Schedule for Acadian Memorial Heritage Festival and Wooden Boat Congrès
Saturday, March 19, 2022
9:00 am
Putt Putt Boat parade (until 9:45 am)
Wooden Boat Display (all day – at the bayou)
9:45 am
Flag Raising with the Iberia Veterans Association
10:00 am
Food, Drink & Craft Booths open for service (all day)
Lafayette Genealogy Society Family History Help Booth (all day)
Sweets Booth (all day)
Théâtre Cadien - historical vignettes en français (Memorial)
Petite Cajuns band begins playing (until 10:45)
10:30 am
Children's Toys and Games & Chair Caning Demonstration with Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site (Pavillion)
11:00 am
French Table hosted by the Bayou Teche French Table of New Iberia (Acadian Museum back room until 12 pm)
“Seeking an Acadian Nation: the 1930 Diary of an Evangeline Girl” presentation by Warren Perrin (St. Martinville City Hall)
Théâtre Cadien – historical vignettes (Memorial)
Poisson Rouge band plays until 3:00 pm, pausing for reenactment
12:30 pm
Reenactment of the Arrival of Acadians in Louisiana
Honoring the Arceneaux/Leger Families (Bayou/Gazebo)
Announcement of the 2022 Monsieur Bateau de Bois
3:00 pm
Raffle Drawing & Festival close
*After hours acoustic Jam Session 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (near pavilion).
Sponsored by the Acadian Memorial Foundation
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