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Mi'kmaw Dances

Mi'kmaw Dances

Item is a video recording of several Mi'kmaw dance styles; this recording was produced by the Mi'kmaq Association of Cultural Studies and collected as a part of the Inverness County Dance Project by LeBlanc and Sadowsky.

Recording notes:

  1. Noel P. Denny and his brother Peter P. Denny of Eskasoni performing some chants for dancers (a) K0'JWA, (b) JUKWA'LUK KWE'J'JUOWL at the Eskasoni School. Lee Cremo, Champion Mi'kmaw fiddler as Master of Ceremonies.
  2. Port Royal Celebrations June 1985 to Commemorate the 375th Anniversary of the baptism of Grand Chief Membertou. Sarah Denny of Eskasoni and her dancers.
  3. 1986 Indian Summer Games in Cambridge Reserve, Sarah and her dancers (reduced in number) but with new participants. The New Brunswick Chanters of Birch Creek participate.

https://youtu.be/OuJdg7seFfo

Mi'kmaq Association of Cultural Studies

Scottish Step Dancing

Scottish Step Dancing

Item is a videocassette recording of various events and scenes filmed for the Inverness County Dance Project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCGpYxo4lNE

Recording notes:

Location: Glencoe Mills Hall, Glencoe Mills, Cape Breton, July 31, 1986
Musicians: Buddy MacMaster and Dougie MacPhee
Prompter: Robert Gillis
Square set: Dancers - AJ and Jeannette Beaton, Harvey Beaton, Paula Cameron, Mary and Danny Graham, Sheldon and Marlene MacInnis
Step Dances: Coralee and Debra MacDonald, Rodney MacDonald, Pellerine Brothers, Joe Rankin

Location: Rankins Bed and Breakfast, Mabou Harbour, Cape Breton, August 1, 1986
a) Step dance: Coralee and Debra MacDonald (Music with a tape of Buddy MacMaster)

Location: Minnie MacMaster's House, Creignish, Cape Breton, August 1, 1986
Step dances
Musicians and step dancers:
Stan Chapman, fiddle
Ashley MacIsaac, fiddle, step-dance
Jackie Dunn, fiddle, piano, step-dance
Dougie MacDonald, fiddle
Natalie MacMaster, fiddle, step-dance
Maybelle Chisholm MacQueen, piano
Wendy MacIsaac, fiddle, step-dance
Minnie MacMaster, step-dance
Kate Dunlay, fiddle, step-dance

Canadian Museum of History

Scottish Step Dancing

Scottish Step Dancing

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