Franco American fiddle and dance

Donna Hebert, Franco American fiddler with Max Cohen and stepdancer Christine Morrison performing at the National Heritage Museum as part of Massachusetts Cultural Council's "Keepers of Tradition." Learn more at www.massfolkarts.org.

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• Christine
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• stepdance
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[piratehalfe]

@twilighterr517 my daughter ( princesszwinky ) has her for irish step classes. She is a wonderful dancer and teacher. It amazes me what she does with the kids for recitle.

[skippy562]

i love the fiddle!

[princesszwinky]

@irejpc lool Christine is my Irish Step Teacher lool and i see her every day but the weekends and thursdays lool

[ResoDan]

Níl sé ceart, mo chara. This isn't Irish or Scottish fiddling at all. The stepdancing perhaps has some Irish roots, but without researching it I dare not assert that it has fully Irish roots. Furthermore, French settlers fiddled and danced, too, not just Irish and Scots. How would you explain Cajun fiddling, for example? Irish and Scots players have certainly been influential on Quebecois fiddling, but it is different.

[gws76]

The only thing Franco or French in this piece is the ancestry of the players. Cape Breton and Nova Scotia originating from the Scottish Gaels-you mean the highlanders-the group of Irish that were banish from Ireland and that settled in Scotland in the 4th century-who founded the kingdom of Scotland-who speak Scots Gaelic which of course its roots are from the Irish language. As time passes by you may have slight variations off of step dancing but it's roots ultimately started in Ireland.

[Nicoleclog]

I like that.....

[Tthorpe456]

Donna is a treasure! I heard her and Quebecois musicians at Old Songs this week - Donna's song "Ravens Wing" is something really special!

[twilighterr517]

christine morrison is very talented! love her <3

[tunnagbheag]

i think the 'franco-american' refers to the fiddling style, which certainly isn't irish. as for the stepdancing, there are many styles of stepdancing which don't originate in Ireland - check out dancers from cape breton and nova scotia (originating from Scottish Gaels), and even watch the feet of this fiddle player - compare it to other quebecois musicians such as la bottine souriante - see the similarities? then check out english rappier, appalacian flat-footing etc - the list is very long.

[gws76]

I mean give credit where credit is due.