The Grosse Pointe Historical Society will host its first official gathering since 2019, celebrating the history of Lake St. Clair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glQYqYVag_E
Previous events
La Compagnie will be performing at 1:00 and 3:30. Also, willing participants can take part in several group dances that Genot will demonstrate and teach to authentic French music of Detroit's past.
The 90 minute program features Great Lakes sea shanties for sing-alongs, lively Celtic and French Canadian toe-tapping jigs and reels, touching ballads of life on the Great Lakes, interactive stories and simple dances for voluntary audience participation. Cost: $10/person. Call 989-734-2477 for details.
La Compagnie Musical-Dance Troupe at the Ojibwe Museum and Cultural Center
St. Ignace Heritage Days, 500 N. State St., St. Ignace, MI. 49781
Lively French Canadian, Celtic and Maritime favorites will be performed on the grounds of the cultural center.
La Compagnie will perform "Music of Mackinac" at the historic Ste. Anne's Church on Mackinac Island.
Conklin Park: La Compagnie will be available for a "meet and greet" the afternoon of Saturday, August 1 from 3:00-5:00 with a formal concert-in-the-park at 8:00 p.m. Another meet-and-greet will be held on Sunday, August 2 at the same location from 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m.
La Compagnie will perform highlights from "Crossroads: Change in Rural America" and several Great Lakes Maritime shanties, sing-alongs and community dance numbers
Crossroads: The Changing Face of Rural America
The Historic Theatre of Rogers City, 257 N. 3rd St., Rogers City, MI.
La Compagnie will kick-off the Smithsonian Exhibit's "Crossroads: The Change of Rural America," which comes to Rogers City, MI. La Compagnie, along with local historians and videographers has created an audio-visual and musical-dance exposé that celebrates the changing face of the northeastern lower peninsula of Michigan.
La Compagnie Musical-Dance Troupe
Northeast Arts Council Second Sunday Series, 3233 Grove St., Standish, MI. 48658
La Compagnie Musical Dance Troupe (Jean Marie Learman, Kathy Morris, Genot Picor, Nellie Schrantz-Osantowski and Mark Szabo) will perform French Canadian, Celtic, Great Lakes Maritime and Michigan folk music.
La Compagnie Musical-Dance Troupe
West Bloomfield Township Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, MI. 48323
La Compagnie Musical Dance Troupe with dancer Sheila Graziano will celebrate French Canadian, Celtic, Maritime and Michigan modern folk music.
Chandeleur Veillee presented by La Compagnie
First United Methodist Church, 304 Elm Street, Big Rapids, MI
La Compagnie will recreate a veillée, or French “social gathering.” https://www.bigrapids.org/events/details/chandeleur-veillee-presented-by-la-compagnie-49921
La Compagnie Musical-Dance Troupe
Folk Society of Midland - at Creative 360, 1517 Bayliss Street, Midland
$10 donation; Also performing: Pat Bowman - Hammered Dulcimer http://www.folkmusicsociety.org/
