$20.00 at door $15.00 advance (Advance Sales Ended) Old Town Alexandria, VA – The Torpedo Factory Art Center and Hungry for Music team up to help young musicians in need with a good old fashioned Louisiana Dance Party, sure to make you happy as a clam in mud! Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Hungry for Music, a Washington, D.C.-based charity that helps get instruments into the hands of young musicians in need. Musical instrument donations will also be accepted at the door. LIVE MUSIC BY TWO BANDS Washington, D.C.-based Squeeze Bayou plays traditional Cajun and zydeco dance music from Southwestern Louisiana. The band specializes in two steps and waltzes, but the music reflects a blend of many styles including country music,

blues and Creole. Most of its material comes from traditional sources and the vocals are sung in Cajun French.

The Junkyard Saints is a Baltimore-based seven-piece band with full horn section performing its own brand of New Orleans-style party music, blending funk, swing, Latin and R&B, with a splash of zydeco. Junkyard Saints has played at some of the most notable venues and festivals in the country including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Fort Lauderdale’s Cajun Crawfish and Riverwalk Blues festivals.

CAJUN DANCE LESSONS
Dance instructors Ben Pagac and Debbie Shaw will be on hand to provide free lessons in the art of swing, cajun and zydeco foot stompin’. The popular dance instructors regularly offer zydeco dance lessons throughout the Washington, D.C. area.

MARDI GRAS GOODIES AND REFRESHMENTS
Guests will enjoy King Cake and there will be Mardi Gras beads for all in celebration of the upcoming Fat Tuesday festivities. Drinks will be plentiful at the cash bar, along with light snacks.