Inverness County Dance Traditions

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              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-4 · Item · 30 Jun. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Item is a sound recording of an interview with Angela and Joey Beaton about their life, qualities of a step-dancer, positions of the body, stage presentation, memory, teaching square dancing, dry square dances, dance prohibition, violin style, music belonging to families, Cape Breton Repertoire. June 30, 1986.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-38 · Item · 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Beverly Jeddore about her life, teaching dance, welcoming dance, celebration dance and clothing, beadwork, the game dance, the feather dance, the snake dance, the blanket dance, the wedding dance, the welcoming dance song, the celebration dance song, learning dances, the waltes game, with the community, learning the songs and dances, dances on the footwear, prayer and song, kind of footwear for dancing, older woman in Eskasoni who knows a lot.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-39 · Item · 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Lee Cremo - 1st part - about his life, father and the fiddle, learning, Easter Open (speaks about that contest), his first record, Tennessee Championship, his bowing and style of playing, playing for dances, differences in styles of dancing, step-dancing and tap-dancing, his music band, Mi'kmaw music on fiddle and God and music, verbal music, First Nation Meeting in Saskatchewan, dance at Christmas Island, fiddle music considered evil, fiddlers in Mi'kmaw community, occasions for dancing, performance dances, wedding dance, chief of dancing, wedding dance.

              Canadian Museum of History
              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-18 · Item · 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Item is a sound recording of an interview with Ronnie Haché about his life, started to step-dance, occasion to dance in Grand-Etang, step-dancing teaching experience, qualities of a good dancer, fiddlers he liked the best, why he likes dancing, occasion to dance, square-dancing, step-dance repertoire, clothes, shoes, lessons in Waltham and the Beg Step, number of figures in Cheticamp, lessons in Cape Breton area, teaches in Pleasant Bay. Interview with Denise Olson at Margaree Harbour about pipe playing and Highland dancing, learning Highland Dancing, learned the pipes, opportunities for dancing, house party, jig tunes, halls, box socials, the sets, fiddling for dancing, people who dance, younger people dancing, how to keep this type of dancing alive among the younger people, dance prohibition.

              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
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-11 · Item · 04 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Item is a sound recording of an interview with Angus Central Beaton about their life, dance evening when he was growing up, jigging tunes, Scotch Four, Church discouraged socializing, qualities of a good step-dancer, fiddlers better for dancing, dress for a dance, changes in dance, song-dances, wedding reel, wedding celebrations, picnic platforms, emigration, influence on t.v. and radio, music dance in school as a child, dancing masters, origin of people in this area, learning process, practising, where do they dance, role of the school, how many steps and figures in repertoire, clothing for dance, dance floor surface, sounds of the feet.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-35 · Item · 08 Aug. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Blaise and Fern MacInnis about their life, Glencoe Mills square set, number of couples in a set at Glencoe, eight handed reel, dances in schoolhouses, dance prohibition, house parties. July 12, 1986. Interview with Mary Jane MacIsaac and Margaret Mac Dougall about their life, old-time sets, wedding reel, wedding dances, kitchen rackets, box party, house parties on Sundays, song-dances, dance occasions, box party. August 8, 1986.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-37 · Item · 23 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Donald MacLellan about his life, where he dances when he was young, dances in schoolhouses, going away to work in the States, dance content, Scotch Four, jigging tunes, house parties, lunch, piano, special houses for house parties, church picnics, selling lambs, stages at picnics, Flora Jessie MacDonald MacLellan, song-dances, wedding reel, funny story, dance prohibition, funny story. July 22, 1986. Interview with Mrs. MacInnis about her life, Dick's Call book, Dance Hall in the States, Dances in Cape Breton, picnics, figures in the set, prompters in the set, Scotch Four, schoolhouses, house parties. July 23, 1986.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-24 · Item · 13 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Duncan A. MacDonald about his life, dancing, box parties, church picnics, weddings, jigging tunes, story about a box party. Interview with Hugh MacDonald about his life, plain sets, Saratoga Lancers, Scotch Four, qualities of a dancer, house parties, names of fiddlers, double sets, origin of dances, quarter dances, Hall dances, clothing, going to dances in the country, wedding reel, jigging tunes, song-dances. July 13, 1986.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-16 · Item · 14 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Item is a sound recording of an interview with Greg Smith - continuation from LEB/SAY-Ac-15 - dancer to visit, step-dancing, Irish influence on step-dancing in Cape Breton, aspects of the three predominant cultures (Irish, Scottish, Acadian) in music and dance, Irish Dance Tradition, Square Dances of the Island, freedom in dancing, comparison between Old World and Cape Breton, Calls from Saint Peters, Richmond County, given by Mr. Joe Mac Dougal.

              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-36 · Item · 24 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Hughie Livingstone about his life, the figures and their calls, calling cards, prompting experiences, number of couples to a set, dances in Massachusetts, dances in the summer, picnics, the stage, length of picnic. July 23, 1986. Interview with Dan Hughie MacKinnon about his life, dances different from place to place, prompting experience, electricity, recreation, house parties, milling frolics, the scotch four. July 24, 1986.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-2 · Item · 01 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Item is a sound recording of an interview with Margaret Ann Beaton about her life, employment, step-dancing in family, weddings, fiddlers, song-dances, etc., and interview with Joe Rankin about his life, step-dancing, number of steps in repertoire, qualities of a step-dancer, Glencoe Mills, structure of set at Glencoe, number of figures, fiddler following the set, parties, weddings, seasons for dance, etc., July 1, 1986.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-25 · Item · 26 Jul. 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Interview with Mary Janet and Tammy MacDonald and Music from filming. They talk about their life, influences, teaching in Scotland, different styles, ethnic styles, body posture, and qualities of a good Cape Breton dancer, solo dancing at Glencoe, step-dance experience, dance occasions and school. Interview with Alexander MacDonald (fiddle) and Gerry MacNeil (guitar) play for the filming of Tammy step-dancing. They talk about Gordie MacDonald step-dancing, Mary Janet MacDonald step-dancing, Mary Janet's teaching of the steps without music.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-5 · Item · 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Item is a sound recording of an interview with Owen Dan Gillis about his life, qualities of a good step-dancer, publicity for dances, travel to dances, the calls, dance prohibition, etc. Interview with Donald Hughie MacDougall about his life, dancing with pipes, house parties, weddings, Canadian Legion dances, Jigging tunes, Gaelic song-dances or games.

              Canadian Museum of History
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-29 · Item · 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Listen to this recording here: http://beaton.cbu.ca/atom/audio/86-46_29.mp3

              Interview with Sandy and Lucy MacIntyre about their life, Cape Breton Club in Toronto, figures at the French Club in Toronto, the French set, teaches step-dancing, hockey, parties, alcohol at dances, house party, growing up in Cape Breton, coming home to Cape Breton in the summer, bars at dances, dance and priest, dances in the fifties, phenomenon of returning to Cape Breton, consider a move back to Cape Breton, strength of dance in Cape Breton, schoolhouse dances, work in Toronto, weddings. Interview with Alex Murphy about his life, Irish dancing to-day in Inverness County, figures, callbook, figures, second figure, step-dance in the first and second figure, number of sets on floor, swing, dance prohibition, calling.

              Canadian Museum of History
              Mederic Teaching Square Set
              CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-32 · Item · 1986
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              Mederic Teaching Square Set - Place de naissance, introduction au film, les figures un à quatre, noms des danseurs, number of figures in a set and the swing.

              Canadian Museum of History
              Mi'kmaw Dances
              CMH 86-46-86-46 V96-0423 · Item · ca. 1985
              Part of Inverness County Dance Project

              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