SEPTEMBER
09/05/09 3:15 – 4:00pm
Old Timer’s Fest in Rabbit Hash
10021 Lower River Road, Rabbit Hash, KY

09/05/09 10:00pm - 2:00am
Canceled

09/18/09 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Dilly Deli
6818 Wooster Pike
(513) 561-5233

Here is the CD! $12 and almost an hour of music. 50 minutes.

Saturday Night they're back at Arnold's

8/29/09 9:00 pm - 12:30
Arnold's
210 E. 8th Street
Cincinnati, Ohio

The quintessential Lagniappe six pack is back for Arnold's.

And their CD "irrational exuberance" is now available for purchase! I first posted here months ago they were in the studio finally. Just ask one of the band members during the breaks for your copy. Makes a nice gift, too :)

Sunday is the Whispering Beard Festival. Lagniappe plays there 11:00 AM.
http://www.whisperingbeard.com/

*Click on the photo's to see the images full sized.

Lagniappe Returns to New Orleans
To Go in Springdale Friday!

The long summer break is over and the fabulous Quartet version of Lagniappe will be appearing at New Orleans to Go.
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
139 W. Kemper
(Corner of Northland & Kemper Rd. in Kemper Square, next to Delhi Nursery)

Most likely to be outside, weather permitting. Hope you can stop by for some po' boys, tilapia, jambols, and many other items. Adult beverages available, too: Hurricane Katrina,
Hurricane Rita, Louisiana Lemonade, & Swamp Juice. I don't name 'em, I'm just listin 'em.

Come out, hear the band and enjoy some authentic New Orleans food and music.
We hope to see you there. ~~Sophia

Just adding some photos while band is on break. A couple more from Rivertown Breakdown. The one of Chris Carmichael is one of my favorite photographs..wish I could say I took it..but it was Mark Byron who caught this great mood moment. I thank him for permission to use some great stuff he sent me.

Lagniappe is making a record!

Ok, so they call it a CD, I know, I know. But anyway, we have evidence.

Gini Verbesselt Niekamp took some fabulous photographs of the band while working on their CD. The studio is Opus-Harmonious and Ted McConnell is the guy running the show. Here are some photograps of the band. For more, just click on this link to see. Lagniappe Studio Pictures
Lagniappe photos are in the lower right and corner of the page. Click on the coffee cup and sheet music.

We will let you know when the CD is available for purchase.

~~Sophia

Lagniappe's Last Day Before Their Summer Vacation

Well, it was a hot day for the band. They performed for 4 hours at Paddlefest, then played outside on the hot patio (and I do mean hot!) at New Orleans To Go. Alligators were seen but not heard (Latoya cooked them!) Lagniappe was performing their last gig before one band member went to Indonesia for 6 weeks, and another home to Belgium for a month.

Yours truly was melting (kind of like the witch in the wizard of Oz) but went inside for cooling breaks. The little fan I brought might have worked for cooling chipmunks, but did little for me, but I digress. The mood was still fun and there was line dancing onto Northland Boulevard.

At the end of the night, Latoya showed off her "American Idol" audition with PROUD MARY, followed by some old tunes of the late Michael Jackson. It gave the band both a much needed breather and entertained the rest of us to no end! New Orleans To Go has great food and when the band is there, it's always a blast. Latoya's husband Randy is always smiling, moving quickly, and asking if we need anything; Latoya's always cooking up food and has a quick sassy comeback for anybody within earshot. She also is always smiling and working hard to please her customers!

The man in the fedora hat looked so summery & stylish, I just had to take a photo of him. John Mooter lent him a piece of brass to pose with, the sliding trumpet I believe.
(*Click on any photo to see it full-sized*)


Latoya showing us how to Second Line, with some attitude, along the boulevard. :) Over nine hours on her feet cooking and still going strong and smiling.


Ending with a silhouette of John seemed fittin' as the band had had a long day, starting at 10:00 Am this morning. Yet they were all in good spirits, which makes it so fun to run a blog for this band.

Schedules will be posted on this blog in late July/early August for the next band gigs and I will expect full reports from the two teachers as to what they did on their summer vacation. Ha!

Hope you were able to see Lagniappe either at Paddlefest or at New Orleans to Go.
See ya in August! Have a great July.

Sophia

P.S. Edited on Monday. Thanks to Angela for the additional pictures via email.

LAGNIAPPE GIGS THIS WEEKEND! Last weekend before their summer vacation break.

06/27/09 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Paddlefest (Yeatman’s cove)
Sawyer Point

06/27/09 7:00 – 9:00 pm
New Orleans To Go
139 West Kemper Road
513-671-2711

New Orleans to Go is the Picture above & below, but band will probably play outside, weather permitting.


REMEMBER: Starting in July band is on vacation for a month or so.