Creole du Nord Brings Cajun Sound to Gazebo

“Creole du Nord,” featuring Manchester resident Mark Palms and other talented performers, will be at the gazebo this week beginning at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

For a taste of southwest Louisiana’s traditional music, bring your chair and your dancing shoes to the Gazebo in Wurster Park this Thursday to enjoy the sounds of “Creole du Nord.”

The band plays a mixture of Zydeco, Cajun, and other sounds from America’s roots, mixed with crossover tunes as in “Alberta” or “Click Ole Hen” –all of it rooted in pre-mass media Americana.

On accordion, fiddle, guitar, bass, banjo ukelele, and percussion, they mix things up create what the band refers to as “… down-home sounds for sawing or two-steppin’ on a sawdust floor …”

CND is proud to be a small part of keeping this passionate music alive. It’s become of mission of band leader Mark Palms to find Cajun tunes, waltzes, and old time fiddle music that lift the spirit. Featuring Mike Zivsak on fiddle and scrubboard, Palms on accordion and fiddle, Randy Markey on guitar, banjo, and ukelele, Chuck Anderson playing acoustic and electric bass, and Geoff Kinde (or Stuart Tucker) on percussion, Creole du Nord loves what they do and it shows in their performances.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors: Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization, Chelsea/Manchester Wellness Coalition, Worth Repeating, Knights of Columbus Council #4354, Shar Music, Adiska Family Dental, Frank’s Place, and LaRock Dental, these great concerts are free to the public. However, a freewill donation is accepted at intermission each week and your support is deeply appreciated.

Come hear the band, move a little, and have some fun. The music begins at 7:30 pm and will end around sunset. In case of inclement weather, the show will go on in the Emanuel Church sanctuary.

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by Marsha Chartrand

Marsha Johnson Chartrand, a founder, writer, and copy editor with the Manchester Mirror, is a 50-year resident of Manchester. She has a long history of volunteer and community involvement.