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CODOFIL Tent at Festivals Acadiens et Créoles

Festivals Acadiens et Creoles

CODOFIL will be at Festivals Acadiens et Créoles in La Tente Louisianaise (#7 on the festival map) on Saturday October 11 and Sunday October 12, from 10:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Come visit us and learn about our programs as well as those of our partners like the Louisiana Consortium of Immersion Schools, the Alliance Française, CREOLE Inc. and more.

Check out our list of activities in French and Creole. You can also learn a little Louisiana French while you wait for your lunch thanks to the bilingual menus in the Bayou Food Festival.

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At La Tente Louisianaise, we’ll be giving away French pins, signs, and stickers, including informational handouts about our various programs.

Saturday

All activities are in La Tente Louisianaise unless otherwise noted.

  • 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Learn the Lyrics workshop with David Greely in the Jam Ça! Tent
  • 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Games in French with Alliance Française de Lafayette
  • 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Creole Table with CREOLE Inc
  • 3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Louisiana French Lesson with Alliance Française de Lafayette

Sunday

All activities are in La Tente Louisianaise unless otherwise noted.

  • 9 a.m. -10 a.m. French Mass with Fr. Keenan Brown in the Salle de Danse Tent
  • 10 a.m. -10:30 a.m. Traditional Round Dances with Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in the Salle de Danse Tent
  • 11 a.m. -12 p.m. The Singing Table with Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
  • 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Ask an Immersion Parent with La. Parents for French Immersion
  • 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. French Table with Vermilionville staff
  • 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Songs in French with Zachary Richard in the Atelier Tent

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