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“Back to Irish Roots”: Quebec City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By Bethann G. Merkle
I
cannot imagine St.
Patrick’s Day without a
parade. Where I grew up,
Irish heritage is emphatically
expressed during this holiday.
Last spring, I was surprised to
learn that I had just watched
the second local parade in
nearly 100 years! Conflicting
accounts dispute how long
Quebec City was without a
Saint Patrick’s Day parade.
Some maintain that prior to
2010, the city had not held a
parade for 84 years. Others
insist the parades continued,
off and on, into the 1940s
and 1950s. No one disputes,
however, that the parades
held at the turn of the 20th
century were “really big
affairs.” Quebec City’s first
recorded St. Patrick’s Day celebrations occurred in the late
1700s, the first parades took
place in the early 1800s, and
the last “really big” parade
was in 1926.
Joe Lonergan, historian,
and current Irish Heritage
Quebec president, recently
shared some of the parade’s
local history with me. When
I asked why the parades
stopped, he replied, “We can
only speculate, but it is hard
to say.” There are various
theories, including the rise
of Canadian nationalism attributed to World War I, but
none are conclusive. Adding
to the mystery is the fact
that parades continued in
Montreal, Toronto, and elsewhere. At the same time, the
Quebec City Irish continued
to celebrate the holiday with
the soirées, matinées, and
feasts which had always accompanied the parade.
Lonergan indicated that
the current parade route,
through Vieux Québec, is
“more or less the old parade
route.” He said, “They’d start
down by the cove, because
the Irish used to be down
there. They’d be heading
for St. Patrick’s Church, but
they’d go all over the place.”
He continued, “Champlain
Street used to be full of Irish.
They worked there, supplying
the ships, loading lumber, etc.
They were really involved in
the timber trade.”
K nowing the city has
always boasted a cultural
mélange, I asked whether
there were differences in
anglophone and francophone
celebrations of St. Patrick’s
Day. Mr. Lonergan told me,
“Even historically, the parade
route would have made a salutatory stop at St. Andrew’s
Church, [to acknowledge the
Scottish], and the Irish societies had a similarly fraternal
relationship with the St. Jean
Baptiste Society. Protestant
and Catholic Irish alike
celebrated, the latter with
mass, and everyone sporting
green ribbons.” At the time,
“most of the Irish who would
celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
were English-speaking. Now,
it might surprise people to
know that many individuals
involved with the parade are
francophone.” He concluded,
“I can’t imagine the language
makes much difference - if
people celebrate at all.”
S o, wh at i s t he l i n k
between the holiday, the
parade, and the local Irish
heritage organization? Irish
Heritage Quebec (IHQ) is
distinct from Le Défilé de la
St-Patrick de Québec, which
was founded by Irishman
Peter Farrell, and others,
in 2010. Lonergan clarified, stating, “Several years
before Mr. Farrell’s arrival,
a handful of locals held a
meeting to discuss resurrecting the parade. Why didn’t we
get it it going before? That’s
a good question [....] It is an
aspect of Irish heritage we
want to support.”
Thanks to Farrell’s enthusiasm, the concept of
re-instating the parade
gained widespread popularity.
“Of course,” Lonergan emphasizes, “IHQ has an interest [in
the parade] because it raises
the profile of Irish culture in
the Quebec community.” IHQ
actively participates each
year, and expect around 100
IHQ members will march with
the organization’s banner
this year. IHQ proposed
the 2011 Grand Marshall,
and continues to support
Le Défilé in efforts such
as seeking permission for
horses to participate in this
year’s parade. While IHQ
members are active on the
parade committee and serve
various volunteer functions
for the parade, they do so
as individuals, not as representatives of IHQ. Ultimately,
“we are just an element in the
parade,” he said.
Over the years, Quebec
City has seen various local
Irish cultural organizations
wax and wane. Given that
Irish Heritage Quebec is currently the only Irish cultural
organization in Quebec City,
I wondered how the holiday
had been observed in the
intervening years. I asked
if IHQ, founded in 1973, did
anything special to mark
the day. Lonergan said, “I
don’t think they did.” He
suggested that IHQ may have
made an effort to emphasize
something Irish during their
annual March activity, as
part of an on-going monthly
conference series. Beyond
that, IHQ was not established
for the organizing of an Irish
community celebration of St.
Patrick’s Day. While IHQ has
supported the parades for the
past three years, the focus
remains general enhancement and stewardship of local
Irish heritage and today’s
Irish culture.
Today, Irish Heritage
Quebec is a reflection of the
dedication of well-known
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individuals, such as the
widely-lauded Marianna
O’Gallagher. The story comes
full circle, when we realize
that O’Gallagher was actively
involved with establishing
IHQ, staunchly supported
the re-birth of the parade,
and lobbied throughout her
life for recognition of key
Irish historic sites, such
as Grosse-Île. While the
parade’s revival has not re- (40,000+ annually), emeraldsulted in concrete increases hued enthusiasm is running
in IHQ membership, it has high through all of Quebec
already facilitated significant City’s diverse cultural groups.
connections between the To join the fun, put your green
past and the present. As a on! Visit www.qcpatrick.com
result of the 2011 parade, the for complete details about
Irish ambassador to Canada how to volunteer, participate,
and the American Consul- or cheer from the sidewalk
General participated in an during the 3rd annual edition
IHQ-organized expedition to of this vibrant expression of
Grosse-Île last summer.
heritage and contemporary
L oner g a n cr e d it s Le Irish culture.
Défilé de la St-Patrick de
Québec with “increasing
enthusiasm within the Irish
community.” Judging by
the number of spectators
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Humanitarian commitment
without borders
by
Shirley Nadeau
T
CANADA
The most daily flights
from coast to coast.
hursday, March 8, was International Women’s Day.
The Quebec Garrison
Club marked it by presenting a luncheon-talk with
Elizabeth Dallaire as the
guest speaker. Dallaire spoke
about the importance of “A
humanitarian commitment
without borders.”
Approximately 60 members
of the club and their invited
guests were treated to a
talk, including informative
illustrations, about Dallaire’s
involvement with UNICEF
and the General Roméo Dallaire Foundation. These two
organizations work together
to help women and orphaned
children in African countries
– Rwanda, Kenya and Somalia
in particular – bettering
their lives and those of their
families through the building
of schools, medical clinics
and housing.
