A visit to Sucrerie de la Montagne, close to Montreal: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/travel/08explorer.html?emc=eta1 They have live music while you eat....
*Hi Walt,* ** *If we want to believe French Wikipédia, here's my rough translation of what they say: "Rigodons are folk songs and danses originally from the...
Consulte www.mnemo.qc.ca Benoit To: QueTrad@yahoogroups.com From: toddptx@... Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:23:09 +0000 Subject: [QueTrad] Concerts au mois de...
Greetings, everyone! Does anyone know the traditional figures for the dance "La cardeuse"? I assume that the dance goes with the crooked version of the tune,...
I don't know about finding the dance for La Cardeuse, but for dancing in general, Trente Sous Zero (http://www.trentesouszero.com) lists a few video/book...
Also, if you join the Association Quebecois Loisirs Folklorique, each magazine (bi-monthly) exhibits a tune transcribed by Michel Mallette (usually having...
Simonne Voyer provides choreographies for two different versions of ¨La cardeuse¨(from Arvida and Baie Ste-Catherine) in her book _La danse traditionnelle...
Can hardly wait to see 2008 Felix award-winner Nic Pellerin with his new trio here at the end of the month (in celebration of La semaine de la francophonie)!...
... They'll be playing all over New England that week: March 24: Kieran Community Center, Berlin, NH March 25: Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston, ME ...
Hi Linda, I look forward to it ! http://www.myspace.com/nicolaspellerin Simon Lepage, Jean-Philippe Rény, Nicolas Pellerin Chers QueTradoises, Their myspace...
Yahoo messed up the link. This may be the link Linda was talking about. (award acceptance and performance) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd8ypKshrjo Lucy...
Not really "QuéTrad" but perhaps there are those who might be interested... Benoît The annual Western Mass. Sacred Harp Convention is this weekend, March 7th...
Hi All, As part of International Francophone Week, the AFLCR (Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region) presents the Nicolas Pellerin trio. Hope to see...
Hi All, QueTrad has a presence on Facebook as an _extension_ of the Yahoo! Group. If you are on Facebook (or you plan to be), you can _also_ connect with that...
*L'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec invite Le Vent du Nord* Hier était dévoilée la programmation de la 11e saison de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. À...
It's official!! Quebec's own "Les Charbonniers de L'enfer" will be performing at this years American Folk Festival!!! It takes place on the waterfront here in...
Hi everybody, About the Cardeuse dance version : this dance was collected by Simonne Voyer in 3 places in Saguenay – Lac-saint-Jean (in the '50), but not in...
Hi everybody, Be aware about Wikipedia. This is a short note I wrote in 1997 about Rigaudons http://www.mnemo.qc.ca/html/97(9).html 9) Le domaine du rigodon :...
Excellent ! Mais vivant en France, j'espère qu'il y aura un enregistrement public par la suite. Dominique Chou Gouhenant ... De: Benoit Pelletier Shoja...
What Pierre relates pretty much confirms my casual observation of the usage of the term. I get the impression from record covers that the word "rigodon" had a...
Salut, Oui bon, faut pas trop se creuser la tête, rigodon=rondeau=reel=andro, les maitres danseurs des 18 et 19 èmes siècles ne connaissaient pas les...
Looks interesting. This Sunday will be 1st time I listen to this show: Robert Resnik's "All the Traditions" Every Sunday 1-4 pm on Vermont Public Radio, 107.9...
Bonjour, The Quebecois *a cappella* music group, *Les Charbonniers de L'enfer*, is scheduled to perform at the *American Folk Festival*, Augusta, ME, 28-30 Aug...
Bonjour, The Acadian traditional music group, *Vishten*, will perform at the Collins Center for the Arts on the campus of the University of Maine at Orono, MA...
For those who are planning to check out Nicolas Pellerin in Burlington, VT, on 3/27, stick around to see Va et Vient play the next day in Lincoln!! ...