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    ZOL Article Saints fans to party Saturday in Opelousas
    Posted by rsias on Friday, February 05, 2010 (15:43:10) (60 reads)

    Saints fans to party Saturday in Opelousas

    ZydecoOnline.com Partners with Local Fans to Support
    Devery Henderson & the New Orleans Saints!


    February 5, 2010

    by William Johnson
    The Daily World Newspaper


    Opelousas Native Devery Henderson
    & the New Orleans Saints
    will represent the NFC in Superbowl XLIV
    in Miami, Florida on February 7, 2010!


    The Super Bowl is Sunday and local Saints fans will have one more chance to cheer their team on to victory this Saturday.

    Zydeco Online Inc. is teaming up with local fans, the City of Opelousas and Opelousas native and Saints' wide-receiver Devery Henderson and family to host a Saints party in North City Park from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.


    Join Family & Friends in the Zydeco Nation
    on Saturday, February 6, 2010
    at the Opelousas North City Park
    3:00pm 6:00pm
    To Support the New Orleans Saints!



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    ZOL Article Buckwheat Zydeco Wins 2009 Grammy Award!
    Posted by rsias on Sunday, January 31, 2010 (23:34:26) (230 reads)

    Buckwheat Zydeco Wins 2009 Grammy Award!

    Zydeco Nation’s Elder Statesman Wins His First Grammy at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Celebration!

    January 31, 2010


    submitted by Rod Sias
    www.ZydecoOnline.com


    Stanley Dural Jr, (Buckwheat Zydeco) was awarded the
    2009 Grammy Award for Best Zydeco and Cajun CD
    for his CD entitled “Lay Your Burden Down.”

    www.buckwheatzydeco.com

    Mr. Stanley Dural Jr., known to the Zydeco Nation and the world as “Buckwheat Zydeco” and leader of the Zydeco outfit “Buckwheat Zydeco and the Ils Sont Partis Band” was awarded the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Zydeco/Cajun Album for his CD entitled “Lay Your Burden Down.”

    Although this is Buckwheat Zydeco’s first Grammy Award and the third year the mainstream that the 52 year old Grammy Recording Academy has recognized Zydeco and Cajun Music as a separate and distinct category, Buckwheat Zydeco’s illustrious musical career spans over thirty years and has impacted, defined, and influenced Zydeco Music as well as exposed Zydeco music and the black Creole Culture of Southwest Louisiana and Texas to the world.

    Part 1 of an up close and personal interview
    with Lola Love of Zydeco Online and the
    Zydeco Nation's own elder statesman,
    Mr. Stanley Dural "Buckwheat Zydeco".

    More information about Buckwheat Zydeco,
    Zydeco Music and Creole Culture at:

    www.ZydecoOnline.com
    and
    www.BuckwheatZydeco.com

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    Zydeco Music ZydecoOnline Presents: The Zydeco Workout featuring Lola Love-LIVE!
    Posted by ZLady on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 (03:04:17) (1347 reads)

    ZydecoOnline presents: The Zydeco Workout featuring Lola Love-LIVE!
    Pioneering Online Zydeco & Southern Soul Webcast becomes part of the KZSU 90.1 FM program
    Submitted by:
    Rod Sias
    www.ZydecoOnline.com


    Official Zydeco Workout feat. Lola Love Logo!
    Stay connected for upcoming Zydeco Lady Apparel.


    Zydeco Nation and Southern Soul Nation!
    The Zydeco Workout will be bringing HEAT in 2010 with a

    NEW SUNDAY TIME SLOT!!!

    YES, WE ARE BACK WITH
    A Brand New Time!
    A Brand New Look!!
    A Brand New Attitude!!!

    but still the same
    Hot Zydeco Music and that Smooth Southern Soul Sound!


    Listen to the Zydeco Workout every
    Sunday
    4:00pm - 6:00pm (Pacific Standard Time)
    online at
    http://kzsu.stanford.edu (KZSU-1)
    or live at
    90.1 FM (The San Francisco Bay Area)

    and catch our monthly webcast online at
    www.ZydecoOnline.com


    The Zydeco and Southern Soul Nation Spoke and KZSU listened!!!


