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Creole MusicNOV · 161915
Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin Born

Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin was born on November 16, 1915, at l'Anse de Prien Noir (Black Cyprian's Cove) near Bayou Duralde, Louisiana. He began playing music (on the triangle) with Amédé when he was...

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“Fais do-do” — the name for a Cajun and Creole dance party — comes from the French for “go to sleep,” what parents told the children while the grown-ups danced.

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