I've uploaded a new recording to the files section. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/QueTrad/files/Sound%20Files/ It's my version of la valse du Péril. I...
Bonjour à tous et toutes, Le groupe *le Vent du Nord* joue au Lowell Folk Festival le vendredi 28 juillet et le samedi 29 juillet. Pour de plus amples...
The Champlain Valley Folk Festival (cvfest.org) will be held at Kingsland Bay State Park near Ferrisburgh and Vergennes, Vermont, on August 4-5-6. Musicians of...
Hi Winslow, I missed it (first year in many) because I had to attend some Irish sessions in Montreal the week before and couldn't envision making the 10-hour...
Anjili, Two lines into reading your post I was going to suggest the same thing. When I go to MTL, I make that 10-hour DRIVE too. Last year, I did it 4 times,...
Hi Lucy, Actually, La Grand Rencontre will be my next trip to Montreal--I'll be going on August 24 or 25 and staying through the weekend--There are also some...
Anjili, You are so kind. I would so love to go to La GR. I have no problem driving non-stop -- I do the 10-hour thing alone, straight thru. I will write you...
In the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie (Dead Man's Chest), Fisher's Hornpipe (recorded by La Bottine and Laurie Hart) is the soundtrack to a fight scene...
Well, there are films *about* Quebec trad, like Reel du Megaphone (follows Gilles Garand around), the one that follows Jean Carignan around to studio sessions...
... Recently at the Shelburne Museum I saw a French Canadian animation depicting the story of a rocking chair. The soundtrack was by Reve du Diable, all...
( disclaimer : this is a shameless plug ) You like Québec music but do not understand french enough to your taste ? You like Québec but are to lazy to read...
Hi Henry, That's the film I saw. I don't see why it means someone is lazy about reading Quebecois history just because they like this film... was it a "hit"...
My first reaction was "My God, Henry has described me to a T"--then I remembered his sense of humor. Henry, if the potato peeler is not available, perhaps you...
Traditionnal pea soup is made with yellow peas ! There is at least one tune not played by Louis Boudreau ... hint: it is by the end of the film ... Henry...
I really feel that an important point is being overlooked in this discussion--even if he doesn't want to learn French or read French-Canadian history, Jeff...
Thanks Anjili, Please post the recipe, if you like. As I recall, Henry shared a pea soup recipe last year or so. Where do I find the yellow peas? I think our...
Andy--I love it! Who would have thought that pea soup merited a longer Wikipedia entry than James III, who I was researching last week...thankfully, it seems...
This is another shameless plea to Henry or anyone who can help! I realize that I am exceeding my portion of requests for the group, but I wondered if anyone...
Hi Anjili, I asked my sister, the genealogist in my family. Here are links she sent me. One site has a list of links, and the 3rd one below has census...
Hi Lucy, I know here in New Hampshire we're proud of our American-Canadian Genealogical Society (www.acgs.org), specialists in French-Canadian, Franco-American...
Hi Benoit, I'm going to try to go ! Anjili, I thought you probably know about it, but Roots Web has helpful genealogists on it. http://www.rootsweb.com/ ...
Can't believe we only have 1 trad french-canadian recipe in the file. Let's also include trad french, trad franco-american and trad breton food. Brigitte, Can...
This is good site for me since I never got hold of my fre-can granny's baked beans recipe. http://frenchfood.about.com/od/frenchcanadian/index.htm Lucy...
Hi Lucy and Benoit, Thank you so much for the information! I will contribute to the recipes myself in a couple of weeks--I'm submitting my dissertation shortly...
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