Balfa Week is a time to explore culture, music

By News Staff on Monday, March 25, 2024
  • Jeanne Solis, Folk Roots executive director, center, explores questions about culture with from left, Pete Hobbie, of West Virginia, and Jo Vidrine, program and artistic director of Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week at Lakeview Park & Beach, north of Eunice off La. 13. (LSN photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    Jeanne Solis, Folk Roots executive director, center, explores questions about culture with from left, Pete Hobbie, of West Virginia, and Jo Vidrine, program and artistic director of Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week at Lakeview Park & Beach, north of Eunice off La. 13. (LSN photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    By: HARLAN KIRGAN LSN Editor The scene at Lakeview Park & Beach from outside the barn is a green field with cattle in the distance. The sound is musical In the barn and outside Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week participants appear engaged with the program, each other or just being there. “I decided to go here to feel Cajun music and culture,” said Jeane Lemoine, of France. ...

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