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Lane Bryant
SF Bay Area Cajun/Zydeco Updates

By
Ellen Papper
Updates:
August 19, 2008

Hi everyone --
Below are changes and corrections, highlights of
what's new, listings for Louisiana and Texas bands
coming to town and other news.

You can get more complete information on my calendars
through Andrea's website:
www.sfbayou.com.  Or go
directly to the calendars at
http://calendar10.tripod.com.

If you have any updates, corrections, etc., please
email them to me at
epapper@sbcglobal.net.  

See you at the dances.  Ellen

REMINDERS:
-- As a reminder, Brian Jack will be playing this
Friday night at Just Dance in Oakland. 
-- There will be NO dance this Friday night at the
Eagle's Hall in Alameda.  Dances resume there next
Friday night, Aug. 29th with Andre Thierry and Zydeco
Magic.
-- Two festivals will be taking place this coming
weekend: the Accordion Festival in Cotati and the
Ardenwood Festival in Fremont.  More information is
available on the calendar. 

CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS:
-- The gig for the Zydeco Flames on August 30th is a
private event and has been removed from both the
calendar and their website. 

In my update, I mentioned that the Zydeco Flames' gig
on August 30th is private.  When I sent the email, I
didn't realize they had two gigs on the 30th.  Their
gig during the day (which is no longer on the
calendar) is the one that's private. 

The Flames WILL be playing Saturday night at Ashkenaz
and that dance is open to the public.  Sorry for any
confusion.
  


WHAT'S NEW:
-- Added gigs for:
* Mark St. Mary in Sept. and Dec.
* Gerard Landry in Sept.
* Creole Belles in Sept.
* Blues Box Bayou in Oct.
* Zydeco Flames in Oct., Nov. and Dec.

-- Added gigs at:
* Ashkenaz in Berkeley in Sept.

EVENTS FEATURING LOUISIANA AND TEXAS BANDS:  Please
support these visiting bands as well as our local
bands.  More details can be found on the calendar. 

AUGUST 2008:

Aug. 19: Roy Carrier in Berkeley

Aug. 21: Roy Carrier in Oakland

Aug. 22: Brian Jack in Oakland

Aug. 23: Brian Jack in Cotati

Aug. 23: Roy Carrier and Guyland Leday in Fremont

Aug. 24: Roy Carrier and Guyland Leday in Brisbane

SEPTEMBER 2008:

Sept. 5: Roddie Romero in Alameda

Sept. 12: Feufollet in Alameda

Sept. 28: Buckwheat Zydeco in San Francisco

NOVEMBER 2008:

Nov. 7: Dexter Ardoin in Alameda

OTHER NEWS:

Congratulations to Ronnie and Cheryl on their recent
marriage.  We wish you a long and happy life together!


One dancer from my email list is interested in
carpooling from the San Jose area to places like
Alameda.  Do any of you live in the San Jose area who
would be interested in carpooling?  If so, let me know
and I'll connect you with each other.  

Although I generally just focus on Cajun and Zydeco
events, I do have a non-C/Z question: Do any of you
work in organizations that need help:
. Analyzing jobs to identify the critical skills and
competencies?
. Developing interview guides to determine which
candidates have the necessary skills?
. Developing or validating tests to identify
candidates with the highest probabilities for success?
  
. Conducting surveys or interviews to assess the
effectiveness of the work environment? 
. Identifying improvements that might be needed to
make training programs more effective? 
. Identifying improvements or enhancements that might
be needed to make other programs (e.g., new employee
orientation, performance management, etc.) more
effective? 
. Assessing client or customer satisfaction with
products or services?
. Identifying and solving other workforce or
organization related issues? 
If so, please let me know.  Also, is there a
particular person within the organization you'd
recommend I contact?  Thanks!  

If you don't want to receive these updates, please let
me know and I'll remove you from the list.