Group to perform at South Jackson

Zydeco music will be presented by, front row from left, entertainers Karen Lewis, Lucy Majors and J. T. Northcutt and at back, Debbie Sanders, Jim Zidan, Melissa Shuran and Rosie Graham. The group will perform April 7 at Gala New Orleans in Tullahoma?.

Zydeco, a popular music of southern Louisiana, combines tunes of French origin with elements of Caribbean music and the blues. The Gala’s zydeco band will be performing during the ?Going Back to Big Mamoo” number, utilizing such low country instruments as the washboard, spoons, jug, washtub string bass, tambourines and harmonica. Colorfully costumed ensemble vocalists, special guests soloists and a company of dancers will present the blues and jazz of New Orleans, and a tribute to New Orlean’s Louie “Stachmo” Armstrong.

Showtime is 8:00 p.m. A social hour including the touring of the Civic Center’s Mitchell Museum, a museum of area history, and display and sales of original painting will begin at 7:00. A New Orleans style party with both mild and hot Cajun cuisine and champagne or sparkling white grapejuice will wind up the evening festively following the show. All-inclusive tickets are $30, and Visa and Mastercard will be accepted. Reservations may be made by calling the Civic Center at 455-5321.#