Film, Video and Theater:
Résidence pluridisciplinaire de recherche et création dans le cadre du projet FrancOralité (avec Zabou Guérin, éliakim Senegas-Lajus, Mélanie Léger), Un avenir en partage: Perspectives croisées et convergeances possibles entre les peuples acadiens québécois et autochtones, Congrès annuel de l'Association française d'études canadiennes, et Colloque anniversaire (40 ans) de l'Institut d'études acadiennes et québécoises, Université de Poitiers/Espace Mendès-France, Poitiers, June 2023.
On-air interview, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, Discover Lafayette, Google Podcasts, 2022.
On-air interview, "Scott," documentary report on boudin tradition, True South, d. John T. Edge, SEC ESPN Network, December 2021.
On-air interview, "Le Tableau: La Francophonie de la Louisiane," live worldwide broadcast, TV-5, September 2017.
Consultant, on-air interview, CODOFIL 50th Anniversary documentary, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, August 2017.
Consultant, on-air interview, First Cousins: Cajun and Creole Music in South Louisiana, d. Moriah and Elista Istre, Fleurish Films, 2016.
Consultant, on-air interview, "Barry Ancelet: Poète et folklorist cadien," Carte de Visite, d. Normand Sauvé, Télévision Française Ontario (TFO), 2016.
Consultant, on-air interviews, Zachary Richard, toujours batailleur, d. Phil Comeau, Bellefeuille Productions, Montréal, 2016.
Consultant, on-air interviews, Cris sur le bayou, d. Danic Champoux, Urbania, Montréal, 2016.
Presenter, "Cajuns and Creoles in Film: Responsibility and Representation," a five-part film and commentary series, Friends of the Humanities, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, January - May 2014.
Consultant and presenter, "The Story of the Cajuns," d. Brenda Jepson, Crown of Maine Productions, 2012-13.
Consultant, documentary project on contemporary Cajun culture, Typhaine Urtizverea, Keep In News Agency, New York/Paris, 2013.
Participant, "Folklorists Respond to Beasts of the Southern Wild," round table discussion, Louisiana Folklore Society annual meeting, Baton Rouge, March 2013.
Consultant, "Lights Out in Blackham," documentary film on integration at USL, Douglas Domingue, Nerd Films, January 2012.
Consultant, documentary film on coastal erosion and cultural preservation, d. Randall Perez, Timecode:nola, 2011-ongoing.
Consultant, documentary on Wayne Toups, p. Moriah Istre, Arkansas State University, June 2011.
Discussant, Tootie's Last Suit (2008) and Tee Mamou (in progress), Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, Lafayette, March 2011.
Consultant and on-camera interview, Des bayous à la toundra: Un regard sur le français louisianais d'aujourd'hui qui nous interpelle tous, les Franaméricains, documentary on status of French in Louisiana, d. Daniel Rocque, J'écris l'image, Québec, 2011.
Presenter, J'ai été au bal: The Cajun and Zydeco Music of Louisiana (d. Chris Strachwitz and Les Blank); and moderator, round table discussion on the documentary films of Les Blank, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, March 2010.
Co-organizer (with Fabrice Leroy) of Images acadiennes et créoles: Les films d'André Gladu, Cité des Arts, Lafayette, October 2009.
Music consultant, An Obsession of Mine: The Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines (d. Charles Richard and Joe Sanford), 2009.
Consultant, Los Isleños, documentary (d. Jared Serigne), 2009.
Consultant, Fiddle Summit, documentary on traditional American fiddle styles (d. Victoria Lewis), 2009-2011.
Consultant, documentary on feasting in America, Bud Graske, Creative Director, Electronic Media, Suarez Corporation Industries, 2009.
Consultant, documentary film on evolution of Cajun cuisine (d. Martin Thompson), UL Film and Communication, 2009.
Consultant and on-camera interview, Mon cher camarade (d. Pat Mire), documentary on Cajun GIs in World War Two, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 2008.
Discussant, Les Blank's A Well Spent Life: Mance Lipscomb (1970), Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, Lafayette, March 2008.
