Storytelling & Afternoon Tea

As part of Celtic Colours, the Chestico Museum will host a Storytelling and Afternoon Tea on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 from 2:00 until 3:30 PM. Our storytellers will be local historian John Gillies, Barbara Cameron Gillis who grew up on Port Hood Island and well known stepdancer, Mary Janet MacDonald. Their stories will feature women of Port Hood and Port… (more…)

Access & Reference Workshop

The Chestico Museum was pleased to host the Council of Nova Scotia Archives(CNSA) Access and Reference workshop on September 23 and 24.  This workshop was part of the CNSA’s core curriculum. The instructor of the workshop was Karen White who is an Archives Advisor with the CNSA.  Karen has a wealth of information about archival practices. Nine people participated in the… (more…)

CNSA Workshop

The Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA) offers six basic courses in archival training which are given at member sites around the province.  This month, the Chestico Museum is pleased to host the Access & Reference workshop on September 23 and 24. This workshop is part of the CNSA Archival Certificate Program. The cost of the workshop is $100 and… (more…)

August 26, 2010 Ceilidh

The seventh and final ceilidh of the our 2010 summer ceilidh series took place at the museum on August 26th.  This special two hour ceilidh certainly was a night to remember! We had a great group in attendance and they were treated to two fine fiddlers in Dara Smith and Kolten MacDonell. Adam Young on piano and Marcellin Chiasson on… (more…)

Next Ceilidh: August 26, 2010

The next ceilidh in our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 26th at 7 PM at the museum. This will be the final ceilidh of the season and will be 2 hours in length. Entertaining will be: Dara Smith – Fiddle Kolten MacDonell – Fiddle Adam Young – Piano Marcellin Chiasson – Guitar & Mandolin Pius MacIsaac – Guitar &… (more…)

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