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Article: Saturday night soiree House party will serve up Franco music from Maine and Louisiana at Franco center
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- August 16, 2008
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LEWISTON - The House Party Music Tour, a celebration of
traditional French music from Maine and Louisiana, will make a stop
at the Franco-American Heritage Center Saturday, Aug. 23, courtesy
of the Maine Arts Commission.
The French-speaking communities of Maine and Louisiana share a
rich tradition of music that springs from the heart of the home. For
centuries, the soiree, or house party, has been at the center of
music-making for French people in North America, whether in the
kitchen of a Maine farmhouse or on the front porch of a Cajun farm
in southwest Louisiana.
The House Party tour promises audiences a variety of traditional
music from danceable reels and jigs to ballads and old French ...
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