Consultant, Cité du monde: La Nouvelle Orléans et le pays cadien... en passant par Lafayette, Claude Vittiglio, TV5 Monde, 2007-08.
Consultant, Louisiana Story: Reverse Angle (d. Tika Laudun), Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 2007-08 (Best Historical Documentary, New York Film and Video Festival, 2008).
Consultant, "No Mouse Music!" (d. Maureen Gosling), documentary film project on Chris Strachwitz's music recording career, Intrépidas Productions, 2007.
Consultant, It's in the Blood: Leo Abshire and the Cajun Tradition, documentary film by Eric Scholl and Cyndi Moran, Columbia College, 2007.
Consultant, documentary film project on social and cultural impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, André Gladu, Office National du Film, 2006-2009.
Consultant, Rombout Films/Louisiana State University documentary project on 60th anniversary of Flaherty's Louisiana Story, November 2006.
Consultant, Atmos Energy infomercial film on Louisiana culture and natural gas, November 2006.
Presenter, André Gladu's Marron; and moderator, panel of documentary filmmakers (André Gladu, Jean-Pierre Bruneau, Pat Mire and Glen Pitre), Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, May 2006.
"Les lettres de Louisiane," une coproduction du Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique de Haute-Normandie/Ministère de l'éducation nationale français/Consulat de France à la Nouvelle-Orléans/Louisiana Public Broadcasting, March 2006.
Consultant, Jean-François Vallée, FR-3, film project on Louisiana Cajun and Creole culture, 2006.
Consultant, Véronique Denis, Boscoyo, documentary film project, Office National du Film, 2005.
Consultant/Presenter, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Dominoes, Rounder CD-DVD, 2005.
Research consultant, "From La La to Zydeco: Creole and Zydeco Music from Louisiana, Robert Willey and Karl Fontenot, Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana, 2005.
Research consultant, Projet Identité, Lucie Boulanger, Radio Canada, 2005.
Research consultant, Making Waves: Louisiana's Radio Story, Tika Laudun, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 2005.
Research consultant, Crawfish Pie: The History of Louisiana Music, Robert Vernon, Louisiana Music Association / Louisiana Music Commission / Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 2003.
Consultant, Make 'em Dance: The Hackberry Ramblers' Story, Fretless Pictures and WYES-TV, 2003.
Consultant, Tintamarre: Les Acadiens, André Gladu, Office National du Film, Montréal, 2003-2005.
Consultant, So They May Speak, documentary on language maintenance in America, Lynn Adler, California Tomorrow / Ideas in Motion, 2002-2003.
Consultant and on-camera interview, Contre vents et contre marées, documentary on Louisiana's Acadian and Cajun history and culture, AmerImage, Montréal, 2002.
Consultant, Forever, My Love, documentary on Cajun music, Patrick Mire, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 2002.
Consultant, raportage sur le fait français en Louisiane pour TV-5, Laurence Pivot, Trinôme productions, Montréal, 2001.
Consultant, Panther Creek Films, feature film and theatrical projects, 2001.
Consultant and on-camera interview, Vent libre dessus le radio, Francophonie d'Amerique, RDI/TV-Ontario, 1999.
Consultant, Les Cadiens, TV-Québec, 1999.
Consultant, History of French Louisiana series, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 1998-99.
Principal scholar, co-producer, and on-camera interview, Against the Tide: The Story of Louisiana's Cajuns (d. Patrick Mire), Action Cadienne / Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 1997-2000 (Best Historical Documentary, National Educational Television Association, 2000).
Consultant, "The Story of the Acadiens" (p. Ben Brumfield), 1997-99.
Consultant, Good for What Ails You: Folk Medicine in South Louisiana (d. Glen Pitre), Côte Blanche Productions, 1997.
Consultant, La conquête du grand écran (d. André Gladu), Nanouk Films / Office National du Film du Canada, 1996.
Music consultant, The Old Man (musical director, Lawrence Schwag), Hallmark Hall of Fame series, 1996.
Consultant, Dead Man Walking (d. Tim Robbins), 1995.
Consultant, River of Song, Filmmakers Collaborative, 1995-98.
Consultant, Gaston Miron: Les outils du poète (d. André Gladu), 1994.