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    TO READ THE FULL SCHEDULE


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    ZOL Article ZydecoOnline is on Twitter
    Posted by ZLady on Monday, September 21, 2009 (19:29:42) (137 reads)




    ZydecoOnline is on Twitter



    Watch out Zydeco and Southern Soul Nation!
    ZydecoOnline is now on Twitter!!
    follow us at:

    www.twitter.com/ZydecoOnline

    September 21, 2009
    Submitted by:
    Lola Love
    www.ZydecoOnline.com





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    Zydeco Music Sneak Peek - Sean Ardoin
    Posted by Lola Love on Friday, April 11, 2008 (05:20:11) (732 reads)








    FULL CD COMING SOON IN 2009!!!
    www.SeanArdoin.com
    www.ZydecoAuthentica.com


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    ZOL Article PAST REPRINT: BAND OF YOUNG REGULATORS
    Posted by rsias on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (09:55:00) (7 reads)

    PAST REPRINT: BAND OF YOUNG REGULATORS

    Originally Published May 31, 1899

    Crowley Signal
    Crowley, Louisiana


    Photo Courtesy of www.withoutsanctuary.org

    A band of youthful regulators was out Tuesday night. There were about twenty of them ranging in age from nine to sixteen years. It was impossible to get any particulars from them concerning it for they are closed mouthed as they could be and it was only by putting remarks of different ones together that anything like a connected story could be gotten.


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    ZOL Article Louisiana Night at The Grammy Museum
    Posted by ZLady on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 (06:40:46) (140 reads)

    Louisiana Night at The GRAMMY Museum


    Come celebrate a night of Louisiana and congratulate this year's nominees!

    January 15, 2010

    by Lola Love
    www.ZydecoOnline.com



    The Zydeco Nation represents 20 of the 34
    entries in the first round of this year's Grammy Nominations!


    Louisiana Night at The GRAMMY Museum


    When: Saturday, January 30, 2010: 8:30pm

    Celebrate the musical legacy of Louisiana at The GRAMMY Museum! Join us as current GRAMMY nominees The Magnolia Sisters, Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole, Zachary Richard, and C.C. Adcock perform and celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Louisiana at the GRAMMY Sound Stage in The GRAMMY Museum.

    Doors open at 8pm. Admission is free and open exclusively to Museum Members. To reserve tickets, please call 213.765.6800 ext. 4 or e-mail membership@grammymuseum.org



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    ZOL World Watch Haiti Suffers Massive 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake
    Posted by rsias on Thursday, January 14, 2010 (08:32:40) (52 reads)

    Haiti Suffers Massive 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake

    100,000 Haitians Feared Dead;
    Money, Food and Water Needed!


    January 13, 2010

    by Rod Sias
    www.ZydecoOnline.com


    Zydeco, Southern Soul, and Blues Nation, as most of you will be aware now through various news reports; the Caribbean nation of Haiti was left in total devastation when a 7.3 earthquake hit the island. At this time, the death toll is estimated to be near or over 100,000 and with an untold number of human beings critically wounded and in need of immediate emergency aid.


    Major infrastructure and key buildings such as hospitals, clinics, schools, police stations, churches, and government buildings (including the presidential palace) have been destroyed or severely damaged. Our brothers and sisters in Haiti need our help and we must do our part in providing aid to people of Haiti who have lost their homes, family members and friends.







    Haiti is a very poor country with no infrastructure at this moment. Here is how you can help:

    CASH DONATIONS ARE NEEDED TO PURCHASE WATER, FOOD, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES. A $5.00 DONATION CAN SAVE MANY LIVES!

    DO NOT SEND PHYSICAL ITEMS AT THIS TIME. (Haiti is a very poor country with no infrastructure at this moment.)



    SEND CASH DONATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING LEGITIMATE NON-PROFIT AGENCIES BELOW WHO ARE BEST EQUIPPED TO HANDLE DISASTERS AND HAVE A RELIABLE HISTORY OF CHARITY WORK.
    (In the mist of this tragedy, some callous people have set up fake charities soliciting donations that won’t actually help anyone.)


