(Edmonton) – The Centre Communautaire d’Edmonton/La Cité Francophone is presenting Flying Canoe Volant over the course of three nights on January 31, February 1 and 2, 2019! Three evenings in Edmonton – at La Cité Francophone, Rutherford School and Mill Creek Ravine to find your inner voyager under the full moon!
The enchanting journey from urban landscapes to winter trails, illuminated by Dylan Toymaker, artists from Jasper Place Highschool, Argyll School and invited artists, will set the tone for this unique and free family adventure. The festival invites all Edmontonians to embrace the cold, venture out and discover the beauty of the lights and stories that await them on a magical winter night in the heart of Francophonie in Edmonton!
This year we are celebrating classic and new experiences! Help the lost travelers in Mill Creek Ravine and make sure to hear Roger Dallaire’s tales, join Métis dances with the Dave Cunningham Family Band and participate in Aboriginal dances and musical tales with Winston Wuttunee!
The Metis Camp will also highlight the Prince Charles School fiddlers, the Metis Cultural Dancers as well as Alberta jigger and all round Métis mischief maker Corban Poitras. With assistance from event partner Native Counselling Services, the event will also feature an Indigenous Base Camp that will include drumming and singing, a friendship dance and a tea and bannock service.
Come on down to the Metis Camp in the Mill Creek Ravine and learn how to do the Red River Jig, Schottische, and La Bastringue, or … just make yourself a piece of Bannock and listen to the rollicking fiddle music.
This is where we have fun with our mukluks, help us warm up the cold winter nights!
It’s the most fun you can have with your mukluks on, and it’s all free. Help us warm up the cold winter nights!
On the Rutherford School grounds, experience the Winterus Maximus Fat Bike-chariot adventure and the Igloo Unis TV, amongst numerous snow sculptures! New to the festival is Firebrand Studio’s interactive instillation ‘Winter’s Breath’ by Julia Reimer and Tyler Rock. The music of emerging Edmonton artists (Rhea March Music) will be featured inside Rutherford School at the Café Croissant!
The enchanting journey from urban landscapes to winter trails, illuminated by Dylan Toymaker, artists from Jasper Place Highschool, Argyll School and invited artists, will set the tone for this unique and free family adventure. The festival invites all Edmontonians to embrace the cold, venture out and discover the beauty of the lights and stories that await them on a magical winter night in the heart of Francophonie in Edmonton!
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