Consultant, Evangeline en quête (d. Ginette Pellerin), Office National du Film du Canada, 1994-95.
Research and editorial consultant and lecturer, Université Laval educational television series on French Louisiana, 1993-94.
Consultant, Louisiana Blues documentary film (d. Jean-Pierre Bruneau), 1992-93.
Research consultant and co-narrator, Dance for a Chicken: Mardi Gras in South Louisiana (d. Pat Mire and Charles Bush), 1990-1993.
Research consultant, Legends, Varied Directions, 1989.
Research consultant and on-camera interview, Anything I Catch: The Handfishing Story (d. Pat Mire and Charles Bush), 1989-90.
Research consultant and narrator, Le Diable d'Amérique, Légendes du monde, November 1989.
Research consultant and on-camera narrator, J'ai été au bal: The Cajun and Zydeco Music of Louisiana (d. Chris Strachwitz and Les Blank), Brazos Films, 1988-89.
Research consultant, Traditional Arts Services / Scottish Television documentary film, 1988.
Research consultant, Ordinary Miracle Pictures / Australian Television, documentary on Cajun culture, 1988.
Research consultant, Cajun Crossroads (d. Karen Snyder), WLAE public television, New Orleans, 1986-1988.
Research consultant, Radio-Télévision Suisse Romande, documentary on French Louisiana, 1986-87.
Research consultant, La Butte des coquilles, episode in "Légendes du monde" series, Radio Canada, 1984.
Research consultant, Bélizaire, the Cajun (d. Glen Pitre), 1984-1985.
Research consultant, Noé (d. André Gladu), Office National du Film du Canada 1984.
Research consultant, Zarico (d. André Gladu), Office National du Film du Canada, 1983-84.
Research consultant, Cajun Country: Lache pas la patate (d. Alan Lomax), American Patchwork series, Columbia University, New York, 1983-85, 1987-90.
Research consultant, Don Montoucet joue l'accordéon (d. Stephen Duplantier), an ethnographic film short, Center for Gulf South History and Culture, New Orleans, 1980.
Consultant, Hommage à la musique acadienne (d. Michael Comeaux and William Frœba), a videotape documentary on the annual Tribute to Cajun Music festival, 1980.
Research consultant, Les Cajuns (d. Yannick Resch), Télévision Française I, 1979.
Research consultant, The Storytellers project, Educational Film Center, Northern Virginia Educational Telecommunications Association, 1978-79.
Television:
Consultant/on-air interview, report on the Louisiana Cajun country Mardi Gras, KATC Lafayette, February 2015.
Consultant/on-air interview, report on Louisiana French music with Monica Schultz, Télévision Suisse, October 2012.
Consultant/on-air interview, report on the tradition of Saint Médard (d. Zac Prudhomme), KLFY Lafayette, June 2012.
Presenter, Dictionary of Louisiana French, Acadian Open Channel, April 2012.
Consultant, documentary on Cajun Country Music, Office National du Film, Moncton, February 2010.
Consultant, documentary on Mardi Gras, Buffalo Gal Pictures (d. Kristin Tresoor), Winnipeg, February 2010.
Consultant/on-air interview on Dictionary of Louisiana French, Louisiana: The State We're In, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, January 2010.
Consultant, news report on Traiteurs, KPLC Lake Charles, 2010.
Presenter, Louisiana Public Square on Cultural Economy, Louisiana Public Television (Al Godoy), February 2006.
Consultant, L'Image de la France dans les média américaines, Arrêt sur Images, RIFF International, France 5, Paris, 2003.
Consultant, Cajun Country, Sandra Porteous, Canadian Broadcasting Company, Halifax, 2002.
Consultant, History of French Louisiana series, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 1999.
Consultant, KLFY television report on Acadian history, 1995.
Consultant, KPLC television report on Cajun music and zydeco, 1995.
Consultant, program on Cajun music and zydeco, Nickelodeon Television, 1995.
Consultant, Visions d'Amérique, TV-5, 1995.
Consultant, CNN news reports on French Louisiana and Mardi Gras, 1992-93.