    Below is a List of Legitimate Organizations You Can Make a Donation To: (These organizaitons had operating staff in Haiti prior to the earthquake)

    American Red Cross

    The American Red Cross' primary focus during the initial response of an emergency is feeding, sheltering and supplying any other basic needs. To donate: Go to RedCross.org, hit donate now button at top and then International Response Fund. You also can text "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 to the International Response Fund. The money will go directly to relief efforts in Haiti. Or call 1-800-Red-Cross.



    Care

    This humanitarian organization's main focus is to fight global poverty, specifically by empowering marginalized women and girls. To donate to the Haiti relief fund effort, go to Care.org or call 1-800-521-CARE. Money will go toward food, water and sanitation, shelter and emergency health response.



    William J. Clinton Foundation

    Former President Bill Clinton is the United State's special envoy to Haiti and has worked tirelessly to raise awareness and much need funding prior to the earthquake, with over 100 full time staff workers working in Haiti. You can make a donation at www.clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake/




    U.S. Fund for UNICEF

    The national committee for UNICEF is responsible for the organization's fundraising. UNICEF uses the money for health care, clean water, nutrition, education and emergency relief. To donate, go to Unicefusa.org or 1-800-4-UNICEF.



    Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)


    The humanitarian organization delivers medical care to people caught in crisis. Donations to its Haiti relief efforts will go toward repairing the obstetrics and trauma hospitals in Haiti that were damaged in the earthquake. They also will go to transporting an additional 70 doctors and medical supplies to the island in an effort to set up makeshift emergency medical response centers. To donate, go to doctorswithoutborders.org or call 1-888-392-0392.


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    FOR THE FULL LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS TO
    MAKE DONATIONS!


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    Festival News All in the family
    Posted by rsias on Friday, December 11, 2009 (13:53:03) (105 reads)

    All in the family

    December 8, 2009

    By William Johnson
    The Daily World Newspaper



    Zydeco music at the Zydeco Hall of fame persuades a couple to dance.
    www.TheZydecoHallOfFame.com

    The newly created Zydeco Hall of Fame will hold a Creole Family Reunion on Sunday with many of biggest names in Zydeco expected to make an appearance.

    The event, which organizers Chris Ardoin and Dustin Cravins hope to make an annual occurrence, will start at 7 a.m. with a traditional boucherie.

    "We will have plate meals for $5, and we will have boudin and cracklin' for sale," Cravins said.

    In the afternoon, the party will move inside the former Richard's Club at 11154 U.S. Route 190 in Lawtell, which now houses the Zydeco Hall of Fame, for a jam session.


    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2009
    The 1st Annual Creole Family Reunion
    Boucherie 7am- 2pm
    Traditional Jam Session
    4pm-8pm
    Special Guests include:
    Chris Ardoin
    Jeffery Broussard
    Black Ardoin
    Terrance Simien
    and many many more!


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    ZOL Article ZydecoOnline Remembers Sammy Davis Jr.
    Posted by rsias on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 (03:45:00) (119 reads)

    ZydecoOnline Remembers Sammy Davis Jr.

    Samuel George Davis, Jr.
    December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990


    Samuel George Davis, Jr. was perhaps one of the greatest pure entertainer in the modern music industry. A child protege' at two years old, Mr. Davis Jr. dominated and revolutionized the entertainment industry and became the standard that musicians and entertainers like Michael Jackson would enmulate.

    Primarily a dancer and singer, Davis was a childhood vaudevillian, and became internationally famous for his performances on Broadway and Las Vegas, as a recording artist, television and film star, and the only black member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack".

    At the age of three Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father and "uncle" as the Will Mastin Trio, toured nationally, and after military service, returned to the trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a well received nightclub performance at Ciro's after the 1951 Academy Awards, with the trio, became an recording artist, and made his first film performances later that decade. Losing his left eye in a car accident in 1954, he converted to Judaism and appeared in the first Rat Pack movie, "Ocean's Eleven" in 1960.


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    ZOL Article Celebrating A Century
    Posted by rsias on Saturday, December 05, 2009 (13:00:00) (143 reads)

    Celebrating A Century

    Knights of Peter Claver Celebrate 100 years of Service


    November 30, 2009


    By Judy Bastien
    The Daily World Newspaper




    Supreme Knight Gene A. Phillips Sr., center, heads into the church
    as the Knights of Peter Claver celebrates its 100th anniversary nationally
    and its 92nd anniversary in Opelousas on Sunday afternoon at
    Holy Ghost Catholic Church.


