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Are
you an artist?
Are you a talented dancer, juggler, singer,
musician, visual artist, photographer, artisan, comedian...in
short: Are you an ARTIST? If so, Nanaimo's Francophone
Association wants to know you! Send
us your portfolio, demo, resumé and
we will add your name to our Local Artist Data Bank. When
we require artists for various events, we'll think of
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Formed in 1998, Le Bal à l'Huire performs traditional Québécois repertoire with originality and authenticity!
Discover music as it was played in the past, as musicians and singers gathered around a good old oil lamp to create what was known as a "bal à l'huile" - an oil lamp party!
Faithful to traditional vocal and musical stylings, this band distinguishes itself primarily through its captivating vocal harmonies. Six singers add a unique flavour to the songs as they respond to the lead vocalists.
Le Bal à l'Huile's Website |
 Blending folk, pop, rock and neo-traditional music, Junior Belzile will entice you with the rhythms of old and new Québécois songs and his own compositions. Born in Montreal in 1970, he began performing in 1988 jamming on the guitar in night clubs. In 1997, Junior moved to Kelowna where he gained popularity in the Okanagan, and in 2009 he won at the annual "Pacifique en chanson" singing contest in Vancouver. Join us at the Festival and discover the music of Junior Belzile - a music that he shares with heart.
To contact Junior Belzile |
 Vazzy will treat you to warm, dynamic and engaging performance of traditional French-Canadian songs and music peppered with dance tunes from the Celtic and Canadian repertoire. Fiddle, foot percussion, banjo, spoons, mandolin, bodhran, oud, harmonica and jaws harp are on the menu for this lively and humorous toe-tapping cultural voyage.
Vazzy has entertained audiences from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland and the US.
Vazzy's Website |
 A music duo, Martin Richard and Jean-Philippe Cournoyer of Acoustique Too hail from Drummondville in Québec.
These two long-time friends decided to form a duo to combine their passion for having fun and sharing this fun with others. The sounds of acoustic guitar and two voices singing in a Québecois style reminiscent of Kevin Parents and Okoumé provide the audience with plenty of opportunity to sing along!
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Lison Clochette is a modern day troubadour, singer-songwriter, and clown. Her mission is to recreate a circus ambience in all of her performances, while serving up a joie de vivre that invites all hearts into her celebration of song, dance, humour and laughter. Clochette has been on this joyous adventure for more than 22 years. |
  The dance troupe known as Les Cornouillers is based in Victoria and comprises a team whose members are passionate about Fench Canadian folk danse. In May 1976, the troupe danced its first steps at a conference of la Fédération des Franco-Colombiens. Since then more than 100 members of all ages have performed at numerous festivals, celebrations and various other events throughout the province. The troupe celebrated Francophone culture on an international scale when it danced at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 Olympic Games. The current line-up performs at French schools throughout the province that are part of the School District No. 93, as well as French immersion schools, at pageants and cultural events. Come danse with us!
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 Fiddle master Calvin Vollrath said, "The kids are amazing in what they have accomplished at such a young age." Kai and Lia have been performing as the Fiddlin' Frenzy (aka Old Time Fiddle Kids) playing from jazz, traditional, bluegrass, roots to classical music at numerous festivals and gatherings repeatedly for a few years now and are always a hit. They have been nominated for the Abbotsford Arty Award. They are also a "Face of Abbotsford" who represents Abbotsford's art and culture. Both started learning classical music at age 4 but soon discovered the fiddle. These two young fiddlers are classical violin prodigies, they also do clogging dance, play piano and Lia is an accomplished cellist too. They are BC and Grand North American fiddle champions who won countless competitions around North America.
Flddlin' Frenzy's Website |
GLENGARRY SCHOOL OF CELTIC DANCE |
Glengarry School of
Celtic Dance's Website
CeltFest Vancouver Island's
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This crowd-pleasing Celtic dance troupe is performing once again at the Festival! Under the direction of Carolyn Phillips-Cusson, The Glengarry Dancers, aged from 5 to infinity, and featuring master piper René Cusson and the O'Connor-O'Brien Irish Dancers, will sure to get your your heart beating and your hands clapping!
Their uniqueness and quality as a dance troupe have had them in demand to perform with such notable international performers as The Barra MacNeils (Cape Breton), Old Blind Dogs (Scotland), The Cottars, Wendy MacIsaac and Mairi Rankin (Cape Breton), Visten (New Brunswick) and at the last Maple Sugar Festival, Acadien superstar Edith Butler (Quebec) .
The Glengarry School of Celtic Dance, associated with Celtic Performing Arts who present CeltFest Vancouver Island, offers instruction in the Celtic traditions of Highland dance, Irish dance, and Traditional Step Dancing. |
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Rueda, also called Cuban Wheel or Rueda de Casino is a salsa-based dance, performed in a circle, which evolved in Cuba in the 1950s. It is performed throughout the world although moves are always called in Spanish.
The dancers of Nanaimo-based Rueda Loca ("crazy wheel") spin their wheel together in a spirit of fun, friendship, fitness, and adventure. They possess different levels of dance training and come from diverse backgrounds. There is one passion that unites them, one love for which they will absolutely carve out time in their busy lives: Dancing. Latin dancing in particular.
Come share in the joy and exhuberance of the dancers of Rueda Loca!
To Contact Rueda Loca |
 A native of Drummondville, Québec, David Hébert now lives in St-Edmond-de-Grantham. After flirting with music in high school and college, in 2008, at the age of 30, he decided to reorient his career and returned to college in Drummondville to obtain a diploma public sound system broadcasting. David is self-employed and collaborates with two of his former professors in both the studio and at large-scale concerts. David specializes in sound services at concerts and other public events, but he also dabbles in sound mixing and mastering and is currently developing a live multi-track recording system.
To contact David Hébert |
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