The Opera House at Enosburg Falls and the All Ars Council present Barachois in a concert on Monday evening, August 11, 2003. Canada's famed performers will return to the Opera House stage to celebrate the Acadian culture and music. The concert is one of the venue's Mentor's Series Special Presentations. INFUSING ENOSBURG FALLS
The award winning and internationally known Barachois is a Canadian national treasure. The quartet step dances into new interpretations of the Acadian heritage and will create a soiree full of warmth and surprises, all rooted in tradition, song, dance and pure fun.
Traditional Acadian music has a rhythmic, high-voltage style born in a culture nurtured across the centuries on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Some of the first settlers in North America brought these songs from France and infused them with Scottish and Irish fiddling. The heartbeat of the music has been passed down generation to generation by way of kitchen parties and community gatherings. It is a musical genre all its own, filled with passion and life.
Barachois breathes raw life into the essence of their combined Acadian heritage.
The Enosburg soiree will have driving foot rhythms, piano, home made percussion instruments, close harmonies, laughter seasoning and the occasional brass.
Barachois is the multi-instrumental performing family of Albert Arsenault, vocals, dance, fiddle, bass, and assorted percussion; Helene Arsenault-Bergeron, piano, vocals, dance, reed (pump) organ, guitar, foot percussion; Louise Arsenault, fiddle, vocals, dance, harmonica, guitar, foot percussion; and Chuck Arsenault, vocals, guitar, harmonica, dance, sousaphone, trumpet. Their music dishes up equal portions of dance, humour and innovation, the perfect recipe for a good time. They have performed at Lincoln Center, as well as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, International de Louisianne, Canada Day on Parliament Hill, the Vancouver Folk Festival, and the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow, Scotland.
The group's first album, Barachois, received three nominations at the 1997 East Coast Music Awards and won the Francophone Recording of the Year. The band released Encore, its second album, last year.
"The Mentors Series presents well-established professional artists from a variety of performance arts disciplines," said Jon Scott. "These special performances bringing a wide range of entertainment of the highest quality to our stage and serve as an inspiration for those who may be considering a career in the arts."
Barachois is presented by the Opera House at Enosburg Falls, 123 Depot Street, on Monday, August 11, at 8 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors or students, and $5 for children under 12. Save a buck on advance sale tickets at theAll Arts ticket centers: Enosburg Pharmacy and Merchants Bank in Enosburg Falls, at Swanton Rexall, and at Better Planet and at the Kept Writer in St Albans. Call 802-933-6171 or click here for more info.
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123 Depot Street
Post Office Box 1250
Enosburg Falls, Vermont 05450
802.933.6171
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