House Concert set Aug. 4 to benefit Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

UL Lafayette’s Center for Louisiana Studies is hosting an intimate house concert on Thursday, Aug. 4, featuring Grammy-nominated all-female band, the Magnolia Sisters. Playing through the southwest Louisiana songbook of Cajun, Creole, dancehall favorites, and front porch ballads, the Magnolia Sisters is composed of Ann Savoy, Anya Burgess, Jane Vidrine and Lisa Trahan.
ACCF Archivist Chris Segura commends the Magnolia Sisters for their enduring commitment to traditional Louisiana music, saying, “few bands have delved into the old South Louisiana musical recordings like the Magnolia Sisters. They’ve studied the work of Alan Lomax, Ralph Rinzler and Harry Oster, and many others, and have brought these old songs back to life. Their shared knowledge of the old repertoire will make for an incredible night of music and stories.”
The ACCF is the world’s largest collection of Cajun and Creole folklore, field recordings, oral histories, and other folklife materials. Ann Savoy champions the Center’s efforts, for “without the tireless work of the people at the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore we, the musicians of this state, wouldn’t have this beautiful old material to listen to, the dig through, to learn from. It is an invaluable resource, a treasure, the best part of our music…it is our life, our history.”
Tickets are $35 and are available for purchase through ACCFdanslamaison.EventBrite.com. The ticket price also includes dinner. The concert is hosted at a local private residence and details and directions to the event will be emailed to paid ticket holders on Wednesday, Aug. 3.
Please note that all tickets must be purchased in advance.
For more information please contact the Center at 337.482.1320 or clspresents@louisiana.edu.
When: Thursday, Aug. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Where: to be announced Aug. 3 at 5:30 p.m. via email - Lafayette.
Tickets $35 at http://ACCFdanslamaison.EventBrite.com
The Center for Louisiana Studies was established in 1973 for the promotion of scholarly investigation into Louisiana’s rich culture and heritage.
Today, the Center for Louisiana Studies is made up of three complementary divisions. The Research Division houses the Colonial Records Project, the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore, and oversees acquisitions and accessibility to the collections.
The Programming and Special Projects Division serves as the outreach arm of the center, facilitating research among the center fellows, hosting community programming and collaborating on public and research projects.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press is the world’s largest academic publisher devoted exclusively to Louisiana-related works.
These three components of the Center for Louisiana Studies provide a comprehensive structure for researching, publicizing, and promoting Louisiana’s culture and history.