The annual Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week (DBCCHW or Balfa Week, 2001 - ) is the flagship program of the nonprofit organization Louisiana Folk Roots (LFR). This series of early Balfa Week cultural heritage education camps features instructional sessions, workshops, presentations, interviews, and performances representing Louisiana traditional music, dance, Louisiana French languages, cooking, history and folklife, and more.
LFR was founded in 1999 by musician, educator and artist, Christine Balfa, daughter of legendary Cajun fiddler and cultural ambassador, Dewey Balfa.
The digitized audiovisual files accessible here were made possible from funding (in part) by a Preservation Implementation Grant from the GRAMMY Museum®. Content is the copyrighted intellectual property of Louisiana Folk Roots, Lafayette, LA.
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Submissions from 2001
Guitar Class Lessons. Sam Broussard and Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal, Instructors, Sam Broussard, Paul Sinegal, and Louisiana Folk Roots (Organization)