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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 190
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
A RESOLUTION
To congratulate the Bayou Roux band and its members on being selected as the final act of
the Country Rendez-vous Festival in Craponne, France, on July 27-29, 2012 and
recognizes the band and its members as honorary ambassadors of Louisiana's music,
culture, and people to France at the festival.
WHEREAS, the Country Rendez-vous Festival held in Craponne, France, will
celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary on July 27-29, 2012, and is an event which draws over
ten thousand people per day; and
WHEREAS, the band Bayou Roux, "A Cajun Commotion", has been selected to
perform as the final act of the festival; and
WHEREAS, Bayou Roux was formed in 1992, specializes in high energy, multi-
harmony, and multi-style variety shows, and has performed over five hundred shows; and
WHEREAS, Bayou Roux's show is unique in that it features elements of Zydeco
music, real Cajun Music, and a N'awlins style second line parade on the stage with costumes,
horns, and drums which throws beads from the stage to the audience, projecting the Mardi
Gras image; and
WHEREAS, Bayou Roux band members include Keith Dupuis - accordion,
percussion, and vocals; Mike Bourgeois- drums, percussion, and vocals; Ted Lee - bass and
vocals; Ken Reynolds - guitar and vocals; Dwayne Boehnemann - keyboards and vocals;
Donnie Simmons - guitar and vocals; Dixon Shanks - saxophone, percussion, and vocals;
and James Marshall - trumpet, percussion, and vocals.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana that
the Bayou Roux band and its members are hereby congratulated on being selected as the
final act of the Country Rendez-vous Festival in Craponne, France, on July 27-29, 2012. SR NO. 190 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate does hereby recognize the Bayou
Roux band and its members as honorary ambassadors of Louisiana's music, culture, and
people to France at the festival.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Ted
Lee.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE