Thanks to Dick from Oregon he does a wonderful job of sharing where the dancers are staying as well as what bands are playing where. Last time I went he had a special hospitality room that he put up a map with locations of all the dance places etc...
See the details listed below for this year and if you want to be added to his list for the future please send him email at the following...
Details for this year are listed below for reference....
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Be
sure to read the new benefit provided by the Holiday Inn for our zydeco group
guests. It replaces the little usedhospitality
room of past years.
The New
Year's Zydeco Trip to Louisiana is the best New Year's party in the country!
If you haven't experienced it,you are missing
a whole lot of fun. Fly into New Orleans on Thursday, Dec. 27 for the Rock 'n'
Bowl zydeco dance (get a good
hotel rate at www.hotwire.com for a
3-star hotel near the airport, or in downtown N.O.), then drive up to
the Holiday Inn
in Lafayette on Friday, check in, and get ready for more fun than you might
think possible for the
New Year's
weekend! Leave for home on Jan. 2.
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THURSDAY, Dec.
27: Rock 'n' Bowl-New Orleans;
Geno Delafose
& French Rockin' Boogie; 9 PM-Midnight. Non smoking
venue.
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NEW YEAR'S EXTRAVAGANZA in Lafayette, LA will be Dec. 28-Jan.
1.
Zydeco Group
Room Rate at the Holiday Inn will be $60 + tax/night. To book your rooms at the
Holiday Innon Evangeline
Thruway in Lafayette, call the hotel direct at 337-233-6815. Be sure to
identify what you are booking for--"New Year's Zydeco Group Rate," and the dates
you want to stay. If you have any problemgetting the
$60/night rate, ask to speak to Ashley DeRouen, or contact dickbrainard@gmail.com. They haveboth king bed
rooms & two queen bed rooms. Now for the new
benefit the hotel is offering! Each hotel
registrant
in
our zydeco group
will receive a voucher at the time of registration good for a continental
breakfast each morning in
the Bistro. The voucher will be good for coffee, juice, Danish & muffin.
Should you want the full buffet breakfast ($8.95),the
value of the voucher ($4.95) will be applied to lower the cost of the full
buffet breakfast to $4.00. What a great benefit!
And,
don't forget to leave a gratiuity for your waitress. The Holiday Inn-Lafayette
is once again pulling out all the stops for us.Please
let them know we appreciate it.
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Troy Carrier is
again organizing the annual New Year's "Tribute to Roy Carrier." Due to
logistical problems(toilets), this
year it will be held at the Zydeco Hall of Fame (formerly Richard's Club) just
outside Lawtell on Hwy. 190.There
will food for sale--fried chicken, bbq, red beans & rice, gumbo, ummm! Cover
charge will be $20/day--what a
bargain! NON SMOKING VENUE.
FRIDAY, Dec. 28:
Tribute to Roy Carrier; Zydeco Hall of Fame-Lawtell;
Live music from
3 PM until midnight, beginning with Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys,
followedby Corey "Lil'
Pop" Ledet, followed by Lil' Pookie & the Zydeco Sensations, and ending with
Lil' D& the Zydeco
Allstars. Non smoking venue.
SATURDAY, Dec.
29: Café des Amis-Breaux Bridge;
Joe Hall &
the Louisiana Cane Cutters; 8:30 AM -Noon. Non smoking
venue.
SATURDAY, Dec.
29: Tribute to Roy Carrier; Zydeco Hall of Fame-Lawtell;
Live music from
2 PM until 10 PM, beginning with Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe, followed by
Joe Hall& the
Louisiana Cane Cutters, followed by "T" Broussard & the Zydeco Steppers, and
ending withHorace Trahan
& the Ossun Express. Non smoking venue.
SATURDAY, Dec.
29: La Poussiere-Breaux Bridge;
Steve Riley
& the Mamou Playboys; 7:00-10:00 PM. Non smoking
venue.
SATURDAY, Dec.
29: 7th. Annual Mayor's New Year's Charity Gala-Opelousas Civic
Center;
Keith Frank
& the Soileau Zydeco Band will play around 9 PM. Dinner is included in the
$30 cost.For further info
& tickets, call 337-789-5048, or email pc70512@aol.com. Non smoking
venue.
SUNDAY, Dec. 30:
Whiskey River Landing-Henderson Levee;
Geno Delafose
& French Rockin' Boogie; 4:30-8:00 PM. Smoking
permitted.
MONDAY, Dec. 31:
Vermilionville-Lafayette;
Geno Delafose
& French Rockin' Boogie; 9:00-Midnight. The website is now up for ordering
tickets. Go to www.bayouvermilion.org/index.cfm?load=event&event=331
to order advance tickets,or buy tickets
at the door if still available. Non smoking venue.
TUESDAY, Jan. 1;
St. Peter Catholic Church Hall-Carencro;
Conversations
are in progress with L'Angelus Family Cajun Band to play their annual New Year's
Day Brunch Dance.
10:30 AM-1:30 PM. Gumbo & homemade goodies will be served. Go north on I-49
to Carencroexit (5 miles),
left to Romero St. (which becomes Church St.), left 2-blocks to church hall. Non
smoking venue.
Stay
tuned for confirmation.
TUESDAY, Jan. 1:
Tribute to Roy Carrier; Zydeco Hall of Fame-Lawtell;
Live music from 2 PM until 10 PM,beginning with Snuggles & the Show Stoppers, followed by Dwight Carrier & the Zydeco Ro Dogs, followed byJeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, and ending with Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws. Non smoking venue.
Live music from 2 PM until 10 PM,beginning with Snuggles & the Show Stoppers, followed by Dwight Carrier & the Zydeco Ro Dogs, followed byJeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, and ending with Step Rideau & the Zydeco Outlaws. Non smoking venue.
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Future notices
will be sent as new zydeco information is received.
For all things
Cajun, go to www.arnb.org
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Chubby Carrier's
newest cd "Rockin' With Roy" is just out. It is a tribute to his father
Roy Carrier.
Go to www.chubbycarrier.com to purchase
it.
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