In the spirit of the Mardi Gras season on Sat. Feb 17th "the D-NOTE" in Old Town Arvada will host a daytime Mardi Gras Festival fund raiser event from noon-6pm with proceeds going to SaveDarfur.org for educational resource and humanitarian relief efforts in Darfur, Sudan.
This family friendly event will feature a silent auction with items donated by local artists and businesses as well as performances from local & national musicians. During lunch time hours local caterer "The Bayou Boys" will be serving up their authentic Cajun gumbo straight from Louisiana! There will be dancing, mask making, a parade & other fun surprises. Costuming is encouraged!
Volunteers from the Denver Coalition to Save Darfur will help educate and raise awareness about the current crisis in Darfur, Sudan and to provide ways to get involved to help resolve an international crisis.
Musical entertainment will include a rare acoustic performance by national touring act "Johnny-O", by blending powerful lyrics and combining diverse influences such as jazz and New Orleans-style street rhythms "Johnny-O" is nothing short of being a troubadour of the soul.
Local Cajun hero Hugh Robertson (accordion/fiddle) will bring in his gang of misfit festivarians to keep the place dancing with the rhythmic sounds of "the Amazing Zydematics", playing their authentic South Louisiana style zydeco music. Always upbeat and ready to swing, "the Amazing Zydematics" make festivals happen !
We are also honored to announce a very special musical appearance by "Jessie Burns & Jon Sousa". The world class sounds of fiddle and guitar duo "Jessie Burns & Jon Sousa" brings with them the ancient spirit of the 'Ol County Downs, playing traditional and contemporary Celtic and Irish music, bar none.
The festivities will close with an all-star jam featuring New Orleans style rhythms and surprise special guests. Hosted by Boulder's very own "Pinion Way Band", Featuring talent Brian Sheehan on drums, Robb Garland on bass and Jim Mullett on guitar. Stylish and smooth, there is no better house band than "Pinion Way Band".
Mardi Gras is an annual celebration that takes place each February in Louisiana for a two and a half week period ending with Fat Tuesday and the beginning of Lent. All across Louisiana, Mardi Gras traditions are celebrated differently depending on one's location and background. In New Orleans, Mardi Gras social clubs (Krewes) host a number of lavish costume balls and lead grand parades with massive floats throughout the city. In Cajun country, bands of costumed revelers on horseback ride through the countryside acquiring chickens and gathering ingredients for a community gumbo to be served at the Mardi Gras fais-do-do. The black communities of both regions have their own traditions as well. Blacks dress in elaborate feather and bead Mardi Gras Indian costumes in New Orleans where they parade, dance and chant among neighborhood tribes. Rural blacks celebrate in a similar style as the Cajuns, and congregate in the evening at the Zydeco clubs for a night of eating, drinking and dancing. So come and share in the joie de vivre of a Louisiana Mardi Gras and.... "Laissez les bon temps rouler!" (Let the Good Times Roll)

Tickets are $10 and are available in advance at the Fox Theatre Box Office
Located downstairs at "Albums on the Hill" 1128 13th St. Boulder, CO.
or purchase TIX by phone @ 303-443-3399

The D-Note is located at 7519 Grandview Ave. Arvada, CO.
This event is from Noon-6pm on Sat. Feb 17th, 2007
made possible by volunteers of the Denver Coalition to Save Darfur
http://www.SaveDarfur.org