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Bayou X Post-Thanksgiving Dance Party!

  • Mole Hill Theatre 789 Gilsum Mine Road East Alstead, NH USA (map)

In the manner of Thanks and Gratitude, Bayou X will be hosting a Post-Thanksgiving Potluck and Dance Party at the Mole Hill Theatre, Saturday, Nov 24. Potluck starting 7 pm. Dance instruction starting 7:30, followed immediately two sets of live music starting 7:45 or 8 pm. Another set of dance instruction before the second set. The dance instruction will be non-technical, geared towards the fundamentals of couple dancing for beginners.

Bayou X is the southern VT/NH borderlands’ premier Cajun/Zydeco/Global Creole dance band, playing both traditional and original dance music, as inspired by all the traditions where European and African cultures meet and intersect. Although Louisiana Cajun & Zydeco music are the crux of our sound, our repertoire also embraces the music of New Orleans, Haiti, the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, West African Hi-Life music, Congolese soukous and more.

$12 cover for this event. The Mole Hill Theatre is located on Gilsum Mine Road in East Alstead, just across the town line from Gilsum NH.

Earlier Event: July 4
Saxtons River (VT) 4th of July Celebration
Later Event: December 29
2019 Carnival Season Tuneup at Club VT

Back O’Town Cajun Band plays classic, acoustic Cajun music, straight up. Pete & Linda Simoneaux on fiddle, accordion(s) and vocals, with Michael Pattavina on acoustic guitar on vocals. Augmented as needed by Bayou X mainstays Steve Frankel on electric bass, and Ben Carr on drums. Back O’Town’s repertoire encompasses the work of artists such as Amadee Ardoin & Dennis McGee, Joe & Cleoma Falcon, Leo Soileau with Mayeuse LaFleur and Moise Robin, Angela LeJeune, Iry LeJeune, Nathan Abshire, Lawrence Walker, the Balfa Brothers, and more, from from the legendary recordings of late 1920s and early 1930s, through the postwar periods of the 1940s and 50s, and the great Cajun music revival of the 1960s and 70s. Pete & Linda & Mike each bring over three decades experience playing and studying and dancing to this music. Dance instruction at all levels is also a staple of their repertoire.