    In the early part of the 20th century, black Catholics were not allowed to join fraternal organizations associated with their faith.

    As a means for them to be more active in their faith, the Knights of Peter Claver was founded in 1909 in Mobile, Ala. The organization was named for a Spanish Jesuit priest who opposed slavery and ministered to African slaves in the 1600s.

    A Mass in honor of the organization's 100th anniversary was celebrated Sunday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, followed by a reception.

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    ZOL Article Serving A Community
    Posted by rsias on Friday, December 04, 2009 (13:00:00) (85 reads)

    Serving A Community

    Holy Ghost Church Serves the Needy Through Its Community Diner

    November 26, 2009

    By Judy Bastien
    The Daily World Newspaper



    Holy Ghost Community Diner volunteers
    Bernadette Thomas, from left, Elinor Eaglin
    and Elizabeth R. Chavis prepare plates of
    food to serve to those in need on Tuesday in
    Opelousas. (Photos for the Daily World)

    The smells of a Thanksgiving feast filled the air a bit early at the Holy Ghost Community Diner, as volunteers served a traditional turkey dinner to their clients. It was Thanksgiving Tuesday at the diner.

    The diner, in existence since 1986, serves meals to those in need each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with special meals during holidays. It is housed in the former Holy Ghost School building.

    The diner operates with a volunteer staff led by James and Elinor Eaglin. Elinor Eaglin is a retired teacher and a member of the St. Landry Parish School Board, when she isn't coordinating volunteers and working at the diner.

    The diner, which operates through donations of money and food, mostly from Holy Ghost parishioners, serves about 100 meals each day it is open, Eaglin said.


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    ZOL Article The 52nd Annual Grammy Nominees Announced!
    Posted by ZLady on Thursday, December 03, 2009 (04:41:19) (533 reads)

    The 52nd Annual Grammy Nominees are in,
    The Final winner to be announced in January 2010!


    Zydeco and Cajun Music Album category
    had 34 entries in the first round of this year's Grammy entries.
    Congratulations to all the nominees!

    December 2, 2009

    by Lola Love
    www.ZydecoOnline.com



    The Zydeco Nation represents 20 of the 34
    entries in the first round of this year's Grammy Nominations!

    Zydeco and Southern Soul Nation, the ballots for the first round of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards are in..........and the Nominees are:


    ZYDECO GRAMMY NOMINEES (CATEGORY 72)



    Artist: Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
    CD Title: L'esprit Creole
    Category: #72: Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album



    Artist: Buckwheat Zydeco
    CD Title: Lay Your Burden Down
    Category: #72: Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album


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    ZOL Article Zydeco Giants Unite to Feed The Needy
    Posted by rsias on Friday, November 13, 2009 (11:49:29) (116 reads)

    Zydeco Giants Unite to Feed The Needy

    23rd Annual Thanksgiving Zydeco Food Drive
    to be held on November 18, 2009 at El Sido's


    November 13, 2009

    by Herman Fusilier
    courtesy of The Daily World Newspaper



    The Zydeco Nation's premier statesman, Mr. Stanley Dural (Buckwheat Zydeco)
    (left) returns every year to his hometown to support the
    Annual Thanksgiving Zydeco Food Drive. The annual food drive
    is organized by Mr. Sid Williams (right) and Don "Apollo" Wilson.


    Name a fall event that can bring a Grammy winner, an Emmy winner, a member of the first family of Baton Rouge blues and dozens of touring musicians to Lafayette. Festival International is a good guess, but that isn't until April.

    The stars fall on Lafayette Nov. 18 for the 23rd annual Thanksgiving Zydeco Food Drive. This holiday tradition kicks off at 8 p.m. at its usual home, El Sido's Zydeco and Blues Club, 1523 St. Antoine St., Lafayette.


    23rd Annual Thanksgiving Zydeco Food Drive
    Thursday, November 18, 2009
    El Sido's Zydeco and Blues Club
    1523 St. Antoine Street
    Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
    (337) 237-1959

    Donations Welcomed!!!


