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Welcome to the 5th European Cajun & Zydeco Award 2008. |
The award ceremony was held Sunday June 08th at the
16th Raamsdonksveer International Cajun & Zydecofestival.
Many thanks to all Cajun and Zydecofans for sending their votes.
And there are no winners or losers, there is only music we want to keep alive.
| Here are the winners. (Pictures here) | |
| Internet-Voting: | |
The audience voted for their favourite Bands on the Internet. They could choose from 60 Cajunbands and 35 Zydecobands.
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| Best Cajunband: | Best Zydecoband: |
| 1. Cajun Roosters (UK/D) | 1. Zydeco Annie + Swampcats (D) |
| 2. MaCajun (D) | 2. Elvis Fontenot & The Sugar Bees (GB) |
| 3. Cajun Company (NL) | 3. Zydeco Fever (NL) |
| Jury-Voting: | |
An independent expert jury from 4 countries (Ron Janssen (NL), Steve & Lynne Lane (GB), Carl-Ludwig Reichert (D) and Jean Pierre Bruneau (F) listened to different CDs.
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| Best Cajun Accordionplayer: | Beste Zydeco Accordionplayer: |
| 1. Chris Hall (GB) | 1. Henk de Kat (NL) |
| 2. Bas van der Poll (NL) | 2. Roger Morand (F) |
3. Yannick Monot (F) |
3. Jo van Strien (NL) |
| Beste Fiddleplayer: | |
| 1. Pauline Groenendijk (NL) | |
| 2. Hartmut Hegewald (D) | |
| 3. Helt Oncale (D/USA) | |
| Best Cajun CD: | Best Zydeco CD: |
2. Cajun Roosters3 (UK/D): from the swamps and bayous of Louisiana |
2. Roger Morand & Bandzydeco (F): Attention Cajun ! |
3. Belisaire (F): Allons z'aller |
3. Joe Le Taxi (UK): Live and wired |
| Special Award: | |
| Best Dancer: Marianne Hastir & Noah Myers (USA) | |
Trophies sponsored by:
MassTech International Ltd
