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	Cajun vs Zydeco Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This helped to trigger the "Cajun revival." At the same time, young Cajun musicians like Michael Doucet and Zachary Richard were pushing the limits of Cajun music, combining it with other sounds in a way similar to swamp pop musicians in the 1950s.
		Cajun music has typically always been played as music for dancing – not just for listening… After the accordion was imported and available in the United States, it became a great asset for Cajun bands because, unlike the fiddle, it could be heard over the noise of the dancers feet, in the era before amplification.
		Waltz (3-beats) Cajun or zydeco waltz is generally a simple progressive waltz that travels around the “line of dance” of the dance floor.
	rochesterzydeco.com /cajunzydeco.html (1460 words)

	Atlanta Waltz Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Our mission is to offer the highest quality and variety of waltz music from waltzing's more than 200-year history and to allow dancers to explore and extend the range of their waltzing abilities and to meet exciting dance partners in a safe social space free of smoke and alcohol.
		Portland, Oregon, "Waltz in Portland,"--monthly Sunday brunch waltzes in 1920s ballroom, the Viscount.
		It is known that many European politicians much preferred the subtle passion of their energetic waltz partners to the far more risky passion of guns and cannon, the Congress having been criticized widely (or complimented?) that it does not march, it dances.
	www.splittree.org /atlantawaltzsociety.htm (2983 words)

	Cajun Zydeco Articles Published September 2, 1998
		From the Cajun songbag, their rendition of "Basile Waltz" stands out with a knockout steel ride by Dale Broussard and a cutting fiddle solo from the tune’s co-author, Abe Manuel Sr., father of the band’s Abe Manuel, Jr.
		"Cajun French is not really a foreign language," said Tee-Mick, "since it was the native tongue of an entire region of south Louisiana, yet it is becoming a foreign language because so many of our children do not speak their parents' and grandparents' language.
		The state had passed laws outlawing the speaking of Cajun French anywhere on the school grounds Anytime we spoke it, we were spanked, and since that was all I knew, I got spanked a lot.
	www.homestead.com /cajunzydeco/files/articles/a980902.htm (5463 words)

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		The waltz is from Vermilion Parish, to the south of Lafayette where the fiddle is more influential, rather than from the accordion-dominated prairie country to the west of that city.
		This waltz was supposed to have been played by a condemned soldier to a general as a last request before his execution before a firing squad.
		Francois' source, Cajun fiddler Dennis McGee, claims the tune was played by a general in response to part of the last request of a condemned soldier by the name of Guilbeau.
	www.ibiblio.org /fiddlers/V.htm (1870 words)

	VILLE PLATTE CAJUN MUSIC
		Cajun Music was born in this part of Cajun country, "Southwest Louisiana".
		One thing you need to know about Cajun Music is that a lot of the tunes are the same, only the name has been change.
		Cajun music is not easy to play and make it sound Cajun, it has been tried and called cajun, BUT IT IS NOT CAJUN.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/2073/jolie-bl.htm (632 words)

	Cajun Zydeco Articles Published April 4, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After that waltz comments were made about how elegant the dance was and how beautiful the music sounded.
		Cajun music, the two-step variety, is 4/4 time music (usually 4 1/4 beats (or combinations) to the music measure.) Zydeco music has the same signature timing, yet one knows, by listening (generally) which is Cajun and which is Zydeco.
		In Cajun music we generally find the four beats of the measure played with a stronger accent on the forth beat of the measure.
	www.homestead.com /cajunzydeco/files/articles/a970404.htm (4169 words)

	Authentic Cajun food and live
		It was at these house dances, sometimes referred to as fais do-dos that youngsters would be encouraged to go to sleep in one of the bedrooms so that the elders could engage in an evening of dancing and good times.
		People hooked on Cajun music and dancing can now learn how to waltz, two-step and jitterbug in the comfort and privacy of their own homes.
		Cajun dance videos just seemed like a good idea." Since their release, Speyrer has sold thousands of copies of the new videos.
	www.mulates.com /cajdance.htm (588 words)

