StoryCorps rolls into Lafayette to record the everyday stories
of everyday people for inclusion in the Library of Congress.  A
New Orleans man tells his friend of an encounter with a stranger
on a street car during the days of segregation that changed his
life forever.  An elderly New York man with Alzheimer's tries to
remember the names of all of his children, even though two of
them sit before him.  In Kansas City, Mo., a 15-year-old girl
with Down Syndrome asks her father, "Dad, how did you feel when
I was born?"  They are conversations between family members and
friends ' amusing anecdotes, painful recollections, gripping
narratives, joyful memories and humorous asides ' and to date,
StoryCorps has recorded nearly 10,000 of them.  On Feb. 8,
StoryCorps will roll into Lafayette and set up shop at Parc Sans
Souci through March 3. Local public radio station KRVS 88.7 FM
will host and support the crew during its stay.  StoryCorps
began in 2003, in a soundproof booth in New York City's Grand
Central Station. T