Gumbo Parade to march through Elkins
ELKINS - The Augusta Heritage Center will host a Gumbo Parade and a fais do-do - a traditional, foot-stomping Cajun dance party - as part of its Cajun, Creole & Classic Country workshop week today in downtown Elkins. The Gumbo Parade, which will begin at the Elkins-Randolph County YMCA and run down Davis Avenue and Third Street, is scheduled to kick off a long evening of activities off at 6:30 p.m. "Fais do-do is a Cajun tradition that we have taken on at Augusta and we kind of made it Augusta-fied, so ours looks a little different than the Cajun tradition, although ...