	Floyd's Record Shop - The world's largest selection of Cajun, Zydeco, and Swamp Pop Music!
		Drawing from his Cajun string band roots, this is perhaps the most true example of his musical vision.
		The guys are hardly Cajun traditionalists by any means, but they've successfully managed to blend the thick accents, effects from generations of unique eating and drinking habits, and simplicities and complexities of the Cajun life of old into a modern sound that's just plain fun to listen to.
		n addition to the traditional-style Cajun music which is their forte, Don Fontenot and his friends also wanted to include a share of Zydeco and South Louisiana "Swamp Pop" music on their new CD to provide an accurate taste of what Les Amis de la Louisiane is all about.
	www.floydsrecords.com (1316 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Sounds Like . . . Cajun Country
		KBON beams its signal from the center of the so-called Cajun Prairie, a big-sky expanse of cattle pastures and rice fields.
		Potier's Prairie Cajun Inn (110 W. Park Ave., 337-457-0440, www.potiers.net) is in downtown Eunice, near KBON and the Liberty Theater.
		But there is live Cajun music to be had just about every night of the year at numberless clubs, restaurants and joints in surrounding towns.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A35833-2003Sep19?language=printer (2602 words)

	List of Cajun or Zydeco Dance Instructors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fran Berbette teaches cajun and zydeco in the Philadelphia area, including the Allons Danser dances at the TK Club in Conshohocken, PA, the Main Line School Nite education program, and the monthly Blues on the Bayou events held on the 1st Wednesdays at Warmdaddy's in downtown Philly.
		She was the first person to teach cajun dance after noticing that young people didn't know how to do this and there was a resurgence of cajun music in the area.
		In 1998 we were the Cajun dancers on the Louisiana Birthday Bus which traveled to the major media markets in the eastern third of the United States as the kick off for FrancoFete '99, the year long celebration of French influence in the State of Louisiana.
	www.bme.jhu.edu /~jrice/NewFiles/czinstructorsusa.html (4063 words)

	TABASCO® Music Stage- zydeco and cajun dance lessons online
		Cajun and Zydeco music is, first and foremost, dance music.
		At the many Louisiana festivals, in the friendly Cajun and Zydeco dance halls and in many Cajun restaurants, you can hear live music and watch energetic dancers.
		Country, especially the Zydeco Two-Step, Cajun Waltz, Cajun Two-Step and Cajun Jitterbug.
	www.tabasco.com /music_stage/dance_lessons/index.cfm (343 words)

	Learn more about Ballroom dance in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As a historical curiosity, ballroom dancing competitions in the former USSR included the Soviet Ballroom dances, or Soviet Program in addition to Standard dances and Latin dances.
		-Waltz - Tango - Viennese Waltz - Foxtrot - Quickstep
		-Waltz - Foxtrot - Tango - Viennese Waltz
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/ba/ballroom_dance.html (830 words)

	LCVC - Events & Festivals \| Festivals Acadiens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Celebrate the rhythm of Cajun life at Festivals Acadiens in Lafayette, the heart of French Louisiana.
		This three-hour concert was a catalyst that attracted and educated the younger generation to the traditional values of the Cajun culture.
		C'est bon (that's good) is the best way to describe authentic Cajun and Creole cooking and nowhere in the world is the variety greater than at Festivals Acadiens' Bayou Food Festival.
	www.lafayettetravel.com /events/festivals/fest_aca.cfm (591 words)

