We strive to provide FSL students with an experience that demonstrates the link between language and culture through oral traditions – where the stories, music and dance are tools in language learning and that help students realize how much French they can understand.
Amusons-nous! with Salut! featuring Marylyn Peringer, Chris Rawlings and Bill Russell
Grades K to 8 | maximum 350 | available as duo, trio or as a quartet with Peter Jellard
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Celebrate the seasons with le Carnaval, la St-Valentin, le printemps with French North American music, songs, and folktales with Marylyn, Chris and Bill.
Carnaval de Québec with Chris Rawlings (as solo or duo)
Grades K to 8 | maximum 250 performance as solo | maximum 350 performance as duo | available as solo or duo with Peter Jellard
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Celebrate the Carnaval de Québec with joyous music from la belle province. Easy sing-a-longs, hands-on music making and simple movements highlight this energetic performance.
Chantez, dansez, jouez! with Bill Russell
Grades 1 to 8 | 250 as performance or 2 classes/per session | maximum 3 sessions/day
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments
Drawing on his experience and knowledge of Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music and folklore of his native Louisiana, students learn the historical and cultural connections between them and the traditional music of French Canada through participating in the songs, dances and games passed down from Cajun and Creole oral traditions.
Fêtons le Carnaval! with Bill Russell
Grades 1 to 8 | maximum 250
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Take a trip through French-speaking North America, from Québec to St-Boniface and from l’Acadie to la Louisiane and celebrate le Carnaval!
French Canadian Folktales & Legends with Marylyn Peringer
Grades K to 8, 9 to 12 | 150 performance or 2 classes/session | maximum 3 sessions/day | study guide
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Marylyn evokes the isolated rural atmosphere of French Canada and brings to life the humorous and fanciful tales related by raconteurs of Quebec, Northern Ontario, Acadia and other French speaking parts of our country, providing students with a glimpse of the daily life, beliefs and superstitions of French-speaking Canadians in times past, as well as the importance of storytelling and storytellers in French-Canadian culture.
La Bastringue va commencer! with Bill Russell & Anne Lederman
For school community social events
La Bastringue va commencer! is a fun, interactive program for dinner dances, fundraisers and potlucks. Bill calls and Anne fiddles for an evening of traditional danses canadiennes.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! with Bill Russell
Grades 7 to 8, 9 to 12 | 250 performance or 2 classes/session | maximum 3 sessions per day
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Who are the Cajuns? What’s the Canadian connection? What’s a fais-do-do or a zydeco? Students learn about French Louisiana through traditional music, dance and lots of remarkable images that further illustrate the connection among the many French traditions of North America.
Rigodon … Chantons! with Andrea Haddad
Grades 4 to 12 | 150 as performance or 1 class/session | maximum 3 sessions/day
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Andrea presents a musical history of daily life, traditions and celebrations experienced by settlers to New France and demonstrates the connection to and influences of the world they left behind on their life in the new world.
Students will learn songs of the voyageurs and the habitants of French Canada. They will also be introduced to several French musical instruments like the épinette des Vosges and the hurdy gurdy. Be prepared for lots of participation!
Rigodon…Dansons! with Andrea Haddad
Grades 4 to 12 | available in French | 1 class/session, maximum 3 sessions/day
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Tout le monde balance et tout le monde swing! Hold a québécois veillée in your classroom and watch out for that queue du loup! Students learn to play the spoons, dance the gigue, a cotillon or a carrée, and enact the story of Rose Latulippe as Andrea introduces students to customs, traditions and lifestyles of New France expressed in the social dances of the time.
Rigodon … Fêtons! with Andrea Haddad
Grades 4 to 12 | 1 class/session, maximum 3 sessions/day
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Pull la tire Sainte-Catherine! Find the future in les crêpes de la Chandeleur! Who gets the rotten potato at la Mi-Carême? Andrea brings French North American celebrations right into the classroom with a variety of authentic activities including games, music, food, legends and treats to match the occasion.
Vieux Montreal with Chris Rawlings (as solo or duo)
Grades 4 to 8 | maximum 250 performance as solo | maximum 350 performance as duo | available as solo or duo with Peter Jellard
FSL / Social Studies: Heritage & Identity, People & Environments / History
Clap and sing along to music found in the boites-a-chansons and brasseries, with traditional and popular songs originally sung by street buskers, poets, pop stars, and the revolutionaries—all in one show!