Tentative Itinerary
Click on each picture for a full-sized version with captions (from some of our previous trips).
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Want to know more? Nancy Covey or Joey Thompson Festival Tours International 15332 Antioch St., #17, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Fax/Tel (818) 346-5146 (310) 454-4080 E-mail: Festtours@aol.com
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Here's what others have said ...
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"It's really wonderful that people like Nancy who have enough, what you
might say, 'soul', that she can organize a really down-home trip like this
for you folks where you can hear music and eat crawfish after going out
and catching 'em for yourself. She really puts you in contact. You really
get in the mud!" --- Marc Savoy
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"A trip on Nancy Covey's musical excursions is to get INSIDE the culture your
visiting. She knows all the local musicians, all the local chefs, and you
get steeped in an insider's view that can't be had if you're a tourist. It's
better to wander lost, than to follow a map made by tourists. With Nancy you
get extremely interesting traveling companions, a very happy stomach, and
the soundtrack is unique regional songs played live! I'm a musician, and I
had a blast!" --- John Densmore, percussionist.
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"Nancy, the tour was beyond amazing. after listening to this music for so
long, Randy and I could not believe what we were hearing and who we were
seeing. The whole experience was overwhelming -- we were saying on the
flight home that we were pretty much stunned and speechless a good part of
the time those three days and nights. The itinerary you've constructed is just great. You packed in so much, but we never felt rushed. We loved everything we did, but being at the musicians' homes, meeting them and hearing the music in those three different settings... wow, I still don't have words for that. The day and evening with the Savoys was particularly unforgettable. In fact, the whole thing was unforgettable! Incredible music, incredible food (did we eat enough, you think?!), and some of the nicest folks we've ever met, both our fellow travellers on the bus and, of course, our hosts at every stop. Our warmest thanks to you, Nancy. You're the kind of person who makes people feel they've known you always. What a great thing it is that you do. I know we would have made it to Cajun country on our own, but we would never have had the kind of experiences we had on the tour. And thanks, also, to Carole for keeping us all together. How lucky that Michael Doucet gave us your flyer back in February. Please keep in touch. We would love to sign up again for next year. --- Linda and Randy Green, Illinois. |
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"We did Nancy's tour and stayed at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel. We found
its central location in the French Quarter an ideal spot for our first
trip to New Orleans. We had read the article in Rhythms Magazine about Nancy's tour and went with high expectations, but nothing could have prepared us for it. It's an experience rather than a tour and no amount of words can prepare you; like sex, you have to do it to truly know what it's all about. From the geniality of Geno Delafose and an evening of zydeco music, barbecue and dancing in his barn, to Marc Savoy's intense commitment to Cajun Culture ... Marc was the most gracious of hosts at his beautiful home, made so welcoming by the grace of his wife Ann. I had heard stories about Nancy's crawfish boil at the Savoys' farm both in print and on air. Yet again it was so much more than one can comprehend; people were eating crawfish non-stop for well over an hour. --- Tim Robinson, Melbourne, Australia. |
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"Nancy's tour is the truest experience of Cajun food and music that you
can get without being a local ... and I sure didn't feel like I was on a
tour!" --- Chuck Taggart,
Author/webmaster of The Gumbo
Pages, former music programmer and DJ on KCRW Santa Monica and KCSN Los Angeles.
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"Everyone should go on Nancy's trip at least once in their lifetime!"
--- Sandy Miranda, host of
"Music of the World", on KPFA-FM, Berkeley,
Calif.
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| "We first went on Nancy's tour back in 1991 as an easy way to go to the Jazz Festival. We thought the Fest was the most fun you could possibly have, until we got to the Cajun country part of the tour ... we had to come on the trip again. And again. Each year, we thought "How can we miss it?" ... Each year, we went to the crawfish boil, easily the best party we've ever attended. Each year, we think we can't possibly have as much fun as last year. And yet, we do. Nancy always tops herself. Our all time favorite memory? The year we got married at the crawfish boil. Told you it was a good party!!" --- Steve Hochman and Mary Herczog. Read more about what they have to say! | |
| "I had a great time in NOLA and Cajun country -- made some new friends, heard some great music and even got to dance. I definitely have a better appreciation of Cajun people, their culture and their music. Now I need a holiday to recover from the excess of life in the Big Easy. I'm back home now, back to the real world ... ho hum! Thanks again, Nancy." -- Richard Shadforth, London. | |
| "This trip tops our list for Best Vacation Experience ever! Thank you for all you do to create such an amazing experience." --- Anne & Woody Deutch, May 2009. | |
Interesting links
Recall Music
Ellen Griffith's site promoting independent roots music, with a New Orleans Jazzfest photo feature.Richard Thompson
The official Richard Thompson web site!BeauSoleil
America's most popular Cajun group!The Gumbo Pages
Festival Tours' web host.
Email Nancy for more info on the Tour
Read more about Jazzfest, and
visit the Official New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival site
Festival Tours Home Page
Read about our previous music trips to England and
Scotland, plus Central Europe!
The Gumbo Pages' Home Page