	Amazon.com: 1957: Solo Cajun Guitar: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is, then, more an embrace than a display, full with the richness of Cajun traditionals that have long been the fare of Doucet's other outlet, Beausoleil.
		You don't have to be a Cajun music lover to appreciate them -- although they are wonderfully representative of the richness of Cajun culture -- but simply anyone who appreciates the magic of a beautifully played guitar.
		Doucet has an understanding of Cajun and Creole culture that contributes largely to his choice of technique.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001SI96?v=glance (764 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: CHOATES, HARRY H. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		CHOATES, HARRY H. Harry H. Choates, Cajun musician, was born in either Rayne or New Iberia, Louisiana, on December 26, 1922.
		Perhaps in honor of his daughter, Linda, he rewrote an old Cajun waltz, "Jolie Blone" (Pretty Blonde) and renamed it "Jole Blon." He recorded the song in 1946 for the Gold Star label, owned by Bill Quinn of Houston.
		Rufus Thibodeaux, a well-known Cajun fiddler, recorded an album entitled A Tribute to Harry Choates in the mid-1960s on the Tribute label.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fch67.html (871 words)

	Johnny Sonnier & Cajun Heritage
		At a early age of nine after beating on his mothers pots and pans, since he was 5.
		In the fall on 1982, Johnny changed his style of music to a what many believe was the start of progressive or zydecajun music.
		Johnny believes in keeping the original, but he also continues on searching for a way to keep the cajun music alive.Those who understand and live it as he does, knows what it means to be a cajun and a musician.
	www.angelfire.com /la2/johnnysonnier (676 words)

	Ballroom dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Akin to "Ballroom dances" and "Nightclub dances" are Country/western dances, danced both competitively and socially at C/W bars, clubs, ballrooms.
		One example would be the subcategory of Cajun Dances whichoriginated in New Orleans, with branches reaching both coasts of the USA.
		Few would argue the enormous influence the on-screen dance pairing of FredAstaire and Ginger Rogers had on perceptions of ballroom dancing.Although both actors had independent projects and careers (Fred Astaire had many otherpartners and Ginger Rogers won an Academy Award for a dramatic role),their filmed dance sequences have reached iconic status.
	www.therfcc.org /ballroom-dance-11797.html (1101 words)

	Flat Town Music Company Web Store
		Regarding Cajun Music licensing, if you want truly unique, culturally enriched music that has been slow-cooked through time, hardship, love, and family, for a few hundred years into what it is today, we have it all.
		Flat Town Music Company would like to congratulate Jackie Caillier, Ivy Dugas and the Cajun Cousins for their recent success at the 2005 CFMA Le Cajun Awards which were held on August 19th, 20th, and 21st at the Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, Louisiana.
		Jackie Caillier, Ivy Dugas and the Cajun Cousins are a cohesive group of Cajun musicians rooted around the Louisiana-Texas border and, like most, play local clubs, private parties, restaurants, and a variety of special functions throughout Louisiana and Texas.
	www.jinrecords.com (2024 words)

	Atlanta Cajun Dance Association Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Introduction to Cajun waltz, two-step, and city-style jitterbug.
		Their waltzes are beautiful and haunting, their two-steps are spicy and powerful, and their Zydeco numbers are hot.
		Unlike most of today's modern Cajun bands, Bruce, in the old time Cajun musical tradition writes both the words and music to most of the songs he performs.
	www.mindspring.com /~atlcajundance (1117 words)

	List of dances - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
		Slow Waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
		Dance basic topics, a list of general dance topics
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_dances (454 words)

	zydeco band leader accordian helps with zydeco music definition - Boston Zydeco
		Traditional Louisiana Cajun two-steps, reels and waltzes sizzle in the stew along with Creole blues, mazurkas and Zydeco.
		Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp, a nationally touring Creole, Cajun, and Zydeco band is on the move to bring the best in Louisiana French music to audiences of listeners and dancers across the country.
		Having lived in Louisiana and Quebec, Canada (and still touring in North America and Europe with many Louisiana based Cajun and Creole-Zydeco bands on occasion), Dennis only knows how to play it "down home" and always has a sound that is fresh and "straight from the bayous and prairies" of southwest Louisiana.
	www.bostonzydeco.com (2845 words)

