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12th International Acadiana Petanque Festival – 2020
March 20, 2020

The following is a message from Mike LeBlanc, Capitan, La Boule Cadienne de Lafayette Petanque Club
1 - COME PASS A GOOD TIME
We will be playing petanque over an 16 day period throughout South Louisiana with a petanque tournament, training sessions in schools and universities, outings to local breweries, eating Cajun food, listening to live Louisiana music and generally passing a good time.
2 - QUICK SUMMARY - HIGH LITES
Opening Ceremonies - March 20 - Friday- 2:00 PM - Girard Park - Elected officials, dignitaries and other notables throw out the first boules. Come say Bonjour and be welcomed into the French speaking community on Worldwide Francophone Day.
Petanque Tournament - March 21 - Saturday - Girard Park. $25 for registration, jambalaya, and soft drinks. Maybe live music. All equipment provided. Signup begins at 8:00 AM. Play begins at 9:00 PM for elimination rounds. Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya at noon. Final and Quarter Finals in the Afternoon. Awards at 5:30. See Bernard Champey, a former petanque world champ and an official trainer from the French Ministry of Sport. All even of play welcomed. All equipment provided. Come pass a good time.
Journée Jeurnes (Youth Day) - March 22 - Sunday - Girard Park. Free$. Maybe live music. All equipment provided. Play begins at 1:00 PM and continues to 4:00 PM. Bring something to eat, drink and share. Petanque games and French for students of all ages and their parents of French immersion classes. Others welcomed too. Coordinated by a trainer from the French Ministry of Sport, Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), and Alliance Francaise de Lafayette. Bring food to share and a chair.
Petanque at Teche Brewery, Arnaudville - March 15 - Sunday Afternoon after 1:00 PM. All equipment provided. Beer and Petanque. Free jambalaya if you play petanque. As always, come pass a good time.
Petanque Instruction Classes - March 11 and 12 - Girard Park - Media and public invited to observe. All can play after instruction. See our web site or Facebook page for times are finalized.
3 - MORE INFO
More info at petanquelafayette.org and facebook.com/PetanqueLafayette/
See the attached on the press release and calendar of events.
4 -ORGANIZERS & SPONSORS
Co-organizers of the events are a local petanque club, La Boule Cadienne de Lafayette and French language and cultural non-profit organization, Alliance Française de Lafayette.
Supporters include Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission, Lafayette Consolidated Government - Parks and Recreation, Lafayette Consolidated Government - International Center, CODOFIL – Council for Development of French in Louisiana, Obut - Premiere en Petanque, Cite des Arts, and Springscript Digital Marketing Boutique.
Major support from the French national government is through the Ministry of Sports (Ministère des Sports de gouvernement national français) and from French Federation of Petanque and Games of Provence (Fédération Française de Pétanque et de Jeu Provençal)
Thanks,
Mike LeBlanc, Capitan
La Boule Cadienne de Lafayette Petanque Club
337-654-9467