Consultant, KLFY news documentary on Dewey Balfa, 1992.
Consultant, WAFB news report on Mardi Gras, 1992.
Research consultant, Mardi Gras and Cajun country documentary, Japanese television, 1990.
Research consultant, NBC Today Show, report on Cajun music and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, 1988.
Research consultant, CNN News, report on Cajun minority legislation, 1988.
Research consultant, CBS West 57th Street, report on Cajun music, 1988.
Research consultant, ABC Evening News, report on the Lomax / Library of Congress Cajun and Creole music recordings, 1988.
Presenter, LPB / CRT Louisiana Sesquicentennial public service announcements, 1987.
Research consultant, CBS Morning News report on the Cajuns for July 4th special, 1986.
Research consultant, NBC Evening News report on the National Heritage Award winners from Louisiana, 1986.
Research consultant, "American Portraits," documentary film project, WTBS, Atlanta, 1983.
Consultant, Acadiana Open Channel Television, 1982.
Research Consultant, "Ben Guiné" (d. Thom Wolfe), documentary on Creole storytelling, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 1980.
Research consultant, ABC 20 / 20, report on "The Mardi Gras They Couldn't Stop," 1979.
Research consultant, NBC Weekend, report on Louisiana Acadians, 1975.
Research consultant, CBS 60 Minutes, report on French teachers in Louisiana, 1974
Radio:
"Language Preservation and Restoration," College of Liberal Arts Podcast, with Dean Ani Kokobobo, KRVS/University of Louisiana, June 2025
"L'artiste louisianais Barry Jean Ancelet lance un nouvel album," on-air interview with Caroline Lévesque, Le réveil, Radio Canada, August 2024.
On-air interview on French language radio programming in Louisiana, with John Burnett, National Public Radio, June 2022.
On-air interview on Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, with Mari Andrée Leblond, Radio-Canada Acadie, March 2022.
On-air interview on Mardi Gras cuisine, émission Pénélope McQuade, Radio Canada, February 2022.
Spokesperson for Jeff Davis Bank radio advertising campaigns, 2017-.
Recyler le passer pour créer l'avenir: Le projet Caesar Vincent, +CBAF, Radio Canada, Moncton, August 2019.
On-air interview, "Festivals Acadiens et Créoles as Economic Driver," Out to Lunch with Grant Morris, September 2015.
On-air interview, Tire la langue, Radio France / France Culture, d. Thierry Beauchamp, June 2015.
On-air interview, Beasts of the Southern Wild and the Image of Cajuns and Creoles in Film, Libre Echange avec Denise Pelletier, Radio-Canada, February 2013.
Consultant, Musique en mémoire, five-part radio documentary series on Cajun music and zydeco, Monica Schütz, Espace 2, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, October 2012.
Presenter, "The Musical Traditions of Mardi Gras," Vendredi Enfin (p. Derek Landry), KBON Radio, February 2012.
Consultant and on-air interview, Zydeco Nation, radio documentary, Barry Yeoman and Richard Ziglar, AARP Prime Time Radio, 2011-2012.
Presenter, The International Traveler Show, p. Michael McCarthy, Positive World Radio News, July 2011.
Consultant and on-air interview, program on Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, p. Nicholas Spitzer, American Routes, National Public Radio, 2011.
On-air interview, program on influence of festivals in Cajun music, Encore (hosted by Megan Brown), KRVS, April 2011.
On-air interview, Stirring It Up, radio show with John Folse, KRVS Public Radio, February 2011.
Consultant and reviewer, Still Singing the Blues, radio documentary project, p. Richard Ziglar and Barry Yeoman, Filmmakers Collaborative/Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2009-2010.
Presenter, "Songwriting Traditions in Contemporary Cajun Music," Quoi il y a? program with Corey Porche), KRVS, October 2009.
Consultant and on-air interview, Feufollet and contemporary Cajun music and culture, Melissa Block, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 2008.
Consultant, program on contemporary creativity in Cajun music and zydeco, American Routes, American Public Radio, 2008.
Consultant, linguistic and cultural impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Cindy Carpien, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 2005.
