Following is a list of both the events that are already scheduled and those which CMA Louisiane 1999 will be organizing . Those events already scheduled, are subject to change. Those followed by an asterisk (*) are still in the planning stages. CMA following an event, signifies it is a Congrès Mondial Acadien – Louisiane 1999 organized event. COM following and event, means the event will be organized by a town, city or community organization with the assistance of the CMA – Louisiane 1999 and within the framework of criteria established by the Executive Committee of the CMA – Louisiane 1999. All family reunions are being organized by the particular family organizations, with the assistance of and within the framework of criteria established by the CMA Louisiane 1999. If you have any questions, contact Jean-Robert Frigault, Directeur de programmation et de communication, C.P. 3804 Lafayette, Louisiana 70502-3804; Telephone: (318)234-6166; Fax: (318)233-9353; email: [email protected]
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NOTE: See below for list of Family Reunion Organizers/Coordinators.
Saturday, July 31, 1999:
ACHEE/HACHE-GALLANT Family Reunion – Thibodaux
AUCOIN/TEMPLET Family Reunion –
BOURG/BOURQUE Family Reunion – Bourg
BOURGEOIS Family Reunion – Vacherie
BROUSSARD Family Reunion – Lafayette
HENRY/LIRETE Family Reunion -Chauvin
THERIOT/CROCHET Family Reunion – Houma
Sunday, August 1, 1999:
ACHEE/HACHE-GALLANT Family Reunion – Thibodaux
BROUSSARD Family Reunion – Lafayette
Thursday, August 5, 1999:
JEANSONNE/JOHNSON Family Reunion – Marksville
Friday, August 6, 1999:
BAUDOIN Family Reunion – Lafayette
BREAUX Family Reunion – Breaux Bridge
DOIRON Family Reunion – Breaux Bridge
DUHON Family Reunion -New Iberia
HEBERT Family Reunion -Abbeville
JEANSONNE/JOHNSON Family Reunion – Marksville
MAILLET Family Reunion – Marksville
PRÉJEAN/LEBRETON Family Reunion – Eunice
RICHARD Family Reunion – Lafayette
THIBODEAUX Family Reunion – Charenton
Saturday, August 7, 1999:
BAUDOIN Family Reunion – Lafayette
BERGERON/CAILLOUET/GAUTREAUX Family Reunion – Addis
BLANCHARD Family Reunion -Pierre Part
BREAUX Family reunion – Breaux Bridge
CHIASSON/BERNARD Family Reunion – Lockport
CORMIER Family Reunion – Rayne
DOIRON Family Reunion – Breaux Bridge
DOUCET Family Reunion – Church Point
DUHON Family Reunion – New Iberia
GAUDET/SAMSON Family Reunion – Plaquemine
GIROUARD/GIROIR Family Reunion – Morgan City
GRAVOIS Family Reunion – Vacherie
GUIDRY/PETITPAS Family Reunion – Houma
HEBERT Family Reunion – Abbeville
LANOUX/MIRE/BABIN/DUPLESSIS Family Reunion – Gonzales
MAILLET Family Reunion – Marksville
MARTIN Family Reunion – St. Martinville
MOUTON Family Reunion -Lafayette
PITRE Family Reunion – CutOff
POIRRIER/DAVID Family Reunion – Vacherie
PRÉJEAN/LEBRETON Family Reunion – Eunice
RICHARD Family Reunion – Lafayette
ROBICHAUX Family Reunion – Montégut
RODRIGUE Family Reunion – Chackbay
ROGER(S)/CAISSIE Family Reunion – Gheens
ROY Family Reunion – Lafayette
SAVOIE/SAVOY Family Reunion – Grand Coteau
THIBODEAUX Family Reunion – Charenton
TRAHAN/LÉGER Family Reunion – Crowley
Sunday August 8, 1999:
ARCENEAUX Family Reunion – Carencro
BREAUX Family Reunion – Breaux Bridge
CORMIER Family Reunion – Rayne
DOIRON Family Reunion – Lafayette
DOUCET Family Reunion – Church Point
GRAVOIS Family Reunion – Vacherie
HEBERT Family Reunion -Abbeville
MARTIN Family Reunion – St. Martinville
PRÉJEAN/LEBRETON Family Reunion – Eunice
ROY Family Reunion – (Location unknown)
THIBODEAUX Family Reunion – Charenton
TRAHAN/LEGER Family Reunion – Crowley
Friday, August 13, 1999:
BABINEAUX/GRANGER Family Reunion – Rayne
BENOIT Family Reunion – Lafayette
BOUDREAU(X) Family Reunion – New Iberia
COMEAUX Family Reunion – Lafayette
LANDRY Family Reunion – Grand Coteau
LEBLANC Family Reunion – Erath/Lafayette
VINCENT Family Reunion – Kaplan
Saturday, August 14, 1999:
BABINEAUX/GRANGER Family Reunion – Rayne
BAUDOUIN Family Reunion – Rayne
BERTRAND Family Reunion – Crowley
BOUDREAU(X) Family Reunion – New Iberia
COMEAUX Family Reunion – New Iberia
DAIGLE Family Reunion – Morgan City
GUILBEAU(X) Family Reunion – Carencro
LANDRY Family Reunion – Grand Coteau
LEBLANC Family Reunion – Erath/Lafayette
LEJEUNE/YOUNG Family Reunion – Crowley
MELANÇON/MELANSON Family Reunion – Opelousas
SIMON Family Reunion – Eunice/Lafayette
VINCENT Family Reunion – Kaplan
