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 Hood Island.
The cost is $10 and tea and oatcakes will be served.
Hope to see you there!
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 workshop and we definitely learned a lot during the two days!
Here’s a photo that was taken of the whole group:
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 the registration deadline is September 15.
For more information, or to register, please visit the CNSA page.
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 guitar did an incredible job accompanying them.
The multi talented Pius MacIsaac was also present and did a fantastic job on guitar and mandolin.
Our singers for the evening were Hughie John Beaton and Lynn Chisholm. Their renditions of old favourites had everyone singing along!
And last but not least, we had Gussie MacLellan who did a great job stepdancing. He also inspired Dara and Kolten to give us a few steps!
Everyone was more than pleased with our performers and we thank them and all who donated their time and talents to our Thursday ceilidhs.
Special thanks as well to our summer student, Marina MacIntyre, who did all the organization for each event – she does an incredible job!
Our Facebook page has and album of photos from last night. Check it out here.
You can also view a short clip of Lynn singing “Working Man” on Youtube. Enjoy!
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 & Mandolin
Lynn Chisholm – Guitar & Vocals
Hughie John Beaton – Guitar & Vocals
Gussie MacLellan – Step Dancing
Taylor Smith – Step Dancing
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
We hope to see you as we close our ceilidh series with what promises to be a great evening of entertainment!
