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PortlandSideways.com is about getting off the beaten track, and finding new friends. We focus on dining, Portland Zydeco music, Zydeco dancing, outdoor activities and those other fun things we have yet to discover.
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Come enjoy the Friday night Concert Series in Oregon City, OR. Hear Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags, the Lloyd Jones Band, Dry County Crooks, Robbie Laws, Braxton Bragg, Rock Residue, Norman sylvester and Curtis Salgado. Food, beer and wine available.
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Cascade Zydeco presents...
Dance to Gator Beat's unique blend of Cajun, Zydeco and New Orleans Funk.
Catch Gator Beat on July 9th, 2008 at the
PPAA
618 SE Alder St. Portland, OR.
Admission $15 general admission adn $13 for Cascade Zydeco members.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with zydeco, this infectious music with uninhibited rhythms is a Creole based sound, which continues to evole with influences from the blues, jazz and hip hop. The step is simple, easy to learn and lots of fun. There is a free lesson from 6-7pm before the band plays, also an optional pot luck. The band plays from 7 - 10:30 Listen
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14th Annual Cascade Zydeco Dance Camp
September 12 - 14, 2008
Enjoy a whole weekend of Brian Jack and the Zydeco Gamblers and professional dance instruction
by Michael Seider and Flory Katz in the beautiful Mt Hood National Forest, only 55 miles east of
Portland. This year's camp is being held at the Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp, a beautiful facility with
comfortable lodges adjacent to the dining/dance hall, bathrooms in every lodge, hiking trails, ample parking, and NO clean up chores at the end of camp!
Details and registration here.
Video of dancers at last year's dance camp.
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Join the "Zydeco Crowd" at Mark's on the Channel in Scappose, OR on Sunday's at 5 PM to 7 PM. Enjoy some Zydeco CD sounds, dance, and partake of some of Mark's fantastic menu items.
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The Cascade Zydeco Society has just announced a partial line-up for the 2008 Portland Waterfront Blues Festival held July 3-6. The Zydeco Romp in the Swamp will be held Saturday July 5th. A stellar line-up of Chris Ardoin & Nu Step, Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew, Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters, and Rosie Lediet & Zydeco Playboys will headline. Watch for more announcements for the Sunday July 6th afternoon show.
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Starting this Tuesday, 1/15/08 we have ZYDECO IN VANCOUVER;
Where: 15th Street Pub, 15th & Main, W of I-5
When: 6-7:00 Happy Hour (to support the pub), 7-9 CD dancing
What: Beginning lesson if we recruit new people; dancing & fun no matter what.
Cost: None. 15th Street Pub is offering us the dance floor (& it's a great one) free for a 4 week trial that can continue if we support this.
So come to Taco Tuesday-2 tacos + 1 Pabst for $2 (until 7). Larger menu as well. What a deal.
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