Tri Nova Scotia Celtic Fiddle Dance Story & Song

We are four Bostonians who perform celtic folk music from
Nova Scotia. We all have at least one parent from Nova Scotia and spent lots of time there growing up. We also embrace being from Boston and have been influenced by the rich Irish traditions of our area.
Our fiddler Doug Lamey is the grandson of Boston Cape
Breton fiddling legend Bill Lamey. He's been playing
since he was a kid and has studied with some of the
greats from both the Cape Breton tradition (Buddy
MacMaster) and Irish fiddle scene (Tommy Peoples).
www.douglamey.com/
We are lucky to have two of the best stepdancers in
the Boston area, Pam Campbell and Christine Morrison.
Pam is the daughter of fiddling legend John Campbell.
Christine is the daughter of Peggy Morrison who is
president of the Gaelic Club in Watertown, MA.
Pam & Christine have been dancing together for 16 years and have shared the stage with Natalie MacMaster and Ashley MacIsaac to drop some names.
I sing in both English and Scottish Gaelic. I
play guitar and Irish Tin whistle and make my living as a
musician/storyteller. I am steeped in Irish music on my dads side of the family (Clifford's in Sliabh Luachra) and Scottish on moms side. I recieved my MA in Folklore from Memorial University in Newfoundland.
www.cliffmcgann...
We've all played together informally over the years but
are finally making it official. We've settled on the
name The Boston Kiltics as it captures our love of Scottish folk music but also the fact we are from Boston and proud. This was recorded for a local TV station and is only our second official gig
together.
Visit us on the Web @ www.bostonkilti...
Visit us on MySpace @ www.myspace.com...

[@cousinszero]

i just happened upon this.i loved it.just great kids.thank you for keeping up a great tradition.makes an old man proud..

[@bedrilolja971]

Wonderful music and dancing, congratulations! I love Nova Scotia and beautiful Halifax. Greetings from Albania.

[@TheLuckycoady]

thats what,s life is all about great music

[@BigBluenoser]

Makes my Scotian heart glad to have them share this with Bostonians and Americans at large. This fiddle in particular is extremely talented. Feels just like home.

[@MrStrawhatlegend]

i am an Asian Indian from Singapore, but i love Irish, Scottish and Celtic music. They are one of the most beautiful music on earth.

[@Me2Lancer]

Thanks for carrying on the Celtic folk tradition in song and dance.

[@piratehalfe]

Christine is my daughters dance teacher. She is a wonderful dancer as well as a wonderful teacher.

[@kaleidoscope8743]

Takes me back to my childhood in Tennessee my grandfather played Fiddle and Guitar in a bluegrass band that was a prominent part of the community. My mother played guitar and ukelele. I picked up the guitar also ... no one ever had music lessons. We just played by ear as they say.

[@moominpic]

The music is fantastic. I also like the dancing. Great (and important) the girls are in jans etc... shows its a live, fun, living tadition with young people claiming it as their own; ie not just some kind of stylised folk-lore.

[@wraithknight3x]

Fantastic. I get out of breath just watching. That is some serious endurance.

[@randrew10001]

hey, the girls made the song. great job to all of you, great song buy the way

[@JohnSmith-md6bn]

I absolutely love this! Wonderful, real music, charming dancers. Just a great video and example of a beautiful culture and heritage ❤️❤️❤️

[@soulpunk101]

im a nova scotian and i am DAMN PROUD TO BE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP ON PLAYING MUSIC!!!!!

[@ItsmeeSaoirse]

I LOVED THAT!!!!!.... Sounds absolutely authentic.. . They could be playing in a trad session in my local pub in Ireland.. Go dtí na daoine go léir, ag imirt agus ag dansa. Bhí sé sin go hiontach. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.👏👏👏👏👏

[@hhrtwo]

They are pretty, They dance good ..The guys play good music.. I loved it...Enough said!

[@weather988]

You are awesome my good friend of 24 years is from Nova Scotia. I told her to check you all out. She loves this music as do I.

[@maxime7]

Absolutely. Luckily, i was raised in cape breton and this music is in me and will forever, and i'm french acadian.

