On the road, we stop in for a photo op with facilitator R. Lena Richardson…
Posts from the West MobileBooth while in Lafayette, Louisiana
Posted by West MobileBooth on March 9, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, LA to Fayetteville, AR
Posted by West MobileBooth on March 9, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
Close to their final day in Lafayette, Kamiliah Duggins and Andrew Wilson are visited by Eddie B. Mormon, an artists from Lake Charles who works with knives and brushes to paint– the facilitators hold up an original Mormon, a portrait of Gerald Ford. After getting a taste of Cajun and Creole culture, facilitators Susan Lee and Lena Richardson bid farewell to facilitators Duggins and Wilson, who have shown them some of that good Southern hospitality while they were shown the ropes around the booth.
Everything is packed and secured and the Storycorps Booth rolls out of Lafayette, Louisiana en route to Fayetteville, Arkansas, incidentally both cities named after Marquis de Lafayette.
Posted by West MobileBooth on February 23, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
Getting beads at Mardi Gras is a fierce competition. Both Andrew and Kamilah made out pretty good for their first time.
Posted by West MobileBooth on February 23, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
When Andrew and Kamilah arrived at Lafayette’s Mardi Gras parade at 10 a.m., the party had long since been going on. We decided to swing by the booth and ran into participants Fran and Steve Patton, who came to the booth to record his story for his grandchildren.
Posted by West MobileBooth on February 23, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
L’aissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!!
Posted by West MobileBooth on February 23, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
Happy Mardi Gras!
Posted by West MobileBooth on February 17, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
As we get closer to the actual day of gluttony, Mardi Gras, the city of Lafayette is brimming with anticipation in the form of parades. We could see this one out of the booth windows.
Bienvenu a Cajun Counry, Ya’ll
Posted by West MobileBooth on February 11, 2007, from Lafayette, Louisiana
Just ten days before Mardi Gras, the MobileBooth arrived in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Kamilah Duggins, in an effort to immerse herself in local culture, is on a Quest for Beads.
Andrew is as well, but so far, Kamilah has had considerably more success.
Here we see the MobileBooth in Parc Sans Souci, which translates from French "The Park Without Sauce."
While in Lafayette, Kamilah and Andrew will be staying in the Blue Moon Guest House and Concert Hall. On Thursday, The Moon was host to Dick Dale, the guy responsible for that song they play in "Pulp Fiction" while Uma Thurman and John Travolta are dancing with one another. Check out this video to see footage of the closest Andrew has ever come to getting a rock and roller in his bedroom.
