Cape Breton - Inverness Country Dance Traditions
This is a collection of 59 audio and video files collected in 1986 by Barbara Leblanc and Laura Sedowsky for the Canadian Museum of History to document local music and dance traditions. Files include extensive interviews (in English and in French) as well as footage recorded at dances. For an enthusiastic overview and description of the collection, see this short essay.
Many of the interviews talk about square dance traditions, the role of the caller, the relationship between the fiddler and the dancers, French and Scottish dance styles,... Among the individuals interviewed are Buddy MacMaster, Angela and Joey Beaton, John Morris Rankin, Jerry Holland, and many more. Interviews are available as audio files and as transcriptions.
A complete list of the items in the collection, along with a short summary of the interview, can be found here.
Tags: Barbara Leblanc, Beaton, Cape Breton, maritime, Scotland, Scottish
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: And They Danced - Cape Breton dance |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Cape Breton - Inverness Set |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Inverness Set - 2nd and 3rd figures |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Fiddlers' Festival dance - Cape Breton |
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Many of the interviews talk about square dance traditions, the role of the caller, the relationship between the fiddler and the dancers, French and Scottish dance styles,... Among the individuals interviewed are Buddy MacMaster, Angela and Joey Beaton, John Morris Rankin, Jerry Holland, and many more. Interviews are available as audio files and as transcriptions.
A complete list of the items in the collection, along with a short summary of the interview, can be found here.