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West River Valley Community Mardi Gras Dinner Dance

  • Townshend VT Town Hall (map)

Community Hope & Action presents a free Mardi Gras dinner & dance featuring the music of BAYOU X. 5 pm free dinner (bring potluck sides & desserts) followed by live music & dancing, 6 - 8 pm.

Earlier Event: February 10
Mardi Gras Madness at Hawks & Reed
Later Event: March 3
6th Almost Annual Mole Hill Mardi Gras Ball

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.