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Photo, Print, Drawing Dance at Forever Young Club, Madawaska, Maine

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About this Item

Title

  • Dance at Forever Young Club, Madawaska, Maine

Names

  • Brassieur, C. Ray (Research team member)
  • Whitman, David A., 1950- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Madawaska, Maine, July 13, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Madawaska

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a Saturday night dance at the Forever Young Club in Madawaska, ME. This dance is apparently part of a circuit of such dances held at various locations in the upper St. John river valley, in both the Maine and New Brunswick. The music for this dance was provided by a father/son team, ??????? (fiddle and guitar); there was also synthesized percussion. The most popular dance was a mixer called "Lady of the Lake," which was danced several times during the evening to a variety of reel/hornpipe tunes. Some of the dances, including the "Lady of the Lake," were called; there were also couples dances that were not called. There were tables set up on both sides of the dance floor, and people would sit at these tables and socialize between dances; 2-14, A series of photographs taken during one of the early dances; 15-16, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur talks with the musicians; 17, Crucifix with rameau (blessed palm) and "Liquer forbidden" sign behind bandstand; 18-19, Folks socialize between dances; 20-21, The musicians; Cyrice Therrien, violin, Maurice Therrien, guitar; 22-end, Another dance; I believe this is a "Lady of the Lake."

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B039-4043
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B039-4043

Source Collection

  • Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Dance at Forever Young Club, Madawaska, Maine. Aroostook County United States Madawaska Maine, 1991. Madawaska, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b039_4043/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Dance at Forever Young Club, Madawaska, Maine. Aroostook County United States Madawaska Maine, 1991. Madawaska, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b039_4043/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Dance at Forever Young Club, Madawaska, Maine. Madawaska, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b039_4043/>.