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| 2009 Festival Event |
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Festival Gala |
Slater Mill
67 Roosevelt Avenue
Pawtucket RI, 02860 |
| $10.00, Children under age 10 Free |
| Friday, August 28 |
| 6:00-11:00pm |
* Roosevelt Ave is closed off, if you are planning on attending this event, you need to enter from Exchange St and park in City Hall parking lot or Apex. No cars can enter from Main St onto Roosevelt. If you come to Main Street, you need to follow High Street to Exchange Street to Roosevelt Ave
** Slater Mill grounds - outdoor event under a big tent and large dance floor.
CJ Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
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 C.J. Chenier was literally born into the musical tradition of southwest Louisiana and Texas Zydeco, a chugging, accordion-led blend of French Creole and African-derived influences. Born the son of great Zydeco king Clifton Chenier, the first Grammy Award winning musician of his genre, C.J. was totally immersed in R&B, funk and jazz from childhood. Despite his family ties, or maybe because of them, C.J. wasn't terribly interested in his father's music as a teenager. A natural player, C.J. won a scholarship to study music at Texas Southern University and spent his college years exploring his own musical style. Click here for more information about the C.J. Chenier performance.
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Slippery Sneakers
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 Slippery Sneakers has performed at nationally known Zydeco festivals all over the country, including almost every dance festival in New England, always to wide acclaim. Additionally, the band has routinely broken attendance records at many of the monthly Zydeco dances held around the region and also hosts a highly successful monthly dance and workshop in East Providence RI. Bring your own lawn chairs, a fireworks display will be following the Gala. Click here for more information about the Slippery Sneakers performance.
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YMCA Family Fun Night starts at 6pm with family activities such as rock climbing, face painting & a bouncing obstacle course. A Disney movie will be shown at 8pm in the Visitor Center Theater.
 Pawtucket Family YMCA on 20 Summer Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island is proud to be a part of the Pawtucket Arts Festival. At the YMCA, we provide an opportunity for families to strengthen relationships, instill core values, and have fun together. We know that the time you spend together is valuable and often at a premium. Pawtucket Family YMCA provides a healthy environment rich with opportunities for children and families in our community to connect with one another and to become healthier in sprit, mind and body. Our youth programs promote the positive, healthy development of young people through activities and experiences that address the developmental assets that all children and youth need to grow up into caring, responsible and competent adults. Family programs include parent-child classes, health and fitness programs, family camps and family events.
For more information about Pawtucket Family YMCA’s programs, call 401-727-7900.
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Additional Events Taste of Pawtucket
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