Bayou Pigeon Heritage Association

12/08/2024

12/08/2024

Hurry … Flash Crowd wanted … the Christmas parade has been postponed …

But our Christmas pagent is on right now…

We have plenty of of people selling Christmas stuff …

Plus santa claus here taking pictures so bring the kiddos…

We are here till 4 pm…

Come on out and support Our community…

It looking good …

12/07/2024

Bayou Pigeon PARADE POSTPONED due to the weather, however the Event at the Bayou Pigeon Heritage Association will still be taking place!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Will post later with a date and time!!!

11/28/2024

From the BPHA .. to all of our F.B. followers Happy Thanksgiving ....

Did you know - Thanksgiving at Bayou Pigeon

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and, in 2024, falls on Thursday, November 28.

Thanksgiving wasn't celebrated in Louisiana until 1846.

Historically, Thanksgiving meals in Cajun county Louisiana were different than the English speaking celebrations.

Instead of turkey as the main entree, wild duck was served as the center of the meal, due to duck being more available,

The distinctive Cajun culture and cuisine that we enjoy today evolved from the Acadian settlers and their descendants making do with what they could make or find on the bayou, and those things did not include what most Americans think of as staples of the Thanksgiving table -- turkey, mashed potatoes or cranberries.

In writing the Bayou Pigeon book, i interviewed Mr. Felix Berthelot, i don't remember how we got on the topic of Thanksgiving, but i remember him casually mentioning because most of the men of Bayou pigeon went hunting on Thanksgiving Day and if they didn't get their limit ...

Cajuns tended to cook what they had on hand. Therefore, gumbo was a popular entree dish for Thanksgiving because it could be adapted to whatever could be thrown into the pot.

Thanksgiving meals consisted of duck, desserts, gumbo other vegetables grown in the family garden.

Much of the food served in early Cajun Thanksgiving feasts included sweets, since sugar and sugar-cane products were readily available. Bread pudding, Gateau de Sirop (syrup cakes) were popular.

Happy Thanksgiving

Preserving our heritage and culture

P.S. Come visit the BPHA museum on Dec. 8 ...we will have it open for the BPHSA Christmas Celebration that day.

10/17/2024

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10/12/2024

Hey BPHA Facebook followers ...

We just finished all the preparation for tomorrow's Wild Beast Cook-Off... it is with great pride that we say everything is in place for a successful day tomorrow ...

The outdoor pavilion is ready, and we spots marked off for all Cajun cooks ... we will have 18 to 24 contestants the most in the 5-year history of the event.
The pavilion when we left tonight was a very impressive venue.

We will have a surprise for all the die-hard LSU fans ... we know a lot of people may want to leave early or not come at all becuase they do not want to miss a minute of the game ... Go to Ole Miss, go to Hell ...

We have purchased a 70-inch TV screen and will have it set up in the BPHA Activity Center to keep up with the game while activities in the (Gym) from 5 - 9.

So, no excuse not to show up...

This important fundraiser for BPHA. the revenue from this lets us offer the venue for the community-related events we sponsor and use our facilities throughout the rest of the year, ... like the upcoming Boo on the Bayou, or Christmas Activities, Easter Egg Hunt, and our Rosary Society and Shrine Chapel, and the new Bayou Pigeon Folklife Museum.

So please consider coming out and supporting us...

BPHA Board of Directors

10/10/2024

Hey Bayou Pigeon heritage followers in the world of Community Festival's and cultural food,

First impressions matter - a lot.

Our outdoor pavilion is more than place to get out of the rain...

Check out our improvements to the pavilion,

We invite all the people who had part in building the old pavilion to check it out... prepared to be impressed... if you know someone who worked on it

Invite them to come see it ... it will make you Bayou Pigeon proud

Special thanks to this team...Joe Richard, Rick Phillips, Randy Laprarie, Roberta Laprairie, Chris Settoon, Nolan Huguet, Marla Berthelot, Patty Phillips Amy Denehy, Cindy Vaughn, Larry Vaughn, Mike Dupre, Wilton Leonard, T Lloyd Hebert, Irvin Blanchard and special thanks to Neil Dupre and crew who painted the pavilion and young man named Trent ...

We expect these changes to improve our service and lead to high customer satisfaction.

Improving one project at a time with more to come...

come join our organization and volunteer to help...

Chachie

10/10/2024

Hey Bayou Pigeon Heritage Association followers ... do you love Bayou Pigeon, are you proud of our Bayou Pigeon Culture and Heritage ...

I am looking for 4 or 5 new volunteers to help work our concession stand from 1 pm to 5 pm and serve jambalaya at our Bayou Pigeon Wild beast Cook -Off this Saturday Oct 12 from 5 pm to 9 pm in the Our heritage activity center.

Surely there are a few folks who love Bayou Pigeon enough to donate some time to this worth cause...

You don't have to be a resident or native born Bayou Pigeon person any one is welcome ,,, come join in the heritage ... in the old days when campers came to Bayou Pigeon they quickly became more than friends, the Bayou Pigeon community wrapped them up in the fabric of the community, ie., the Huguets

Inherit the that Bayou Pigeon proud spirit >>>

Please come by and join our team in these pictures...

10/03/2024

What's on our minds ?

Our 4 th Annual fall event, our 'Wild Beast Cookoff '....what else!

Our BPHA event planning Team is working extremely hard getting everything ready... Patty & Rick Phillips, Chris Settoon, Randy & Roberta Laprarie, Cindy & Larry Vaughn, Marla and Darrel Berthelot, Wilton and Betty Leonard, Nolan Huguet, Amy T Denehy, Mike Dupre and Chachie & Diane LeGrange and last but not least Mr. T Lloyd Hebert.

Bayou Pigeon, LA. has been known for the life ways of community focusing around the Atchafalaya Basin.

We have made great strides in updating all our facilities ...

Come by and check us out ...

In the Spirit of our past Catholic Church Heritage, the Bayou Pigeon Heritage Association, we are rebuilding the fabric of our Heritage, ie., the Bayou Cajun's.

We invite all to become Bayou Pigeon Proud again ! ! !

Make Bayou Pigeon Great again !

09/17/2024

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09/10/2024

08/27/2024

What's on our mind ... looking for contestants to our Wild Beast Feast Cook -off on Oct 12, 2024....

We made some changes this year hoping to attract more Cajun cooks to enter... no entry fee and $250 prize to winners

This year we have some great raffle items. ...factory-made 4 x 6 custom deer blind and a Savage Long Range rifle package in 308 Wi******er.

We are asking hunters and sportsman who have some trophy deer mounts and or taxidermy work to bring them to wild beat feast ... we will have a display area to show them off ... that will be worth a visit ...

We will have our usual vendors at our event. Most of the vendors from our Crawfest in June will be back...

and 3 great bands again ... plus a few VIP's

Please try to attend and test your cooking skills... I heard a rumor that one contestant says he will be serving Bar B Que raccoon... and he guarantees you will like better than any wild game you can prepare on a grill ...

Hope to see you there!