[@DavidKeasal1]

I'm a follower of this music because I was taken to Nova Scotia for business. I fell in love with the place!

[@wullieready]

IM A FELLOW CELT. SCOTTISH CHAMP I TOTALLY LOVE AN IRISH JIG GREAT STUFF GIRLS AB FAB LOVE THE GUYS 4 THE MUSIC2 MAGIC LOVE IT

[@christinemorrison5446]

Wow, This is a throwback! When we shot this video, we had already danced/played that routine 15 times or so! Which is why we looked a little tired! Lol! We ( I'm one of the dancers) are dancing Cape Breton style steps here. ( the style has strong Scottish roots!) All four of us were raised in and around Boston. But we all have at least one parent that have direct roots or were born on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia! ( "The Boston States", was a place where many Cape Bretoners went to work due to the slow economy on Cape Breton Island.) We all truly love Scottish and Irish music, dance and culture. I have sure enjoyed reading all of the comments! Slainte

[@geraldneary5758]

Ye are all great.

[@rivermaster2003]

Whatever the historians know, or claim to know, it's fine music to hear and the dancers are tens. Very nice wake-up call on a rainy Saturday mornin' in the Smoky Mountains. No Moors up here y'all.

[@KrautGoesWild]

Pam and Christine are awesome!

[@vectracaravan]

Unbelievable what you do with your feet! great music!

[@BluePhantomFox14]

it feels good to hear some celtic music again. i've moved from nova scotia to quebec, and i really miss this kind of music.

[@NickDc59]

Excellent! As beautiful as Nova Scotia.

[@TheLuckycoady]

this is great stepdancing & great Cape Breton music

[@OprahWinfreyAteMyDog]

I could listen to you guys all day!!

[@margaretannferguson9065]

Love Nova Scotia Canada Scottish culture.

[@clausidrogo6257]

Beautiful culture! Hope globalization doesn’t never destroy this

[@SnoweLprd]

Absolutely - DELIGHTFUL!!!!

[@FEEDMEKITTENS]

@Wrynnbal I was at a pub in Dublin and they were playing the fiddle along with dancing. It was so amazing.

[@jonesthephones]

Super fun... Dancers and musicians are all clearly having lots of fun - and that's just how it should be - greetings from Wales...!

[@deborahpeters8290]

I'm from Cape Breton and this is how it's done down here. Like it or leave it. It's done even better here....great dancing girls...nice job boys!

[@dukadarodear2176]

Brilliant music and dance. I'm in Ireland West; this is the real Irish/Scotch tradition alive and well in on the other side of the Atlantic. Well done!!

[@FEEDMEKITTENS]

I'm Canadian by birth and Irish by ancestry. Keep it up guys!

[@cctc11891]

excellent! I'm french/irish catholic from Illinois but lately I've refallen in love with hte old celtic stuff. Thanks for the music - there usn't that much well done irish music out there

[@slyther88]

i think this video is one in many that has such passion displayed on screen. i love it because you could really see that the four artist were enjoying what they were doing and it wasn´t that kind of video that mixed the old music played by violins and other stuff... great job

[@tonyschram1260]

It’s impossible to listen to Irish music and not move your feet, can’t be done 👍

[@chrisbooth912]

Wow! Just discovered this again .. Forgotten how brilliant this was!!

[@brucelevine6517]

Exalent dancing

[@paroctack]

this is beutiful

[@bendoc91]

/clap! Music was great and dancing simply gorgeous!

[@4RomeoAlfaRomeo]

Whilst your right, this a form of Scottish dance which is derived from the Scott's that went to the USA, The term "Celtic" has it's roots in both Irish and Scottish, as well northern England, history. So Yes this could be deemed "Celtic dance" By the way its a great video too!

[@babbar123]

i love Nova Scotian music.......

[@Radaep1]

Great quartet, & the dancers, WOW !! brilliant !!!

[@FrederickDunn]

Beautiful, wonderful, so glad I happened upon this video. I still have a smile on my face. Thank you for posting this wonderful combination of music and dance!!!!

[@pieriko50]

Now i want to learn this dance with THESE beautiful girls !!!!