Brigadier-General Simon 36 years before and where
Hébert, President of the Gar- both their fathers had served
rison Club and Commander in the Royal 22e Regiment for
of Land Force Quebec Area 11 years prior to the Second
and Joint Task Force (East), World War.
welcomed ever yone and
The various postings,
introduced Dallaire saying, promotions and studies for
“Elizabeth Dallaire is a native Roméo meant many moves for
of Quebec City, born into the Dallaire family. Their son
a multi-generational Army Willem was born in Fredericfamily. A fter completing ton, Catherine in Montreal
her studies in education, and Guy in Quebec City. Elizashe taught for five years beth estimates that during
at schools of the National their marriage they have
Defence in Valcartier where moved at least 15 time, but
she met her Romeo in 1969. with each new posting came
One month later, she was the opportunity to make new
chosen to teach in Germany contacts and become involved
where she stayed for five in new organizations.
years. During her time in
Hébert spoke about DalEurope she visited many laire’s involvement in many
post-war countries and also non-governmental organitravelled to Africa on several zations, calling her “an
occasions.”
ambassador for UNICEF,
Elizabeth and Roméo Dal- Ambassador and spokesperlaire were married in 1976 at son for the Valcartier Family
the Quebec Citadel, where Centre, co-founder of Noël
her parents had been married
continued on
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des Enfants, and a Lady of
the Order of Saint Lazarus
of Jerusalem. For many years
she was the Commissioner
of Guides of Canada. She
remains an active member
of various other NGOs and
charities.”
The General Roméo Dallaire Foundation finances
specific projects for children
of Rwanda affected by the
civil war and genocide in
1994. With the intervention
of NGOs and the religious
orders in place, the Foundation provides funds for the
supply of didactic material,
for the building of schools
and orphanages, as well as to
support the daily operations.
The children of Rwanda, of
which nearly 500,000 were
orphaned by the 1994 Genocide, need special protection
to promote their physical,
intellectual, mental, spiritual,
moral, and social development.
Mme. Dallaire spoke about
her involvement with UNICEF
and the work they are doing
in Africa. A UNICEF Ambassador since 2007, she has
been a valued UNICEF volunteer for 25 years. Dedicated to
improving education and opportunities for children, her
commitment and dynamism
has invigorated and garnered
recognition for UNICEF’s
programs benefiting children
around the world.
As a former primary school
teacher, Mme. Dallaire feels
passionately about engaging
Canadian teachers, parents
and students in global issues.
Her work with UNICEF has
helped to raise funds for
quality education for children
in Rwanda and Malawi.
While in Rwanda in 2008,
Mme. Dallaire participated in
a UNICEF Canada field trip,
visiting schools and medical
centres in Kenya, Somalia
and Ethiopia and Rwanda.
She witnessed the progress
for education through the
Schools for Africa program
and the improvements for
health that UNICEF is achieving in that country.
In one of the largest slum
areas of Nairobi, the capital
of Kenya, the University
of Nairobi operates a very
rudimentary medical clinic,
partly funded by UNICEF,
which also acts as a vaccination and therapeutic feeding
centre. They also distribute
mosquito nets to put over
children’s beds to help stop
the spread of malaria.
As the wife of Senator
Romeo Dallaire, Mme. Dallaire has been particularly
touched by the enormous
challenges children face in
the developing world. As a
UNICEF Canada Ambassador,
Mme. Dallaire continues to
demonstrate both determination and conviction as she
works to promote and protect
the fundamental rights of the
world’s children.
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ImagiNation 2012:
Writers’ festival at the
Morrin Centre
Left to right: Paul Almond (Honorary President), Neil Blssoondath, Rick Salutin, Felicia
Mlhali, Julie Wilson. David Homel, B. Glen Rotchin, Miguel Syiuco, Dimitri Nasrallah
Celebrate literature, meet
the authors.
(Quebec, Friday March
9, 2012) – ImagiNation, the
Morrin Centre’s annual
writers’ festival, will be
held from April 11 to 15.
Paul Almond, acclaimed TV
director and author of The
Alford Saga, is the honorary president of this year’s
edition. Participants will be
able to meet celebrated Canadian authors such as Neil
Bissoondath, David Homel,
Dimitri Nasrallah, Felicia
Mihali, B. Glen Rotchin, Rick
Salutin, Miguel Syjuco and
Julie Wilson. Special guest
Charlie Adlard, illustrator
of the Walking Dead series,
will also make an appearance,
thanks to our collaboration
with the Festival de la bande
dessinée francophone de
Québec (FBDFQ).
Presented by the Morrin
Centre in collaboration with
the Salon international du
liv re de Québec (SILQ),
Imag i Nation i s Quebec
City’s only English-language
literary festival. The festival
contributes year after year to
helping the general public get
better acquainted with Canadian authors through public
discussions and readings.
The Morrin Centre would
like to thank its partners and
sponsors, namely the Canada
Council for the Arts, the
CLD de Québec, La Maison
Anglaise et Internationale,
the Alex and Ruth Dworkin
Foundation, the Quebec
Writers’ Federation, SILQ
and FBDFQ for their precious
collaboration in promoting
literature.
Photo by Shirley Nadeau
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Simon Hébert, President of the Garrison Club, and Laurette Iacurto, President of the Arts
Committee, which organized the luncheon-talk with guest speaker Elizabeth Dallaire.
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garden or exploring the local
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By Bethann G. Merkle
Photo provided by Bethann Merkle
An American in Paris Québec
WEDNESDAY, March 14, 2012
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Irish Moutarde: A Celtic
rock band with a twist
Tradition: St. Patrick’s Day
at St. Brigid’s Home
By Juanita Craig
By Marie White
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I
s Irish heritage still felt
among the residents at St.
Brigid’s Home today? “Yes,
yes, very much so,” answered
Jean-François Richard, the
administrative agent. “There
are still many here with Irish
names or of Irish descent. It’s
still very present.” Richard
estimates that ten to fifteen
percent of the residents are
of Irish descent.
The home greets visitors
with a framed tapestry of
St.Patrick beside a statue
of St. Brigid. St. Brigid of
Kildare is nicknamed Mary
of the Gael and is one of
Irela nd’s patron sa i nts
along with St. Patrick and
St. Columba. A framed St.
Brigid’s Cross made of River
Shannon Rush reminds the
residents and their families
and friends of Saint Brigid
who was the most famous
female leader of the early
Celtic Christian Church.
So, as tradition has it, St.
Brigid’s Home is all set to
celebrate the great Irish feast.
The lobby, cafeteria and
Kildare Lounge are decked
out in green with leprechauns
Photo by Marie White
I
rish Moutarde is a Celtic
punk rock band from
Quebec City who have just
released their debut single
entitled “The Bear and the
Maiden Fair.” The single is
available for free downloading and has been a great
success in a very short time.
In fact, within the first two
weeks of the song’s release,
it has had more than 6000
downloads. Half of Irish Moutarde’s fan base can be found
in Quebec, while the other
half come from overseas,
spanning over 40 different
countries.
R a rely publ ici zed or
spoken about, especially in
Quebec, punk rock remains
an intriguing novelty. Irish
Moutarde use traditional
Celtic songs, playing covers
with a twist by adding the
bagpipes and banjo. Essentially, as members Mathieu
Audet and Dominic Haerinck
stated, “Celtic punk rock
is good party music about
drinking and for drinking.”
The band makes references
in their songs, amongst other
things, to fantasy bears who
dance. The songs are sung
exclusively in English and,
as Dominic fervently added,
“with no political nor religious
agenda to them.” Both band
members chimed that, “Irish
Moutarde’s key objective
is to have a lot of fun,” and
their two hour non-stop show
reflects this.