Consultant, "Cajun Mardi Gras Music," The Bob Edwards Show, XM Satellite Radio, February 2005.
Consultant, "The Cajun Country Mardi Gras," John Roach, National Geographic News / Pulse of the Planet, January-February 2005.
Presenter, "What Cajun Would Have Been, But Is Not: Music from the Acadian Maritimes," Lagniappe with Marcie Lacouture, KRVS radio, Lafayette, January 2004.
Presenter, "Cajun and Creole Christmas and New Year Music," Lagniappe with Marcie Lacouture, KRVS radio, Lafayette, December 2003.
Consultant, Mardi Gras report, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 2001.
Consultant, "The Hidden Mardi Gras," for The Savvy Traveler, NPR, February 2000.
Consultant, "The Music of Mardi Gras," for Pulse of the Planet, NPR February 2000.
Consultant, report on French Louisiana, Radio Australia, 1998.
Consultant, report on French Louisiana, Radio Canada, 1998.
Consultant, report on French Louisiana, BBC, 1998.
Consultant, Creole Gumbo Show, KSLU radio, 1994-95.
Visiting host, Piney Woods Opry, Abita Springs, November 1992.
Commentator, KRVS public radio, Lafayette, 1986.
Co-director, research consultant and presenter, Old Time Radio Show, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Program, Liberty Theater, Eunice, 1986.
Research consultant, NPR Weekend Edition radio series on French Louisiana, 1986.
Research consultant, Word of Mouth, radio series on storytelling in the South, 1985-1986.
Producer / Presenter, Vendredi Gras, weekly program on KRVS-FM Public Radio, Lafayette, 1983-1985.
Research consultant / Producer, Les raconteurs de la Louisiane, 26-part series on storytelling in French Louisiana, Côte Blanche Productions, 1982-83.
Research consultant, Folk Music in America, BBC, 1982.
Producer / Presenter, Bonjour, Louisiane, daily program on KRVS-FM Public Radio, Lafayette, 1980-82.
Research consultant, "The Country Mardi Gras," Folk Festivals USA, National Public Radio, 1979.
Co-producer, Chez Nous Autres, syndicated weekly half-hour radio program, 1979-80.
Member, CODOFIL bilingual radio advisory committee, 1979-90.
Research consultant, "Tribute to Cajun Music," Folk Festivals USA program, National Public Radio, 1978.
Co-producer, The French Language Music of North America, KERA-FM Public Radio, Dallas, 1978.
Festivals and Exhibitions:
Presenter/performer, Ballad Workshop, Scène Atelier, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, October 2025.
Presenter, "Looking Back: Cultural Activism in Popular Culture" and "Unearthed Footage: Cajun Music Performances in Folk Festivals at Large," Et asteur, quoi ? Countercultural Currents, Artistic Intersections / Courants contre-culturels, intersections artistiques, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Symposium, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Center for Louisiana Studies, Hilliard Art Museum, Lafayette, October 2025.
Interviewer, The Life and Music of Christopher Stafford, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, May 2025.
Interviewer, Sheryl Cormier, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2025.
Presenter (on Louisiana French language and lyrics), Louisiana Folk Roots Balfa Camp, Chicot State Park, April 2025.
Interviewer, Bonsoir Catin, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2024.
Presenter, the Mask: Essays on the South Louisiana Mardi Gras Runs, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2023.
Interviewer, Sam Craft and Alexis Marceaux of Sweet Crude, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2023.
Producer/curator/presenter, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Legacy Series, Lafayette, November 2022 - April 2023.
Moderator and presenter, Menteurs, conteurs et chanteurs, Grand Réveil Acadien, Arnaudville, October 2022.
Moderator, Storytelling Tent, Rayne Frog Festival, May 2022.
Co-curator (with Darrell Bourque), From the Notebooks of Leroy Evans, President's Circle Reception, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, July 2022.
Consultant, Music Trails Program, Louisiana Office of Tourism, 2022-.
Producer and moderator, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Legacy Series, 2022-.
Presenter, La Galerie Stage, Festival International, Lafayette, May 2022.
Participant, Festival International du Conte de Winnipeg, Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques, February 2022.
