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Andrea Beaton
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Mairi Rankin
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Colin Grant
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Kenneth MacKenzie
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Buddy MacDonald
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Allan Dewar
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Cheryl Smith
Performers
subject to change.
Special guest performers appearing at select shows.
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Andrea
Beaton
Fiddle, Piano,
Vocals, Stepdancing
One of
Cape Breton's most promising young fiddlers, Andrea Beaton
comes by her music honestly. Listen to her play, the power
of her bow, the drive and swing of her timing, the crispness
of her attack. She's making a name for herself in dance
halls, concerts, ceilidhs and festivals. Like the compelling
tradition she represents, her reputation is growing,
spreading beyond....
[Complete
Bio & Recordings]
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Mairi Rankin
Fiddle,
Vocals, Stepdancing
 Mairi
Rankin is a native of Mabou, Cape Breton. She has been
playing the fiddle and step-dancing for nearly 15 years. Her
extraordinary skills have entertained audiences across
Canada, the USA, Denmark, and the U.K. She has performed as
a solo artist and with such renowned groups as Cuillin,
Natalie MacMaster....., Ashley Mac Isaac, Mary Jane Lamond,
and “Spirit...
[Complete
Bio & Recordings]
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Colin
Grant
Fiddle, Guitar, Stepdancing
 Raised
in Toronto, Colin Grant began his musical career at the age
of 4 at the Royal Conservatory of Music, studying classical
violin in the Suzuki program. By the age of 10, he began to
explore Cape Breton-style traditional music, taking lessons
from Sandy MacIntyre, and at the Gaelic College of Celtic
Arts....
[Complete
Bio & Recordings]
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Kenneth
MacKenzie
Highland Bagpipes, Fiddle
 Raised
in a Gaelic-speaking and very musical family in Mabou, Cape
Breton Island, Kenneth has been immersed in the Scottish
language and culture since birth. He has been piping and
teaching at dances, concerts and festivals all over the
Atlantic Provinces, Ontario, Scotland and beyond for several
years now and counts well....
[Complete
Bio]
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Buddy
MacDonald
Vocals, Guitar, Show Host
 Buddy
MacDonald's career as a singer/songwriter and entertainer
began more than twenty-five years ago. Born and brought up
on the Northern Shores of Cape Breton Island, he was exposed
at an early age to the songs and singing of the great Celtic
singers of his native island. Much of his song writing is
still influenced by the style he was so familiar with as a
young boy.....
[Complete
Bio & Recordings]
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Cheryl
Smith
Drums, Percussion
 Montreal-born
Cheryl Smith was exposed to music at an early age. Her
father was a professional drummer with “The Beau Marks”
throughout the '60's and '70's and both of her parents were
DJ's for many years. Cheryl began playing drums at age 12
and began her professional career at age 17, playing in an.....
[Complete
Bio]
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Allan
Dewar
Piano,
Guitar, Bass
Allan's background in the Cape
Breton Musical Tradition is the backbone of his ability to
accompany any fiddler, past and present. From Carl
MacKenzie, Buddy MacMaster, Rodney MacDonald, Howie
MacDonald, John Morris Rankin and John Pellerin for dances
and Ceilidhs, to the new generation of up and coming
fiddlers such as Troy MacGillivray and Shelly Campbell.
[Complete
Bio]
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