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In his later years, Michot was the general manager of his Michot Family, L.L.C., a family-owned holding company which deals principally in real estate sales, development, and rentals. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Lafayette, having served on its board of directors from 1975 to 1980. He also served on the board of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette and Conrad Industries in Morgan City, Louisiana. He served on the board of the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum located in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. He was instrumental in the founding of the Louisiana [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref name=obit/>
In his later years, Michot was the general manager of his Michot Family, L.L.C., a family-owned holding company which deals principally in real estate sales, development, and rentals. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Lafayette, having served on its board of directors from 1975 to 1980. He also served on the board of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette and Conrad Industries in Morgan City, Louisiana. He served on the board of the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum located in Abbeville in Vermilion Parish. He was instrumental in the founding of the Louisiana [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref name=obit/>
==The musical Michots==
==The Musical Michots==
Several of Michot's sons formed the "Les Freres Michot" (Michot brothers) band in the middle 1980s. The brothers perform [[Cajun]] music. Two of Louis Michot's grandsons, Louis (born 1979) and Andre (born 1975), have formed the Lost Bayou Ramblers, an equally talented group of young musicians, who perform Cajun-style and revert to western swing music of the 1930s and 1940s as well.
Several of Michot's sons formed the "Les Freres Michot" (Michot brothers) band in the middle 1980s. The brothers perform [[Cajun]] music. Two of Louis Michot's grandsons, Louis (born 1979) and Andre (born 1975), have formed the Lost Bayou Ramblers, an equally talented group of young musicians, who perform Cajun-style and revert to western swing music of the 1930s and 1940s as well.
===''La Roue Qui Pend'' (The Hanging Wheel)===
===''La Roue Qui Pend''===
''La Roue Qui Pend'' is the French name of the Michot family camp, a secondary residence located in a natural landscape. The camp is used for outdoor recreation, social functions, and as a refuge from urban life or the workplace. It is located in southern Lafayette Parish, near the Vermilion Parish line on the banks of Bayou Vermilion.
''La Roue Qui Pend,'' meaning "the hanging wheel," is the French name of the Michot family camp, a secondary residence located in a natural landscape. The camp is used for outdoor recreation, social functions, and as a refuge from urban life or the workplace. It is located in southern Lafayette Parish, near the Vermilion Parish line on the banks of Bayou Vermilion.
The Michots had family functions there when the brothers were young, and the brothers hosted [[Boy Scouts of America]] camping trips in the adjacent bottomland hardwood forest. The camp was about ten miles from the Michot home in Pilette in Lafayette Parish, close enough so that, when the boys got older, they could ride horses or bicycles there for camping trips, hunting, frogging, hiking, and swimming. There was always plenty of music played at ''La Roue Qui Pend''. The Michots often started a fire in the hearth, cooked gumbo on the stove, and listened to the fiddle, accordion, and guitar until late in the evening.
The Michots had family functions there when the brothers were young, and the brothers hosted [[Boy Scouts of America]] camping trips in the adjacent bottomland hardwood forest. The camp was about ten miles from the Michot home in Pilette in Lafayette Parish, close enough so that, when the boys got older, they could ride horses or bicycles there for camping trips, hunting, frogging, hiking, and swimming. There was always plenty of music played at ''La Roue Qui Pend''. The Michots often started a fire in the hearth, cooked gumbo on the stove, and listened to the fiddle, accordion, and guitar until late in the evening.