 BAND SPOTLIGHTJambalaya Jam Band Monday Feb. 22 Brewhaus 7 to 10 p.m. Lundi Gras Costume Ball Jambalaya Jam Band Once upon a time when faced with the church-designed idea of Lent, many poor, party-loving people were not about to venture into several weeks of forced fasting and designated denial without a major whoop-ti-do beforehand. Thus was born the celebration of Mardi Gras. An integral part of the merrymaking includes a New Orleans-style band and no one could do it better than our very own Jambalaya Jam Band, led by trumpeter Frank Parker and saxophonist Henry Miles. Parker, a New Orleans musician for most of his playing life, knows how to do the N’awlins thing just right. The group performs at the Brewhaus on Monday night for the Lundi Gras Costume Ball (plus every Monday as hosts of a jazz jam) and leads revelers in a traditional Mardi Gras Second Line parade which begins at Trout Lily Cafe on Tuesday at 6pm.
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