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“Everything But The Squeak”A Cajun Boucherie and other Louisiana Traditions
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Most people today have forgotten (or never knew!) how families used to get together for a "boucherie" in the days before everything could be found in the freezer of your friendly grocery store. A few families however are trying to continue the old traditions and this video documents one such lively event where friends and neighbors gather and bring vegetables and deserts to compliment all the meat dishes (except the squeak!) obtained from the newly butchered hog and celebrate the feast with music and dancing with music by Aldus Roger, Ann Savoy, Ken Smith, Donald Thibodeaux and Cajun Fever, Tante Sue, the Huval brothers, Cheese Read, the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band etc.
The film also explores some of the musical traditions of the area including a visit to Fred's Lounge in Mamou where the owner, Tante Sue helps out with a fine vocal durring the weekly radio broadcast which features Donald Thibodeaux and Cajun Fever. The teen aged Huval Brothers explain how they have been encouraged to carry on the music of their ancestors by not only hearing it on the radio but by attending the weekly Saturday morning jam sessions at the Savoy Music Center.
