Dear All, I just read in the Lafayette Advertiser that Mitch and Lisa Reed's store, Louisiana Heritage and Gifts, closes Feb.19th. Their website is down and...
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
Feb 13, 2007 4:35 pm
This is sad to hear. I loved their selection of resources for learning Cajun French. In what way do you surmise it to be a disappointment for them, Sue? Susan...
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zydeholic
Feb 13, 2007 4:40 pm
Well, that's a shame. Never did make it by there. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get...
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zydeholic
Feb 13, 2007 9:19 pm
Personally, if a business I had started ended up failing, particularly one aimed at supporting a culture, I'd probably be a bit disappointed. From what I...
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
Feb 14, 2007 1:05 am
Thanks Dwight. I hadn't understood that the business failed, but that they'd simply moved on. I'm not always good at reading between the lines. What else is...
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zydeholic
Feb 14, 2007 6:30 am
I'm assuming it failed, as they've been struggling, doing fundraisers, etc. Probably the closest thing to their store is Marc Savoy's shop in Eunice, and its...
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gregsonnier
Feb 19, 2007 7:44 pm
Well i just lost a large amount of text that I wrote up about Mitch and Lisa's effort to the Cajun culture. But it got lost cause i took too much time before...
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Mark Normand
marksnormand
Feb 20, 2007 2:08 pm
I don't post much, but I was there fiddling for the last jam. They served gumbo and it was a barn burner all afternoon. Mitch and Lisa, two of the most smiling...
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tomandsusan@...
slb22000
Feb 20, 2007 4:09 pm
I'm green with envy. Thanks for sharing, I loved reading about your Cajun fun. Susan in Minnesota where we have blue ice On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:06:14 -0000...
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Betsy Fuller
efuller585
Feb 21, 2007 3:11 pm
Hi Mark, thanks for this info. Could you please post the location of the Vermillionville jam? Heading down there next month - it sounds like the place to go...
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gregsonnier
Feb 21, 2007 4:11 pm
Betsy, if you're flying into regional, it's across the street from the airport http://www.vermilionville.org/visitorinfo.html The address is 300 Fisher Road,...
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Mark Normand
marksnormand
Feb 22, 2007 2:34 pm
Betsy...also see their website.. http://www.vermilionville.org/ Regards, Mark...
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Betsy Fuller
efuller585
Feb 23, 2007 12:42 pm
Thanks, Mark and Greg. We'll be sure to check it out. We've scheduled the trip so we have two Saturdays down there - there's so much going on, seems like one...
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Mark Normand
marksnormand
Feb 23, 2007 1:25 pm
Whoops...just checked the flyer, the Vermillionville jam is 1p-4p. Admission is free for jam participants plus one guest. ... scheduled ... like...
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zydeholic
Feb 28, 2007 3:33 pm
I noticed that someone posted a graphic for chords in G, notably for seconding. They were, G: D G C 1 F 1 D: D G 1 C 1 F And C: D G 0 C 2 F This...
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slb
slb22000
Mar 19, 2007 3:52 am
I tried going to this site: cajunmusicforum.com, but was denied entry. :-( I'm looking for the words to La femme qui jouait aux cartes. I've looked at...
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zydeholic
Mar 19, 2007 4:36 am
... I've never even heard of that song, but if you find the lyrics somewhere, please add them to the cajun-lyrics site. Only one or two other folks have ...
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Sue
susiecajun
Mar 19, 2007 11:58 am
Hi, Chad closed the CajunMusicForum late in 2006. After solving one tech problem in the late summer/fall, he said he got a huge virus not too much later, and...
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Sue
susiecajun
Mar 19, 2007 12:03 pm
Could someone give the full name if the Cajun lyrics yahoo group referred to earlier? I checked the home page and links, but it wasn't immediately apparent to...
... Well, there were already a couple of existing discussion groups that covered the same topics. My yahoo groups have little traffic too, for event...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Mar 30, 2007 7:44 am
Hello, I have a (simple) question: I'm not sure what fiddle (standard or one down tuning)to use on the song Mardi Gras when it is played in the guitar chords...
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hyldemoer
Mar 31, 2007 11:14 pm
Bonjour Jean, Like you, I am trying to learn Cajun tunes on the fiddle without a direct contact to the culture. No one has answered your question yet, so I...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Apr 4, 2007 1:35 pm
Hello, thanks for the reply. You're right about the facts that there probably isn't any cajun tuned that is twice played just the same by various performers. ...
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tcplayboys
Apr 4, 2007 5:11 pm
Jean, hi. you could use a standard tuned fiddle or if you're comfortable playing on a tuned down fiddle that would work too. Playing in Am will be easier on...
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tcplayboys
Apr 4, 2007 5:27 pm
Jean, hi. you could use a standard tuned fiddle or if you're comfortable playing on a tuned down fiddle that would work too. Playing in Am will be easier on...
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Jan Schelpe
jan_schelpe
Apr 4, 2007 6:36 pm
Hello Kevin, Thanks for your answer. I always used a tuned downed fiddle while playing along in the Am chord. Got used to that but wasn't sure I did the right...
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zydeholic
Apr 4, 2007 7:11 pm
This book might help as a resource, I don't know, but on the cd that comes with it, their playing does not sound cajun. ... ...
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Sue
susiecajun
Apr 6, 2007 2:15 pm
Hi all, Lots of interesting commentary about tunings! Jean, also to consider: if you also have an accordion player, a number of those folks only own a C...
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Vincenzo
apovi
Apr 6, 2007 2:58 pm
HI all, I'm intersting about the different tuning. Usually I play with standar tuning, but only for "tigaloup pour mamou" I use chage E in D, because so I can...
