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But on Cape Breton, the Gaelic culture is far more than just language; it also includes fiddle and pipe music, step dancing, storytelling and certain hospitality customs, all of which comes togeth ...
New England contra dancing, Cape Breton step dancing, Middle Eastern dancing, and international folk dancing nights that’ll feature a range of different cultures. Classes are open to all ...
When she was 26 years old, Malke Rosenfeld\'s feet wanted to dance. So she took up Cape Breton step dancing, a fading Scottish tradition.The Bloomington woman is still tapping away."I went to a ...
The 3 p.m. workshop will be on traditional Scottish fiddle tunes; and Cape Breton step dancing. The 4 p.m. workshop will be on contemporary fiddle tunes, and new ideas for accompanists.
For the second time in a year, the owners of a dance school in Westmount ... Susan Gallop, who owns The Cape Breton School of the Arts, said she was feeling "sadness and disbelief that anybody ...
On Cape Breton, weathered, hard-looking, soft-hearted locals who liked to square dance and fiddle, welcomed visitors warmly. Step into a ceilidh in a Southwest Margaree church hall on a Saturday ...
doesn't exist anymore in Scotland," Mr MacKinnon says. And Mr MacKinnon says styles of step dancing and fiddling found on Cape Breton have been lost in Scotland, with efforts underway to ...
As a violinist and Cape Breton step dancer, Beaton is an advocate for the arts and has taught fiddle and step dance both locally and internationally, from St. Anns in Cape Breton to Gairloch ...