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    Zydeco Trailrides Plaisance opens arms to Step and Strut Trail Ride
    Posted by rsias on Sunday, November 08, 2009 (21:23:17) (266 reads)

    Plaisance opens arms to Step and Strut Trail Ride

    November 6, 2009

    by Herman Fusilier
    courtesy of The Daily World Newspaper



    Step-N-Strut Trailride is the largest trailride in the Zydeco Nation!!!
    It was was held this year on November 6th, 7th & 8th 2009
    in Plaisance, Louisiana at Zydeco Park (OSL Zydeco Festival Grounds)
    Visit us at www.StepNStrutRiders.com
    and follow us on Twitter!
    www.twitter.com/StepNStrut
    "Who U Wit!"


    This weekend, a crowd of 10,000-plus is expected in Plaisance, a St. Landry Parish village on U.S. Route 167 that isn't listed on most maps.

    Ironically, the event is virtually unknown to the general public. It's only advertised by flyers, word of mouth and spots on zydeco radio shows.

    The event is the Step and Strut Trail Ride, started 11 years ago by husband-and-wife duo Dave and Torry Lemelle. The ride is Friday through Sunday at Zydeco Park in Plaisance, the same site of the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival.

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    Festival News Creole Fest Tempts Palates
    Posted by rsias on Friday, November 06, 2009 (15:11:28) (108 reads)

    Creole Fest Tempts Palates

    November 1, 2009

    Judy Bastien
    The Daily World



    Kerstan Major, Holy Ghost Creole Festival
    organizer, lends a hand to Delores Richard
    as she prepares to bring a tray of boudin to
    the festival grounds Saturday morning.

    (Photo by Freddie Herpin)

    The crowd began gathering early Saturday for the 17th annual Creole Festival, the major fundraiser for Holy Ghost Catholic Church, held on the church grounds.

    Live music was playing under one tent while under others, all manner of good things were being sold.

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    Zydeco Trailrides Thousands ready to Step and Strut in Plaisance
    Posted by rsias on Thursday, November 05, 2009 (18:25:29) (210 reads)

    Thousands ready to Step and Strut in Plaisance

    Zydeco Nation's Largest Trailride Takes Place on November 4-8, 2009!

    November 4, 2009

    by Herman Fuselier
    courtesy of The Times


    Come on out and experience the largest trailride in the Zydeco Nation!!!
    November 6th, 7th & 8th 2009
    Zydeco Park (OSL Zydeco Festival Grounds)
    Plaisance, Louisiana



    Visit us at
    www.StepNStrutRiders.com
    and follow us on Twitter!
    www.twitter.com/StepNStrut
    "Who U Wit!"



    This weekend, a crowd of 10,000-plus is expected in Plaisance, a St. Landry Parish village on Hwy. 167 that isn’t listed on most maps. Ironically, the event is virtually unknown to the general public. It's only advertised by flyers, word of mouth and spots on zydeco radio shows.

    The event is the Step and Strut Trail Ride, an event started 11 years ago by a husband and wife duo, Dave and Torry Lemelle. The ride is Friday through Sunday at Zydeco Park in Plaisance, the same site of the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival.

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    ZOL Article ZydecoOnline Remembers the Legendary Amédé Ardoin
    Posted by rsias on Thursday, November 05, 2009 (01:14:32) (160 reads)

    ZydecoOnline Remembers the Legendary Amédé Ardoin

    Zydeco Nation's Patriarch Transitions On This Day

    November 4, 2009


    The Great
    Amédé Ardoin
    Father of the Creole and Zydeco Music
    (March 11, 1898 – November 4, 1941)



    by Rod Sias
    www.ZydecoOnline.com

    The great Amédé Ardoin died on this day, November 4, 1941 at the age of 43. The great-grandson of a slave, Amédé Ardoin was a black, Creole, French-speaking accordion player who single-handedly created and laid the foundation for the modern Creole and Cajun style of music.

    He is acknowledged by both Zydeco and Cajun musicians as the most respected and most influential of all south Louisiana French musicians, and the direct link between the old Creole "La La" music and Cajun music and their modern equivalent that is played today.


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    ZOL Article Old-School Rules
    Posted by rsias on Sunday, November 01, 2009 (17:00:00) (167 reads)

    Old-School Rules

    Wilfred Chevis provides the link between Clifton Chenier and the Zydeco Dots


    Originally Published on May 31, 2001

    By Mike Emery
    The Houston Press


    Houston has been very, very good to Wilfred Chevis.

