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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVFC3YPOwaA

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpGooMEHN4

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssNwY6VCGuk

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQu350o5veY

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

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwRhGE4UgY

Entrevue avec André AuCoin et Joseph AuCoin au sujet de leur vie, qualités d'un bon danseur, les meilleurs violoneux pour danser ici, types de danse, les sets, aimer danser, house party, calleur Wilfred Boudreau, origine des sets, chandeleur, noces, vêtements, les figures.

Entrevue avec Marie Desveaux au sujet de sa vie, les soirées de danse, les noces, les picnics, les violoneux, les veillées, la salle paroissiale, les vieilles danses. Mederic Teaching the Square Set on side B, continuation, figures five and six.

Entrevue avec Sam Cormier au sujet de sa vie, l'interdiction de la danse, les occasion de danse, les veillées, l'été, les touristes et la danse, maisons connues pour les soirées de danse, les noces, comment faire la bière, les noces, l'accordéon, les pique-niques, valse, fox-trot, rapport danseur et musicien, qualités d'un beau danseur, style Irlande dans le compté, qualités des fiddlers, le style du Cap-Breton.

Entrevue avec Luce Antoinette Bourgeois au sujet de sa vie, figures des sets, la boulangère, les moutons, l'escaouette, l'avoine, les picnics, origines des danses, les huit, la musique, turlutage, la boiteuse ermite, chanson à faire danser, vêtements, les prêtres et la danse. Interview with Loretta Chiasson about her life, teaching dance lessons, the Hully Gully, how she began to teach, villages where they have taught, shyness, teaching the waltz.

Interview and filming with Willie Fraser about his life, Gaelic songs and prayers, mouth music and Maureen dancing, history of his family, step-dancing, steps belonging to people, Willie's steps, number of steps in their repertoire, fiddle music in areas where Cape Bretoners live and travail, danced in Antigonish in 1948, figures in a set, number of couples in a set, double set. July 31, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Alex Graham about his life, origins of dance in Inverness County, context and content of dance, house parties, picnics, qualities of a good step-dancer, body position for step-dancing, dance prohibition, song-dances, number of figures in a set past and present, prompting, music for dancing, Danny sings, emigration, dance seasons, ghost story.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Archie Neil Chisholm about his life, fiddle experience and dancing, dancing in Margaree, the six figures, modern square dance, Scotch four, difference between Scottish and Acadian tune, differences among Scottish, French, Acadian dancing, qualities of a good dancer, names of other dancing masters, dancing outside. Interview continues on tape LEB/SAY-Ac-8.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Archie Neil Chisholm - continuation from tape LEB/SAY-Ac-7 - about origins of square dancing, sources for the calls, dance prohibition, why were Church authorities against dances situations, the bagpipes, wedding, introduction of organ and piano and guitar, tunes, music and dance in families, local composers, song-dances, round dances or play-party songs.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Buddy MacMaster about his life, teaching the fiddle, occasion for playing, type of dancing, relationship between dancers and fiddler, loss of caller, loss of four couples to a set, figures and the music, the difference between a hornpipe and a reel, which tunes he chooses, parts of tunes Irish influence, square dancing, step-dancing, qualities of a good dancer, qualities of a good fiddler, music running in families, his family, ownership of Music Repertoire, Scotch Four, Gaelic song-dances.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Danny Wright and Jackie Ryan from Mabou Ridge about their life, church picnics, stages, differences between old-fashioned and the new sets, dances in halls, origin of the square dances, Scotch Four, dances in the country schoolhouses, dance prohibition, song-dances, jigging tunes, introduction of pianos. Second part of the interview with anonymous woman born in 1917 about dances in the past, occasions for dance, frolics, number of sets in a night, occasions for dance, weddings, Scotch Four, Gaelic sound-dances, jigging tunes, dance prohibition, step-dancing, seasons for dance, house parties, making a living, origins of the people, clothing.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Doug MacPhee about his life, music, dance, step-dancing, context for dance, fishing and farming, qualities of a good accompanist, etc., June 25, 1986.

