552.  Today we talk with Doug Duffey, North Louisiana blues musician. "Blues musician.Doug Duffey is a singer, songwriter,
pianist, bandleader, music arranger, record producer, music publisher,
poet, diarist, photographer and visual artist. From Monroe, Louisiana,
Doug Duffey was inducted into the "Louisiana Hall of Fame" in April,
2001 and inducted into the National Blues Hall of Fame in 2009" (Wikipedia).

1. This week in Louisiana history. December 8, 1879. Citizens
   of Louisiana ratified a new state constitution.
   Simultaneously, the state capital was moved from New Orleans
   to Baton Rouge.


2. This week in New Orleans history. The World Cotton
   Centennial (World's Fair) opened in New Orleans on December
   16, 1884 and ran until June 2, 1885 in what is now Audubon
   Park. It featured displays with a great deal of electric light
   illumination, an observation tower with electric elevators,
   and several prototype designs of electric streetcars.
   
   


3. This week in Louisiana.
   
   Celebration in the Oaks
   
   City Park,
   
   New Orleans, LA
   
   November 24 - January 1
   
   Website
   
   This well-known light display in New Orleans beautifully
   highlights the lovely collection of Live Oak trees that are
   found in New Orleans. Perfect for a date night or an evening
   with the kids, this is one of of the most popular holiday
   light displays in Louisiana. From late November until early
   January, over a million dazzling lights illuminate 25 acres of
   City Park in what can only be described as pure magic.
   
   


4. Postcards from Louisiana. Stephen Walker Band at the
   Frenchmen Hotel.
   
   

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