Sunday, August 15, 1999 (Fête de l’Assomption & Fête Nationale des Acadiens):
BERTRAND Family Reunion – Crowley
BOUDREAU(X) Family Reunion – New Iberia
COMEAUX Family Reunion – New Iberia
DAIGLE Family Reunion – Morgan City
DUGAS/GUILLOT Family Reunion – Carencro
LANDRY Family Reunion – Grand Coteau
LEBLANC Family Reunion – Erath/Lafayette
SIMON Family Reunion – Eunice/Lafayette
VINCENT Family Reunion – Kaplan
The following article appeared in the April 1997 (Volume 1, Issue 4) of the “Muddy Waters Gazette” published by “The Bayou Browsers PC User Group, and is re-printed with thanks).
LeBlanc Family Reunion Organization has been formed, (Incorporated as Famille de LeBlanc, Inc.) officers have been elected and plans are now underway for members to go forward with the plans for August 1999. An estimated crowd of 6,000 LeBlancs from the world over will gather in Erath, Louisiana to meet friends and relatives and trace their roots back to Nova Scotia, Canada. The Bayou Browsers will be active in this program, promoting the use of computers to enhance every phase of the planning and preparation of the event. Post cards, brochures, home page, cookbook, letterheads, envelopes, iron-ons and many, many more projects will be introduced for the first time to a reunion event such as this one. Famille LeBlanc Inc. is asking any and all to step forward and volunteer for the many jobs that will need to be done before our relatives come down to visit us. A simple thing like selling tickets, giving directions, or just speaking the French language, will be a big asset to the special world event that will take place for the first time in Acadiana. Fortunately, Erath has been approved for the LeBlanc family and Abbeville has been approved for the Hebert family. Russell Gaspard, Joe Hebert, Ed Hebert, Pat Hebert are just 4 of the Bayou Browsers helping us with this program. With the LeBlanc reunion, we also have 4 members of the Bayou Browsers, that are leading the event. They are Relie LeBlanc, Presley LeBlanc, Simon LeBlanc and Allen LeBlanc. Relie has been appointed liaison between Famille LeBlanc and the town of Erath. Presley LeBlanc has been elected President and Simon Secretary. Allen will be advisor for computer application for the total event. Contact the following for more information:
Presley LeBlanc: 937-8160 (Erath)
The following is a reproduction (with thanks) of an article which appeared in the September – October 1997 issue of Louisiana Roots.
Contacts Sought for CMA; Louisiane Family Reunions
Organizers of the family reunions for Congrès Mondial Acadien; Louisiane 1999 are telling members of twelve families who have not yet begun to plan for 1999, that it is not too late to do so.
The following families have not yet organized: Boudreaux, Daigle, Girouard, Melançon, Sonnier, Baudoin, Begnaud, Benoit, Credeur, Doucet, Fontenot and Mouton.
“All we need is one contact person to get a family started,” said Eddie Richard, director of CMA- Louisiane family reunions west of the Atchafalaya Basin. Once a person shows interest, members of the CMA- Louisiane reunion committee, meet with the representative to provide that person with all the information necessary on organizing a reunion.
“This is not a covered-dish type of reunion where everyone knows everyone,” Richard said. “The CMA- Louisiana reunions are designed to include extensive genealogy and involve family cousins from Canada, Europe, and other parts of the world”, he said.
For those who are hesitant or fearful about the work involved in such an undertaking, Richard insists that these reunions are easy to organize. “We are prepared to tell families exactly how to go about planning one of these reunions,” he said.
Richard and members of his committee provide families with guidelines on such things as basic organization, selection of officers, and choice of date and site.
The reunions are one- or two-day events with full programs that include many workshops on genealogy, informational booths, arts and handicrafts exhibit, and music and dancing. At the last Richard reunion, 1500 people registered and the group hopes to double that number in 1999.
Richard said that he views the family reunions as a wonderful opportunity for Acadians descendants. “For once, Acadians from all over the world can come together and meet as a function that both honors and recognizes them, instead of putting them down,” he said.