You Might Be Wondering...

You might be wondering why this blog is so neglected. It's so neglected because we don't need it anymore now that we have Barbara, the oh-so-wonderful webmaster for the Cascade Zydeco website. The blog will stay here as a place to hang our photo album, but look at the real deal website for all the newz that's fit to print.

2008 Cascade Zydeco Dance Camp

Whooee! What a weekend! Visit the photos in the CZ blog album and the many, many more (and attractively edited) photos taken by Barbara Wertz that are linked to the Cascade Zydeco site.

We had more than 80 dancers from all over the USA and a couple from Canada learning fancy footwork (from Michael Seider) and fancy hipwork (from Flory Katz), hot zydeco music from Brian Jack and the Zydeco Gamblers (who had to evacuate from Houston ahead of Hurricane Ike before boarding their plane to Portland), a Sunday afternoon with Too Loose Cajun Band, great weather and food, swimming, hiking, and just hanging out with new and old friends.

Hot, Hot, Hot

The 2008 Cascade Zydeco Picnic was nothin' but hot -- hot weather, hot burgers and dogs, hot tunes. Oh, and cold tubs for dipping your hot self between dances. Many thanks to Ralph for opening his strange and wonderful home for a great party complete with a cruise-ship-load of games and great music (and an open ended invitation to stay until the cows came home, which they did not do until well after 10 pm). Business was done: We conducted our annual meeting as per Uncle Sam and conferred the Golden Gator 2008 mantle upon the worthy Dick Brainard (where were the cameras?). Check out the photo album for picnic pictures!

Annual Cascade Zydeco Picnic

Saturday, August 16
Noon to Six

Dance, Eat, Play, & meet the new Cascade Zydeco Board

A day of fun with CD dancing, picnicking, badminton, ping-pong, horse shoes, croquet and foos ball. Cascade Zydeco provides hotdogs, hamburgers, buns, condiments. Please bring a great dish to share with others plus your own beverages.. This qualifies as our once-a-year meeting requirement for tax-exempt purposes, so please try to attend.

Please RSVP so we will have enough food. Send your rsvp to Patty at phkadel@yahoo.com

Free event for CZ members
Non members $5
Note from Ralph: There will be plenty of room for camping if you want to pitch your tent and stay all night. Homemade pancakes served in the morning.

Location: Ralph Olsen’s
3919 NE 50th Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98661
360-694-1443
Map

July 9th Gator Beat!

Wednesday, July 9th
PPAA
618 SE Alder
Portland, OR

Gator Beat plays their own brand of South Louisiana dance music. They combine Cajun, Zydeco and New Orleans Funk rhythms, keeping audiences dancing at festivals and parties from Louisiana to Las Vegas, to the West Coast and Canada. It's a band with a beat that bites!

Lesson & Potluck 6:00 pm
Music 7:00 to 10:30 pm
Admission: $15 general, $13 CZ members

Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

Wednesday,
June 25, 2008
Location: PPAA Hall
618 SE Alder
Portland, Oregon




Cascade Zydeco presents
Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble
Best Male Vocalist 2007 - Zydeco Music Awards

Lesson & Potluck 6:00 pm
Music 7:00 to 10:30 pm
Admission: $15 general, $13 CZ members

Gator by the Bay 2008

Crawfish, sweat, sunburn, hot tunes, hot moves, and great friends. What's not to like? To see the some photos of Cascade Zydeco dancers at the 2008 Gator by the Bay festival in San Diego click the Photo Album link over on the left side of the page. Yee haw! Oh, I mean et toi!