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In the Ballroom<\/i>:
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Dive into the lively practice of traditional qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois dances!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Join us for five exciting events celebrating qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois dance and music traditions, some of which are rooted in English-speaking communities that have long helped shape our province\u2019s cultural landscape. If you are curious, love living heritage activities, or simply want to move and have fun, come experience the energy of traditional dances and the stories behind them with our\u00a0\u00c8s TRAD<\/a>\u00a0guests!<\/p>\n

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On March 8, young and old are invited to discover traditional dances and their origins to wrap up spring break with a bang with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier (call), Miriam Blair (violin), and Maxence Croteau (guitar).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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-Dance workshop for all ages
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This activity is offered bilingually, in both French and English.<\/p>\n

Please bring comfortable\u00a0shoes<\/strong>\u00a0with with good support and non-adherent soles, as well as a\u00a0water bottle<\/strong>.<\/td>\n

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Guests<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Singer, caller, artisan, and cultural animator with no equal,\u00a0H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier<\/strong>\u00a0is without a doubt an accomplished bearer of heritage, as highlighted by the prize she received from Ville de Qu\u00e9bec in 2019. With education in Popular art and traditions (Ethnology) and in Education sciences from Universit\u00e9 Laval, she specializes in connecting with a young public through her experiences at the Centre d\u2019initiation au patrimoine\u2013La Grande Ferme de\u00a0 Saint-Joachim, as well as through her punctual projects, notably the CD-book\u00a0Le bal des animaux, Dansons sous les flocons<\/em>\u00a0and her call classes.<\/p>\n

To learn more about H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Fournier, listen to the \u00c8s TRAD podcast \u201cPorter la tradition<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Miriam Blair<\/strong>\u00a0is a passionate artist. She loves playing the violin and put her talents to use for the benefit of Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois traditional music. She has a wide enough repertoire to waltz easily between Celtic and Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois styles (both ancient and modern).<\/p>\n

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Credit: Carbo Photo<\/p>\n

Maxence Croteau<\/strong>\u00a0was exposed to traditional music from a very young age, as he accompanied his parents to festivals such as M\u00e9moires et Racines and Chants de Vielles, participated in evenings at the Domaine Maizerets and the Poulailler d\u2019Inverness, and attended shows at the Maison Chevalier or the honey farm in St-Agapit, his birth village. As a teen, he started learning to play the guitar, his main instrument, but it took many years before trying his hand at accompanying reels, jigs, and waltz. It\u2019s in 2014, at the Souches \u00e0 Oreilles camp, that he was initiated into this art by Paul Marchand and met, at the same time, the \u201cgreat trad family.\u201d The following yeas were marked by jam sessions, shows, dances, and many other gatherings. Maxence mainly plays the guitar, but also some violin, concertina, banjo, piano, and harmonica. Today, he works as a contract musician, hosts trad shows on CKRL 89,1, and dedicates himself to various initiatives aiming to preserve trad culture and support those that make it live.<\/p>\n

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In the Ballroom\u2014Traditional Music and Dance of a Community<\/em>\u00a0is presented in collaboration with the\u00a0Centre de valorisation du patrimoine vivant \u00c8s TRAD<\/a>\u00a0and made possible thanks to financial support from the Gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec and Ville de Qu\u00e9bec through their cultural development agreement.<\/p>\n

Check out the full programming here!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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