    It's Sunday night at Mr. A's. The Fifth Ward nightclub is pretty empty, but zydeco man Wilfred Chevis is unconcerned about the sparse attendance. It's still early, after all.

    "Oh, they'll come, man," he says. "On Sunday nights, you can't even walk in here sometimes."

    The spacious lounge is darkly lit; a big-screen TV broadcasts an Atlanta Braves game. Some regulars enter clad in cowboy hats and Wranglers, speaking with lilting Creole accents. Everyone seems to know one another. They shake hands, order their usual cocktails and acknowledge Chevis's presence. Someone informs him that the nearby St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is having an event this evening.

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    Festival News Holy Ghost Creole Festival Readies For Fun!
    Posted by rsias on Friday, October 30, 2009 (14:05:03) (184 reads)

    Holy Ghost Creole Festival Readies For Fun!

    October 29, 2009

    By Judy Bastien
    The Daily World



    Capt. Martin McLendon of the Opelousas Police Department
    receives a serving of hot boudin from Rita Kimble
    at the 2008 Holy Ghost Catholic Church Creole Festival.
    (File photo by Freddie Herpin)



    What: 17th Annual Holy Ghost Church Creole Festival
    When: 6-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-8p.m. Sunday; parade starts at 1 p.m. Sunday
    Where: Holy Ghost Catholic Church grounds
    Cost: Free admission to church grounds
    Information: 942-2732
    www.HolyGhostCreoleFestival.com


    Holy Ghost Catholic Church is gearing up for its 17th annual Creole Festival, to be held Friday through Sunday at the church.

    The event is the major fundraiser for Holy Ghost, and organizers hope to use this year's proceeds to repair the church's roof and replace its doors.

    The festival will feature live music, food, children's activities and a parade.

    The weekend will kick off at 6 p.m. Friday with gospel music following the opening ceremonies

    Before the event officially begins, the church will hold its fish-dinner sale. Dinners will be available for $6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the church office.

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    ZOL Article Zydeco Artist in Disney Film
    Posted by rsias on Thursday, October 29, 2009 (13:14:39) (138 reads)

    Zydeco Artist in Disney Film

    October 26, 2009

    By Steven K. Landry
    The Advocate




    Zydeco artist Terrance Simien recently completed work on a
    new animated Disney movie, where he did music and vocals
    in his role as a singing firefly. The film will première during
    the Christmas season.


    LAFAYETTE, LA
    Ladies and gentlemen and Cajun boys and girls, now playing the caterpillar: Grammy-winning zydeco artist Terrance Simien!
    Yes … the caterpillar. But don’t call PETA yet.

    By Christmas, in theaters, Simien will be playing a cartoon character — a firefly sporting a beret — who sings and also commandeers a squeezable cartoon caterpillar, which will act as his regular instrument of choice in Walt Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog.”

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    Blues Report Katrina Orphan: Jazz, funk singer, writer finds home and new life in N.C.
    Posted by ZLady on Sunday, October 25, 2009 (17:24:35) (150 reads)

    Katrina Orphan: Jazz, funk singer, writer finds home and new life in N.C.


    October 25, 2009

    by Michael Hewlett
    Winston Salem Journal



    Leigh Harris, at home in Rural Hall, talks about her life and
    how she has dealt with the shock of losing the
    New Orleans she once knew.



    Leigh Harris left her native New Orleans four years ago, after Hurricane Katrina swept through.

    The house she lived in suffered only minor damage, but the sight of her city and its people, so devastated by the storm, left her with deep emotional scars.

    Harris had developed quite a following on the New Orleans music scene, most notably as lead singer of Little Queenie and The Percolators in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

    The group's signature song was "My Darling New Orleans." And she performed on stage with musical legends such as B.B. King, Sun Ra and Elvis Costello.

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    ZOL Article Music and Market ends for fall
    Posted by ZLady on Sunday, October 25, 2009 (16:41:27) (99 reads)

    Music and Market ends for fall

    Corey "Lil' Pop" Ledet Closes 2009 Series


    October 23, 2009

    by William Johnson
    The Daily World Newspaper



    Talented Zydeco Musician and 2009 first round
    Grammy Nominee Corey "Lil Pop" Ledet closes
    out this years Music and Market Series in
    Opelousas, Louisiana.



