Zydeco music combines Cajun and Creole traditions for unique sound
As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound.
The fan cooling off the zydeco band whirled right in front of Nathan Williams face. So close, he clipped his baseball cap on a blade. But nothing deterred Williams from seeing his zydeco idol, Clifton Chenier. I ve been around zydeco all my life. Matter of fact, when Clifton Chenier was playing I was a little bitty boy in St. Martinville, I was like eight, nine, ten years old he was playing at a club but I was too young so I couldn’t get in. So I had to stand on a washing machine to watch him through the window.
Zydeco music combines Cajun and Creole traditions for unique sound
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As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound.
The fan cooling off the zydeco band whirled right in front of Nathan Williams face. So close, he clipped his baseball cap on a blade. But nothing deterred Williams from seeing his zydeco idol, Clifton Chenier. I ve been around zydeco all my life. Matter of fact, when Clifton Chenier was playing I was a little bitty boy in St. Martinville, I was like eight, nine, ten years old he was playing at a club but I was too young so I couldn’t get in. So I had to stand on a washing machine to watch him through the window.
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The West Virginia Board of Education canceled a meeting that was scheduled Tuesday morning to address counties that did not initially comply with a ruling to return to in-person learning.
The meeting was scheduled to address counties that voted to remain in remote-only instruction. But last week, Gilmer, Taylor and Marion agreed to offer an in-person option making them the last of the state’s 55 counties to comply with the state board’s demands.
State school board President Miller Hall said in a press release that he was pleased all counties were now back in buildings, and he said mitigation efforts, such as mask-wearing and social distancing, to combat the spread of COVID-19, would continue.
CHARLESTON â The West Virginia Board of Education didnât take action at its emergency meeting Wednesday against the dwindling number of counties that are still defying its order to reopen classrooms.
State schools Superintendent Clayton Burch said only three counties â Gilmer, Marion and Taylor â still arenât complying. State board members suggested they may vote Tuesday to punish continued defiance, and they heard a range of options from their top attorney.
The state branch of the American Federation of Teachers union also filed suit Wednesday against the state school board, asking a judge to quickly stop the state board from forcing counties to restart in-person instruction.
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CHARLESTON With some counties continuing to offer remote learning despite a mandate for in-person learning, the West Virginia Board of Education decided Wednesday to wait until next week before taking action against those counties.
“They are not going to do it that way. It’s not going to happen … I cannot accept that,” said state Board of Education President Miller Hall. “They’re going to get it done. If they don’t, we’ll do it for them.”
The state board announced its emergency meeting Tuesday, the same day public and private schools were allowed to reopen for in-person instruction per an executive order by Gov. Jim Justice.