Tag Archives: Dara Smith

August 25, 2011 Ceilidh

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… (more…)

Final Ceilidh: August 25, 2011

The next ceilidh in our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 25th 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 MacDonald – Fiddle Adam Young – Piano Pius MacIsaac – Guitar Lynn Chisholm – Guitar & Vocals The Boys from the… (more…)

Miners Memorial Weekend Recap

The Miners Memorial weekend that was held in Port Hood from July 21 to July 24, 2011 was a great success! The weekend kicked off on Thursday evening with a slideshow and ceilidh at the museum. The slideshow, entitled Coal Mine Disasters in Port Hood, was produced by Marina MacIntyre and was greatly enjoyed by all. Following the slideshow we… (more…)

Next Event: Mining Slideshow & Ceilidh

The Chestico Museum will kick off our Miners Memorial Weekend with a slideshow documenting Port Hood coal mine disasters and a ceilidh. The slideshow will begin at 7:00 pm and the ceilidh will follow. Our ceilidh performers will be: Lynn Chisholm & Duncs MacDonald – Guitar & Vocals Dara Smith MacDonald – Fiddle Hristiana Iotzova – Fiddle Mae (Dan Martin)… (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…)