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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. ....
The old instrument is helping young players carry on tradition. My mom was like, You re going to learn this because you re Russian, 14-year old Alex French of The Colony said. He made it to the finals playing a Russian World War II-era accordion that was handed down by a family friend. So it made it through World War II, which is pretty cool. I was actually born and adopted from. Russia, 18-year old Nick Heatly of Dallas said. Heatly has been a finalist in the past and said his accordion is a connection to his past. Breaking out an accordion at a party is always something really fun to do, Heatly said. I just fell in love with the instrument. ....
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Skip to main content Currently Reading UTSA s Institute of Texan Cultures at HemisFair Park is a neglected treasure. Now, community leaders are negotiating to secure its future. FacebookTwitterEmail Willa Walter reads through an old book while sitting in a one-room school house during the Texas Folklife Festival on the grounds of the Institute of Texan Cultures.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer Every San Antonian who has lived here since 1968 has a story about the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. Those stories are likely to be more emotional and personal than memories of other cultural institutions in town. Hundreds of thousands of people traipsed through the institute’s doors as children, and millions more have attended its Texas Folklife and Asian festivals. Over the years, tourists have made ITC a top destination, too. ....