5 ~ 1978, onward to St-Octave-de-l'Avenir
(Folkfest, 1977: the Morris Men have performed, and -
minus
bells et cetera - join in a folk dance, maybe Carnavalito)
Photos from our Cap-Chat trip are, so far, from Fred's and
my collections.
Further contributions will be welcome.
(Arrival
in
travel clothes
at
Mont-Joli airport:
Dora
Leigh, Don, Valin, Tom, Fred)
Again we had a team of six dancers, mainly those who went to Montreal, except that David Taylor was by then working abroad, and Tom Barnes had joined us.
I asked at Tempo Trend Studios (where our son and daughter took music lessons) whether they knew a musician who might play for us, and they suggested Dora Leigh. We learned she had won a BC award for accordion, and had performed as a guest soloist with the Victoria Symphony.
I felt guilty about asking
her to introduce some jerkiness into her playing of the Morris music,
but she
was both understanding and adaptable, and it was a pleasure for us to
work
with her on the practices and performances.
(At
the
picnic put on
for the performers,
including
the
Italian
dancers,
Philippine dancers,
and some others)
(The picnic location
was sheltered,
and warm in the
sun;
the Italian dancers, and
unknown young man and Tom
keeping
them company)
(Even
in
summer
the weather can be chilly;
Cap-Chat, the
lighthouse,
and Fred taking care
of the Italian
dancers)
(Valin, Fred, Ken, Tom, Don, David
- Fred's camera,
probably Dora Leigh using it -
awaiting the bus to St Octave;
dressed up except two without bells
- protecting their blood
circulation -
and my laces dangling;
note the
deliberately random
red or blue pairs of handkerchiefs;
short sticks visible;
I
think we were using
a long canvas bag
to carry the long sticks)