Irish Moutarde’s musical
repertoire includes not only
their own compositions, but
also covers from the Dropkick
Monkeys, Flogging Molly,
and The Great Big Sea, as the Woodstock en Beauce
well as Irish classics such as festival.
“Auld Triangle” and “Fields of
Consequently, Irish MouAthenry.” The band’s particu- tarde were approached by
lar punk rock style, however, the organisers of the Festival
is the result of the personal des Couleurs du Monde in
tastes and influences of each Sainte-Marie de Beauce at
band member. The purpose the Telus Cabaret to attract
of this adaptation to tradi- a younger audience to the festional Celtic music is the tival by playing at the closing
desire to stand out from the event. Irish Moutarde also
mainstream enabling them to performed in the Lévis, Rock
capture a younger audience City concert in 2011 followed
and play in non-traditional by a show in Trois-Rivières
places like rock venues.
as part of a private Labatt
Irish Moutarde is com- conference.
prised of seven band members:
This will be the third
Mathieu Audet (rythym guitar consecutive year that Irish
and vocals), Frédéric Audette Moutarde has played in
(bass, tin whistle and vocals), the St. Patrick’s Parade in
Jérôme Béla n ger ( lea d Quebec City, in a trailer
guitar), Andrée-Anne Hallé complete with hay bales
(lead vocals, keyboard, bass), (weather pending) in the
Christian Haerinck (bag- afternoon of Saturday, March
pipes), Dominic Haerinck 24. Later that night, they will
(banjo, cittern guitar, harp, be gracing the stage at the
fiddle, mandolin), Sébastien Dagobert where they will be
Malenfant (drums, vocals) accompanied by eight pipers
and Olaf the Irish Giraffe, of the 78th Fraser Highlandwho is their mascot.
ers of Quebec City. A show
Irish Moutarde, was so not to be missed. Those who
named as a tongue-in-cheek were present at the show at
play on the French expres- the Dagobert last year would
sion relish-moutarde. The state that, if you are seeking
group was founded in July a vibrant, energetic and
2009 by the five original festive show with a difference,
band members but were later then look no further, Irish
blessed with the addition of Moutarde is your group.
the talented Haerinck brothTo download Irish Mouers. Initially the band only tarde’s new single “The Bear
intended to perform once or and the Maiden Fair,” go to
twice a year in Quebec City http:www.irishmoutarde.
for the March events sur- com/bear.zip
rounding St. Patrick’s Day.
YouTube version: Irish
However, since January 2010, Moutarde -The Bear and the
they have been performing Maiden Fair’
throughout the province of
Website: www.irishmouQuebec. One notable event tarde.com
took place on Wednesday 29
Facebook: http://www.faJune 2011, where the group cebook.com/irishmoutarde
headlined the first day at
dancing on doors and mirrors.
The Guild’s St. Patrick’s Day
Special activities will be held
on Friday, March 16, at 2:00
p.m. for the residents. Happy
St. Patrick’s Day to all!
OMMENTARY
FXG students vote against a strike
but strike a pose for tuition freezes
By Marie White
C
égep and university
students have been
protesti n g aga i n st
the Quebec government’s
promise to increase university tuition fees this fall. On
March 1, Université Laval,
Cégep Ste-Foy and Collège
François-Xavier-Garneau
joined Montreal students
to march to the National
A s sembly t o vent thei r
concerns that the increase
will prevent students from
being able to afford university
studies. On March 8, one week
later, FXG students voted on
whether or not to strike.
Out of a student population of almost 6,000, over
3,000 students at Collège
François-Xavier-Garneau
voted, of which almost 70%
were not in favour of striking.
Students had three hours to
vote after a general assembly.
The assembly was scheduled
during the midday block of
class time. Most of Garneau’s
classes are from 8 to 11, 11 to
2:10 and 2:10 to 5:00. Many
teachers, including yours
truly, took into account the
students’ desire to be present
at the assembly so that they
could be well-informed about
the impacts of their vote.
Hence, most exceptionally,
some classes were condensed,
breaks skipped and students
allowed to attend the assembly. The over-all feeling in
class prior to the vote seemed
Collège FXG students and their snowmen strike a pose to
protest against the Quebec government’s plan to hike up
tuition fees for university students.
to be hesitation. After all,
students—not to mention
parents and teachers—are
most hesitant to endorse a
strike. No one wishes to jeopardize, in any way, a student’s
chance of passing his or her
courses and graduating.
The w inter academic
session at FXG is already
advanced; the Midterm Exam
period began last week, so
it is now the March Break.
When students and teachers return, the final stretch
of the session will begin.
Everyone’s top energy and
time will be geared towards
preparing for the final exams
seven weeks later, which will
come very quickly. For many,
the tuition increase comes
across as inevitable, given the
comparatively moderate fees
here compared with other
Canadian universities, let
alone American ones.
Nonetheless, some stu-
dents still felt compelled
to object to the increase,
but they chose to do so in a
unique and creative way. So
in the evening of March 8,
in reaction to the defeated
strike vote, several students
built snowmen across from
the National Assembly to
express their discontent
with this increase, which
will directly affect them and
their families as well as all
other college students and
their families, yours truly
included. They were also
expressing their desire to
be heard and their wish that
education remain accessible
to all students regardless of
their family income. Their
peers at Cégep de Ste-Foy,
Cégep de Limoilou, Cégep de
Lévis-Lauzon and Champlain
St. Lawrence College, have
also voted against a general,
unlimited student strike.
auditorium of the Musée national des Beaux-arts du Québec. This week
featuring advanced cello and guitar students. Free entry. Bring your own
box lunch if you wish.
WEDNESDAY, March 14, 2012
Forand and Richard Lapointe at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec,
Grand Theatre (entrance near corner of rue St. Amable and Turnbull).
Free entry.
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Correction: The following concert at St. Dominique’s Church takes place Sunday, March 20, 2:00 p.m. – Piano Recital with students of Suzanne
on Thursday,
March
17, not
Saturday,
Beaubien-Lowe at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec, Grand Theatre
EMORIALS
AND
THINGS
OF March
FAME17, as was reported in last
week’s issue. - The Editor
(entrance near corner of rue St. Amable and Turnbull). Free entry.
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Thursday, March 17, 8:00 p.m. – 1862
Le Grand Orchestre des jeunes de Québec,
under the direction of Gilles
Auger,
give a concert entitled Coup de
The Morning will
Chronicle
Chapeau
à l’Irlande
/ Abirth
Tip of
the
Hat to
Irleland
at Église
Saint-Dominique,
Our fellow citizens
of Irish
and
descent
have
made the
usual arrangements
for the
175
Grande-Allée
West.
More
than
100
musicians
and
choristers
will
unite
due celebration of the national anniversary which occurs to-day. The St. Patrick’s Society
for appears
this event.
