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IMAC TO PRESENT A LOUISIANA
ZYDECO CONCERT WITH
BUCKWHEAT
ZYDECO
SATURDAY, February 8th, 2003 at 9pm
TICKETS: $35.00 General Public
/ $26.50 IMAC
Members
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On SATURDAY, February 8th at 9PM, the Inter-Media Art Center (IMAC) in Huntington, Long Island
will present a Louisiana Zydeco music concert with BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO.
Zydeco is the exuberant dance music of southwestern Louisiana's French-speaking black
people who refer to themselves as "Creoles". The music is a lively mix of traditional Creole music combined with '50's and
'60's blues, soul and R&B. Its distinctive instrumentation includes accordion, electric guitars, bass, drums
and a horn section, in addition to the "frottoir", a washboard that is worn like a vest and scraped with
spoons or other implements.
This exciting music, which has been enjoyed on its home turf for generations, is now winning converts
worldwide. Buckwheat Zydeco, led by accordionist, singer and songwriter Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural,
Jr., and backed by the Ils Sont Partis Band, has led the advance of Zydeco out of the swamps and cane
fields of his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana and into the pop mainstream where they have opened for
artists like U2, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Robert Cray. Buckwheat has been nominated for four
Grammys, and has recorded about a dozen albums, including his Grammy-nominated classic "On a Night
Like This."
Tickets
for this performance are $35.00 ($26.50 for IMAC Members).
For tickets to this performance, or for other IMAC programs,
call IMAC's 24-hour Arts-Line at (631) 549-ARTS. Tickets can
also be purchased at the theater from noon to 6PM, Tuesdays
to Fridays, and after 2PM on the day of the show. For further
information, call IMAC's business office at (631) 549-9666.
The
Inter-Media Art Center, Inc. is a non-profit Media and Performing
Arts Center whose programs and services are supported in part
by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts,
a state agency and the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs,
as well as by the Members of IMAC. IMAC also gratefully acknowledges
support from Fleet Bank, Korg, USA, Branch Financial Services
and Olivia and Harlan Fischer. 370 New York Avenue Huntington,
NY 11743-3319
(631) 549-9666 voice (631) 549-9423 fax
e-mail:
[email protected]
http://www.imactheater.org
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