Cajun Concert Avec BeauSoleil a Raggin Success!!

nobody@vox.com(Susan Mumma) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:53:44 -0800

The BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Concert held August 14 was outstanding!!

Beau Soleil plays at Susan B. English School

A crowd of over a hundred people from Seldovia and beyond (even 25 elderhostel folks from Fairbanks) gathered on an unusual Tuesday evening in our "school commons-gone cajun" for rousing music, dancing and carrying on. Maybe this was the biggest crowd we've had since the festival!!! Big kids and little kids danced their feet sore and shook their "bayous" in the one small corner left in the crowded, "standing room-only, there's no room to be lonely" venue.

It was all fun with such great Lousianna Cajun music played by: Michael Doucet on fiddle and vocals,David Doucet, guitar and vocals, Jimmy Breaux, accordian, Billy Ware,percussion,(and that includes the francois!)
Tommy Alisi, drums and Mitch Reed ,base fiddle and banjo, and Bill Bennett sound engineer.

Special thanks goes out to Jerry and Suzie Stranik, who flew and drove and cooked and orchestrated much of the event, to our housing sponsors, Dancing Eagles, Bridge Keeper's Bed and Breakfast, the Seldovia Rowing Club Bed and Breakfast, to our set up crew: Susan Mumma, Suzie Stranik, Jerry Stranik, Mary and Mike Webber, Andy Christolo, Jim Standifer, Walt Sonin, Sachiko Scott and take down crew, including many of the same and including Bob Moser and of course, Renee Pupura and the SBE school. Thanks to our publicity team,Mary Webber, Mary Glover, Susan Zerwick and Carole Myers( Tree Tops Lodge) and to Darlene Crawford for taking the gate. Thanks for all the strong coffee Sarah Nichols, and John Fenski. Thanks to Carl Stoltz at Bay Excursions for bringing the band into Seldovia so late in the day...and Smokey Bay Air and Mike Hayes and the Alaskan Airman's Association for your help as well. You are all great!!!!!!

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Upcoming event: BeauSoleil on August 14

nobody@vox.com(Susan Mumma) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:57:13 -0800

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet which will be held August 14 at Corky Meyer's hanger if possible. This is the nation's most renowned Cajun/ Zydeco/Old time Louisiana band. Check the SAC website for the rundown. Several things need to be decided upon for this event at our July 30 Arts Council meeting.

BeauSoleil

Michael Doucet - Violin, Guitar, Accordion, Mandolin, Vocals
David Doucet - Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy Breaux - Accordion
Billy Ware - Percussion
Tommy Alesi - Drums
Mitch Reed - Bass, Fiddle, Banjo, Electric Guitar

Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil have claimed their undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. Michael Doucet avec BeauSoleil take the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music of BeauSoleil continues to captivate. audiences the world over.

BeauSoleil's latest recording, Live in Louisiana, their first on the Way Down in Louisiana imprint, was released to coincide with the April 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. It's their first live album recorded at home, their 28th overall, and it celebrates their 30th anniversary with a wide-ranging set of tunes from across their discography and the Cajun and Creole cultural spectrum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTO7pyo_Hnk

Want to hear some great old timey Cajun muisc.. try this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2KxbIcFrI ot this one... interesting things about cajun music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPHNuaR0a2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scRVCt2EFMc

And here's a cool link about Michael Doucet and BeauSoleil... try this one...
http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/music/mdoucet.htm

GET READY FOR GREAT DANCIN’ MUSIC!!!!!!

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Cajun Concert Avec BeauSoleil a Raggin Success!!

Upcoming event: BeauSoleil on August 14