Important notice!
The 2012 edition of the Douglastown Irish Week has moved to www.semaineirlandaise-irishweek.com
August 1-7, 2011
Douglas Community Center
28, St. Patrick, Douglastown,
Gaspé, Québec, G4X 2Y2 Tel. : 418 368 0288
sid-diw@hotmail.com
Monday, August 1
7 : 00 p.m. : Family movie : A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
Director : Vic Sarin
A lonely orphan’s life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself. (In English)
Holy Name Hall / Voluntary contribution
Tuesday, August 2
7 : 00 p.m. : History of the Irish settlement in the Gaspé Coast
With Pascal Alain, historian (In French)
Room 101 / Voluntary contribution
Wednesday, August 3
4 : 00 p.m. : Original Folklore of the Percé area
With Aldo Brochet (In English)
Room 101 / Voluntary contribution
Wednesday, August 3
7 : 00 p.m.: Erskine Morris and Douglastown’s traditional music With Glenn Patterson and relatives and friends (Bilingual)
Room 101 / Voluntary contribution
Thursday, August 4
4 : 00 p.m. : Genealogy of the Morris Family
With Aldo Brochet (In English)
Room 101 / Voluntary contribution
Under the big tent
8 : 00 p.m. : Fiddlers Evening : A Women’s Stand
With Sarah Desjardins, Stéphanie Lépine, Véronique Plasse, Laura Risk and Marie-Lys Trudel; Georges Boudreault, piano; Madeleine Coulombe, accordeon
First part : Gaspesian tunes with Glenn Patterson and Brigid Drody 
Entrance fee, free for children under 16
Friday, August 5
5 : 30 p.m. : Guinness Irish Beef Stew Supper
Basement / $12 taxes included, free for children under 12
Under the big tent
8 : 00 p.m. Salty Dog (Montréal)
Celtic folk music with a distinctively Maritime flavour.
With Rocky Dalonzo (guitar), Tim Chambers (bass, bodrhàn, vocal), Ron Jenkins (keyboard, vocal) and Alex Kehler (fiddle)
First part : Touch of Green (St-Jules-Cascapédia)
With Jacques Bélanger (accordion), Jimmy Cahill (guitar, vocals), Carl Sexton (guitar), Evan Sexton (double-bass) and Reynold Sexton (mandolin, bouzouki)
$20 taxes included, free for children under 16
Saturday, August 6
5 : 30 p.m. : Pot Luck Supper
Basement / $10 taxes included, free for participants and for children under 12
Under the big tent
8 : 00 p.m. : Kitchen Party (Montréal)
An energic band that transforms a regular night into a devilish party.
With Steve Foisy (drums, percussions), Kevin Fournier (bass, vocal), Irina Mangov (fiddle, vocal) and Sébastien McSween (guitar, mandolin, vocal)
First part : Le Violon Vert, Irish dance (Québec City)
$20 taxes included, free for children under 16
Sunday, August 7
8 : 00 p.m : Community Breakfast
Cafeteria / voluntary contribution
11 : 00 a.m. : Mass
Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the death of Father Élias Morris, first Douglastown born ordained priest in 1884.
Starting at 12 : 00 a.m. : Picnic and Public Market
Under the big tent
Starting at 1 : 00 p.m. : Open Stage for all
Animation by Norma McDonald
First part : Kathy Kennedy and the Douglastown Irish Choir
Voluntary contribution
August 1 to 7 : Exhibit
Father Elias Morris, parish priest of St-Martin de Rivière-au-Renard from 1887 to 1930.
