Hi Lucy and Everyone, C'etait le fun a Danse Neige! Beaucoup de monde, et la danse etait folle comme toujours.Sorry you could not come. Teddy Boy was...
(cross-post re: Quebec traditional music) Hooray for Le Vent du Nord. They beat out La Bottine Souriant (et des autres) for this Juno award. Cheers Lucy (ps,...
(forwarded message and cross-post .... désolé pour l'anglais - sorry for English) The Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, in an exhibition to...
et en français: http://www.civilization.ca/media/show_pr_f.asp?ID=401 ... sorry for English) ... exhibition to open on June 11, 2004, will recognize the fact...
Anyone thinking about Joliette this July (23/24/25) for the 10th annual Festival Memoire et Racines? I plan to go again this year. It's a hugely fun weekend,...
Hi, hi, hi.... 'got my tickets already for the great show that occurs on my birthday.... what a beautfull birthday present from me to me! Marcel PS: I'll tell...
It look like I may be able to come to Mémoire et Racines this year. Not certain yet, as a few different things need to come into alignment (I'd be flying from...
Hi Winslow, That's great that you may go to M&R and we might finally meet you. Can't wait for the country air and hilly byways of Lanaudiere with the top down...
... Benoit Bourque, the accordionist, told a cute prank offstage one year at the Wheatland Fest (which festival, by the way is coming up end of May, more...
... how ... Office national du film / National Film Board Français: http://www.nfb.ca/f/ English: http://www.nfb.ca/e/ A screen will come up asking if you are...
Bonsoir, Does anyone know if this jam in Joliette still happens every 3rd wednesday of the month? (found this on our links page) L'Interlude café-bar...
This looks like a nice pub - The Quet Man - in Paris. There may be some Quebec music and song there regularly.... Lucy The Quiet Man 5, rue des Haudriettes ...
Salut tout le monde, Now that we have list of about 14 tunes commonly played at Quebec jams, can we now: (a) list some of the recordings on which those tunes...
wow, amazing program, May 27-30 in Montreal. Who is going? I missed last year - I should go. http://www.spdtq.qc.ca/rencontre/rencontre.htm The 12th annual...
Lucy - Which tune named Reel des noces d'or do you mean? There is one recorded by Louis Blanchette about 1935, and a completely different one recorded by...
Bonne idée, Jean. That is an excellent idea. It would be really handy to have those standard jam tunes in MP3s (and ABCs?) in one place, i.e. on the files...
Hi Winslow, I think it's the Blanchette one because I think that reel was suggested by Marcel. I wonder can you cut out just that tune from your recording and...
oops, I discovered this gathering a little late for this year. It began in September and goes to June 25, 2004, at the SPDTQ in Montréal. Does anyone here...
Hello Lucy, hello gang, First, Lucy I'll sure drop a line or two about that show in Joliette. Sec., About the "reel des noces d'or" I created a confusion here ...
Salut Geoff, That's great that you'll go. It would be a pleasure to meet you and friends. Here's partial answer. I had same question first time I visited the...
... here are links to the Blanchette recording "noces d'or" at the BNQ website: http://www2.biblinat.gouv.qc.ca/musique_78trs/Ram/501244.ram For some reason...
http://www.memoireracines.qc.ca It is true one can manage in Joliette without speaking French, but being able to read some (i.e., the road signs!) is...
Tonight, I phoned L'Interlude café-bar in Joliette re: the "every 3rd Wednesday jams" (to see if this is still "on" and also in July). They said this is a...
Du Moyen Âge au Nouvel âge, la vielle à roue avec Nicolas Boulerice Nicolas Boulerice of Le Vent du Nord talks about the instrument history. Radio Canada's...
Well Winslow, The Blanchette version is what I've allways known as the "Reel des noces d'Or". Would you have a link somewhere to Soucy's version so I may give...