On
the renewed
programme
bethe
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Schubert’s
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which
to have
gained
vitality will
during
last few
years has organized
for
Symphony,
and
Carl
Reinecke’s
Concerto
for
flute
and
orchestra
with
the occasion throughout every one of the city Sections. The St. Patrick’s Catholic andsoloist
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always
provided
intellectual
amusement
the evening
Québec
and
the choir
St. Dominique
Church
will
beplace
performing
of the
national
festival
againof
announces
a musical
soirée to
take
to-night selected
under its
choral
works
and
and
traditional
Irish
music
and
a
premier
performance
auspices. A choir of ladies and gentlemen will sing national melodies and the band of the 60th
of will
La attend.
Saint-Dominique,
bythat
Robert
Patrick
Girard
(organist
of St.
rifles
We are informed
no pains
have been
spared
to rendertitulaire
this portion
of
Dominique
church)
for
the celebration fully equal to those of former years. In addition to this, the Irish Protestant
choir and
orchestra.
Benevolent
Society,
a body which is increasing rapidly in numbers and in means to carry out
Tickets
($15
reserved
the charitable intentions of its members, will celebrate the day by an anniversary service at
$10
theseats,
Cathedral
this general
evening.
seating - adults, $5 1887
students) are available
at St. Dominique’s The Morning Chronicle
Though our
Irish
fellow-citizens have no procession in the streets to-day in honor of their
church
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Saint,
- poste
0. the day will be celebrated in other ways. Owing to the distress prevailing in
Ireland the outdoor demonstration is withheld. But various amusements are provided and we
have
no doubtMarch
that our17
Irish
friends will heartily enjoy every minute of a festival which means
Thursday,
- St.
so much
to
them.
After
the
religious
service in St. Patrick’s Church is over, all Irishmen and
Patrick’s Day Party
theat
sons
of Irishmen will
make common holiday with one another. We can only wish them
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(600
pleasant
weather
which
to celebrate the day of good St. Patrick.
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doors open at 9:30
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be
10:30
p.m.
Thearound
main feature
of the
celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in Quebec yesterday was a service
Irish
Moutard
will
play
in St. Patrick’s Church at which there was a large congregation. Owing to the festival this year
Irishonand
Celtic
rock
falling
Sunday,
there was
no outdoor observance, but the day was none the less enthusiastisongs
from
several
cally marked. The day was a beautiful one, the sun shining brightly and the atmosphere being
Irish-rooted
andaCelticbalmy.
There was also
large congregation at the 8 o’clock mass in Our Lady of Perpetual Help
rooted
bands,
such
as under the auspices of the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society,
chapel, Diamond Harbor, and
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Murphys
and at the Methodist Church. There was a most representative
there
was a very
hearty service
Flogging
Molly.
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gathering of St. Patrick’s Young Men’s Sodality last evening. The menu was a very choice one
also play
andwill
the President
Mr. D.rock
McManamy presided with excellent skill. Seated next to him were
versions
of
several
Irish
Father Jones, spiritual director, Messrs. Kelly, W. Dollard, Luke Kerwin and D.J. Kaine. On
classics.
It will
be the annual soirée of the St. Patrick’s Literary Institute will take
Monday
evening
the fifty-sixth
biggest
St. Patrick’s
place
at The Auditorium
and this promises to be a notable one. The address of the evening
Day
Show
in
Quebec
will be given by John Hall Kelly, M.P.P. and in addition to the musical programme, the St.
Patrick’s Dramatic Club will produce Bernard Francis Moore’s play “The Irish Rebel.” There
will also be an afternoon entertainment under the direction of Miss McCauley.
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St Patrick’s Day: Top 10 Facts
1. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, although
he was born
in Britain, around
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AD. His parents were Roman citizens living in either Scotland or Wales, according to different versions of his story.
2. As a boy of 14 he was captured and taken
to Ireland
where he spent six years in slavery
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herding sheep. He returned to Ireland in his 30s as a missionary among the Celtic pagans.
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preaching and brought the Latin alphabet to Ireland.
4. Miracles attributed to him include theROSS
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serpents out of Ireland. However, evidence suggests post-glacial Ireland never had any snakes in the first place.
5. Wearing green, eating green food and even drinking green beer, is said to commemorate
St. Patrick’s use of the shamrock - although blue was the original colour of his vestments.
6. St. Patrick was said to have proclaimed that everyone should have a drop of the “hard
stuff” on his feast day after chastising an innkeeper who served a short measure of whiskey.
In the custom known as “drowning the shamrock,” the shamrock that has been worn on a
lapel or hat is put in the last drink of the evening.
7. Popular Irish toasts on St. Patrick’s Day include: “May the roof above us never fall in,
and may we friends beneath it never fall out.”
8. St. Patrick’s Day was first celebrated in America in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737.
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It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province
of Newfoundland.
10. Dublin has a parade that attracts hundreds of thousands of people, while in Chicago
the river is dyed green for a few hours. The biggest parade is normally held in New York, while
the largest celebration in the southern hemisphere is in Sydney, Australia.
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at your service since 1984.
St. Pat’s takes Ireland
S u bm i t t e d b y T r i s h a of their life. This cultural their trip.
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participate
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of a series of concerts by
students
of the
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send
the
travellers
Québec
held in the auditorium of the Café Rencontre, 796 rue St-Joseph.
the culmination of three visit many sites such
this Irish blessing:
Admission
$5. Free
at the
years of planning
andfor asthose
Blarneywho
Castlehave
to purchased a meal
“May card
St. Patrick
organization
come
true
as
Café Rencontre.
kiss the Blarney
guard you wherever
the St. Patrick’s High School Stone, spend a night
you go, and guide
Senior Girls AA Basketball in a castle as well as
you in whatever you
team left for their trip to see and experience the
do, and may his loving
Ireland. Under the direction St. Patrick’s Day Parade
protection be a blessing to
of their coach, Raymond Shea, in Dublin.
you always.”
and English teacher, Anne
Their first game was
Stay tuned for further
Marie Furlong, the eleven played on Sunday, March 11, news and highlights as the
team members and numerous and the St. Pat’s girls won days progress.
parents set off for the trip 50 – 45! What a way to begin
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Come see Saint Brigid’s
and Jeffery Hale staff,
friends and family marching in the 2011 St. PatCQSB Performing
Arts Festival
rick’s Parade.
Looking
St. Patrick’s High School
(Press Release) - The
forward to seeing
you
Central Québec School Board
will host the workshops
(CQSB) is proud to present its
during the day. The evening
there!
9th annual High School Perperformance will take place
forming Arts Festival (PAF)
on Tuesday, March 20th. PAF
provides an opportunity for
high school students throughout the school board to share
their enthusiasm and passion
for the performing arts.
Students will be bussed
into Quebec City from CQSB
schools from as far away as La
Tuque, Thetford Mines, Chibougamau, and Jonquière to
work with guest artists from
around the province, and to
perform their own acts on a
professional stage. Whether
they are working alongside
Montreal graffiti collective
En Masse, beat boxing with
Butta Beats, or learning the
art of trapeze, students will
be inspired to continue developing their artistic talents
and to pick up new ones.
at la Salle Jean-Paul-Tardif
at 950 Joffre in Quebec City.
