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Stadium:
ALLEN & HELEN LAMSON RAGIN' CAJUN PARK
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
Lafayette, La would like to welcome the Cal Ripken World Series 2006. We are excited about hosting the series and sharing our great culture. Lafayette is the place to enjoy Cajun and Creole music, food and festivals. Lafayette, the hub city of French Louisiana, has an abundance of great hotels, motels, fine restaurants as well as excellent shopping centers and interesting historical attractions.
The Cal Ripken 10-Year-Old World Series 2006 will be held at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park. “Often called the most beautiful and best-kept field in the country by opposing teams who play on it, Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park continues to be one of the finest softball parks in the country and has a seating capacity of 1,500. The all-time Ragin’ Cajuns Park attendance high occurred on April 18, 2001, 1,729 managed to pack into Allen & Helen Lamson Ragin’ Cajun Park as the Cajuns hosted in-state rival Louisiana State University in a doubleheader.
Today, Abbeville has a population of just over 12,000 and is the Parish (County) Seat of Vermilion Parish, which has a population of 50,575.
Lafayette, the heart of Acadiana and the unofficial capital of Cajun Country, with its gleaming presence, belies an exciting and captivating past. Lafayette is a metropolis that displays an extraordinary mixture of tradition and progressiveness. Having a rich French heritage blended with Spanish, American, Indian, and African influences, the city represents a colorful combination of lifestyles.
Lafayette lies 15 miles west of the Atchafalaya Basin and 35 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico and exhibits the subtropical
climate typical of South Louisiana. The city is situated in a geographical area of forests and prairies interlaced with bayous, swamps and marshes.
The first known inhabitants, the Attakapas Indians, were known to have populated the Lafayette area in the 1700s. The tribe was very powerful and feared by other Indians. The exact date when the first European settlers reached the Lafayette area is not known. The historical event of the 18th century that had the greatest cultural impact on Lafayette was the migration of the Acadians from French Canada. Approximately 18,000 French-speaking Catholic inhabitants settled Acadie (now Nova Scotia) in 1605 and lived there under French rule until 1713 when the region went into English hands.
Faced with the refusal of the Acadians to pledge allegiance to the British crown and Anglican Church, English Governor Charles Lawrence took action. Acting on his own and not under orders from the crown as he professed, he gave the orders that led to the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755, also known as “Le Grand Derangement.” Families were separated and as the Acadians went to sea under dreadful conditions, more than half lost their lives.
Some exiles settled at various locations along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, but most followed the path that led to New Orleans. There they received a hostile greeting from the French aristocracy so they headed west into unsettled territory. They settled along the bayous of south central and southwestern Louisiana where they could live according to their own beliefs and customs.
The Abbeville World Series committee takes great pride in being the host of the 2006 10-Year-Old Cal Ripken World Series, along with Host President Tommy Picard and his many volunteers promise to make this year’s series a great experience for all participants. This will the Abbeville World Series Committee’s seventh World Series since 1974.
For more information contact the Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission 1(800) 346.1958
LOCAL MEDIA INFORMATION
NEWSPAPER:
The Daily Advertiser
221 Jefferson Street
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337) 289-6300
TELEVISION:
KLFY-TV10 CBS
2410 Eraste Landry Road
Lafayette, LA 70505
(337) 981-4823
KATC-TV (ABC affiliate)
1103 Eraste Landry Road
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337) 235-3333
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