The third ceilidh of our 2015 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 9 at 7 PM at the museum.
This week we will feature:
Dara MacDonald – Fiddle
Marcellin Chaisson – Guitar
Boys from the Hood – Guitar & Vocals
Admission is $5. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
Hope to see you there!
The second ceilidh of our 2015 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 9 at 7 PM at the museum.
This week we will feature:
John Donald Cameron – Fiddle
Pius MacIsaac – Guitar
Peter MacInnis – Guitar & Vocals
Admission is $5. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
Hope to see you there!
The Chestico Museum’s 2015 summer ceilidh series kicked off on July 2nd. This is our 9th year of Thursday evening ceilidhs!
The talented Stuart Cameron was our fiddler and he treated us to a selection of tunes.
Stuart was accompanied by Kevin Levesconte, a tremendous piano player. We were fortunate to have Kevin perform a few solo numbers as well.
Siobhan Beaton was also with us and showed off some great step dancing.
And last, but certainly not least, we had the talented Campbell sisters – Mairinn , Eilidh and Seonaid. All 3 are beautiful singers and they performed a number of Gaelic songs. As well, Seonaid plays guitar, Eilidh plays piano and Mairinn plays the fiddle. Eilidh even showcased some step dancing!
It was a great start to another summer of ceilidhs at the Chestico Museum!
You can view some photos of the evening on our Facebook page.
The first ceilidh of our 2015 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 2nd at 7 PM at the museum.
Our opening ceilidh will feature:
Stuart Cameron – Fiddle
Kevin Levesconte – Piano
Mairinn, Eilidh & Seonaid Campbell – Vocals
Siobhan Beaton – Dance
Admission is $5. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
We look forward to seeing you as we kick off another summer of great ceilidhs at the Chestico Museum!
Our Newsmakers Series concluded on June 25th with Dennis Cameron as our guest. It was a wonderfully informative evening. Last Fall Dennis landed a tuna at Murphy’s Pond. He then traveled to Japan and followed the sale of that tuna at the main fish market in Tokyo.
Dennis vividly described what goes on at a Japanese fish market. He was particularly impressed with the skills demonstrated by the workers who cut the meat with such precision. He learned a lot from the Japanese and he likewise was able to answer many questions put to him about how tuna are fished in Cape Breton.
Besides speaking of his Japanese adventures, Dennis also spoke of his experience with tagging tuna and how the information gathered from this process is challenging preconceived ideas about how far tuna can travel. It is fascinating what can be learned!
Dennis’ trip to Japan was filmed for a documentary and we look forward to hearing when the program will be released.
You can view some photos from the evening on our Facebook page.