The show starts on Tuesday,
March 20, at 7:00 p.m. and is
open to the public.
Come out and support our
young artists! The show is
highly entertaining and a full
house is the best encouragement there is. The arts are
flourishing in our schools
and this is opportunity to celebrate them with panache.
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Backstage at the Shannon Irish Show
cultural and community focal
point in its 46th year. Lucie
Laperle, current president of
Shannon’s Catholic Women’s
League (CWL) said, “It’s a
Happy
St. Patrick’s Day
It’s our culture, it’s our roots.
It allows our kids to identify
with something bigger than
family thing. These children
are the third and fourth generations in the show.”
Laperle is also a town
councilor, and she emphasized the significance of the
dancers to the community.
“We, the municipality, give an
annual $5,000 contribution.
And, we gave an additional
$15,000 over the past two
years to help retrofit costumes
and support travel expenses.
The Shannon dancers are
such good representatives,
we want to support them as
much as we can.”
Tracy Knox’s daughter,
nine year-old Kayla, started
in the show when she was
three. She dances in one of
the retrofitted costumes, a
hand-made traditional dress
over 25 years old. The show’s
honoured guest, seamstress
Germaine Longtin, has refitted this dress to dozens of
dancers during a collaboration which spans more than
50 years. Kayla says she
dances because, “My mom did
some when she was younger,
and I saw the videos. I like
it - the music, the dancing,
the spotlights.”
Her mother confirmed,
saying, “When I was young,
I remember one time we
could barely fit on stage.
Now, we outreach all the
time, regardless of age or
where they are from. We have
more [francophone] dancers,
which is great. It is a nice
blend between cultures, and
neat to see them taking an
Photo Bethann Merkle
“
themselves”, said Tracy Knox
as she adjusted her daughter’s costume. The opinion
is unanimous backstage - the
Shannon Irish Show is still a
Photos Bethann Merkle
By Bethann G. Merkle
We open the
St. Patrick’s
Day is an
occasion to
celebrate the
Irish within our
communities.
interest in the dance.”
Based in Montreal, the
Bernadette Short School
of Irish Dance has led the
Shannon dancers for over 20
years, and is the only studio
in the province which instructs traditional Irish step
dancing. Shannon’s dancers
perform year-round across
the province and beyond,
and have qualified countless
times to compete at national
and international levels.
Carrying on the tradition,
two Shannon dancers will
represent Quebec in the 2012
national competition.
Short and her assistants
develop the choreography
for the annual Shannon Irish
continued on
world to you!
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY
We would like to take this opportunity to
I wish a happy St. Patrick’s Day to
Irish families everywhere!
Denis Blanchette
MP for Louis-Hébert
418-648-3244
2360 Ste-Foy Road , Suite 380
Quebec, Quebec G1V 4H2
[email protected]
wish everyone in the English community
a happy St. Patrick’s Day.
We hope to see you at the Parade!
CEGEP Champlain St. Lawrence will be
there!
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The Shannon Irish Show carries on the traditions
Kayla’s cousin, Jessica Feeney, is one such girl. She lives
in Montreal, and dances because her father grew up in
Shannon, and “it is important to him to carry on that
tradition.” Even the costumes are part of the tradition.
Jessica’s mother explained, busy anchoring a densly
curled postiche (bun wig) in her daughter’s hair. “The
postiche is part of the image of an Irish dancer - she has to
have long hair that moves when she does.” France-Anne
Fortin laughed and said, “Yes, I’m as francophone as you
can be. But, I dance now, too. I started dancing when
Jessica did.”
Show. Then, the ‘older girls’, Saffron countered, “I always
as everyone calls them, help wanted to be one.” Gabrielle
the younger dancers learn concluded, “We are doing
their steps and make ad- something different that
justments to accommodate people don’t see every day.”
individual abilities. Saffron
The parents agree, and
Levesque, age 17, has been many also perform or work
dancing with the McBain on the stage crew. One said,
sisters, Gabrielle, age 17, “I like backstage better – no
and Allison, age 15, since one can see me.” Another
they were young, and today, said, “You marry a girl from
they fill this niche. Gabrielle Shannon, you marry the town.
remarked, “I never thought You marry the show.” And,
I’d be a teacher,” while as anyone who has enjoyed
a Shannon show knows, the bagpipes warm up. The adultdancers are only part of the oriented second half, the
striking talent displayed by ‘Kitchen Party,’ has always
this community. Dancing been part of the show. Guitarmelds with rousing Irish ist and singer Mike Neville
songs, including the opening explained, “It’s basically a
song, which is Shannon mayor re-creation of the old tradiClive Kiley’s favorite part. tional Irish kitchen or pub
“It’s always been the ‘Pride O’ parties. Everyone sat around
Shannon’ seein’ those little playing music, and everyone
kids up there.” Show per- had ‘their’ song – the one they
formers range from age three were good at, the one they
to adults, and all appear to knew.” As in the old country,
have an equally good time it is a celebration, a friendly
on-stage and in the dressing competition, and a routine
rooms below.
reflection of the community’s
The Shannon Community talent.
Center basement boasts a pub,
A lthough the show is
where Guiness loosens musi- always scheduled around St.
cians’ voices and smooths Patrick’s Day, that is a sidechord transitions while the note. Tracy Knox summed
banjo, guitars, flutes and up the significance of the
show. “All the family comes
home for the weekend. It’s
like Thanksgiving, but at St.
Patrick’s Day.” The performers are a strong testament to
this, with most second-half
musicians travelling just to
participate in the show. Knox
said, “The show has as much
a connection for family and
community as it does to the
holiday.”
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
from
the Municipality of
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier!
À tous les fidèles lecteurs du Chronicle-Telegraph, nous souhaitons une très heureuse fête de la Saint-Patrick.
Portons le vert avec plaisir et fierté en l’honneur de tous les Québécois d’origine irlandaise, et au succès de
cette parade qui célèbre les peuples et les cultures.
Bonne Saint-Patrick à tous!
To all the faithful readers of the Chronicle-Telegraph, we wish you a very happy St.Patrick’s Day
Let us wear the green with pleasure and pride in honor of all Quebecers of Irish descent and to the success
for this parade in praise of a people and it’s culture.
Happy St.Patrick’s Day to one and all!
Jean Charest
Premier of Quebec
Sam Hamad
MNA for Louis-Hébert
Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and
Export Trade
Yves Bolduc
MNA for Jean-Talon
Minister of Health and Social Services
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Bookstores honour the Irish for St. Patrick’s Day
so,” explained Sauvageau.
Schools often request
books about the Irish at
this time of year. But one
particular request stands
out. “Customers call to ask
for an Irish dictionary,” said
Sauvageau. “They are often
looking to give it as a gift.”
The store does indeed carry
Irish-English dictionaries
as well as an assortment of
fiction and non-fiction that
celebrates Irish culture
and heritage – including of
course, the work of Marianna
O’Gallagher, local historian
and founder of Irish Heritage
Quebec.
