Photograph of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is playing on a wooden outdoor stage with a sign displaying their band name. In the foreground a man is playing guitar and singing into a microphone. Behind him are several amps and other band members playing violin, accordion, drums and other instruments. A man holding a cup is standing to the left of the stage and talking to a band member. All members are wearing the same white, patterned, button-up shirt and black tie.

Photograph of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is playing on a wooden outdoor stage with a sign displaying their band name. To the left of the stage a couple is dancing. Two people on the left in the foreground are watching the band. Large yellow letters reading "Cajun Country" are displayed on a hill behind the band.

Photograph of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is performing on a wooden stage under a canvas covering. Six people are on stage playing different instruments including guitar, violin and drums. In the foreground, spectators are visible from behind, watching the band perform. Many more spectators are visible to the left of the stage. In the background, a large green hill is visible behind the stage.

Photograph of Dallas Roy, guitarist with Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing on the left side of the photograph, playing guitar and singing into a microphone while a smiling man dances on the right. The photograph was taken at night.

Bird's eye photograph of the drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is playing at the back of a wooden stage and wearing black pants, a white short-sleeved shirt, and a red hat. Instrument cases and some cables are strewn around the drum set. Two people are sitting on the back of the stage in the top right of the photograph. A trash can is located offstage right behind the drummer.

Photograph of Texas crawfish racing commissioner Jim Braud starting a crawfish race in Port Arthur, Texas. In the photograph, Jim leans over the racing table, reaching towards a basket to release the crawfish. A large audience watches from behind green and red barricades.

Photograph of Jim Braud, Texas crawfish racing commissioner, holding one of his thoroughbred racing crawfish at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a red shirt and a red beret and smiling at the camera.

Photograph of Jim Braud, the Texas crawfish racing commissioner from Port Neches, preparing one of his thoroughbred racing crawfish to race at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a red shirt and red beret and appears to be wiping the crawfish with a white paper towel or tissue.

Photograph of Jim Braud, from Port Neches, showing visitors one of his racing crawfish at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud is on the right, wearing a red shirt and a red beret. He is showing the crawfish to a man and a young boy. The man is holding the crawfish close to the boy's face so he can see it. The man and the boy are wearing blue shirts and cowboys hats. In the background, other people are also trying to get a look at the crawfish.

Photograph of Jim Braud, the Texas crawfish racing commissioner from Port Neches, preparing to start the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a red shirt and a red beret, he reaches to place a crawfish in a basket at the center of the racing area. The racing area is a large, square surface, painted white with red and blue concentric circles. The basket is at the starting point of the race, at the inner-most circle. People are gathered around to watch the race from behind barricades.

Photograph of Jim Braud, the Texas crawfish racing commissioner from Port Neches, kissing the back of one of his thoroughbred racing crawfish at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a red shirt and a red beret, he holds the crawfish up to his lips with his right hand. In the background, people are gathered around waiting for the race to begin.

Photograph of the Houston Irish Pipes and Drums group, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The guards are arranged in a semi-circle facing the audience, dressed in traditional Irish guard costumes of orange kilts, black coats, and dark green hats. The bagpipe players are lined up on the left side of the stage while the drummer is on the right. The band leader stands center stage, heavily ornamented, holding a baton and wearing an orange cape and a tall black bearskin cap. Wearing white gloves, he proudly salutes the audience. The front of the stage terraces down to the ground. Many small children are sitting on the terraces looking intently toward the stage. There is lettering on the bass drum that reads, "Irish Pipes and Drums, Houston".

Photograph of Jim Braud, Texas crawfish racing commissioner, and crowd cheering at the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud's arms are raised up in the air and he is standing to the left of the racing surface which has a basket in the center. A crowd is gathered to cheer and watch from behind barricades. Some people have their hands raised. The race is outdoors and the Institute of Texan Cultures can be seen off to the right.

Photograph of Jim Braud, Texas crawfish racing commissioner, announcing at the conclusion of the crawfish races at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a red shirt and a red beret holding a microphone and waving his hand in the air. He has an expression of excitement on his face. In the background, spectators of the race are visible.

Photograph of Jim Braud, the Texas crawfish racing commissioner from Port Neches, watching the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a red shirt and a red beret, he is watching the race from the right. The crawfish are racing on a square white surface with red and blue concentric circles. A crowd is gathered around to watch from behind barriers.

Photograph of an announcer at the crawfish races holding up a box of Preparation H ointment at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing sunglasses, a blue shirt with a small black tie, and a black beret. In the background, spectators of the race are visible.

Photograph of Jim Braud, Texas crawfish racing commissioner, holding up the winning crawfish of the crawfish races at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a red shirt and a red beret. Spectators are visible in the background.

Photograph of crawfish racing track from taken from above at the Texas Folklife Festival. Close to the center of the photograph is a square white table painted with concentric red and blue circles. People are crowded around waiting for the start of the crawfish race, sponsored by Texas Champion Crawfish Races in Port Arthur. In the top portion of the photograph there are large yellow letters displayed on a grassy hill that read, "Port Arthur". Directly below that, smaller orange letters read, "Texas Greatest Corner".

Bird's eye photograph of the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. The race is about to begin as the crawfish are gathered in a basket at the center of a square white surface with red and blue concentric circles. Three men are gathered around the table and one man is placing a crawfish at the start of the race with the other crawfish.

Photograph of a crowd of spectators watching the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. The crowd is gathered outside of the Institute of Texan Cultures. Some people are smiling and some are holding their fingers up in the air to denote a certain number.

Photograph of thoroughbred racing crawfish competing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The crawfish are spread out on a white racing track with red and blue concentric circles.

Photograph of thoroughbred racing crawfish competing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The crawfish are racing on a white surface with red and blue concentric circles. The photograph is taken at the same level as the racing track. Behind the track are two men wearing berets who appear to be administering the race. In the background, a crowd is gathered to watch.

Photograph of a woman serving German sauerkraut in the New Braunfels Wurstfest booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is wearing floral print white lederhosen with a white peasant top. Using tongs, she is serving some sauerkraut into a small styrofoam bowl from a large ceramic container. In the foreground (unfocused), a person with a drumstick on their plate is waiting to be served.

Photograph of a man selling sausage in the New Braunfels Wurstfest booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is wearing dark pants, a white shirt, and suspenders and handing a sausage on a stick to a man who just purchased it. The seller is standing next to a large grill topped with about a hundred sausages on a stick. To the left of the male customer, two young female visitors stand behind the grill, outside of the booth, with sausages they just bought. Behind them, other festival visitors are visible.