RENDEZVOUS DES CAJUNS {FEATURING THE LAKE CHARLES RAMBLERS, THE JAMBALAYA CAJUN BAND, AND PETER SCHWARTZ & DAVID GREELY} {KOSOFSKY ETHNIC RADIO COLLECTION -- CAJUN FRENCH AND ENGLISH} (RADIO)
Summary
One in this weekly series broadcast live from the Liberty Theater in Eunice, Louisiana, which focuses on Cajun music and humor. Professor Barry Ancelet hosts this version, which is the Rendezvous's annual Christmas program and features its traditional guest, the Jambalaya Cajun Band, along with other musicians. Announcer Claudia Wood begins by introducing Ancelet, and they chat about her recent bypass operation briefly before Ancelet greets Jambalaya, which plays for the first half of the program, offering mostly holiday music. The band begins by playing "Sur la Couverture" ("Up on the Rooftop") and moves on to "La Nuit Silente" ("Silent Night"). After Barry Ancelet makes a few jokes about the unseasonably warm weather, the band performs "Ecoutez les Anges Qui Chantent" ("Hark the Herald Angels Sing"). Other songs include "Le Petit Joueur de Tambour" ("The Little Drummer Boy"), which Ancelet dedicates to drummer Tony Huval; "Jingle Bell Rock"; and original songs by band leader Terry Huval and his colleagues, including "Cette Veille de Christmas" and "Noel Chez Pop et Mom." Ancelet thanks Jambalaya and goes out into the audience to talk to individual visitors, mostly in English. He makes jokes about the lack of snow in the area and queries a pair of young men about their walking tour across the United States. After the break, Ancelet introduces his next guests, David Greely and Peter Schwartz and friends. They offer the audience string music -- mostly waltzes -- composed and/or arranged by the late Cajun fiddler Varise Connor, from Lake Arthur, Louisiana. Many of these tunes, explains Greely, have no names, but a few do, including "The Drunkard's Waltz" and "The Lake Arthur Stomp." Greely and Ancelet discuss the possibility of producing a CD of music recorded by Connor, using tapes from Connor's family. After a brief report on the local music scene, Ancelet introduces the Lake Charles Ramblers. The Ramblers launch into a number of tunes, including "La Valse de Chre ChŽrie," "Le Nouveau Crowley Two-Step," "C'est Trop Tard Pour Pleurer," et "Je t'Aime Toujours." As the Ramblers prepare to play "Gone, Gone, Gone," Ancelet asks for two female volunteers to dance to this song with the cross-country walkers. He then thanks all of his guests, wishing them and the audience a merry Christmas and happy new year, and the Lake Charles Ramblers finish the program with a final song.
(This program is in Cajun French and English.)
The acquisition and cataloging of this program were made possible by Marvin and Jacqueline Kosofsky.
Details
- NETWORK: KJJB-FM
- DATE: December 19, 1998 6:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:01:04
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:17734
- GENRE: Radio - Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Cajun French dialect; Christmas; Fiddlers - Louisiana; Music
- SERIES RUN: KRVS (Lafayette/Lake Charles, LA) - Radio series, 1987-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Barry Ancelet … Host
- Claudia Wood … Announcer
- Jambalaya Cajun Band … Music Group
- Lake Charles Ramblers, The … Music Group
- David Greely … Performer
- Terry Huval … Performer
- Tony Huval … Performer
- Peter Schwartz … Performer
- Varise Connor