QAHN's ongoing project "A Different Tune: Musical Heritage of English-speaking Quebec" presents the following upcoming events, all via our project's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/adifferenttune/live/
July 23, 2020, 8 p.m. - Facebook Live - "Thirsty Thurdays Livestream with Steven 'Wolfy' McGie." Presented by A Different Tune and The Gaspesian Way.
Saturday, July 25, 7:30-9:30 p.m. - Facebook Live - 100 Mile Artstream (Music and more from West Quebec). Presented by A Different Tune and the 100 Mile Arts Network.
July 30, 2020 - 8 p.m. - Facebook Live - "Thirsty Thursdays Vol 9"
Women of the Coast. A showcase of six woman singers, songwriters, and musicians from the Coast's English-speaking communities. Presented by A Different Tune and The Gaspesian Way.
August 6, 2020 - 8 p.m. - Facebook Live - "Thirsty Thursdays Vol 10"
Originally from Belle-Anse and now living in Montreal, singer-songwriter Dale Boyle brings his brand of folk, blues, roots, and country music that is inspired by his connection to the Gaspé Coast. Presented by A Different Tune and The Gaspesian Way. http://www.daleboyle.com/.
Saturday, August 8, 2020, 8 p.m. - Facebook Live - Gaspé Fiddle Project 10th Anniversary Come celebrate 10 years of musicians and researchers helping preserve and share the beautiful fiddle music of Gaspé Bay across the globe. Featuring Guy Bouchard, Laura Risk, Brian Morris & Glenn Patterson; Lisa Ornstein; André Brunet, and many more. Presented by A Different Tune and Vision Gaspé-Percé Now.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 1:30-2:30 p.m. (EST)
QAHN presents “Indigenous presence in southern Quebec, from the Paleo-Indian period to European contact,” with Paul-Conrad Carignan.
Archaeology confirms that human beings were present in what is now southern Quebec at the end of the last Ice Age, 11,000 years ago. The exact origins of these ancient people known as Paleo-Indians has not been firmly established, and current scholarship differs as to which route or routes they likely travelled.
This presentation will examine four theories, all of which contradict more traditional Indigenous cultural beliefs about their peopling of their world before European contact. These include: migration from Asia across the Beringia land bridge; journey by boat across the Pacific Ocean; overland migration from the south, following the retreat of the glaciers; and even a theory of pre-historic migration from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean. Paul-Conrad Carignan discusses what artifacts and changes in tool technology can tell us about the life-ways and of Quebec’s first inhabitants, from the Archaic through the Woodland periods.
Please register in advance for this Zoom event online or watch it live on the QAHN Facebook page!
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