Some other books on
display there include When
Irish Guys are Smiling by
Suzanne Supplee, the Magic
Tree House’s Leprechaun
series, An Irish Country
Courtship by Patrick Taylor,
and An Irish History by
Don Akenson. Edward Rutherford’s Princes of Ireland
“May the luck ‘o the Irish be with ye!” wishes Andrew Greenfield whose AngloStore at
Place Naviles also offers a special selection of Irish-related reading to celebrate Ireland’s
national holiday this March 17.
Right: Ireland and the Irish
are on special display for
St.Patrick’s Day at La Maison
Anglaise et Internationale
at Place de la Cité.
and Rebels of Ireland have
already sold out. Popular
Irish authors like Maeve
Binchy and Morgan Llywelyn
are always available.
So let’s wear green, toast
to Ireland and read a good
book this March 17!
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or St. Patrick’s Day, all
things Irish are being
highlighted at both
of Quebec City’s English
language bookstores.
“As the saying goes, ‘Everyone’s Irish on St. Patrick’s
Day,’ and at AngloStore, we’re
no different,” commented
Andrew Greenfield, owner
of this bookstore at Place
Naviles. “We have a selection of books with an Irish
leaning on offer for the occasion.” Greenfield added a St.
Paddy’s Day special: “There’s
15% off every purchase on
March 17. All you have to do
is come in to AngloStore and
say ‘Happy St. Patrick’s Day’
when making a purchase.
May the luck ‘o the Irish be
with ye.”
Similarly, La Maison
Anglaise et Internationale at
Place de la Cité is displaying
its collection of books about
the Irish in a place of honour
at the entrance. The selection
ranges from infant touch and
feel books to comprehensive
volumes on Irish history, with
humorous light reading and
witty little publications in
between.
“There are a lot of Irish
people or people interested in
Irish culture here in Quebec
City,” explained employee
Marie Jo Sauvageau, “so we
have a display like this every
year for St. Patrick’s Day.” The
selection of books is popular,
so much so that “we have had
to refill it every day.” Not only
are the books selling well,
but the selection of books
available on the subject has
increased. In fact, there
seems to be a new trend. “We
used to have trouble finding
enough books to put up on the
shelves. Now, there are more.
There has definitely been an
increase in the selection of
books in the last five years or
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The Members
of the
Council of
Commissioners,
Administrative
Council
and all
Central Québec
School Board
Staff wish you
all a very
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy
St. Patrick’s
Day
www.artisans-paysage.qc.ca
WEDNESDAY, March 14, 2012
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St. Patrick’s Table: Tips for a truly green holiday feast
There is a reason why Irish
food boasts lots of hearty
t. Patrick’s Day could dishes full of root vegetables.
be greener than ever Potatoes, onions, rutabathis year. Consider gas, parsnips, carrots and
these tips for a more sus- garlic store well throughtainable celebration, and out the winter, and all are
your “taste of the Irish” available from local produccould be as green as the ers year-round. Another
beer in the pubs. There are veggie commonly associated
the obvious elements, such with Irish heritage dishes,
as using re-usable or bio- cabbage, also stores well,
degradable tableware and and might be available from
napkins. We can also take a local producer - if you look
it a step further, and bring hard enough. Furthermore,
a re-usable mug or thermos as with the Emerald Isle, we
to the coffee shop or pub on are lucky to have access to
our way to the parade. After lots of fresh seafood. If you
all, there’s no reason a hot head to a pub or restaurant,
toddy can’t be eco-conscious check the menu for local
while helping you weather options, or ask your server
stiff March winds!
about them.
Here in Quebec, it might
To take full control, serve
seem like that is the limit some of the following dishes
for conscientious creativity. for friends and family this
Happily, we need not limit Saturday. You won’t have to
ourselves to cloth napkins worry about left-overs, and
when enjoying the flavors of the pie is easily converted
Irish heritage. While March for vegetarians. Feature
may seem like a tough time local microbrews, cider and
of year to eat locally, keep in wines, and you’ll be able
mind that Guinness’s home to toast to a truly green St.
town of Dublin is higher in Patrick’s Day.
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Shannon Irish Show, check the mussels when you cook
the program for the Tradi- them, for an extra holiday
tional Guinness Shepherd’s touch. Steam over medium
Pie recipe. Be sure to look heat until the shells open.
for local meat, or leave it
NOTE: Only cook mussels
out for a vegetarian-friendly that are tightly closed. If
version. Serve with bread they are not tightly closed,
pudding featuring locally tap the shell - if they close
baked bread, or a root veg- they are still alive and fine
etable coleslaw made from to use but if they do not
shredded carrots, rutabagas close, discard them. Also
and parsnips, dressed with discard any mussels with
a blend of curry powder, cracked shells.
plain yogurt, a pinch of
sugar, and Dijon mustard.
Homemade Shepherd’s Pie
The following appetizer
rounds out the menu, and
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continued from
7
C HRONICLE - TELEGRAPH
Poet Vienney Carpentier launches The
Balderdash Sessions
By Marie White
O
n M a r ch 8 a t t h e
Brûlerie St. Denis at
Les Halles de Ste. Foy,
Vienney Carpentier launched
his fifth book, The Balderdash Sessions, a collection
of poems in English. “I am
very happy, more than happy,
with the launching of this
book,” smiled Carpentier. “It
is a whole concept with one
theme and I think it’s the
best so far.” Each copy was
hand-sealed and numbered
for this exclusive 200 limited
collector’s edition.
Vienney Carpentier is a
graduate of CEGEP Champlain-St.Lawrence and
his literary advisors are
former Laval University
English professors H. Nigel
Thomas and John Hart
Whitt. Both previewed
Young Shane Rouleau, the only boy in the troupe, got into his work and Thomas
Irish dancing because, “My parents saw me doing weird wrote the forward and
things with my feet.” He clarified, “It was just an instinct - I Whitt commented it. Hona
hadn’t seen it before.” Although traditionally Irish dance Martonfi also commented
troupes are comprised of about 10% men, the Shannon his collection. Martonfi
Irish Dancers have “only one every couple of years. But,” is from Montreal’s Yellow
said Knox, “if guys stay with it, they can go really far” in
Door where Carpentier
national and international competitions.
was recently invited to
read his poetry,
Inspired by a trip to
Cuba in 2011 where he saw
social injustices first-hand,
Carpentier, 37, wrote this
new collection of poems.
Expressing his reactions
and observations is his way
of helping. “I was so struck
by the poverty one finds in
countries such as Cuba or
Mexico that today my psyche
condemns me to write about
it,” he commented.
Carpentier’s unif ying
subject, the plight of a Cuban
prostitute, is the lens he looks
through to explore the struggles and paradoxes of the
human condition. “The book
is a bit dark,” commented
Sleeping Beauty at the Grand Théâtre
By Shirley Nadeau
around the stage to the of the littlest grenouilles
closing curtain, the members (ages 9 to 11) almost stole
n Sunday afternoon, of the audience, wh ich the show with her expressive
the students of l’École consisted in great part of mannerisms and her dancing,
de Danse Christiane family and friends of the on point no less!
