BeauSoleil to present Cajun Space Odyssey at Rozsa BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet (Photo courtesy Michigan Tech's Rozsa Center) HOUGHTON ’Äì Grammy-Award winners BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet have traveled the globe, spreading the joyous sounds of their traditional Cajun heritage for 25 years. This year they celebrate this landmark in their careers with four special guests who accompany them on their Anniversary Tour: 2001, A Cajun Space Odyssey. Along with Cindy Cashdollar, Carl Landry, Peter Ostroushko, and Daniel Thonon, BeauSoleil celebrates a quarter century of great music making at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 1, at Michigan Tech’Äôs Rozsa Center.   Michael Doucet ’Äì founder, fiddler extraordinaire, songwriter and lead vocalist ’Äì is joined by his brother, David Doucet. Multitalented Al Tharpe plays electric bass, second fiddle, banjo and occasionally lead electric guitar, while drummer Tommy Alesi keeps it "all tied together no matter where the music goes." Percussionist Billy Ware plays just about anything the band needs, from the traditional frottoir (wash board or rub board), to the congas, with lots of triangles in between. Jimmy Breaux plays the essential Cajun and zydeco accordion. BeauSoleil has always reflected the diversity of Cajun music ’Äì not just the two-steps, but ballads, blues and jazz. Their influences come from the old traditional music, brass bands, country and swamp pop. Michael Doucet has assembled a stellar group of friends for this tour. Cindy Cashdollar, who has performed and recorded with such artists as Lyle Lovett and Bob Dylan, plays lap steel guitar; triple-necked, nonpedal steel guitar; steel guitar; and various small guitars. After touring with Leon Redbone for five years, she joined Asleep at the Wheel and has won four Grammies with the group. Lead alto, tenor and baritone sax player Carl Landry has toured the world as a featured reed player in big bands, but, says Michael Doucet, "back at home, he's the honking king of swamp pop and zydeco music." Peter Ostroushko is known to many for his mandolin and fiddle playing on TV and radio shows such as A Prairie Home Companion and Austin City Limits. He's at home in a variety of genres from folk to jazz and classical, and he enjoys an international reputation as a versatile and dazzling master of instrumentation and composition. Daniel Thonon is best known in North America as the founder of the French Canadian group Advielle que pourra. Born in Brussels, Belgium, he studied harpsichord in Switzerland and instrument building in Paris. He has built several hurdy-gurdies for Pink Floyd. He's performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras and has played with rock bands such as Groovy Aardvark. His numerous recordings include baroque music and solo albums on the accordion. Michael Doucet, who is descended from Acadians, first developed his taste for Cajun music as a high school senior in 1969. He grew up speaking French, and his love for Acadian culture lead to an in-depth study of the traditional music of the immigrants from France who had settled in the eastern part of New France, then called Acadia and now Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in 1604. Their New World community was overturned in 1775 with the invasion of the British, who forced the Acadians onto ships sailing south. Many of the survivors sought shelter in the remote bayous in Louisiana. Cajun music adapts old French language songs brought to the region by those Acadian political exiles two centuries ago. The fiddle, rather than the accordion, as in zydeco music, is the predominant instrument.   Although the two cultures are intertwining, Cajuns and Creoles have been socially segregated. Recently, however, South Louisiana's zydeco clubs have seen an increasing numbers of non-Creole dancers drawn to the exciting beat; and with a recent landmark CD called Creole Crossroads, Michael Doucet and Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas (who performed at Michigan Tech two years ago), have combined their two traditional cultures by pushing musical boundaries without losing touch with their roots.   Some seats are still available. Call the Rozsa Center Ticketing Services (487-3200, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday) or purchase them online at http://www.tickets.mtu.edu . This concert was made possible by the James and Margaret Black Endowment and the MTU Committee for Campus Enrichment. For further information, call the University Cultural Enrichment Department (487-2844).