Festival International’s Carly Viator, Marketing Director and Sami Parbhoo, 2022 FIL Board President

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/ — 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.