Saturday - crack of dawn (OK 7:30, but that's way early for me) and I'm standing in line at Cafe des Amis, and I'm not alone!!
While we shiver and breathe on our hands, Corey Ledet (Le-day) and company arrive with their amps and instrument cases. Shortly thereafter, $4 cover clutched in my hand, I enter Saturday morning heaven. Where else can you dance (zydeco, of course) and eat breakfast?? We are escorted to the last available table in the place, wedged into a tiny space between the wine rack wall and a long table that seats about 20 (OK, maybe 10). But we are happy to be in the first seating. The people RIGHT behind us were seated while we paid our check!!!!
There's some dancing and some eating and some chatting -- but today is the big pre-Mardi Gras party at Gerry's and I'm gonna be helping with set-up, so by 10am I am winding my way back through the zydeco crowd that is 4 deep at the bar.
One minute it's a garage (at Gerry's) and the next minute it's a dance floor with raised stage at one end. Two trucks & a trailer bring Geno Delafose, equipment and musicians to the party. While I cut
King Cake (5 of 'em) the band starts crankin' and the dancers start slow, quick, quickin' and neither stop until the party is over at 4pm. Probably 400 people show, watch from lawn chairs, crowd the dance floor or chow down on the delicious meat pies, boudin, salads and, of course, "my" King Cake!!
Cute picture --- porta potties outside for the men, but inside the ladies are "line dancing" while they wait.
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