Alain's French Night With Denis Côté, Don Roy, and Gilles Gosselin Saturday, November 3rd ~ 8:00pm—1:00am at the Portuguese American Club 149 Exchange...
What is danse carrée Benoit Pelletier Shoja <lafrancelaperse@...> wrote: Alain's French Night With Denis Côté, Don Roy, and Gilles Gosselin Saturday,...
Hello out there! I live in Madison, WI and am seeking other people that are interested in Quebecois music. I play the guitar, mandolin and fiddle and have been...
Hi everyone, I've uploaded transcriptions of the following tunes played by Philippe Bruneau in the Pierre Chartrand video, La Gigue Quebecoise: Gigue d'Oscar ...
Thanks very much for these transcriptions, Jeff. Guy Bouchard's transcriptions of Oscar (transposed to G and listed under Gigue a Pierre Chartrand) and...
Congratulations to the awesome organizers of the Chants de Vielles festival, held in Calixa-Lavalee this past weekend. It was a total treat to be immersed in...
Thank you Jeff! Nice to know that there are other interested in this music. Are you planning on going to Quebec for the FIAT Festival in October? I could post...
hello again: Alfred Montmarquette plays a accordeon in the key of A on his recordings, but how many reeds did his accordeon have. Now, I realize no one has...
Boréal Tordu, la musique des Acadiens du Maine, is back home in September for a few choice appearances: Friday, September 21, we're proud to be part of the...
Salut, For those of you on facebook, there is a group dedicated to la musique traditionnelle québéoise. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2374648223 It...
Hello, everyone -- a fellow musician is looking for brighter sounding shoes for foot percussion than the ones he currently uses. Are there stores, makers,...
Hi Ned, what kind of shoes has your friend been using? Is he stomping on a board, or whatever is the flooring du jour? I have a pair of leather-soled dress...
Hi everyone! I'm actually looking for good foot percussion shoes too! I've looked on the Capezio website but I'm not sure exactly what kind to look at. I want...
Capezios. Block shockwave ones (beginners). So Dance shoes. You can order the tap according to your needs in some stores or from some companies. How they are...
My two cents if you want it, is use old mens dress shoes that you can pick up at a used clothing store or your fathers closet. Jean Carignan wore some very...
Thanks for the ideas! I actually just happened upon a board.... I was assembling a brand new computer desk that I bought, and "Board E" cracked while I was...
Anyone here play the 3 row Accordeon I am mainly a one row player but have recently come into (another) 3 row Hohner.. a pre Corona from the mid 50's... I am...
The best thing I found with years is using a pair of leather shoes with a bunch of push pins. If you want a softersound, you don't use the pins but if you want...
I agree with Benoit and Brian...soft leather soled shoes for podorythmie; don't bother with taps. My grandfather used pennies glued to his soles and I've also...
We had this discussion earlier this summer with Andre Brunet (former Bottine Souriante) at the Goderich Celtic College. Andre uses the old fashioned men's...
Michel Bordeleau talks about his shoes and tricks in the last part of this article: http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070722/CPARTS/707210666 wjeg@... a...