Quebecois fiddle and step-dance
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I once saw Benoit shave a man's face with a straight razor while stepping. I think it was at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
2 years ago 3
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What a cryin' shame the videographer can't find the dancer's feet.
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Bravo
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That's amazing!
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@NicGareiss When you think of it, don't think Irish--think Celtic--then you include several countries with similar music and dance, Scotland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton (especially). And Boston, MA is loaded with the wonderful Irish, Celtic sound.
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Mssr. Bourque is one of the most special performers at the New Bedford Summerfest in Massachusetts. He would not remember me, but is a charming, friendly man. He does not know that I've spent time in Eastern Canada. My friend like Quebec City much better than Montreal, and for me it is about even. We spent several vacations on Cape Breton--loved the Cabot Trail, the music, and there's a grand beach that's 1/2 ocean and 1/2 freshwater--tres bon.
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Actually the Francophone tradition of eastern Canada is firmly rooted in the Irish music that came over with the Irish immigration.
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Great vid! and Wheatland 2008 festival coming up in September, hope to see ya all cloggin then!
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This is Irish. It may be happening up in Quebec, but it's as Irish as the blarney stone.
SwaziJohn 1 year ago
Actually, the video was captured in Michigan at a folk festival. The band's name is Le Vent du Nord. Fiddler Olivier Demurs and dancer Benoit Bourque are both from Quebec and while what they exhibit here may resemble Irish traditional music and dance (particularly the old-style or "sean-nós" style of dancing) it is firmly rooted in the Francophone tradition of eastern Canada.
NicGareiss 1 year ago