Women Jockeys & Cajun Fiddler Dennis McGee (1981)
Louisiana Alive!
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Eunice, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1981-04-2
Duration: 00:28:19
Subjects: Sports | Horse racing | HORSES | Women jockeys | Fair Grounds Race Course (New Orleans, La.) | Ehrlinspiel, Robin | Barbizan, Debbie | Shryock, Debbie | COURTHOUSES | McGee, Dennis | Doucet, Michael | Fiddlers | Cajun French dialect | Cajun music | Music
Contributors:
- Fuglaar, Bill Narrator
- Read, Brooks Narrator
- L'Herisson, Sandra Editor
- Wolf, Thom Editor
- L'Herisson, Sandra Photographer
- Wolf, Thom Photographer
- Hanley, John Director
- Fuglaar, Bill Director
- Carpenter, Gwen Producer
- Weyand, Marlene Producer
- Wolf, Thom Producer
- Ehrlinspiel, Robin Interviewee
- Barbizan, Debbie Interviewee
- Shryock, Debbie Interviewee
- Doucet, Michael Interviewer
- McGee, Dennis Interviewee
Description
This episode of the series “Louisiana Alive!” from April 2, 1981, features: a visit with three female jockeys, Robin Ehrlinspiel, Debbie Barbizan and Debbie Shryock, at the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course; a reflection on Louisiana’s courthouses; and an interview in Cajun French between 86-year-old Cajun music pioneer Dennis McGee and his fellow fiddler Michael Doucet at McGee’s home in Eunice. Narrator: Bill Fuglaar Narrator: Brooks Read