    Music and Market completes its fall schedule tonight with the music of Corey "Lil Pop" Ledet and a spotlight on yams.

    The free outdoor concert will be held at the Wilbert Guillory Memorial Farmer's Market Pavilion located on the grounds of the Opelousas Tourist Center between Vine and Landry Streets.

    The farmer's market portion of the evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with music starting at 6 p.m. and continuing until 8:30 p.m.


    What: Music and Market
    When: 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today, with music beginning at 6 p.m.
    Where: Wilbert Guillory Memorial Farmers' Market Pavilion, U.S. Route 190 near its intersection with Interstate 49
    Entertainment: Corey "Lil Pop" Ledet
    Featured farmed product: sweet potatoes
    Information: Call 948-5227 or 948-6263 or go to the Opelousas Tourism Office online at www.cityofopelousas.com.



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    Festival News Texas City Music Fest Draws Crowds Despite New Charge
    Posted by ZLady on Sunday, October 25, 2009 (15:25:41) (145 reads)

    Texas City Music Fest Draws Crowds Despite New Charge

    Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws Highlights Festival Honoring
    Rock-N-Roll Legend Charles Brown!


    October 25, 2009

    By Nick Cenegy
    The Galveston County Daily News


    Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws was one of the main musical
    attractions at the festival honoring Blues Legend, Mr. Charles Brown.


    TEXAS CITY — Several hundred area residents basked in sunlight and sound waves Saturday during the third annual Texas City Music Fest by the Bay.

    The day’s program, headlined by self-described “Gypsy Songman” Jerry Jeff Walker, featured tastes of blues, Zydeco, country and Americana music, as well as games and food.

    The annual festival pays tribute to Texas City native and 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Charles Brown.

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    ZOL Article Don't You Worry About Boozoo
    Posted by rsias on Friday, October 23, 2009 (00:00:00) (194 reads)

    Don't You Worry About Boozoo

    In a previously unpublished 1999 interview,
    Boozoo Chavis explains why there was only one Boozoo.


    Originally published Tuesday, July 04, 2006

    By R. Reese Fuller
    The Independent


    Anthony Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis
    (October 23, 1930 - May 5, 2001)


    Anthony Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis lived out his life in Lake Charles, on a few acres he immortalized in song called Dog Hill. Born in 1930, he spent his life farming and raising horses. In 1954, he recorded the regional and seminal hit "Paper in my Shoe" for Eddie Shuler's Goldband Records in Lake Charles. Chavis always contended that Shuler ripped him off, and Shuler always denied it. The experience left a bad taste in Chavis' mouth, and for 30 years he didn't record or perform. But in the 1980s, Chavis re-emerged from obscurity to international acclaim and is credited with revitalizing zydeco music.

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    ZOL World Watch Tsunamis uproot centuries-old Samoan cultures
    Posted by rsias on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (13:35:00) (190 reads)

    Tsunamis uproot centuries-old Samoan cultures

    October 3, 2009

    By Audry McAvoy and Rod McGuirk
    Associated Press




    Family members mourn Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, as they bury
    the bodies of cousins Ana Lu Lai (7) and Rachel Loane (5) from
    the Village of Salepaga in Samoa, after tsunami waves destroyed
    life and property. An earthquake centered about 120 miles (193 kilometers)
    south of the islands of Samoa and American Samoa, triggered the tsunami
    early Tuesday.

    (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Greg Bowker)




    YOU CAN HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE T'SUNAMI DIRECTLY BY DONATING TO THE
    AMERICAN RED CROSS


    LEONE, American Samoa — The village of Leone is a picturesque enclave that has been a mainstay of the Samoas for centuries, a place where residents gather under beach meeting houses for rituals that are sacred to the local culture.

    Today, much of the village is a bleak landscape of rubble.

    An overturned van is sticking into the roof of one of the beach houses. Four elderly villagers were killed while gathered on the shore to weave Samoan mats and crafts. A 6-year-old boy and two sisters were swept away on their way to school. The post office is gone, so is the grocery store.

