WHAT:            Spooky songs with Henry Hample

DATE:            Wednesday, October 31, 2018

TIME:              7 to 9 p.m.

WHERE:        Chicory’s Coffee & Café, 219 E. Martin Luther King Drive Grand Coteau

CONTACT:    Olan Thibodeau: 337-280-5517 or othibodeaux@gmail.com

            On Wednesday, October 31 at 7:00 p.m. the Festival of Words hosts Music & Mic featuring Henry Hample singing spooky Halloween songs.

            Henry studied English literature at NYU, then received a master’s degree in ethnomusicology from Brown University. He played with several bands in New York including Washboard Jungle (which the New York Daily News called “a wonderful four-member band who’ll give you and the kids a fun-filled concert featuring rock ‘n’ roll and down-home folk music”).  In 2001, he was thrown out of a Bourbon Street bar for attempting to sit in with their Cajun band, so he resolved to learn Cajun fiddle. He moved to Louisiana in 2007, and now plays nearly 100 gigs a year with various bands. He has recorded CDs with Ray Landry, Harry Trahan (RIP), Lisa Trahan, Wallace Trahan, and Aaron Chesson. He is a full-time music teacher at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, and has also taught music for Louisiana Folk Roots, LSUE, and South Louisiana Community College. In 2014 he received the Excellence Award from the Cajun French Music Association, and he was nominated for their Fiddler of the Year award in 2010.

Guests invited to bring Halloween poems, songs or stories for the open mic.  This free, community event is suitable for all ages and is sponsored by The Festival of Words Cultural Arts Collective. The venue is made available through the generosity of Chicory’s Coffee & Cafe.  For more information call Patrice (337) 254-9695 or festivalwords@gmail.com.