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La Trouvaille Restaurant & Acadian Club (1983)

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Details

Collection:LPB

Genre: French

Place Covered: Chauvin, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1983-05-15

Duration: 00:27:55

Subjects: French language | Food | RESTAURANTS | Cooking, Cajun | Dusenbery, Wylma | Trouvaille (Restaurant)

Contributors:

  • Fontenot, James Host
  • Dusenberry, Wylma Interviewee
  • Dusenberry Singers Performer
  • Fruge, George Guest
  • Fuselier, Burley Guest

Description

This episode of the series “En Francais” from May 15, 1983, features a visit to La Trouvaille, a Cajun restaurant in Chauvin, Louisiana. It includes an interview with owner Wylma Dusenberry and a performance by the Dusenberry Singers. James Fontenot then interviews George Fruge and Burley Fuselier. They discuss the Acadian Club of Lake Charles. This episode was preserved through a 2018 CLIR Recordings at Risk Grant.