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The musical creativity of French Canadian refugees and free people of color, enriched through a history of contact with other ethnic groups and cultural influences in southern Louisiana, has produced the related styles of Cajun and zydeco. The lively Bay Area scene grew from a small nucleus of Louisiana transplants such as Queen Ida, who played at Ashkenaz many times during its first decade. At the sound of the accordion, grab your partner and two-step your way into another world.