PIEROGIES AND PO-BOYS: EASTERN EUROPEAN AND NEW ORLEANS DANCE MUSIC AT THE BAGGOT INN, NEW YORK

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 22, 2004 -- MAY 6th, 2004 (New York, NY) � Romashka, The Village Klezmer Quintet, and the Gold Sparkle Brass Band are joining forces at the Baggot Inn on Thursday, May 6th. The show will feature the lively music of Romanian & Russian Gypsy caravans, the Eastern European Jewish diaspora, and New Orleans second line, which grew out of the funeral procession traditions of African slaves. Pierogies and Po-Boys, the Red Line clashes with the Second Line!



Website: http://www.romashka.net/gypsy



When?

7 pm - The Village Klezmer Quintet;

8 pm � The Gold Sparkle Brass Band;

9 pm � Romashka, the NYC Gypsy Dance Party Band, $5 cover



Where?

Baggot Inn: http://www.baggotinn.com/baggot.html, Baggot Inn is located at 82 W. 3rd Street, bet. Thompson and Sullivan, New York., phone: (212) 477-0622



The Romashka Eastern European Collective unites several Eastern European music projects sharing a common mission: to fill NYC�s growing appetite for live Eastern European folk music.

About The Village Klezmer Quintet: (http://www.romashka.net/vkq)



The youthful, vibrant sound of the Village Klezmer Quintet brings the old world melodies and rhythms of the Eastern European Jews back to cafes, clubs, and celebrations all around NYC boroughs and beyond. The group�s weekly shows at Caf� Moto in Williamsburg, Brooklyn draw a steady crowd of old and new fans, and the band�s members are welcome and frequent entertainers at weddings, bar mitzvahs, and other events around the tri-state area.



About Romashka, the NYC Gypsy Dance Party Band: (http://www.romashka.net/gypsy)

Romashka plays the music of Eastern European gypsies. Gypsy muzica for dancing and dreaming� the band�s repertoire includes gypsy and traditional Romanian and Russian music. The musicians are a wild bunch of virtuoso rhythm-throttling chop-splitting Brooklyn-dwelling world music afficionados, who have gigged in various Klezmer, Balkan, jazz, funk,and ska ensembles around the city.



For further information, contact Inna Barmash at (201) 739-3931 or info@romashka.net.





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