Pre-Registration - June 27 in Pokemouche

You are invited to register for the various family gathering during the World Acadian Congress in August 2009.

Date: Saturday, June 27 2009
Hours: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Gymnasium of La Rivière de Pokemouche school

NOTE: Debit and Credit will not be accepted, so bring your cash and/or cheques.

Do not wait at the last minute to register.

Representative of the following families will also be there:

Albert, Arseneau, Belliveau, Blanchard, Boudreau, Bourgeois, Caissie, Chenard, Chevarie, Comeau , David, Duguay, Dumaresq, Gaudet, Gionet, Girouard, Godin, Gosselin, Haché/Gallant, Hébert, Jean, Landry, Lanteigne, Léger/Trahan, Mazerolle, McGraw/McGrath, McLaughlin, Noël, Richard, Savoie

Here we come Saint Antoine!!!

The Association des Léger-Légère d'Acadie Inc. would like to inform you that as part of the Congrès Mondial Acadien in 2009, a public meeting will be held Sunday June 14, 2009 starting at 2 p.m. in the Saint-Antoine Public Library in Saint Antoine, NB. We want to inform you on the upcoming activities during the Léger/Légère family reunion to be held on August 11 and 12, 2009 in Caraquet, NB. For more information, please contact Rodrigue Léger at (506) 727-2475 or Luc Légère (506) 389-8479 or by e-mail: info@legere.ca.

Spread the word in your families, to your neighbours and to all who have a connection with the Léger/Légère family.

Hope to see you at the meeting.

Thank you Barachois !!!

The May 31st public meeting in the historical church in Barachois can be qualified as a tremendous success. Gilles Pinet and Luc Légère, president and vice president of the Association des Léger/Légère d’Acadie Inc., presented the schedule of activities that are planned during the Leger/Legere family reunion during the Acadian World Congress in 2009. We estimate that about 25 people attended the public meeting. The participants were very enthusiastic with the idea of this reunion.

Thank you all for participating.

Public Meeting

The Association des Léger-Légère d'Acadie Inc. would like to inform you that as part of the Congrès Mondial Acadien in 2009, a public meeting will be held Sunday May 31, 2009 from 14h00 in the Viola Léger concert hall in the Historic Church in Grand Barachois. We want to disuss planning for the family reunion to be held on August 11 and 12 2009 in Caraquet, NB. For more information, please contact Rodrigue at (506) 727-2475 or Luc at (506) 389-8479.

Public Meeting

The Association des Léger-Légère d'Acadie Inc. would like to inform you that as part of the Congrès Mondial Acadien in 2009, a public meeting will be held Sunday April 19 from 14h00 in the Council boardroom in Bertrand to discuss planning for the family reunion to be held on August 11 and 12. For more information, please contact Rodrigue at (506) 727-2475 or Luc at (506) 389-8479.

Welcome!

Schedule of Activities

Hello cousins!

Here's the schedule of activities for the Léger, Légère, Legé and Trahan family reunion.

Schedule of Activities

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Marguerite-Bourgeois school in Caraquet

18 h - 23 h - Registration, welcome

20 h - 23 h - Social gathering (Acadian music, Visual art and crafts exhibition, meet the cousins)

20 h - 23 h - Bar and Meet & Greet

Wednesday August 12, 2009
Louis Mailloux High School in Caraquet

11 h - 19 h - Registration (continued)

11 h - 19 h - Genealogical and historical exhibition

13 h - 17 h - Family activities

11 h - 19 h - Arts and crafts exhibition, souvenirs

11 h - 19 h - Acadian meals (cafeteria style)

11 h - 19 h - Presentation of Acadian films

20 h - 24 h - Social gathering (live band, meet the cousins)

"Enfin retrouvés" - Theme song for the 2009 CMA!

As has been the case for every Congrès Mondial Acadien, a theme song is written for the occasion. For the 2009 CMA, we’re very proud to announce that one of our own cousins, singer-songwriter Daniel Léger, has written the theme song!

With words by Daniel Léger and Mario Robichaud contributing the music, "Enfin retrouvés" is an anthem for unity and reunion. The songwriters claim that their goal was for people to take ownership of the song. Daniel has surrounded himself with artists from different backgrounds and representing various regions of Acadia. This is how Wilfred LeBouthillier (Acadia), Oumou Soumare (Mali and adopted Acadienne!) and Anna Laura Edmiston (Louisiana) joined the project.

The song is available for download (MP3 format) on the Congrès Mondial Acadien website (http://www.cma2009.ca) and you can even watch the video on CapAcadie (http://capacadie.com/videos/36294).

Daniel Léger burst onto the music scene in 2002 when he won the Gala de la chanson de Caraquet in the singer-songwriter category. In June 2004, he launched his first album entitled "La route m’appelle".