Chestico Place

The sixth ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s 2011 summer ceilidh series was held on August 18th.

Shelly Campbell was our guest fiddler this week and she brought along Allan Dewar who accompanied her on piano. Their energetic tunes were enjoyed by all!

Hughie John Beaton had the crowd entertained with an amusing selection of songs and we were also treated to the beautiful voices of Jeannie Beks and Christine Campbell.

Part of our audience was a couple from Arkansas who were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary – Kate and Mickey Davis. Mickey just happened to have his fiddle with him and was kind enough to play a couple of selections for us. He is a wonderful player!

You can view some photos of the evening on our Facebook page.

The sixth ceilidh in our 2011 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 18th at 7 PM at the museum.

This week will feature:

Shelly Campbell – Fiddle

Barbara Cameron – Guitar & Vocals

Jeannie Beks – Guitar & Vocals

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.

Hope to see you there!

The fourth ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s summer ceilidh series took place at the museum on August 5th.

Hughie John Beaton was scheduled to perform but unfortunately had to cancel. However, we still had a great line up of entertainment!

Mike Hall was our fiddler for the evening and what a great player! He is a native of New Brunswick but was exposed to a variety of Cape Breton music in his youth. One of his major influences was Port Hood native Alex Lewis MacDonald whom he met at a young age.

Pius MacIsaac was also with us and he accompanied Mike on a number of tunes. Mike returned the favour by taking to the piano to accompany Pius!

We had singing as well from Jeannie Beks who treated us to a number of her own compositions.

It was a wonderful night of entertainment and our audience was most appreciative!

All three of our musicians have released cds and they are available in the Chestico Museum Gift Shop.

Below are some pictures from the evening. Enjoy!

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The next ceilidh in our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 5th at 7 PM at the museum.

This week we will feature:
Mike Hall – Fiddle

Pius MacIsaac - Guitar & Mandolin

Hughie John Beaton - Guitar & Vocals

Jeannie Beks – Guitar & Vocals

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.

Hope to see you there!

The third ceilidh in our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 22nd at 7 PM at the museum in Port Hood.

This week we will feature:
Maggie Beaton – Fiddle

Mary Graham – Piano

Jeannie Beks – Guitar & Vocals

Stanley MacNeil – Harmonica

Leah Gillies – Piano

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.

We hope to see you there!