It was not something he would recall anytime soon. "It was very exotic," Hong said. "Very smooth." Hong’s music sagacity came politesse of Joseph and , a author and son duo from southwest.
The musicians traveled Friday to to broach relations to zydeco music. Performances were at all metro-area library locations during buoyancy break. Leon Chavis, 27, led the hourlong presentation. In the start region of the class, Chavis introduced the assemble of about 40 adults and children to the explanation instruments of zydeco music - the accordion and the scrub-board. The songs are commonly fast-paced with lyrics in English or Creole, which Chavis described as "broken French.
" He said the feel-good lyrics and cheerful rhythm can revive up most anybody. "People just worship the beat," he said. Like her relative Ian, also said she enjoyed the music. Grace, 11, plays piano but she loved the fast-paced songs and called the music a "total delight.
" Zydeco music is a coalesce of French, African and Creole cultures that have been in Louisiana for generations. Leon Chavis, an accordion player, said he scholastic his spaceship from an uncle and his father. Each transitory generation, he said, makes its own contributions to the music so it has slowly captivated on the act upon of other music genres such as hip-hop, set and soul. He said one whosis that has not changed is the dancing.
Zydeco music is predominantly accompanied by clan dancing a two-step. "People do it for exercise," Chavis joked. "It’s a lot more moving than walking on a treadmill.
" , 59, brought her two granddaughters and grand-nephew to the show. She said the children, who were all younger than 1 year old, paid concentration almost the whole time. She viewed that as verification that the music is entertaining.
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