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WMPG Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Special, February 24

February 20, 2004

WMPG-FM 90.9 & 104.1, the non-commercial community radio station at the University of Southern Maine, presents its ninth annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Special. On Tuesday, February 24, from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., WMPG will broadcast the sounds of New Orleans and Mardi Gras, including zydeco, Cajun, jazz and junk music from the USM's Woodbury Campus Center in Portland.

Much more than music, the ninth annual Fat Tuesday celebration includes a Cajun food contest featuring food from Portland area restaurants competing with their versions of traditional New Orleans style food. Admission to the Cajun food contest, with the opportunity to vote for your favorite dish, is free from 11 a.m.-7 pm. The Cajun food contest winner will be announced at 8 p.m.

From 7 p.m. until 10 p.m., WMPG will present live Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners, an authentic zydeco band from Louisiana now based in Houston. Admission for the Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners concert is a suggested $5 donation to WMPG at the door.

WMPG has some of the most knowledgeable Cajun music DJs in southern Maine. DJ David Babb co-authored the book "Let the Good Times Roll! A Guide to Cajun and Zydeco Music" with former WMPG

DJ Brian Rollins. Rollins, Babb, and all WMPG's blues DJs will take part in the Fat Tuesday broadcast. For more information, contact 780-4151, or visit www.wmpg.org

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