Bélanger gave a charming dancers and other aspiring
T he role of Sleepi n g
performance of La Belle au you n g ba l ler i n a s, were Beauty was beautifully inbois dormant at the Grand treated to a very professional terpreted by Sarah-Gabrielle
Théâtre. From the opening performance. The costumes Déry-Blanchet, age 18, who
scene with the youngest were gorgeous and the chore- was “bitten” by the ballet
ballerinas “hippity-hopping” ography was excellent. One bug when she was only three
O
Photos by Marie White
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Top : Vienney Carpentier
hand-sealed each of the
200 copies of The Balderdash
Sessions in this collector’s
edition.
Letft: Quebec City poets and
friends Vienney Carpentier
(left) and John Hart Whitt,
w h o t a u g h t Ca r p e n t i e r
at CEGEP Cha m p la in -St .
Lawrence and Laval
University, celebrated the
Ca r pentier, “but A n n ie launching of Carpentier’s
Gagnon brought back the new work.
light with her cover drawing.
It now basks in light.” The
book also features the work
years old. Other professional of local artists Valérie Murray
dancers interpreted the roles and Sonia Fortin who illusof fairies, the mother, the trated select poems.
prince and other, older frogs.
Carpentier hopes to one
The dancers had been prepar- day see his work on univering for more than a year to sity shelves in Canada, the
present this ballet based on
Grimm brother’s fairy tale,
written in 1812 and made
famous by Disney.
United States and Mexico.”I
need to reach people who
read poetry.” His work is
currently at Laval University
and in Rhode Island at Brown
University. The keen poet is
already hard at work on his
next book.
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and posters for their admiring fans.
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Gaétan Deslauriers
(1918 - 2012)
Gaétan Deslauriers of Quebec
City, who proudly served with
the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police from 1941 to 1947, died
on February 22, 2012, at the
age of 94 at CHUL. He was the
husband of Lorraine Power.
Besides his wife, he leaves
to mourn his children :
Roxanne (Rajmund Somorjai),
Anne-Marie (James Reed),
L iane, Chr is t iane ( Chr is
Carruthers), Serge (the late
Danielle Pouliot), Raynald
(Julie Tessier); his grandchildren: Ildikό Somorjai, Miklόs
Somorjai, Tara Deslauriers
(Samuel Bouffard). He was the
brother and brother-in-law of:
the late Inez Deslauriers (the
late Lesley Dinsmore),Yseult
Deslauriers (the late Jacques
Renaud), Thérèse Deslauriers
(the late Arthur Barbeau, the
late Roger Nauld), the late
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Yvan Deslauriers (the late
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ashes on Saturday, March
3, at Saint-Louis-de-France
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Community Calendar - To post a community event, to see what’s happening, or to advise of the cancellation of an event, go to the QCT Web site at www.
qctonline.com/event or by email [email protected]. Please send your event information well ahead of time so we can help avoid scheduling conflicts.
Wednesday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m. – The Quebec City
Reading Council presents the first of three Computer Skills
Workshops to be held at the Eastern Québec Learning
Centre, 3005 avenue William-Stuart, Ste-Foy, 2nd floor
computer lab, room 206). The 2nd and 3rd workshops will
be held on April 4 and 11. Maximum of 10 participants.
Preregister by contacting the QCRC at [email protected] or
418-681-1258. Computer Skills Workshops are open to
paid members of the Lifelong Learning Program (annual
membership fee $10) which gives you access to some 12
workshops, discussions and presentations and at least one
social event a year.
Friday, March 16 at 9:30 a.m. - Take-a-Break Drop In:
Coffee & Conversation: A great place for parents with
babies and preschoolers to get together while their children
are being cared for by qualified volunteers. Come and
learn more about Nutrition for Toddlers. Relax, exchange
parenting tips, make new friends, enjoy guest speakers and
get to know the Early Childhood Team at the Jeffery Hale
Community Centre (1270 ch. Ste-Foy, Quebec, G1S 2M6).
Free parking. For more details, please call (418)684-5333,
ext. 1539.
Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. - Wrecked, a play by Chris
Craddock at St. Patrick’s High School (75 de Maisonneuve,
Québec). A VEQ and Canadian Heritage sponsored event,
Collective Voices, with students from St. Pat’s and Quebec
A
High School which focuses on alcoholism in teens and
their families. For information or to RSVP Heather McRae
at 418-683-2366 x 224 or [email protected] by
Thursday, March 15.
Friday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. - the Council of
Commissioners of the Central Quebec School Board
meets at the CQSB Office, 2046 chemin St-Louis, Québec.
Interested members of the general public are welcome
to attend.
Friday, March 16 & Saturday, March 17 - The Foire de
l’Emploi / Job Fair at the Centre de foires de Québec
(Expocité). Come and meet at least 30 employers looking
for bilingual staff. Visit the Multilingual Zone to have your
language level tested in French and/or English, learn
about various multilingual resources, or participate in our
icebreaker activity. Free admission. For more information
visit www.foireemploi.com
Saturday, March 17 from 10:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. - VEQ is
providing FREE transportation to the Job Fair. We will be
meeting at the Jeffery Hale Pavilion, 1270 chemin Sainte-Foy
at 9:30 am before heading to ExpoCité. Minimum of 10
participants. For more information or to reserve your seat,
contact [email protected] or call 418-683-2366 ext
225. Please RSVP.
Saturday, March 17 after the 5:00 p.m. mass - St. Patrick’s
rts and Entertainment in Quebec City
Wednesday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m. and
8:00 p.m. The OSQ presents Tchaikovski
à l’heure du Multimédia by the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra at the Grand Théâtre.
A multimedia dramatization of the genius
of Tchaikovski’s Symphony no 4 with actor
Jack Robitaille and narrator Jacques Leblanc
followed by its complete execution by the
the CSO directed by Jean-Michaël Lavoie.
This is the French version of Beyond the
Score ®, scripted by Gerard McBurney,
composer, musicologist and producer at the
BBC. Tickets available at (418) 643-8486 or
[email protected]
Thursday, March 22, at 12:10 p.m. – Noon
Hour concert series at the Musée des
Church is holding a St. Patrick’s Day Banquet in McMahon
Hall (1145 rue de Sallaberry, Quebec.) The menu (catered
by Le Buffet des Anges) features Guinness beef stew and
Irish Cream cheesecake. Bring your own alcoholic beverage.
Tickets - $25 - call Nancy at 418-524-6850 or Kay at
418-525-6203. Reservations are a MUST. FREE Parking
is available at Îlot St. Patrick - lower level ( get your card
stamped once inside the hall).
Monday, March 19 at 1:00 p.m. - The Life and Loves
of King Edward VII – “Dirty Bertie” was the well-earned
nickname given to Queen Victoria’s eldest son, Albert, the
Prince of Wales. Learn about the young, then not-so-young,
prince’s life and times, breath-taking love life, pleasures
and pastimes, Quebec City connections, and his surprising
success as king in an illustrated presentation by Sheryl
Wright Mercer at the Morrin Centre, 44 chaussée des
Écossais, Quebec City.
