Sean & I will be talking about the churches newest expansion project after Hurricane Delta destroyed a portion of their facility. An $18 million campaign aka generosity initiative is being funded by the church body to go toward building a new facility to accommodate the church’s modern needs & wants.

Join us as we get to hear what is happening with this local church.

For more on this project, https://thebayouchurch.org/decades

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

Bradley Beck is a local entrepreneur who first opened his State Farm Agency in 2012 and is in the top percentile nationally. He is also owner of Parlor Salon Studios, a local luxury brand that provides fully furnished, private studios to cosmetology professionals. Parlor Salon Studios currently has 2 locations in Lafayette Parish with a 3rd coming soon to Downtown Lafayette. Lastly, Beck has entered the NFT/Metaverse space with his newest venture, Metavisory, a collaborative agency in the space.

We will talk all of that and more today at 11 AM.

www.BradleyBeck.com

www.ParlorSalonStudios.com

www.MetavisoryCompany.com

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

We are talking with award-winning author, Alysson Foti Bourque, who began her career as a teacher after graduating from University of Louisiana Lafayette with a degree in Elementary Education. She earned a law degree from the Southern University Law Center in 2007. After practicing law for six years, she traded in writing trial briefs for writing children’s books.

Alysson enjoys speaking with children and teachers at school and library visits with the life-size Alycat mascot and hopes to inspire people to believe in themselves, their work, and to keep writing stories.

Read more about Alysson and the Alycat Series at https://www.alycatseries.com

Alysson is also a founder of the book marketing & public relations company, https://www.forewordpublicity.com

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

We are talking with young entrepreneurs & brothers, Tiago & Mateo Atwi, founders of a new startup commercial construction company, BOXY Construction. BOXY is a modular construction company designed to streamline the commercial building process by utilizing off-site construction of modular units, Cold-form steel framing, and repurposing of shipping containers.

https://boxyconstruction.com

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademy...

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

We will be talking with Hunter about S1 Technology, an IT service

provider that helps companies in Acadiana

and abroad use technology to bring their

business to the next level through a

combination of technical acumen, business

understanding, and cyber-security prowess.

https://sltechnology.com

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

In this episode, we are talking with Denise Gallagher, local artist & published author/illustrator, and 2022’s Festivals Acadiens et Créoles artist. Also with us is Dirk Guidry, a local artist, muralist, painter, and this year’s Festival International artist.

Our conversation is centered around their artist careers, their passions for the arts, harnessing their creative skills, and using their skills not only to help pay the bills but to enrich the lives of those in and around the greatest communities in the gulf south.

For more about Denise Gallagher, check out her website at http://denisegallagher.com/

For more about Dirk Guidry, check his website at http://www.dirkguidry.com/

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

We are talking with Lafayette native, Ooti about growing up next to downtown Lafayette, his involvement in many Louisiana-based skateparks including the concrete skatepark “dustbowl” from 2005-2009 and the most recent public funded skatepark coming soon to Thomas Park. We will also talk about starting Magnolia LA and attempting to build an indoor skatepark and BMX bike shop in Lafayette and eventually New Orleans.

https://www.ootibilleaud.com

https://www.louisianaconcreteskateparks.com

https://www.ootibilleaudweddings.com

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

It’s Festival time! And with that, we have Festival International crew with us today to talk about this exciting year as festivities kick off this month live and in-person after two years!

It’s going to be a great episode, lots to talk about as passes for FIL have sold out(yes, it’s still a free event), tons of vendors, musicians, and artists of all kinds; including Festival’s artist of the year, Dirk Guidry.

FIL DATES: April 27 - May 1, 2022

http://www.festivalinternaitonal.org/

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

We are hanging out with Tim to talk about his coming up story, what led to the creation of Deano’s Pizza, and what his plans are after acquiring Prejean’s Cajun Restaurant. We will also get to know a little more about Tim and what he does outside of “work”.

https://www.facebook.com/deanospizzabertrand/

https://www.facebook.com/DeanosSouth/

https://www.facebook.com/prejeansrestaurant/

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.

We are talking with Jack about how businesses can utilize certain tax incentives and credits to help save money that can ultimately go back into the business. Jack will provide a demo of how the process works and how much some businesses may be able to save.

http://strydesavings.com

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The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple.

The Music Academy of Acadiana is Acadiana's top choice for music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drums, violin, saxophone, flute, audio production & more. They teach students of all ages and styles, they have sent students to college, to compete in major music competitions, and have also premiered on major TV Music contests like American Idol & The Voice. Founded by University of Louisiana at Lafayette music school graduate Tim Benson, the Academy has been voted as a top finalist in the best music school by readers of the Times since 2016 and they have won the national music school of the year award in 2014.

Their goal is to make music lessons fun, educational and to help foster the next generation of musicians and creative thinkers! You can find them at the following links:

Website: https://www.musicacademyacadiana.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicAcademyOfAcadiana/

— The Orchard is our tech sponsor and are providing the tech we need to assure a successful live podcast. Check them out at https://theorchardstores.com.