| Atlantic Crossroads Newfoundland 2005 |
| I enjoyed sitting with Bob and Sandra from upstate New York who had come for their first visit in 1998. They bought property in 1999 and came up for 2 weeks this year in the summer and time in the fall for Celtic Colors. She delighted in the dance and just had a marvelous time. Jorn from Denmark had published a book of all the Cape Breton set dances and he could really step! A guy from Phoenix, Arizona wore his combat boots with flair and made them loud. |
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| Tea and Oatcakes were free, but should you choose to pay for them, the proceeds went to LARCH, an organization for people with developmental disabilities. Guess who was serving up the tea and oatcakes? Jerry Holland, premier Cape Breton fiddler! I always love the oatcakes in Cape Breton. They sell them at Tim Horton�s but they are a cheap imitation of the real thing. SO I donated my dough to LARCH and grabbed my oatcakes. |
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| Sheumas and Kyle MacNeil of the Barra MacNeils get started while the video camera gets set up. |
| Sheumas and Kyle were later joined by two contra dance players, one on fiddle and the other on hammered dulcimer. They completely improvised what they played. I had even more respect for their musical talents then. |
| left - Kyle plays a familiar fiddle tune Below right - Sheumas and Kyle bang out some tunes Below left - Sheumas is a master improvizational pianist. What a joy to see him "work"! |