Tuesday, March 20 at 1:30 p.m. - Baby Chat Café: If
your baby is under one year of age, you are invited to this
get together; a great chance to meet and chat with other
parents of babies. Join us for a discussion with special
educator Francine Berry on how to cope with a crying
baby. The Baby Chat Café is held at Jeffery Hale Community
Services in the Pavilion, 1270 ch. Ste-Foy, Quebec from
1:30 to 3:30 pm. Parking is free.
- to appear in the column please email event to [email protected]
beaux arts de Québec with Jérôme Proulx Friday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. – Free OSQ
Concert at Place Ste-Foy (Centre Court)
(trumpet) and Yoon Sangpill (oboe). Take
Come and hear a foretaste of the Festival
advantage of your lunch hour, bring a
Mozart.
sandwich, and attend a FREE concert by
students of the Conservatory of Music of Saturday, March 24 and Sunday March
25 – Les Rhapsodes, directed by David
Quebec.
Rompré, perform at the Palais Montcalm.
March 20 and 21 at 8:00 p.m. – Bach’s
On
the program is Carl Orff’s famous
St. John Passion by Les Violons du Roy at
Carmina
Burana, in the version for two
the Palais Montcalm with director Bernard
pianos
and
percussion, with soloists Aline
Labadie featuring Ian Bostridge (tenor),
Kutane
(soprano),
Jean-François Daignault
Neal Davies (baritone-bass), Karina Gauvin
(counter-tenor),
Dominique
Côté (baritone)
(soprano), Damien Guillon (alto), Nicholas
and
the
Maîtrise
des
Petits
Chanteurs de
Phan (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann
Québec
(prepared
by
Céline
Binet). Also
(baritone-bass) and the choir of La Chapelle
featured
is
marimbist
Anne-Julie
Caron who
de Québec Tickets: Regular $45 – $71,
in
the
first
part
of
the
program
will
present
Seniors $41 - $65, Youth $20.
a program of works for choir and marimba.
Tickets : $27 (adults) and $21 (student) on
sale at the Palais Montcalm and via Billetech
418 641-6040.
If you live in Quebec City or are coming here
for a visit, goingtoquebec.com offers a
complete listing – in English – of activities
happening in the Quebec City area for
residents and tourists. The web site will
keep you advised of the music happenings,
shows, special events, conferences, family
activities, sports and exhibitions. Visit the
site at www.goingtoquebec.com for a
complete list to ensure that you will know
what to do in Quebec City.
EVERY WEEK… IN ENGLISH
Sunday
•Church ser vices througout the
city’s English Churches.
Monday
•Seniors’ Day Centre, Jef fer y Hale
Pavilion, 1270 ch Ste-Foy, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m, 418 684-5333, ext. 1580
•Community Bible Study Quebec
Baptist Church, 70 Grande-Allée,
7:30 p.m. 523-0663 • Overeaters
Anonymous Meeting. Beth (418) 5277266 rbgagne @ videotron.ca.
Tuesday
• The Ar t Group meet s at 10 : 00
a .m. to p a i nt , d r aw, o r s cu l pt
together in the Kirk Hall of St.
A n d re w ’s Pre s by te r ia n Church,
on the chaussée des Écossais in
Old Quebec. Anyone who enjoys
creating in a relaxed atmosphere
and sharing good conversation is
welcome to join. Bring your lunch
- the tea is free ! For details, call
the church at 418 - 694 -1347.
•Seniors’ Day Centre Valcar tier
Communit y Ce nt re, 1743 B l vd.
Valc ar t ie r, 9 :30 -2 :30 p.m. 418
684 -5333, ext. 1580 •Bilingual
D e L a S all e A A ba se me nt StBenoît Church Presby ter y, 3420
Chalmers-Wesley United Church
in the Old City at 78 rue Ste-Ursule
Quebec, QC G1R 4E8
Sunday service in English at 11:15 a.m.
En français (Saint-Pierre) à 9h00
Rev. Dr. James deBurgh Wetherall
Church secretary (418) 692-2640
Email: [email protected]
Web site: www.chalmerswesley.org
Trinity Anglican Church
2687 Quatre Bourgeois, Ste-Foy
A Friendly and Welcoming Church
Sunday Service • 11:30 am
(The Book of Common Prayer)
Rev. Edwin Stretch
Organist: Serge Laliberté
Wednesday
•Seniors’ Day Centre, Jef fer y Hale
Pavilion, 1270 ch Ste-Foy, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m, 418 684-5333, ext. 1580
•Stoneham 50 Plus Club, community centre, 325 Hibou, 1 p.m. 848 2008 •ViewPoint Toastmasters,
2, rue du Fargy, Beaupor t, 7:15
p.m. at the Centre Mgr. de Laval,
2 du Fargy, close to the church
La Nativité in old Beaupor t area.
info : Annette Côté at 661- 6107
or Claude B eauchamps at 663 1255 •Bell ringing Cathedral of
the Holy Trinity, des Jardins, 7:30
p.m. 948 -3358 •Take it or Leave
it A A Jef fer y Hale Pavilion, 1270
Ch. Ste- Foy, 8 p.m.
Thursday
•Seniors’ Day Centre, Jef fer y Hale
Pavilion, 1270 ch Ste-Foy, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m, 418 684-5333, ext. 1580
•Bilingual De La Salle AA Group basement St-Benoit Church Presbytery,
3 420 R o c ha m b eau, S a i nte - F oy,
12:15-1:15 p.m. •Thursday Night
A A Group St. Michael’s Hall, 1800
Ch. St- Louis, Siller y, 8 p.m. 5290015
ST. PATRICK’S ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH
Friday
•Toastmasters: Quest English Public
Québec Baptist Church
invites you to join us in worship!
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church
1145 de Salaberry, Québec, QC
Sunday Service
10:00 A.M.
Mass Schedule
Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Weekdays at 11:30 a.m.
70, Grand Allé Ouest
Québec
(418) 523-0663
All Masses are celebrated in English.
e-mail: [email protected]
telephone: (418) 524-3544
St. Andrew’s Church
(Presbyterian) Built in 1810
At the corner of Ste. Anne and Cook in Old Québec, tel: 694-1347
Organist: David Stafford
Visit our Web site! www.standrewsquebec.ca
Rev. Katherine Burgess
www.quebecbaptistchurch.homestead.com
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Worship Service
Bilingual Sunday School available during worship
Speaking Club, meetings 6:45 am
at Mikes Restaurant, 2960 boul
L aurier, Sainte - Foy, info Sovita
Chander 418-522-3772.
•Choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.m., at
Chalmers-Wesley United Church,
78 Ste-Ursule, Vieux-Québec. 6922640 •St. Vincent Scouts from 7
to 8:30 p.m. at St. Vincent School,
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