Doug Kershaw
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Douglas James Kershaw is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kersh
Doug Kershaw playing the fiddle at the 2009 Festivals Acadiens et Créoles.
Louisiana French
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Louisiana French includes the dialects and varieties of the French language spoken traditionally by French Louisianians in colonial Lower Louisiana. As of today Louisiana French is primarily used in t
Doug Kershaw
…of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2009. Born in an unincorporated community called Tiel Ridge in Cameron Parish, Kershaw spoke Louisiana French and did not learn English until the age of eight. By that time, he had mastered the fiddle, which he played from the age of five, and was on his way…
Choctaw Village near the Chefuncte, by Francois Bernard, 1869, Peabody Museum – Harvard University. The Choctaw people had a great impact on the development of Louisiana French.
French and English slogan of bilingual Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette, Louisiana
New Iberia, Louisiana street sign in English, French, and Spanish
Notices to customers of Mel's Diner, Lafayette, Louisiana