Zydeco Capital Jam was held today with awarding-winning accordion player
and last updated 2021-07-11 03:46:53-04
Award-winning accordion player and teacher Kaleb LeDay was leading the show at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center this afternoon.
The 21-year-old was the first place grand prize winner at a state wide accordion contest called The Big Squeeze, they say.
Leday is an accounting major at McNeese State University where he is also a member of the school s student band, Zyde-Pokes. It wasn t until I watched a video film of playing guitar with a band; I saw the accordion player and it looked interesting and easier than a guitar. I asked my mom for one for Christmas, and she said, oh you not going to learn it, and I promised her I was going to. Here we are now, I learned how to play it, Leday told KATC.
Zydeco Capital Jam to be held Saturday in Opelousas
Zydeco Capital Jam
and last updated 2021-07-06 16:10:29-04
The next monthly Zydeco Capital Jam is set for this weekend, with award-winning accordion player and teacher Kaleb LeDay leading the show.
The jam will take place on Saturday, July 10, at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center at I-49 exit 23 in Opelousas, from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Last May, LeDay, 21, was the Zydeco Grand Prize Winner at the 15th Annual Big Squeeze Statewide Accordion Contest, a Texas Folklife event. LeDay is an accounting major at McNesse State University, where he s a member of the Zyde-Pokes, the school s student band. Fluent in zydeco, Creole and Cajun styles, Leday teaches online and in-person lessons through his website, lessonsbyleday.com.