Waltz + Zydeco

Fri, Sep 2
7pm to 12:30 am
$12

Tom Rigney and Flambeau, popular Zydeco band in the San Francisco Bay
Area, and Friday Night Waltz are teaming up to present a Zydeco + Waltz
dance Friday September 2 at Foresters Hall 1203 Middlefied Road
Redwood City.

About half the dances will be Waltzes, about a quarter are zydeco, and
the balance are polka, latin, swing.

Zydeco is a fun, simple fast dance from Northwest Louisiana. If you have
never done Zydeco, this is your chance.

There will be 2 hours of Zydeco class from 7 to 9. Flambeau plays from 9
to 12 midnight.
$12 for both classes and dance. All ages. Casual comfortable attire.

Forresters Hall is AIR CONDITIONED!

for more information www.FridayNightWaltz.com or rigomania.com

Friday Night Waltz is a high energy dance that features mainly waltzes
in the dances and classes, along with other dances like polka, one step,
swing, and tango. People are friendly, and the atmosphere is warm and
welcoming. We teach waltzes and
other dancesat all levels, from newcomer to advanced. You don't need to
bring a partner, and attire is casual and comfortable.






Tom Rigney Biography

After fifteen years as the leader and electrifying violinist of The
Sundogs, fiddler/composer Tom Rigney steps out on his own with a hot new
band, Flambeau. The repertoire is original, eclectic, passionate, and
filled with a musical and emotional intensity that will come as no
surprise to followers of Rigney's career.

Tom Rigney has been a part of the San Francisco Bay Area roots music
scene for over twenty-five years. The son of baseball great, Bill
Rigney, Tom is a native of the Bay Area. His musical career began after
he finished his graduate studies at Harvard University, where he
received a Masters degree in Fine Arts.

Tom first rose to prominence in the music scene as the leader/fiddler of
the legendary Bluegrass/Western Swing band, Back in the Saddle. He won a
Bammie award in 1981 for the band's debut recording. He also wrote their
hit song, "Time and Again", which rode the country music charts in the
Bay Area for many weeks, no small achievement for an independent
release.

After the demise of Back in the Saddle, Tom joined Queen Ida's Bon Temps
Zydeco Band and toured the world with the Queen in 1983 and 1984. It was
at this time that he developed a love of South Louisiana dance music
(Cajun, zydeco, and New Orleans second line grooves). These styles
formed a major ingredient in the sound of his next band, The Sundogs.
Teaming with songwriter Joe Paquin and slide guitarist T.J. Politzer,
Tom and The Sundogs performed and recorded together for fifteen years.

In 1998, Tom released the critically-acclaimed "Chasing the Devil" on
the Parhelion label. In 1999, with his new band, Flambeau, he released
"Red Boots and Rice". The year 2000 saw the long-awaited re-release of
his first solo album, "Rigo". In May, 2002, Tom released
"Metamorphosis", an all-instrumental disc featuring ten new compositions
as well as Tom's memorable arrangement of Kate Wolf's haunting "Brother
Warrior". "Metamorphosis" is Tom's most ambitious and stylistically
diverse CD yet. And in July, 2003, the new Flambeau CD, "Happy to be
Here", hit the street. Unquestionably the party album of the summer,
"Happy to be Here" is filled with infectious grooves, hot playing from
all the members of Flambeau, and a level of energy and intensity only
surpassed by their live show.

Venue:

Foresters Hall
1203 Middlefield Road
Redwood City CA
650 326 6265
http://www.FridayNightWaltz.com

101. East on Woodside. North on Middlefield. about 1 mile, yellow and
white two story building on left, corner of Cassia.

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