Article: Saturday night soiree House party will serve up Franco music from Maine and Louisiana at Franco center

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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