Early Stepdance Influences
Sue and Cil started stepdancing in the early 80s. Julia and Prairie started later on. We have had the good fortune to learn from some legendary dancers. The videos below are just a
few of our teachers.
Other early influences were Fr. Eugene Morris of Cape Breton and Jeanette Dubois and Richard Turcotte of Quebec. They all traveled out to festivals
on the west coast to teach stepdancing in the early 80s. We are searching for videos of their dancing.❤
Harvey Beaton
Normand Legault and Pierre Chartrand
John Pellerin
Benoit Bourque
Mary Janet MacDonald
From Cape Breton Island, this is Mary Janet dancing with six of her children at the Broad Cove concert.
Gina Gilchrist
Ottawa Valley stepdancer Gina Gilchrist and Jean Carignan (fiddle) in 1985. We didn't take lessons from Gina but she, her brothers and her father provided much inspiration.
Pierre Chartrand
From Quebec, Pierre Chartrand dancing a 6/8 into a reel.