L'esprit Creole at the Grand River Folk Arts Society Acoustic Saturday Nights April 17, 2010

L'esprit Creole, led by Dennis Stoughmatt, presents the Creole French traditions still alive in "Upper Louisiana," northern Louisiana, Missouri and Illinois. Dennis will share a centuries old French Creole fiddling style from fiddlers Roy Boyer and Charlie Pashia, fluency in Illinois-Missouri Creole French, and a wealth of stories and songs from story tellers and singers like Rose Pratte, Annie Pashia, Kent Beaulne, and Eli Robart; all of which have been handed down generation to generation in Missouri and Illinois for nearly 300 years. On the web: www.creolefiddle.com/

Official Website: http://www.grfolkarts.org