Good times will roll ("Bon Temps Rouler") in Hackettstown this winter when the Centenary Stage Company presents Nathan and The Zydeco Cha-Chas on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 8 PM in the new David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown.

Nathan Williams plays the fast and furious accordion-driven dance music of the Creole people of South Louisiana, a relatively modern style that emerged after the Second World War. With its trademark rubboard percussion, electric guitars and R&B influences, zydeco is distinct from the fiddle-driven music of neighboring Cajuns. The core of zydeco is the sound of the accordion and the "chankety-chank" of the rubboard, or "frattoir."

Zydeco is known as one of the most expressive sounds in roots music. In the "Cha Chas" band, William’s down-home parables are delivered with musical turns and a distinctive Caribbean lilt that reaches back to the very beginnings of Creole culture in Louisiana.

 
The music of Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas is the expression of a remarkable South Louisiana family. Dennis Paul Williams (Nathan’s brother) brings his jazz-influenced guitar chops to the band. Keyboardist Nathan Williams Jr. is enrolled in the music program at the University of South Louisiana, while he leads his own band in the Lafayette area. Rubboard player Mark Williams is a cousin who has been with the band since its inception. Manager Sid El Sid O Williams, the eldest Williams brother, hones his skills with the accordion. Bassist Paul Newman and drummer Herman 'Rat' Brown, (who held the drum chair with Buckwheat Zydeco for many years) round out the Cha Chas with an exceptional rhythm section.

Zydeco is heralded as an uplifting music that remains connected to its place in history; a down-the-bayou, creative combination of instrumentation which combines to create the irresistible, pulsating energy of pure Louisiana dance music.  

About the David and Carol Lackland Center

Sitnik Theater of the    Lackland Performing Arts Center

The Centenary Stage Company has found its new home with construction the Carol and David Lackland Center (located at 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown), completed in August, 2010. With a 22,000-square-foot performance space, the facility is the most sophisticated performing arts venues in northwest New Jersey. The center includes a new state-of-the-art 500-seat theatre (Sitnik Theater), a black box theater (The Edith Bolte Kutz ’42 Theater), a dance studio, scene shop, a costume shop, green room and dressing rooms. In addition to housing the theatre, the 68K square foot Lackland Center is home to a variety of cultural activity, and including WNTI, the College's listener-supported public radio station, CCTV, Centenary's Comcast-licensed television studio, and gallery space for visual artists.

Named in honor of Carol Burgess Lackland, A Centenary graduate (Class of 1954), and her husband, David A. Lackland, a Centenary College Trustee, The David and Carol Lackland Center, has been designed to enrich student life and bring new cultural opportunities to northwest New Jersey.             ...more (including photos, progress reports, and 'Tour Lackland with Carl')

Lackland Center Seating
	Sitnik Lower Level Seating Seats assigned on a best available basis. [closer view]
	Sitnik Balcony Seating Seats assigned on a best available basis. [closer view]
The Edith Bolte Kutz ’42 Theater (Blackbox) Seating Open Seating as the theatre configuration will change depending on the event.   Parking [Large Map Link]  [Print Map Link]

Tickets
Tickets for the Zydeco A-Go-Go performance are $22.50 in advance, and $25 the day of performance. Seniors and students are $20 in advance and $22.50 the day of performance. Tickets may be purchased through our Secure Online Ticketing System, by calling the CSC box office at 908-979-0900, or in person at the David and Carol Lackland Center (box office hours 1-5 Monday through Friday, and 2 hours prior to each performance).

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Centenary Stage Company is often referred to as "the best deal in the state." Though our season has already started, this event can still be purchased as a part of a discounted season subscription purchase. Centenary Stage Company offers several subscription plans for its season with the mission of making arts affordable for all. The still available subscription is:

Series B Subscription, priced at $100, allows patrons to purchase a season subscription for any SIX of the remaining subscription events in the CSC season.

Individual Tickets
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