    The carnage in hard-hit Leone offers a glimpse into how this week's deadly earthquake and tsunami in Samoa and American Samoa decimated centuries of culture on two islands that are steeped in tradition.


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    Zydeco Trailrides Black Cowboys Turn A Page On American History
    Posted by rsias on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 (00:18:07) (301 reads)

    Black Cowboys Turn A Page On American History

    Oakland Black Cowboy Association celebrate 35th Anniversary Parade


    October 4, 2009

    By Thomas Peele
    Oakland Tribune


    The Oakland Black Cowboy Association celebrated the contributions
    of African Americans who settled the West with its 35th Anniversary Parade.


    OAKLAND, CA The message, they said, is simple: Those who broke stereotypes after the Civil War by breaking horses in the West deserve to be honored and remembered.

    "Twenty-five to 30 percent of working cowboys were people of color," said Wilbert McAllister, 68. "We know the truth. We're not fake."

    McAllister is president of the Oakland Black Cowboys Association, which held its 35th annual parade Saturday in the streets surrounding DeFremery Park. Dozens of horsemen and horsewomen from across the state participated, their steeds clomping along city streets.

    "I didn't want to be no damn cowboy when I was a kid," said McAllister, who grew up in Madera County. He went to Western movies on the weekends — no one on the screen looked like him.

    "I didn't see the image of the black male," he said. "History got left out."

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    ZOL Article J.J. Caillier Featured at Opelousas Music & Market Series
    Posted by rsias on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 (03:00:00) (239 reads)

    J.J. Caillier Featured at Opelousas Music & Market Series

    Zydeco's Bad Boy Keeps the Zydeco Capital of the World Hot Steppin'!

    October 13, 2009

    by Rod Sias
    www.ZydecoOnline.com




    J.J. Caillier & the Zydeco Knockouts to Perform
    on Friday, October, 16, 2009 at 6:00pm
    in Opelousas, Louisiana!

    (Opelousas,LA) - Music & Market will feature J.J. Caillier and the Zydeco Knockouts on Friday, October 16, 2009. The event takes place at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion in Opelousas from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. with music beginning at 6:00 p.m.

    Accordionist and lead vocalist J. J. Caillier, who was born in Lafayette, LA, remembers spending most of his childhood at his father’s zydeco and blues record store. It was there that he also had the opportunity to meet several legends of Zydeco artists such as Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Rockin Sidney.


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    ZOL Article Music and Market heads downtown to Courthouse Square
    Posted by rsias on Friday, October 09, 2009 (17:55:06) (163 reads)

    Music and Market heads downtown to Courthouse Square

    Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys to Perform
    on Friday, October, 9, 2009 at 6:00pm
    in Opelousas, Louisiana!


    October 9, 2009

    By William Johnson
    The Daily World Newspaper


    Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys
    bring their exicting Creole sound
    to Opelousas, Louisiana!


    Music and Market is taking its show on the road this week, with Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys performing Friday under the oaks on Courthouse Square in downtown Opelousas.

    "We are really excited to be going downtown," said Melanie Lee with the Opelousas Tourism Office, which hosts the free weekly concert series. "We have done this a few times before and the people seem to really like it."


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    ZOL World Watch Guam pulls together for relief efforts
    Posted by rsias on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 (13:00:00) (146 reads)

    Guam pulls together for relief efforts


    October 3, 2009

    By Amritha Alladi
    Pacific Daily News



    Nissan Motors Corp. Guam sales consultant Valisa Maiava
    sets up a donation basket to raise funds for those devastated
    by the recent earthquake and tsunami in American Samoa
    at the Nissan Upper Tumon yesterday.

    (Jacqueline Hernandez/Pacific Daily News/jhernande7)




    YOU CAN HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE T'SUNAMI DIRECTLY BY DONATING TO THE
    AMERICAN RED CROSS



    The memory of the day her daughter was born was all 37-year-old Lisa Maiava could conjure Tuesday morning when the tsunami hit American Samoa.

    Desperately trying to make contact with her 6-year-old girl back home, Maiava, now a Yigo resident, said she finally sighed with relief at 2 p.m. that day when she discovered that her daughter, Angellynndrite, had safely been driven on a school bus to the top of an inland hill, out of harm's way.


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