Presenter, "Forum: Folk Festivals in Transition," American Folklore Society, Baltimore, October 2019.
Interviewer and participant (with Sam Broussard, Steve Riley, Chris Stafford and Anna Laura Edmiston), The Lyrical Legacy of Caesar Vincent project, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2019.
Participant and presenter, "Creativity and Continuity in Contemporary Cajun and Creole Music," Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, October 2018.
Presenter and participant, South Louisiana (SOLO) Songwriters Festival and Workshop, Lafayette, May 2018; Curator, presenter and participant, SOLO Franco, May 2019.
Interviewer, Marc and Ann Savoy, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2018.
Presenter, Anthologie de la littérature louisianaise d'expression française, de 1682 à nos jours, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2017.
Performer and interviewee (with Sam Broussard), Broken Promised Land project, Alison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2017.
Co-presenter (with Denise Gallagher), Jean-le-Chasseur et ses chiens, Louisana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2016.
Discussant, "Cajun Dance Halls and Zydeco Clubs," Festivals Acadiens et Créoles/University of Louisiana Center for Louisiana Studies, Vermillonville, Lafayette, October 2016.
Co-curator (with Pat Mould and Robert Dafford), Expulsion of the Acadians: The Epic Journey from Acadie to Louisiana, Paul and LuLu Hillard University Art Museum, Lafayette, October 2015.
Co-producer (with Mark deWitt and Patrick Mould), "From Field to Stage: The Songs of the Lomax Collection Concert," University of Louisiana at Lafayette, October 2014.
Co-curator (with Philip Gould and Patrick Mould), Visions of Tradition Exhibit: 40 Years of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Art, Paul and LuLu Hillard University Art Museum, Lafayette, September-October 2014.
Coordinator, annual symposium for Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, 2014-.
Moderator, "Local Genius, Global Treasure: Roundtable with Helene Thian, Leo Touchet, and Abigail Ransonet," in cooperation with the Center for Louisiana Studies, Steampunk and Makers Fair, Science Museum, Lafayette, November 2014.
Interviewer, Milton and Orsy Vanicor, Alliso
n Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, May 2014.
Presenter, International Fiddle Summit, Soul Creole and Creole Nation, Heritage Stage, Festival International de Louisiane, April 2014.
Presenter, Second Line Rescue, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2013.
Interviewer, Terry Huval, Reggie Matte and Bobby Dumatrait (Jambalaya), Allison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2013.
Presenter (with Josh Caffery and James Wilson), "Representing Louisiana French: Alcée Fortier's Louisiana Folk Tales and Jean Arceneaux's Le trou dans le mur, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2012.
Presenter, Cajun Cuisine and a History of Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, Louisiana Folk Roots Balfa Camp, Chicot State Park, April 2012.
Presenter, Tout Bec Doux and Dictionary of Louisiana French, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2011.
Interviewer, Joel Savoy and Jesse Légé, Allison Miner Stage, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 2011.
Member, Grand Réveil Acadien committee, 2010-11.
Instructor, The Language and Lyrics of Cajun Music, with David Greely, Louisiana Folk Roots Balfa Camp, Chicot State Park, April 2011.
Presenter/interviewer, Feufollet, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, May 2009.
Presenter, The Balfa Legacy, Louisiana Folk Roots Balfa Camp, Chicot State Park, April 2009.
Presenter, One Generation at a Time: Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music Festival, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, October 2008.
Member, Acadian Heritage Week committee, Centre International, Lafayette, 2008.
Presenter, Chansons à Boire, Folk Roots/Festival International de Louisiane, April 2007.
Presenter, Accordions, Fiddles, Two-Steps and Swing, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, November 2006.
Presenter, The Legacy of the Balfa Brothers, Folk Roots/Festival International de Louisiane, Lafayette April 2006.
Presenter, Louisiana French Ballads as Oral Tradition, Heritage Stage, Folk Roots/Festival International de Louisiane, Lafayette, April 2005.
Presenter, The Image of Cajuns and Creoles in Film, Rhythms and Roots, Festival International de Louisiane, Lafayette, April 2005.
