LEVEE ON THE LAKE

Join us Sunday Feb 8 for a SING-A-LONG with The Casual Choir Collective - all voices welcome!

If you love to sing join us for this free workshop. Everyone is welcome and lyrics will be provided for this sing-a-long. This is not an instrument jam but a focus on singing so we will just have our lead instrument from Kyle Leger for pitch and keys, so that voices are heard and featured. No singing experience required! Children over 9 years are welcome provided they are with an adult and are able to sit / stand to sing with the group in an engaged way! Youth over 14 welcome without a guardian. This workshop will feature music across the deacades and genres with number one hits we all know and love. We will sing for almost two hours with a break in the middle and there is a coffee shop on-site so please feel free to enjoy a beverage! This free workshop is part of our committment to community programming in Tantramar and is made possible by our partners in Tantramar municipality, The Government of New Brunswick Dept. of Tourism Heritage and Culture and our longtime supports at CN ! Thank you to all for making this possible.

If you love to sing Irish songs, join us for this free workshop. Everyone is welcome and lyrics will be provided for this sing-a-long. This is not an instrument jam but a focus on singing so we will just have our lead instruments from Kyle Leger for pitch and keys on guitar and Stacey Read on fiddle to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, so that voices are heard and featured. No singing experience required! Children over 9 years are welcome provided they are with an adult and are able to sit / stand to sing with the group in an engaged way! Youth over 14 welcome without a guardian. This workshop will feature music from Ireland, Newfoundland and some pub faves for the wearing of the green! We will sing for almost two hours with a break in the middle and there is a coffee shop on-site so please feel free to enjoy a beverage! This free workshop is part of our committment to community programming in Tantramar and is made possible by our partners in Tantramar municipality, The Government of New Brunswick Dept. of Tourism Heritage and Culture and our longtime supports at CN ! Thank you to all for making this possible.

Cecilia Brooks is an elder of Wolastoqey, Mi'kmaq, Mohawk and Korean ancestry who calls St. Mary's First Nation home. She specializes in traditional plant knowledge. Cecilia will guide participants on a food harvesting walk in our local Sackville Landscape. Location of walk TBD and an email will be sent closer to the date.

Deora is a Bangla song, and it is published by Coke Studio Bangla. Like every song, this song has a special purpose. It’s a song sung by boatmen for rhythm and energy during Nouka Baich - a traditional boat race, popular in the northern parts of Bangladesh and held during the Monsoon and Autumn seasons. The banks of Bangladesh explode with festivities at this time, and Deora celebrates those ‘Mela’ across ‘The Land of the Rivers’. There are multiple renowned musicians who have come together to create this beautiful masterpiece. The cherry on top is the immaculate performance by Islam Uddin Palakar. A pioneer in the genre of ‘Pala Gaan’, a folk performance that is inherited. The rich heritage of this genre usually requires elaborate theatrical performances where the actor takes in multiple roles sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, and sometimes an inanimate object to present stories to their audience.  

If you to sing, join us for this free workshop. Everyone is welcome and lyrics will be provided for this sing-a-long. This is not an instrument jam but a focus on singing so we will just have our lead instrument from Kyle Leger for pitch and keys, so that voices are heard and featured. No singing experience required! Children over 9 years are welcome provided they are with an adult and are able to sit / stand to sing with the group in an engaged way! Youth over 14 welcome without a guardian. This workshop will feature music from country bluegrass gospel and folk repotoire and it will be pretty vintage! We will sing for almost two hours with a break in the middle - please feel free to bring water, pop, coffee. This free workshop is part of our committment to community programming in Tantramar and is made possible by our partners in Tantramar municipality, The Government of New Brunswick Dept. of Tourism Heritage and Culture and our longtime supports at CN ! Thank you to all for making this possible.

Join Ainaz Giahi, a fifth-year Chemistry student at Mount Allison University, as she brings the heart and soul of Baba Karam and Halparke to life! Ainaz, proudly rooted in both Iranian and Kurdish heritage, will guide you through these two stunning traditional dances, each full of history, rhythm, and meaning. 

Halparke, a spirited Kurdish line dance, is bold, powerful, and performed in unbreakable chains that celebrate unity and joy. Expect high-energy steps, synchronized hand-in-hand movement, and a lead dancer waving a scarf like a flag of celebration. Baba Karam, a classic and charismatic Persian street-style dance, is pure poetry in motion, playful moves, expressive gestures, and storytelling flair deeply tied to Iranian culture and music. 

No experience needed, just come ready to move, laugh, and connect! Whether you’re here for the beats, the culture, or just to try something new, this is more than a dance workshop, it’s a celebration you’ll never forget. 

A Mi'kmaq sacred medicine pouch, or medicine bag, is a spiritual item, usually made of leather or natural materials, worn close to the body. It holds sacred herbs like tobacco, sweetgrass, cedar, and sage, as well as personal mementos or tokens, to maintain a spiritual connection, receive blessings, and provide protection. The contents are unique to the individual and chosen for their spiritual significance and connection to the land and ancestors

A touring musician for over 25 years, Shelley has performed countless East coast favourites in her travels to international folk festivals and those across Canada with her bands Banshee, Drowsy Maggie and as a children's performer. Come and join the choir if only for a day and learn shanties and more!

If you to sing, join us for this free workshop. This special workshop is a pairing of Indigenous drumming and singing and Irish / Celtic shanty singing also with a drum called the bodrhan. Everyone is welcome and lyrics will be provided for this sing-a-long. This is not an instrument jam but a focus on singing so we will just have our lead instrument Indigenous drum from Matt Sanipass Bouctouche First Nation for pitch and keys and the Irish Bodrhan drum with Shelley Chase, so that voices are heard and featured. No singing experience required! Children over 9 years are welcome provided they are with an adult and are able to sit / stand to sing with the group in an engaged way! Youth over 14 welcome without a guardian. We will sing for almost two hours with a break in the middle - please feel free to bring water, pop, coffee. This free workshop is part of our committment to community programming in Tantramar and is made possible by our partners in Tantramar municipality, The Government of New Brunswick Dept. of Tourism Heritage and Culture and our longtime supports at CN ! Thank you to all for making this possible.