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Acadian Day in Louisiana
ed note: Translation to English below De L’Acadie Nouvelle, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada Le jeudi 23 novembre 2017 Madame, Monsieur, La Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA) est fière de souligner Acadian Day. Célébrée en Louisiane ce 24 novembre, cette journée nous invite à commémorer l’histoire de l’Acadie louisianaise. Entre l’exil du Grand Dérangement et l’aube nouvelle du…
Read MoreWhy we should teach French and not Spanish in our Louisiana schools
We appreciate this article from David. If you have a child entering kindergarten or first grade next year, please visit our Louisiane Francais French Immersion project website. First, we should teach French because it is our heritage language. Our French-speaking families in Jeff Davis Parish have spoken French from generation to generation since French became differentiated from Latin…
Read MoreWhat is an Acadian?
Although Louisiana’s French-speaking population had multiple origins and arrived over a long period of time, over the years the group identity coalesced into two predominate groups, the Acadian/Cajun group and the Black Creole group. The Acadians were deported from Acadia in Canada beginning in 1755 and began finding a refuge in Louisiana in 1764. The…
Read MoreCajun Heart – From Acadie to Louisiana
The showing of “Cajun Heart, From Acadie to Louisiana” will be on Thursday, October 12 at 6:30 pm at the Central School Mount Theater at 809 Kirby St., Lake Charles. Chris Miller will perform before the showing of the film. Tickets can be purchased from www.cajunheart.eventbrite.com or from Gordon’s Drug Store on Lake St., as…
Read MoreDo you want your child to attend a French Immersion Program?
Our French heritage is dying in Louisiana, but we can save it! The French language first came to Louisiana in 1682 with LaSalle and then with the first permanent colonists in 1699. Through the years the colonists spread out across Louisiana and almost every bayou, river, prairie, hill, cove and lake was given a French…
Read MoreFr. Charles McMillin’s Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fortnight for Freedom) 2017
We are completing the final days of the “Fortnight for Freedom” proclaimed by the USCCB that encourages Catholics to be aware of the need to guard our right to be Roman Catholic’s and to make certain that we continue to exercise our faith in the public arena. We here in South Louisiana have a special…
Read More37th Annual End of the Season Stearman Fly-In
Hundreds of Stearman pilots and aviation enthusiasts from across the country will fly to Jennings Airport to show off the vintage bi-planes and take part in some friendly aerial competition both on the ground and in the air. The public will have a chance to view the WWII era planes up close and visit the…
Read MoreOur First Year On Air
One Year Ago Today–Two Cajun Music enthusiast (Jeremy LeBlanc and Dwayne Coots) took a leap of faith in their dream of providing a radio station that Cajun Music lovers could listen to Traditional Cajun French Music 24/7/365. The amount of support that Cajun Music Radio has received from people around the world is mind…
Read MoreCAJUN CRUISE!!!
Cajun Music Radio is excited to announce that we have partnered with the CFMA Lafayette Chapter to promote the upcoming “Cruising with the Cajuns” Caribbean cruise featuring Jr. Hebert and Jackie Callier. This exciting adventure will depart form Galveston, TX on April 15, 2018 sailing to Cozumel, The Cayman’s, and Jamaica. Join your fellow Cajuns…
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