Did anyone go to Festival Mémoires et Racines last week? How was it? I went last year and had a great time, and wrote up an account that I've been meaning to...
Hi Winslow, I went. I am preparing pix for uploading. Will write a report. It was another fantastic weekend. I chatted with 7 or 8 people from this QueTrad...
Hello all, I was there too... coundn't miss that fest for anything. This year was my first year where I did not volunteer. I as a plain visitor. Well,...
Hi all, I've posted a few picture my girlfriend took with her low-end numeric camera. It should help you wait until Lucy posts hers (I don't know if I should...
Marcel ! I am enjoying your pictures. It's funny Carole wanted a picture of the crepe lady. I got one too! That woman made crepes for at least 10 hours...
Marcel, Thanks very much for your detailed account of the violons atelier at the accordons-nous stage. Ouais, Richard Forest composes beautiful tunes. ... No,...
Gee, I don't remember using the word "gee" ;"\ Flatulent hogs? Who was it, Henry maybe, who sent in the pea soup recipe last year? Isn't a little bit of ham...
... Jeff, I assume you are asking for other Richard Forest recordings. He's on the Domino recordings; "Quebec Pure Laine" (which also features great accordion...
I'm just guessing here but I go with a hunch! I think Foggy is used in the group's name on purpose to have people estimate the quality of the group by mental...
Richard Forest as very seldomly been on his own. He played with Dorothy Hogan's bands so you can hear him (and a few of his compositions) on the following two...
Hogtown is a name for Toronto. People in the west used to use it as a term of resentment - the idea being that Toronto is a prima donna - thinks it's the...
Does anyone happen to know of any upcoming concerts (in the next several months) of quebecois trad (or perhaps Acadian trad) in Philadephia or New York City? ...
Hi Jeff, I'd check the websites of some of the touring groups, like Vent du Nord and Les Batinses, or whatever they are called. Many of the younger touring...
... Jeff, The Philly Folk Festival will have "French Toast," a Cape Breton dance band; Airdance (New England dance band, maybe a few French tunes), and a few...
Thanks, Andy--you're always helpful. Actually, I live in northeast Ohio, and I'm looking for tickets to give to friends in Philly. I will take another look at...
Andy, Are you going to La Grande Rencontre this year? I am considering it (for the Sat/Sun), the main reason being I really want to hear and photograph...
Lucy, La Trio a Quatre will be there... you could meet Normand Miron and talk accordion. I may try to go, but I think work will get in the way. Walt...
Those of us needing a fix of Acadian music should head up to PEI over the U.S. Labor Day weekend for L'Exposition agricole et le Festival acadien de la région...
Genticorum will be performing at the Celtic Classic Festival in Bethlehem, PA the end of September. Ray Price and Trouz Bras will also be there--not Quebecois...
Spent most of last week at the SPAH harmonica convention (SPAH is Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica). Managed to play some...
Bonsoir, I put up photos to add to Marcel's girlfriend's photos from FMR last month. Lots of pix of accordions (Denis Pépin, Susie Lemay, Danielle Martineau,...
Thanks for writing about the St Louis convention Winslow. I would have loved to have gone. According to the SPAH site, we have 8 or 9 harmo clubs in Michigan,...
They are in the FMR2005 sub-folder (F.M.R standing for Festival Mémoire et Racines) that is in the EVENT folder Cheers Marcel ... they ... Philadelphia Musuem...
Jeff ;, Of course I meant pictures taken by Marcel's girlfriend, not pictures of her. Marcel created a folder called FMR 2005 (Marcel) (but you can't see the...
I was just kidding, of course ;) Off subject but worth a mention, La Bottine Souriante has a flashy new website all their own: http://bottinesouriante.com/ ...
The SPAH festival used to be in Romulus, Michigan nearly every year because the local club had the energy and organization to do it. Then the location started...
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