Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling Brothers D'Vaughn English, 5, left, and Deandre English, 4, right, came out of the audience to play a little rubboard with Earl 'Washboard' Sally, left, of Opelousas, and band leader Chubby Carrier, right, of Lafayette, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming, a celebration of the Louisiana's 200th birthday at State Capitol Park. Mark Metoyer, background, is bass player for the Grammy Award-winning "Chubby Carrier and His Bayou Swamp Band."

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- Phil Love, a Kenner, La. blacksmith, walks a red-hot piece of iron he was fashioning into an 'S-Hook' from his forge to the anvil at right to hammer it into shape during a demonstration Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- Baton Rouge artist Michael A. Smith, right, also known as 'The Toothpick Man,' gets help from sister Eloise Tharp,5, left, and ElizaDouglass Tharp,7, as he works on a toothpick representation of the state of Louisiana, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration. The state has an estimated 85,000 toothpicks so far, and the popular gator, background, approximately three million, he said.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- Louisiana State University English instructor My Nguyen, left, takes a picture of LSU graduate student Jesus Avila, right, next to Baton Rouge artist Michael A. Smith's toothpick alligator, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming, a celebration of the Louisiana's 200th birthday at State Capitol Park in Baton Rouge, La. Smith, also known as 'The Toothpick Man,' estimates three million toothpicks are in the gator. Nguyen and Avila are Baton Rougeans.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- Marshal Ratcliff, with the new Baton Rouge restaurant, Portico Bar and Grill, pulls a batch of hushpuppies from the fryer, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, left, plays rubboard, sitting in with Earl 'Washboard' Sally, center, of Opelousas, and band leader Chubby Carrier, right, of Lafayette, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration. The Grammy Award-winning 'Chubby Carrier and His Bayou Swamp Band' was one of a number that entertained at the event Saturday, in honor of Louisiana gaining statehood on April 30, 1812.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. -- Grand Point, Louisiana's Connie Donadieu, left, a member of the St. James Parish non-profit 'Crazy 'Bout History,' shows off the bloomers of her mid-1800's era 'Southern Belle' dress to Eloise Tharp,5, right, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling. -- Chainsaw artist Burt Fleming of Zachary, La., used a 'dime' blade, named for the size of the tip, to add details to a crawfish he cut out of a pine log, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration. Fleming said he carved wood for 20 years before moving into chainsaw cutting 13 years ago.

Advocate Staff Photo by Travis Spradling -- Hula Hoop enthusiast Jackie Bridges of Baton Rouge dances with her hoop to the music of Chubby Carrier and His Bayou Swamp Band,' a Grammy Award-winning band, Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Bicentennial Family Homecoming celebration.