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Twelfth Night Party & Christmas Tree Burning with Bayou X

  • Main Street Museum 58 Bridge Street White River Junction, Vermont United States of America (map)

Friday January 5 is Twelfth Night in 2019, but this year, the Main Street Museum has decided to hold their annual Twelfth Night Party & Christmas Tree Burning on Friday Jan 11, which works out just fine for us, as it allows our other band, Celebration Brass Band, to host the first ever Twelfth Night Carnival Kickoff at the Club VT in Putney on Jan 5!

No matter, really…. We have had a blast playing this party at the Main Street Museum for going on five or six years now. It’s a family event. Bring your old Christmas tree for the bonfire, which usually starts around 6 pm. Host David Fairbanks Ford always makes some good and creative gumbo for this event, and not only that, he serves up a killer punch bowl on the side to boot. Live music and dance instruction start around 7 pm, depending on the crowd. This is a super informal event with the crowd moving back & forth between the the bonfire, the back deck, and the dance floor. Discriminating dancers will not turn their noses up at the dance floor here. It’s wood, well worn but still smooth, and cozy, like the dance floor at Fred’s Lounge might be, if Fred’s Lounge were owned by the Adams Family.

Early ending event. Rarely lasts beyond 10 pm. So come early, and have some some fun with us at WRJ’s unique cabinet of curiosities! Admission is usually by donation. $5 or $10; $20 Family price.

Earlier Event: December 29
2019 Carnival Season Tuneup at Club VT
Later Event: February 9
Mardi Gras Dance Party with Planet Zydeco & Bayou X

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.