HLS 19RS-957 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 7
BY REPRESENTATIVE COX
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Bruce Daigrepont on his 2019 induction into the
Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Bruce Daigrepont upon his 2019 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center
3 Hall of Master Folk Artists.
4 WHEREAS, established in 1976, the Louisiana Folklife Center is a research facility
5that serves as an archival repository of eight hundred artist and subject files, one thousand
6five hundred audio recordings, one hundred videotapes, a growing print library of books and
7periodicals, and five thousand photographs; these resources have been used by CBS Evening
8News, Turner Broadcasting Company, and Louisiana Public Broadcasting and other
9individuals, groups, and agencies; its faculty also coordinates the Natchitoches-Northwestern
10State University Folklife Festival; and
11 WHEREAS, an agency of Northwestern State University, the Center's mission is to
12identify, document, and present Louisiana's rich history of folklore and folklife; and
13 WHEREAS, music is woven into the tapestry of Louisiana folklife, and New Orleans
14native Bruce Daigrepont was born into a musical family; he grew up in Avoyelles Parish,
15steeped in Cajun traditions and folk music; at the age of five, he learned to play the guitar,
16and by his tenth birthday, Bruce was learning the five-string banjo; and
17 WHEREAS, after attending Festival Acadiens in Lafayette, Bruce devoted himself
18to the French accordion; by 1980 he had assembled his own Cajun band; Bruce honed his
19skills at fais do-do dances and has emerged as one of Cajun music's finest cultural
20ambassadors; and
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1 WHEREAS, the melodic aptitude of Bruce Daigrepont has opened performance
2doors for him at such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center in New York and the National
3Folk Festival; he has performed with his band in El Salvador and Venezuela at the request
4of the countries' American embassies; and
5 WHEREAS, fully immersed in the Cajun traditions, Bruce sings his songs in French;
6he is a singer-songwriter extraordinaire, and his original compositions "Marksville Two
7Step" and "Nonc Willie" are in the standard repertoire of Cajun dance bands; and
8 WHEREAS, a much-beloved native son of Louisiana whose musical professionalism
9represents the best of the state's Cajun culture, Bruce Daigrepont merits a special measure
10of commendation upon his 2019 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master
11Folk Artists.
12 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
13Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Bruce Daigrepont upon his 2019 induction
14into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists; does hereby congratulate him
15on his lifetime of musicianship and musical achievements; and does hereby extend to him
16every good wish for continued success, prosperity, and happiness in the future.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
18to Bruce Daigrepont.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 7 Original 2019 Regular Session Cox
Commends Bruce Daigrepont on his 2019 induction into the La. Folklife Center Hall of
Master Folk Artists.
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