The Tourism Week events started today at the Butte LaRose Welcome Center with a focus on St. Martin Parish. The Sherriff’s department cooked red beans, Mullate’s cooked jambalaya, McGee’s cooked fried alligator, Crawfish Town USA had bread pudding, and there was cous-cous out on the porch (sorry, i missed who was cooking that.)

St. Martin Tourism was there, as was Gene Seneca, with his photographs and cypress handiwork, and Helene Boudreaux and a couple of her friends played cajun music. Tour operator Mr. Couret from Henderson Lake was there and the Ranger from Lake Fausse Pointe State Park was out with his pelts, heads and tracks from Basin wildlife.

As you can tell, it was a fun time. You ought to check it out. Tomorrow is St. Landry Parish day; Friday is Iberia Parish; and Wednesday and Thursday are a mix, but you can bet it will be interesting. Come on out and talk while you eat, from 10AM to 2PM each day this week.

Here’s a list that i picked up:

Tuesday:
St. Landry Parish
National Park Service in Eunice
Gueydan Museum
Gene Seneca
Margaret Brinkhaus (Art)
US Army Corps of Engineers
City of Opelousas
82nd Airborne
Robert’s Cove
Cajun Swamp Tours

Wednesday:
Gene Seneca
Evangeline Parish Chamber of Commerce & Tourism
Jack Millers
Slap Ya Mama
Elaine Bourque (Spinner/Weaver)
82nd Airborne
Holiday Inn
Myer’s Landing
Cajun Swamp Tours

Thursday:
Gene Seneca
Jean Lafitte – Acadian Cultural Center
82nd Airborne
Valentino New Orleans Hotels
Cajun Swamp Tours

Friday:
Iberia Parish
Gene Seneca
Little River Inn
Cajun Swamp Tours
DNR and the Nature Conservancy (Media Event)

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