Interview with Father Eugene Morris about his life, Glencoe Mills, Public Halls, house parties, step-dancing during sets, number of figures in a set, exclusivity in the dance evenings, role of school in teaching traditional dance, transmission of traditional dance, dance teachers, teaching dancing, influences of other dancers on him, lessons, his method of teaching, repertoire, quality of good step-dancer, dancing and music running in families, qualities of a fiddler who plays for dancing, description of Cape North Set, description of the Sydney Set, Mabou dancers in other areas, Broad Cove Concert, difference between concerts and picnics, priest's role in maintaining dance and music heritage, difference between French and Scottish priest in regards to dance.

Interview with Father Eugene Morris - continuation from tape LEB/SAY-Ac-30 - about dance competitions, French and Scottish style of dance, fiddlers, Irish, Scottish and French style of playing, influences on dancing, Cape North Figures, church picnic, wedding. Interview with Margaret Gillis about her life, first danced in public, her father as dancer, house party, public dances, figures, description of Scotch Four, school-house dances, Gaelic songs and dances, the flowers of Edinburg, Shwin Truss, relatives who dance, lessons where they immigrated, interest for dance today, qualities of a good step-dancer, qualities of a good fiddler, teaching dance, dancing running in families, accordion, piano, pictures of dance events. July 29, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with James Cormier about his life, learning to step-dance, house parties, food at house parties, dancing lessons, qualities of a good step-dancer, other step-dancing lessons, teaching step-dancing, difference in style, occasions for dancing, callers, differences in sets, music for square dancing, dance surface, clothing, drinking, competition at concerts, concerts, church picnics, les vieilles danses, step-dance repertoire, young people and traditional dances, tunes for stepping, weddings, interaction between the communities his girlfriend dances.

Interview with Jerry Holland about his life, fiddle experiences, learning new tunes, styles, Irish style, the Cape Breton style, ornamentation, Scottish style, Buddy MacMaster, qualities of a good fiddler, step-dancing, places where he stepped and danced, playing for dances, influences in his musical life, dances in Boston, qualities of a good step-dancer, where he plays, playing at Glencoe, changes in the Cheticamp area. July 21, 1986.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with Peter MacKay (1986-07-13) about his life, occasions for dancing, calls for the Saratoga Lancers, books, prompting at house parties, changes in the sets, church parties, box socials, slipper dance, the swing, Scotch Four, wedding reel and more figures, lancers. Interview with Joe "Tack" MacDougal (1986-07-14) about his life, prompting experience, Glencoe Mills, step dancing in the past, round-dancing, dances five nights of the week 1954-1959, after the war, jigging tunes.

Item is a sound recording of an interview with John Morris Rankin about his life, beginning to play the fiddle and piano, types of tunes on fiddle for dancing, relationship between fiddler and dancers, number of rounds per tune per figure, qualities of a good fiddler.

Collection consists of seventeen, ¾” tape (U-matic) videocassette reproductions and textual records created for the Inverness County Dance Project by Barbara LeBlanc and Laura Sadowsky for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, now the Canadian Museum of History, Musée canadien de l’histoire.

While working on their M.A. (History) at Laval University (QC), LeBlanc and Sadowsky completed the Inverness County Dance Project. For years they pursued independent research in the Acadian areas of Inverness County and Waltham, Mass. During June to August 1986, in collaboration with the Beaton Institute and the Canadian Museum of History (formerly the Museum of Man), LeBlanc and Sadowsky researched dance traditions of Acadian, Irish, Mi'kmaq, and Scottish groups in Inverness County. These collected sound recordings, textual transcripts, and moving images were recorded across Cape Breton Island.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=198iVoFFDtY

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giaT4FWRM9s

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ZWG0B54tE

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSGQdM1dRyw

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H97IGz-9r8c

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

https://youtu.be/6qTmltEGsaM

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

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.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk9AuRX_Hek

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw66-dlFvc