Lunch was very late, leaving us just enough time to get to the Liberty Theater for the 6:00pm show. Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band was playing. Bruce plays regularly at Tipitina's Uptown on Sunday afternoon (in New Orleans) and is a staple of the Louisiana music scene. The fiddler, Gina Forsyth, just blew us away with her fiddlin' style.
Of course there was dancing - smooth, round the floor two-steppin' with Cajun couples who have been gracing the "lower stage" at the Liberty Theater for decades. During the band's break, the MC, Barry Ancelet (a treasure of Cajun history) engaged the audience with jokes and stories of Cajun life. Our new friends from Maine were a special hit when Barry found out they were from so far away and that Anna spoke French - Canadian French, but ....
We stayed after the band was done playing to chat with Bruce & the band. Matthew's uncle had suggested he look up Barry Ancelet on his trip to Cajun country, so this was an awesome opportunity for that connection. I won't say it because I don't want to get the song stuck in your head, but c'est un petit monde.
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