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McCornack Elementary School

Artist in Residence Showcase this Thursday and Friday - November 6th and 7th

Posted Date: 11/05/25 (08:11 AM)


Dear Families,


We are excited to let you know that we have The Art of Fiddling and the Mystique of Louisiana with Kelly Thibodeaux for our 25-26 artist in residence.  Kelly invites parents and guardians to a special Showcase this Thursday and Friday, November 6th and 7th (see times below)! Come and celebrate all that your child has learned!


Thursday, November 6th:
King: 8:45-9:30

Friday, November 7th:
Hoffman: 8:45-9:30
Mertz: 11:15-12:00
Montes:  12:45-1:30
Moore: 1:40-2:10
Hudson-Connor: 2:15-2:45

Learn More about Kelly Thibodeaux:
As a teaching artist, Kelly has over 15 years of experience conducting fiddle workshops, after school programs, and artist-in-residence programs. He specializes in teaching large groups (25 to 30+ students, K-12) in short order how to play one of the world’s oldest and most powerful instruments, the violin.

Kelly Thibodeaux is a professional fiddler from Louisiana with forty years of playing experience. He has performed throughout the United States and Canada from the Louisiana bayou honky-tonks to big city concert halls plus an appearance at the 2002 National Fiddle Festival in Hawthorne, Australia. He is a fiddler and front man for the swamp rock band Etouffee and has written, recorded, and published eight albums of original music. His fiddling never fails to get an audience up and dancing!

Two of Kelly’s recordings, “Alphonse Come In For Dinner” and “Louisiana Lament” were included in the PBS series American Passages, Regional Realism broadcast in March 2003. A uniquely styled fiddle player gifted with the “Song of the South,” Kelly has lived in the Pacific Northwest for over thirty years. Read more about Kelly at http://etouffee.com/



[Wednesday, Nov 5 at 10:47 AM]
Updated with correct dates