Stanley Bridge Hall Ceilidh : The Chaisson's & Fiddler Troy MacGillivray

Let's have a ceilidh!

Opening Night! A celebration of music connecting traditional music from Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island! What can you expect? An evening of music complete with stories, fiddling, laughter, song and of course, the best step dancing on red soil you-ever-did-see!

Join the The Chaisson's (Kevin Chaisson & Louise Chaisson-MacKinnon) with fiddler, Sheila MacKenzie, Special guest fiddler & Piano Player, Troy MacGillivray, Gerard Beaton, Champion step dancer and hostess, Marsha Weeks for a Prince Edward Island summer must-do, a PEI Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee).

The Chaisson's - From Eastern PEI

Kevin Chaisson, a highly-coveted piano player from Bear River, PEI, has deep roots in traditional music on Prince Edward Island. The Chaisson family have been widely acclaimed as being influential in ensuring that traditional music is passed on to future generations of Prince Edward Island. Kevin is a also a multi-instrumentalist and a prolific composer of fiddle tunes.

Singer & Guitarist, Louise Chaisson-MacKinnon has a soulful voice and a large repertoire of lively maritime songs to share from all our favourites like Anne Murray, Stan Rogers and The Rankins, to name a few.

We couldn't have a ceilidh without a fiddler and Sheila MacKenzie will take the stage to share the jigs, reels and strathspeys that so proudly been passed down through our collective Scottish ancestry to fiddlers all across Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island.

Just wait until you hear the talant from our Lanark, Nova Scotia friend, Troy MacGillivray! Troy is an international Celtic fiddle/Piano touring artist and we can assure you that you will be as impressed as we always are to hear him perform. With so many accolades, albums and awards to his credit combined with his geuine, down to earth personality-hearing Troy play will definitely be one of your favourite summer music experiences.

Guest Step Dancer will be Gerard Beaton from Mabou, Cape Breton who will share the most percussive, energetic and important part of traditional music - you'll have to see it to believe it!

Proud Islander, Hostess, and just-for-fun fiddler, Marsha Weeks will welcome you all with a good dose of PEI hospitality and is ecstatic to introduce you to the excitement of being part of a good old fashioned PEI Ceilidh (PEI Kitchen Party)and the joy, that traditional music brings to everyone around.

The bespoke venue, Stanley Bridge Historic Women's Insititute Hall is the icing on the cake honouring the history of Prince Edward Island with beautiful accoustics, an initmate setting and brings you back to a time when community halls were the centre of social events. Don't forget a little cash for the Women's Insitute famous 50/50 draw and their equally famous intermission ice-cream treats(cash only)!

Links:

www.peiceilidhs.com