Presenter, Readings in Louisiana Culture, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, 2003.
Presenter, Charivari Live, American Folklife Center Traditional Music Series, Library of Congress/Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, June 2003.
Consultant and member, advisory board, Congrès Mondial Acadien, Nouvelle-écosse, 2003-2004.
Consultant and contributor (field recordings), Collage: Three Hundred Years of French-Speaking Peoples in Louisiana, traveling exhibition, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, 1999-2000.
Consultant and contributor (photographs and field recordings), Mardi Gras, exhibition, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, 1999-2000.
Consultant and presenter, Festival International des Arts Traditionnels de Québec, Québec 1998-99.
Consultant and presenter, Southern Crossroads Festival, part of the Cultural Olympiad, Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Atlanta, 1995-96.
Program Advisory Panel Member, Louisiana Folklife Festival, Monroe, 1995-99.
Presenter, Liberty Theater Show at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, July 1994.
Research consultant, "Mardi Gras," an exhibition developed by the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, 1992-93.
Co-curator, "Linguistic Diversity in the United States," an exhibit developed by the Modern Language Association of America for 1993-1994, 1990-93.
Consultant, Storytelling Pavilion, Louisiana Open House 1990, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Baton Rouge, 1989-90.
Folklorist / Guest Curator (with Patricia Rickels and Eric Montenyohl), "Celebrating the Seasons: Death to Rebirth in the Yearly Cycle," Lafayette Natural History Museum, December 1989-January 1990.
Coordinator, "Exposition: La Louisiane et la Musique," Grand Var / Université d'été, Toulon, France, June-July 1989.
Research consultant and presenter, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, May 1989.
Research consultant, Houston International Festival, 1988.
Presenter, Natchitoches Folk Festival, 1988.
Participant, American Folklore Society Centennial Program, Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1988.
Consultant and presenter, Festival International de Louisiane, Lafayette, 1988-1989.
Research consultant and fieldworker, Folklife Program, Smithsonian Institution traditional culture exchange with Russia, 1988.
Exhibit consultant, "Cajun Inventiveness," Lafayette Natural History Museum, 1987-1988.
Consultant, USIA / US State Department, Wayne Toups and the ZydeCajun Band tour of South and Central America, 1987.
Consultant, USIA / US State Department, Filé tour of the West Indies, 1987.
Research consultant and presenter, Louisiana Folklife Festival, Baton Rouge, 1986-87; Eunice, 1988-89; Kenner, 1990.
Exhibit consultant, "Dreams and Memories: The Louisiana Prairie Experience," Lafayette Natural History Museum, 1986.
Exhibit consultant, "Le Sud de la Louisiane: Vision d'une Québecoise / Southwest Louisiana: A Quebec Woman's Photographic Vision," Lafayette Natural History Museum, 1986.
Consultant, Louisiana Zydeco Festival, Plaisance, 1984-85.
Research consultant, Louisiana Folklife Pavilion, Louisiana World's Fair, 1984.
Consultant, Lafayette Centennial, 1984.
Guest Curator and fieldworker," Travailler, c'est trop dur: The Tools of Cajun Music" exhibit of traditional instruments, Lafayette Natural History Museum, 1983-84.
Research consultant, "Burnt in Their Youth," a photographic exhibition on the Great Depression in Louisiana, 1982.
Consultant, Lafayette Native Crafts Festival, 1980-86.
Research consultant, Acadian Village Folklife Museum, 1979-90.
Research consultant, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1978-82.
Coordinator / Presenter, Les As Errants, Northeast Tour (Festival Acadien, Nova Scotia, 1978; Celebration Northeast, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1978; Frolic Acadien, New Brunswick), 1978.
Field consultant, "Louisiane bien-aimée" bicentennial program, Radio-France, 1977.
Presenter, "France on Tour," Smithsonian Institution concert tour (New Orleans, Houma, Louisville, Philadelphia, Fall River, Washington), 1976.
Coordinator, "Sounds and Images of French Louisiana," a slide presentation by Elemore Morgan, Jr., with live music by the Wandering Aces, Lafayette Natural History Museum and Georgetown University, 1976.