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Carmen Campagne
Carmen Campagne (September 8, 1959 – July 4, 2018) was a Canadian singer and children's entertainer. She, along with Connie Kaldor, received a Juno Award at the 1989 Award ceremony in the category Best Children's Album for ''Lullaby Berceuse''. A Fransaskoise from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, she was a member of the folk music band Folle Avoine in the 1970s. Her brother Paul Campagne and sisters Suzanne Campagne, Michelle Campagne and Annette Campagne, her bandmates in Folle Avoine, have also continued in music with the folk band Hart-Rouge. In 2013, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions as a singer, songwriter and composer enhancing music for young children and using music in French-language education". Campagne died of cancer at age 58 on July 4, 2018, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan
Willow Bunch is a town in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located southwest of the provincial capital of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Its population was 299 at the 2021 census. Previous names for Willow Bunch include ''Hart-Rouge'' and ''Talle-de-Saules''. The area has seen influences from Métis people (Canada), Métis and Fransaskois. History The Métis of Willow Bunch Around 1824, the Métis began to move towards Southern Saskatchewan: "As they ventured farther out, they began to set up winter camps and stay year-round. One of the first settlements was at Wood Mountain, which was settled in about 1868-69. But in 1879, fires forced the Métis to move to the eastern slope of the hills to a place known as 'Talle de Saule'." The Métis settlement in Willow Bunch is one of the first in Saskatchewan. They initially arrived in groups consisting of large extended families; no one journeyed individually. As a result of travell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart-Rouge
Hart-Rouge are a Canadians, Canadian folk music group, consisting of siblings Paul Campagne, Michelle Campagne, and Suzanne Campagne. Originally from Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, the Campagne family are among the most notable Fransaskois personalities in Canada. Hart-Rouge was the original name of their hometown. The three previously recorded and performed with several other family members as Folle Avoine, the French name for the Avena fatua, common wild oat, and formed Hart-Rouge with another sibling, Annette Campagne, when that band ended."Song from the Hart; Winnipeg French group off to Europe". ''Montreal Gazette'', August 12, 1987. During their music career, they were based at first in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and later in Montreal, Quebec. The band perform traditional folk songs and original material in both English language, English and French language, French. They have also recorded some material in Canadian First Nations in Canada, First Nations la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French-language Singers Of Canada
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Juno Award For Children's Album Of The Year Winners
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Singers From Saskatchewan
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Canadian Women Singers
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Fransaskois People
Fransaskois (; cf. Québécois), Franco-Saskatchewanais () or Franco-Saskatchewanians are French Canadians or Canadian francophones living in the province of Saskatchewan. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, approximately 17,735 residents of the province stated that French was their mother tongue. In the same census, 125,810 Saskatchewanians claimed full or partial French ancestry. There are several Fransaskois communities in Saskatchewan, although the majority of francophones in Saskatchewan reside in the province's three largest cities, Saskatoon, Regina, and Prince Albert. The first francophones to enter the region were French Canadian ''coureurs des bois'' employed in the North American fur trade during the 18th century. Francophone settlement into the region first occurred with French Canadian fur traders, along with Roman Catholic missionaries, and the Métis, during the mid 19th century. In 1885, a rebellion that included the French-speaking Métis broke out in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deaths
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1959 Births
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Order Of Canada
The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, centennial of Canadian Confederation, the three-tiered order was established in 1967 as a fellowship recognizing the outstanding merit or distinguished service of Canadians who make a major difference to Canada through lifelong contributions in every field of endeavour, as well as efforts by non-Canadians who have made the world better by their actions. Membership is accorded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, , meaning "they desire a better country", a phrase taken from Hebrews 11:16. The three tiers of the order are Companion, Officer and Member. Specific people may be given extraordinary membership and deserving non-Canadians may receive honorary appointment into each grade. , the reigning Canadian monarch, is the order's sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by Convention (norm), custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with popular music, commercial and art music, classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
