The next ceilidh in our 2014 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 7th at 7 PM at the museum.
This week we will feature:
Shelly Campbell – Fiddle
Amanda MacDougall – Piano
Barbara Cameron – Guitar & Vocals
Siobhan Beaton – Dance
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
Hope to see you there!
As part of Chestico Days, the Chestico Museum will present a narrated slideshow that will examine the life and times of Father Donald MacPherson. Father MacPherson was a Chaplain with the Canadian Army during World War I and later served as parish priest in Port Hood for just over 37 years.
The slideshow will take place on Thursday, July 31 at 7:30 PM at the museum.
Admission is $5/person. Tea and refreshments will be served following the presentation.
PLEASE NOTE: This replaces our Thursday evening ceilidh for this week only.
The fourth ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s 2014 summer ceilidh series was held on July 24th and we had a great crowd in attendance.
Our fiddler for the evening was Stephanie MacDonald and she was accompanied by Cathy Hawley. They certainly had everyone tapping their toes with a great selection of tunes!
Hughie John Beaton was on hand as well and was in fine voice with such favourites as “The Four Marys” and “The Banks of Sicily”.
Our step dancer was unable to be with us, but we were pleased to welcome Emma Carrigan of Sabra MacGillivray’s Celtic Touch Dancers. Emma is very talented and even treated us to the Sword Dance!
Photos from the evening are posted on our Facebook page.
The next ceilidh in our 2014 summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 24th at 7 PM at the museum.
This week we will feature:
Stephanie MacDonald – Fiddle
Cathy Hawley – Piano
Hughie John Beaton – Guitar & Vocals
Siobhan Beaton – Dance
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
Hope to see you there!
The third ceilidh of the Chestico Museum’s 2014 summer ceilidh series was held on July 17th.
Melanie Holder was our fiddler for the evening and she brought along her husband Donald who treated us to some fine step dancing.
Melanie was accompanied on piano by the talented Cullen MacInnis from Mabou who also played a lovely piano solo selection.
Michelle Greenwell of Dance Debut was also on hand for some step dancing. She even offered instruction to the crowd so that they would be ready for the dance in Glencoe Mills later on in the evening!
And of course we had the lovely Lynn Chisholm who performed a number of songs. Everyone was singing along with her version of “Mansion on the Hill.”
As always, tea was served after the show and people had a chance to visit with new and old friends. It was a most enjoyable evening all around.
Photos are posted on our Facebook page.
