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He grew up in Port Neches, Texas, a small Gulf Coast city located near the Texas-Louisiana border. [4] Dismukes graduated from Port Neches-Groves High School in 2013. [5] He attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio-Television-Film. [6] He is of Cajun descent. [7]
This is a list of notable Cajun musicians, Cajun music instrument makers, Cajun music folklorists, Cajun music historians, and Cajun music activists.
The Cajun Heritage Fest in Port Arthur, Texas celebrates Cajun music and cuisine and features events such as a crawfish eating contest and crawfish racing. Major Cajun/Zydeco festivals are held annually in Rhode Island, which does not have a sizable Cajun population, but is home to many Franco-Americans of Québécois and Acadian descent.
Harry Henry Choates (December 26, 1922 – July 17, 1951) was an American Cajun music fiddler known as the "Fiddle King of Cajun Swing" [2] and the "Godfather of Cajun music." [ 3 ] The scholar Barry Jean Ancelet called Choates "undoubtedly the most popular Cajun musician of his day."
Port Arthur, China, now called Lüshunkou District, in the city of Dalian Port Arthur massacre (China) in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894; Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904; Siege of Port Arthur, a land battle in 1904
Dennis (Denus) McGee (January 26, 1893 – October 3, 1989) was one of the earliest recorded Cajun musicians.. A fiddle player, he recorded and performed with Creole accordionist and vocalist Amédé Ardoin, with accordionist Angelas LeJeune, and with fiddlers Sady Courville (McGee's brother-in-law) [2] and Ernest Frugé.
In 1974, Port Arthur College was absorbed by Lamar University. In 1977, KPAC-AM-FM were sold to Clear Channel Communications , which changed the callsign to KTXC in 1981 and KALO (K-Low) in 1984. K-Low carried an R&B format which competed with Beaumont's former 1380 KJET ("K-Jet") with a similar soul music format.
Louisiana Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] Also known as Kouri-Vini, [1] it is spoken today by people who may racially identify as white, black, mixed, and Native American, as well as Cajun and Creole.