Lets Get Out and Dance, April 27th

We can't wait 'til 3rd Thursday to start dancing, so we're bringing Dr. Ya Ya's Gumbo Party to Willimantic in April! 

When Dr. Ya Ya's Gumbo Party comes to town, shoutin' and paradin' with that BIG second-line beat, tossing colored Mardi Gras Beads and doubloons to everyone, you're in for some of the best Louisiana - style musical cookin' north of Lake Porchartrain!  Here, outside of the tropical south, everybody deserves a Mardi Gras 400 days a year, and we really need some heat this year. To administer a remedy, Dr. Ya Ya dispatches his musical minions, who resemble past & present members of rootsy rockin' bands like The Bandidos, Hot Skillet Papas, Eight to the Bar, B. Willie Smith, The Convertibles and more. .This will be a jambalaya of New Orleans music:  zydeco, rhythm and blues, funk--my toes are dancing just thinking about it :).

Our great line-up for the evening will have you dancing from the first number, when Karen Lussier and Full Tilt start us off.  You've probably heard Karen's great vocals at Fenway Parkor with Kenny Chesney,Toby Keith, Brooks and Dunn, Ricky Skaggs. Karen is back after a 10 year hiatus with a brand new band whose names you'll recognize:  Ed Metal, George Butterick, Brian Tyler, and Steve Carini. They'll perform standard classic rock and roll with Johnny b Goode, Rock n Roll, by Led Zepplin, a Janice Joplin favorite with a special twist, some Martina McBride, Heart and a few originals that are bound to turn heads. The band is all about having fun and getting the crowd having a dancin' good time.

Our night will rock out with Chaug River Blues Band.  You know these guys:  Sean Rock, Brian Zawodniak, Rick Brosseau, Brian Laflamme, Seth Sharp.  They'll be playing the music we love.  Blues.  Be prepared to stay up past your bedtime.

3rd Thursday's long-awaited annual dance is happening April 27th, at the Elks, music starting at 7, doors open at 6:30.  BYO snacks, cash bar.  $15 per person. Tickets available at the Willi Food Coop or 860.450.0918 

Be prepared to stay up past your bedtime.  We'll be working 'til midnight.