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Cajun French Music Association Monthly Meeting Tonight May 6th

The CFMA Lake Charles Chapter will have their monthly meeting at the CFMA building tonight beginning at 5:30 p.m. when they start serving dinner.

Here are the details about tonight's meeting.

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Jivin Gene And Ken Marvell Band Sunday Night In Lake Area

Swamp Pop legend Jivin' Gene will be making an appearance this Sunday night, May 5th at Yesterday's Night Club in Lake Charles along with the Ken Marvel band.

This is your chance to see, hear and dance to your favorite classic swamp pop songs from Jivin' Gene.

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Three Horses That Raced In The Delta Downs Jackpot Will Start At Today’s 139th Kentucky Derby

History is being made at Delta Downs when three horses that raced In the Delta Downs Jackpot will start in today's 139th Kentucky Derby.

Track Announcer Don Stevens with Delta Downs told us that Goldencents, Mylute and Itsmyluckyday each raced in Vinton, Louisiana during the Delta jackpot and are now on their way to the starting gate at Churchill Downs.

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Wayne Toups and Steve Riley Grammy Awards (Photo provided by Steve Riley and facebook.com/waynetoupsfans)
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Wayne Toups, Steve Riley And Wilson Savoy ‘The Band Courtbouillon’ Receive Their Grammy Awards [VIDEO]

The Grammy Award ceremonies were back in February and 'The Band Courtbouillon' which consists of Wayne Toups, Steve Riley and Wilson Savoy won the Grammy Award for ‘Best Regional Roots Music Album”.

At the ceremony, Wayne Toups was on hand to accept the award but didn't get to keep the trophy.  That is because each Grammy award is handmade which takes a few months.  Well they were finally done and the guys received their Grammy Awards this week complete with their names on them.

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Pirates Take Over The City Of Lake Charles Tonight, Mayor Randy Roach To Walk The Plank

Jean Lafitte and his band of pirates will take over the city of Lake Charles tonight.  They will force Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach and other local area Mayors to walk the plank and it will mark the start of the two week festival known as Contraband Days.

The festival takes place in downtown Lake Charles on the Civic Center grounds with carnival rides, food, events and entertainment. 

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City Of Lake Charles Releases The 15th Annual ‘Downtown At Sundown’ Schedule

 

The City of Lake Charles has announced the 15th annual Downtown at Sundown concert series schedule that will run for four consecutive Fridays from 5:30-9 p.m., beginning May 17th and go through June 7th, 2013.

Here is the schedule of events.

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Jennings Woman Jumps From Mermentau River Bridge

The Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office is reporting that they responded to a call in reference to a woman who was seen jumping off of the Mermentau River Bridge which is East of Jennings, Louisiana.

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NBC’s Al Roker And ‘The Today Show’ Coming to Southwest Louisiana [VIDEO]

Southwest Louisiana was represented this morning on NBC's 'The Today Show' for the series 'Wake up with Al'.

Lorie Coleman along with Patrick Scott Coleman and James Stanley from the Carlyss fire department appeared on the show this morning as one of the three finalist for the "Wake up with Al" contest where Al Roker will come to your house and do the weather.  We have the video for you to watch plus the results.

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Massive Sinkhole Threatens Gator Hunters Season On Tonight’s Episode Of ‘Swamp People’

Season four of Swamp People which airs every Thursday night on the History Channel is getting huge ratings this year being the most watched show on cable TV on Thursday nights.

In tonight's episode, one Gator hunter's territory is threatened with a massive sink hole which makes him have to run and move all his lines before his season is destroyed. Tonight's show is called "Devoured" which airs at 8:00 p.m. Central time.

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George Jones Funeral Is Today — Will Air Live On CMT

Today we will say goodbye to a legend in country music when George Jones will be laid to rest.  His funeral is today and starts at 10:00 a.m. and will be held inside the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

Giants of the industry will be on hand to pay tribute to a legend and Jones funeral will be broadcast live on CMT (Country Music Television).  We have a list of he country music stars and friends scheduled to be on hand to pay tribute to 'The Possum' George Jones.

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LSU Baseball Out Hits McNeese For Their 40th Victory Of The Season — My Experience At The Game

Last night, I had the pleasure of going to and doing color commentary on the air on Cajun Radio for the LSU Tigers and McNeese Cowboys baseball game at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge.

It was a really great experience and what made it better was it was my two favorite teams facing off with one another.  Check out some of the pictures I took and a run down of the game.

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