Have written about Louisiana food, music and cultural streams, especially black life, for some 40 years. All for local and regional outlets.
Am author-published of 36-page illustrated booklet How To Mardi Gras - some 5000 copies in print.
Speaker at schools and conventions as 'Fais Do-do with Robert Trudeau.' Audience participation in dancing and singing includes Cajun, zydeco and second line stepping.
Am Grand Marshall of Shreveport Second Line Brass Band, a street jazz group that performs for weddings, funerals, graduations, etc, in North Louisiana.
Co-founder of Shreveport Mardi Gras krewe Blanc et Noir Marching Society.