The final ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s 2011 summer ceilidh series was held on Thursday, August 25, 2011. We had a big crowd in attendance and a great line up of entertainment. As this was our last ceilidh of the summer it was two hours in length and there were 7 draws for door prizes!
Dara Smith-MacDonald was our fiddler for the evening and she was accompanied by Adam Young. This was Dara and Adam’s third performance at a Chestico Museum ceilidh this year and as always, they did a fabulous job!
Our singers were the Boys from the Hood (Sandy Gillis, Edgar Cormier and Gerard Walker), Lynn Chisholm, Barbara Cameron and Louise MacIsaac. All were in fine voice and there were some collaborative efforts, including a rendition of Working Man that had everyone singing along!
Anne Beaton, President of the Chestico Historical Society, made a presentation of a gift basket to Marina MacIntyre during the ceilidh. Marina has been our summer student for the past 4 years and this was her last year with the museum as she graduates next Spring.
Marina has run the Chestico Museum Ceilidhs for 4 of the 5 years that they have been in existence. She’s done a fabulous job and we’re going to miss her at the museum.
Thank you Marina for all your hard work!
As always, photos of our ceilidh can be found on our Facebook page.
There is also video here.
