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Grand Lake Festivals Presents Free Cajun Festival On Saturday, Fourth of July 2009, Grand Lake
Festivals will host its 13th annual Arts, Crafts, Music and Cajun Festival in
the air-conditioned comfort of the Grove Civic Center. Beginning at 9 a.m. on
July 4, the doors will open for a fun-filled day of wonderful arts and crafts
booths, delicious Cajun food and entertainment throughout the day. Admission
is free to the public. The food court
will offer tasty Cajun food at affordable prices. Come early and spend the
day enjoying the delicious food, wonderful entertainment, shopping with our
most talented arts & crafts vendors and dancing to the beat of the Cajun
music. Louisiana’s hottest Cajun band, “Bayou Roots" will entertain, alternating with Jana Jae and Hotwire throughout the day on July 4th. Bayou Roots, along with bandleader, Chris Miller from Lake Charles, Louisiana, have musical roots in early Creole "la-la" music and include the more modern sounds of Zydeco with a bluesy chromatic accordian and saxophone, speaking the language of swamp-pop. |
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BAYOU ROOTSLouisiana’s hottest Cajun Band! |
Miller and Bayou Roots
have won many awards including Band of the Year, Best CD of the Year and
People’s Choice Award at the Le Cajun Music Awards. Jana Jae, international touring star and founder of Grand Lake
Festivals, Inc. and her own exciting band, Hotwire, will also go CAJUN. Their
diverse musical styles blends country fiddling, western swing, pop and the
classics producing exciting entertainment and thrilling an audience of all
ages. They, along with Bayou Roots and others will be performing on July 4 from
10 to 5 in the spacious Grove Civic Center.
Arts, crafts and food vendors will be participating
assuring everyone of a choice that will suit them, from beautifully hand
crafted jewelry to Native American art, along with some of their favorite Cajun
dishes.
The Arts, Crafts, Music & Cajun Festival has
proven successful for many years and has become a major event in the Grand Lake
area. This event devoted to good family entertainment is hosted by the
non-profit organization, Grand Lake Festivals, Inc. with the assistance of the
Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Local and area sponsors of this event
include: The City of Grove, Air Power Systems, Grand Savings Bank, Dairy Queen,
First National Bank, Wal-Mart, Bank of Grove, Best Western TimberRidge Inn,
Oklahoma State Bank, Grand Pointe Convenience Store and Grand Motel, Prudential
Realty, Grand Lake Title, Grand River Abstract, Arvest Bank, Gallery Southwest,
Snider’s Camp, Drake’s Restaurant, Lungren Chevrolet, Prairie Breeze, Ltd.,
Grand Rental Station, Gene & Shirley Sawyer, Sanco Lumber, Mr. Ms, Cross
Roads Chevrolet, Galbraith Paint,
Catfish Johns, and Coldwell Banker Realty, Special thanks to local and area media including KGVE, Grove Sun,
The Buzz of Grand Lake, KTUL, KVOO, Chronicle of Grand Lake, KOTV, Grove Area
Chamber of Commerce and Grand Lake Association.
Bring your whole family to enjoy this free event,
Saturday July 4 at the Grove Civic Center!
FROM GRAND LAKE FESTIVALS, INC. (501c3 non-profit organization)
For more information, Kathleen Pixley 918-786-8896
(please visit www.bayouroots.com
for pictures of the Bayou Roots Band
and www.janajae.com for pictures of
Jana Jae and Hotwire)