Mardi Gras Cajun Dance Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Ashkenaz Community Center 1317 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA map www.ashkenaz.com Show 8:00 pm

The Creole Belles are a California based all-women band well known in the Cajun music scene for bringing the raw, driving authenticity of southwest Louisiana dancehalls to their shows. Popular zydeco musician and Louisiana native Andrew Carrière, son of legendary fiddler Bébé Carrière of the renowned Carrière Brothers from Lawtell, Louisiana will join Delilah Lee Lewis, fiddle & vocals, Maureen Karpan, accordion & vocals, Karen Leigh, guitar & vocals for this special double bill with the Aux Cajunals, along with Elaine Herrick, standup bass, Myrna Cooper, rubboard, Sam Siggins, drums, and Karen Celia Heil who will join us for some old-time twin fiddling.