Be sure to check out August 2,2017. Monthly Genealogy Workshop. August 12, 2017. Conversations around the Coffeepot August 15, 2017, National Day of the Acadians August 15, 2017, Fête Dieu duTeche.with a Mass in French in Leonville Anyone going from Gonzales on the 15th who has space please email me pleblan@aim.com, -----Original Message----- From: Visit St. Martinville Press release for immediate release July 20, 2017 Contct Elaine Clément at 337-394-2233 or at eclement@acadianmemorial.org for further info. St. Martinville August 2017 Calendar of Activities August 2,2017.  Monthly Genealogy Workshop.   Allen Gautreaux on the Italians in Louisiana.  St. Martin Parish Branch Library in St.Martinville , 337-394-2258 or info@acadianmemorial.org.   August 5,2017.  1st Saturday of themonth.  Cajun-Creole Dutch Oven Cookers.  10am – 1pm. Join the Dutch oven cookers as they cook local specialties and stickaround as they share the finished product. Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.  Admission. 337-394-3754.    August5, 2017.  Great American Seafood Cookoff,New Orleans Morial Convention Center. Join the gang from St. Martinville to support ChefBonnie Breaux from St. John's restaurant, recently crowned Queen of LouisianaSeafood.   11:30 – 4:45pm.   Interested in taking a bus?!   Let us know. Price will include cost of bus and $5 entry fee to the cook-off.  Cost will be determined by the number of participants.   Deadline is Thurs., July 27.   Call City Hall at 337-394-2230 or Tourism at337-394-2233 for more info and/or to put your name on a list for the bus.    August 8,2017.  Senior Citizen Educational Seminar(Iberia, St. Mary, St. Martin).  11am – 2pm.  Lunch served but reservations required.  St. Martin Council on Aging – 337-332-3063.  Lunch served. Hosted by D.A. Bo Duhé and sponsored by Cypress Bayou Casino.   August 12, 2017. Pepper Festival Extravaganza.  An evening of music by Teddy Babin andfood and fun to support the Kiwanis Club and their annual Pepper Festival.  Intro of royalty and unveiling of Festivalposter.  6pm., WOW Building,  Tickets $30 apiece; $240 for a table of 8,Call Brad at 337-577-7726.   August 12,2017.  Conversations around the Coffeepot.  Come learn to play à la bourre in French, alongwith tastings of local specialties.  9 –10:30am.  Longfellow-Evangeline StateHistoric Site.  337-394-3754.   August 15, 2017,National Day of the Acadians (FêteNationale des Acadiens).  Thiscelebration of Acadians includes a full day of museum activities and a familybanner procession . No admission, 10am-6pm. Acadian Memorial, 337-394-2258 or info@acadianmemorial.org .   August 15, 2017, Fête Dieu duTeche.   Boat procession on the Bayou Techecelebrating the Feast of the Assumption and the National Day of the Acadians starting with a Mass in French in Leonville, including several stops along theway for prayers and services and ending at St. Martinville at 4:45pm with aprocession.  8am – 6pm.  Fetedieuduteche@gmail.comor facebook.com/CommunityofJesusCrucified.    August 26, 2017.  Bushcraft. Survival training in nature. Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site.  Admission. 337-394-3754. -- Tourism Office City of St. Martinville 121 So. New Market St. St. Martinville, LA  70582 337-394-2233 337-394-2260 (fax) tourism@stmartinville.org