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          12 Archival description results for Dancing

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          Cape Breton Island
          CA BI FT-251 · Item · 1969

          Item is described as "a collage of scenes, without commentary, which express the beauty and versatility of recreational activities to be enjoyed in Cape Breton. Scenes of the Bell Museum, Miner's Museum, fishing, harness racing, highland dancing and swimming are included."

          Crawley Films
          Highland Dancers
          CA BI 77-63-197 · Item · ca. 1950

          Item is a photograph of two young Scottish dancers dressed in kilt. The dancers have been identified as Norma Morrison and Mora Jean MacLeod from South Haven.

          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-40 · Item · 05 Aug. 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Interview with Lee Cremo - 2nd part (continuation from tape LEB/SAY-Ac-39) - talk about wedding dance, speaks about developing music in children, chanting or singing during wedding dance, special wedding song, birthdays, praying, singing for dancing, he sings the song for the dance, celebration dance, Nescaouette dance, learning to dance, dances in home, respect for elders, his wife explains about dancing and dance at Chapel Island, dance died out on Chapel Island, Mi'kmaq life, learning dancing, understanding Mi'kmaw dance movement, step for dances, respect in dancing.

          Canadian Museum of History
          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-41 · Item · 05 Aug. 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Interview with Lee Cremo - 3rd part (continuation of LEB/SAY-Ac-40) - talk about Nescaouette, children learning dances, Chief of dance and differences in arm positions for dancing, fish type person, stiffer upper body, different styles of fiddling for dancing, other dances, language, dance tradition kept up, occasion for dancing, play for what type of dance, Mi’kmaw tunes on fiddle, eagle dance, feather dance, traditional dance, singing to this dance, lullaby, traditional instrument for Mi’kmaw dancing, rattle, melodies on the fiddle, step-dancing, wedding dance, harvest dance, three kinds of dancing, Mi’kmaw greetings with demonstrations, shoes, clothing.

          Canadian Museum of History
          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-9 · Item · 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Item is a sound recording of an interview with Malcolm MacDonald about his life, dances when he was growing up, dances at homes and schools, frolics, waltz, music for the Scotch Four, seasons for dancing, collecting of the fiddles, making a living, fishing, weddings in Mabou, church picnics, dancing stages, electricity, stories about dances, changes in dancing, qualities of a good dancer, wedding reel, Gaelic song-dances, dancing on bridges, origin of the dance, mines in Cobalt (Ontario), floor surface for dancing, dress at a house party, food at house parties, transportation, distances traveled to attend a dance, differences in the sets, occasions for dances, Boston.

          Canadian Museum of History
          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-3 · Item · 02 Jul. 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Item is a sound recording of an interview with Mary and Donald Roddy Rankin about their life, dance evenings, situations for dances, lumber camps, fishing industry, cooperatives, coop stores and banks, the role of the Church, song-dances, priest, Church picnic, etc., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, July 2, 1986.

          Canadian Museum of History
          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-21 · Item · 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Interview with Maureen MacKenzie about her life, type of dancing, learning process, figures, numbering of couples, teaching figures, change in set, dancing running in families, church picnics, weddings and the stages for dancing, the wedding reel, jigging tunes, song or game dances, learning of dance in school, qualities of traditional dancing, dance context. Interview with Rodney MacDonald about his life, dancing in public, learning a square set, step-dancing, learning fiddling, occasions for dancing, qualities of a good step-dancer, floor surface for dancing, shoes, clothing for a concert and hall, past dancers.

          Canadian Museum of History
          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-26 · Item · 15 Jul. 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Interview with Minnie and Natalie MacMaster about their life, step-dancing, number of steps, frequency of dances, number of figures, concerts, picnics, stages at weddings, Scotch Four, Nathalie and the fiddle, playing for dances, winter playing, names of tunes, sheets of dance repertoire which Mary Janet MacDonald compiled, young people's interest in this music and dance, Glencoe Mills. July 15, 1986. Interview with Arsène LeBlanc calls figure he remembers, August 10, 1986, the music is a tape of Buddy MacMaster and Dougie MacPhee from Glencoe Mills, three figures (reels), where he learned them.

          Canadian Museum of History
          CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-34 · Item · 11 Jul. 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Interview with Aland MacDonald about his life, dancing in the Judique Hall, more couples in the set, describe calls, music for the figures, swing, dance occasions, picnics, step-dancing, stages, weddings, dance prohibition, the Scotch Four, Jigging tunes, song-dances, music in his family, house parties, frolics. Interview with Robert Gillis about his life, house parties, number of figures and descriptions, round-racing and swing positions, waltzing and round-dancing by itself, first, second and third figure, grand chain, origin of square dance, church picnics, pay for prompters, caller on the stage. July 11, 1986.

          Canadian Museum of History
          Scottish Step Dancing
          CMH 86-46-86-46 BEG-Vc-81-1 · Item · 26 Jul. 1986
          Part of Inverness County Dance Project

          Item is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project. The footage consists of stepdancing demonstrations by Tammy MacDonald, Gordon MacDonald, and Mary Janet MacDonald filmed on location at Mary Janet's house in Port Hood, square sets at an outdoor stage in Judique, a square dance in Valley Mills at the Marble Mountain Firehall, and a square dance at the hall in Orangedale.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLg4HsEIOCY

          Canadian Museum of History