The next ceilidh in our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, August 5th at 7 PM at the museum.
This week we will feature:
Mike Hall – Fiddle
Pius MacIsaac – Guitar & Mandolin
Hughie John Beaton – Guitar & Vocals
Jeannie Beks – Guitar & Vocals
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 in the Chestico Museum 2010 summer ceilidh series took place on July 22nd. Our entertainment for the evening were Maggie Beaton who is a very talented young fiddler, Mary Graham who played our newly tuned piano, Leah Gillies who treated us to a selection of piano tunes and Stanley MacNeil who gave us some great harmonica playing!
Unfortunately, Jeannie Beks had to cancel but Mary brought her son Glenn Graham to help us out!
We had a good crowd in attendance who certainly enjoyed the evening!
In honour of 2010 being declared the Year of the British Home Child, the Chestico Museum will host a presentation and slideshow on Thursday, July 29 at 7:30.
Our special guest presenter will be Cecil Verge, son-in-law of John Guest.
Between 1869 and 1939 approximately 100,000 children came to Canada from Great Britain. Seven of these children came to Port Hood – Jim Baines, William Dowse, John Guest, Eddie Parker, Fred Smallwood, John Waldron and Amy Weakford and they will be the focus of the evening.
Admission is $5/adults and $3/children. Tea and refreshments will be served.
PLEASE NOTE: This replaces our Thursday evening ceilidh for this week only.
The third ceilidh in our summer ceilidh series will be Thursday, July 22nd at 7 PM at the museum in Port Hood.
This week we will feature:
Maggie Beaton – Fiddle
Mary Graham – Piano
Jeannie Beks – Guitar & Vocals
Stanley MacNeil – Harmonica
Leah Gillies – Piano
Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. Tea and light refreshments will be served following the show.
We hope to see you there!
The second ceilidh in the Chestico Museum 2010 summer ceilidh series took place on July 15th. Our guests were treated to an incredible night of singing courtesy of the talented Marie Aucoin and Bill MacDonald. They have a wonderful repertoire of Cape Breton, Irish and Scottish songs and Bill had a couple of funny stories that kept us all stitches!
Below are some photos from the evening. Enjoy!