	La Louisianne Records
		One of the finest Cajun fiddlers from South Louisiana, this young musician performs his favorite standards with the band, Cajun Power.
		Valerie Andrus was raised in Cajun Country when it was not cool to be Cajun.
		This traditional Cajun band is a regular performer at the world famous Mulates restaurant in Breaux Bridge.
	www.lalouisiannerecords.com /laloucat.htm (1525 words)

	CHER 'TIT MONDE
		Many of the tunes are written with parts for various instruments, and include a numbered bass.
		A popular Cajun tune recorded many times, though first by J.B. Fusilier, who named the song for his daughter ("Tout-Toute" being a nickname meaning "my everything").
		Raymond Francois (1990) notes that this is often the opening song played by a Cajun band because it is so familiar as to be effortless and therefore confidence-building, and that it helps to make sure the instruments are tuned properly.
	www.ibiblio.org /fiddlers/CHER_CHURN.htm (1897 words)

	New Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Recently signed Swallow recording artist, Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp is a nationally touring Creole, Cajun, and Zydeco band bringing the best in Louisiana French music and culture to audiences of listeners and dancers across the USA and Canada.
		In addition to the traditional-style Cajun music which is their forte, they also wanted to include a share of Zydeco and South Louisiana "Swamp Pop" music to provide an accurate taste of what Les Amis de la Louisiane is all about.
		They are well known at festivals and events and gain a potent connection with their audiences by blending the very essence of modern day Cajun music with rediscovered classics by artists such as Cyp and Adam Landreneau, Nathan Abshire, Dewey Balfa, Iry Lejeune, and more.
	www.flattownmusic.com /new_releases.htm (2286 words)

	Dance
		Starts with a free beginning waltz lesson from an experienced ballroom dance instructor.
		Several times a year Viennese waltz is taught instead of English Country waltz and the dance features more Viennese waltzes.
		Starts with a free beginning cajun waltz and two-step lesson from an experienced instructor.
	home.earthlink.net /~paulvana/dance.htm (426 words)

	Dance Cajun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Taught by two of the most respected and cherished Cajun dancers in South Louisiana, ‘Danser Avec Nous!’ (Dance With Us!), an informational and Cajun dance instruction video, will have you dancing like you were born on the bayou.
		Shot in the heart of Cajun Country, the video opens with Allons á Lafayette, a glimpse of Acadiana, showing some of the local scenes that make this area special.
		And watch for the ever-popular Cajun Jig, (a jitterbug adapted to Cajun music) including the Cher Bébé (Sweet Baby) and Le Cheri (The Sweetie) along with other advanced hand-turns.
	www.dancecajun.com (265 words)

	Austin Pitre
		One of the great Cajun singers and accordionists, who also played fiddle on occasion (note 9 & 10).
		Born in 1918, Austin Pitre was a well-liked dance hall musician from the late 1940s until his untimely death in 1981.
		“Travelers to Louisiana have sung the praises of the late Cajun accordionist and singer, Austin Pitre.
	www.arhoolie.com /titles/452.shtml (187 words)

	Megatrax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		In backwater Cajun towns where boats glide past alligators in search of crawfish for the gumbo pot, accordion master Steve Conn apprenticed with the finest of the squeeze box maestros.
		Experience the magical music of Louisiana with hot Cajun flavor.
	www.megatrax.com /frontdoor/cd_details.cfm?cdid=500004 (119 words)

	Hartford Community Dance (HCD) -- contra, Cajun/zydeco, swing, and waltz dances in the Hartford CT area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		HCD sponsors contra, Cajun/zydeco, swing, and waltz dances in the Hartford, CT area.
		Jane Dumont conducts classes and workshops in Lindy, East Coast, West Coast, Hustle, Charleston, Shag, Waltz, and more throughout the year at the American Legion Hall in Wethersfield.
		Except as noted: Waltz dances are 3-6pm Sunday afternoons at the South End Senior Center, 70 Canterbury Street, East Hartford, CT [
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/4159 (2097 words)

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