The sixth ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s 2015 summer ceilidh series was held on August 13th. Stephanie MacDonald was our fiddler and played a great selection of tunes! Stephanie was accompanied on the piano by Cathy Hawley. It is always a pleasure to have Cathy back for a museum ceilidh! Burton MacIntyre came for the entertainment but we were pleased when he got up and showed… (more…)
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Next Ceilidh: August 13, 2015
The sixth ceilidh of our 2015 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 13 at 7 PM at the museum. This week we will feature: Stephanie MacDonald – Fiddle Cathy Hawley – Piano Hughie John Beaton – Vocals & Guitar Admission is $5. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
August 6, 2015 Ceilidh
The fifth ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s 2015 summer ceilidh series was held on August 6. The multi-talented Kevin Levesconte was with us and played both the fiddle and piano. Pius MacIsaac was also on hand with his guitar and mandolin and he even sang for us! We were also fortunate to have Lauchie Beaton with us. Lauchie had everyone… (more…)
Next Ceilidh: August 6, 2015
The fifth ceilidh of our 2015 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 6 at 7 PM at the museum. This week we will feature: Kevin Levesconte – Fiddle Pius MacIsaac – Guitar & Mandolin Lauchie Beaton – Vocals & Guitar Amanda MacDonald – Step Dance Admission is $5. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
2015 Chestico Couple
The Chestico Museum and Historical Society is pleased to honour Teresa and John vanZutphen as this year’s Chestico Couple. Teresa grew up in Colindale. She was one of 9 children born to Florence (MacDonald) and Patrick Morris. John was born in Holland to Elizabeth (van den Hoogen) and John van Zutphen. In 1951 the van Zutphen family made the decision to immigrate to… (more…)
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