernatural powers. They said, “there’s nothing mysterious about it, a dry porous stone will absorb and cause fluid to flow into it . . .” many were upset by the breaking of the stone, and some still believe that it was broken intentionally, just for a look into its make up ! ! !

Maurice