[@rManLOTHAR]

WoW ! ! You guys need to put together a DVD ! !

[@haworthhoarder]

fancy fretwork and fancy footwork - bravo !

[@brianjacobi]

Excellent music and dancing. Thanks so much for posting. Brian. New Zealand

[@pieriko50]

Now i want to learn this dance with THESE girls !!!!

[@LesliePiper]

Very Good, so relaxed and I loved the comments

[@COM70]

Both brilliant dancers, love the easy style of the lady on the right in particular. Nice mix with the music too.

[@williamduncanson3934]

Great Scottish fiddle tune Jenny Dang The Weavers. A reel.

[@hardpawn]

It's physically impossible not to fall in love with those girls. They are so cute and they look like they are having so much fun!

[@tantalumdom]

Fabulous stuff to watch and listen to.Have seen river dance live and that was fab, but seeing just 2 dance whilst 2 play was brilliant.I take my hat off to the dancers, combining beauty, elegance and great rhythem with the guys playing. Your so so talented

[@gregbutcher_musicplacecheck12]

that was brill, loved it too bits. In this stone age it's always great to hear and see some great traditional music. it's always been something that is exciting to see and hear. well done from Australia.

[@neurofire]

Your music and dance fills my screen. Thanks.

[@togdochroise]

Lovely performances, all of you! I'm an Irish dancer myself, and personally I love seeing the parallels and divergences between the various genres of step dancing. Any of you IDers out there catch the move that looks like a cousin of rocks in Irish dance? Hee.

[@brianradomski]

o.k. now I see I need to explain some it was me mother who was of Irish AND SCOTTISH decent. It is sad that the relatives have died off and too many have just gone our own way. It weakens my feelings some BUT taking in another dose of it, in this case: the fiddler, the guitar player and the two dancers restores to me my P R I D E and love of what w e always called "the British isles" personality!!

[@jroviso391]

and they DO smile and beautifully at that! Great dancing. Never get tired of watching you dance. An inspiration to all of us. (:

[@cariboubill]

So good! I loved every bit of it. ...Bill

[@critter_press6702]

my leg started bouncing the second they played. great music:)

[@oldchickie]

I love tap dancing and I wish we viewers could see more of it online!Congrats to all of you!

[@deputydog6032]

A real treat to listen to and watch

[@mullerheinrich]

I love this video. Awesome guitar and fiddle, wicked hot stepdancers.

[@tarnisan]

i just want to say thanks for posting. i dont have much irish blood in me but god i feel this music. such a great sound and it just makes you feel good. thanks again.

[@bonniejarvis3585]

Such beautiful music, makes me wanna be happy and dance!!!

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

I love your songs and dancing. Great inspiration. Thanks

[@rogerboe1281]

These songs take me back to 1944 when I was a 6 year old farm boy in central Wisconsin.

[@richardgrant8292]

Great music and dance. Same steps and tunes common in Ireland. Especially Conamara.

[@sawmilljim01]

What an awesome and talented fiddle player. This music is fantastic. The step dancers are fabulous as well. What agility these young ladies have.

[@alfonsosuco5829]

From Asturias, a Celtic Nation in northern of Spain, congratulations. I like very much our music.

[@TR5T]

Fantastic, keeping traditions alive.

[@sgttorre]

This is just beautiful folk, thanks for sharing this with the rest of the world. God bless you always.

[@yugster78]

That guys fiddling is relay superb.

[@jamesmonroe2808]

Absolutely wonderful. All four of you I really enjoyed Thanks for sharing with us.

[@natalieaucoin]

no need to tape their arms but smile more. Great work guys and gals!

[@jerryswallow]

l do miss my nova scotia... and the close ties with the people of boston that goes way back to the halifax disaster of 1918..great music..

[@jillianmoulaison8145]

That’s my favorite dance teacher 😍 popped up on my KZbin!! Christine taught me for yearsss when I was growing up!! 💚

[@Desdemona696]

Non sono Scozzese ma amo questa terra e tutte le sue tradizioni in modo estremo.. manteniamole sempre vive e non dimentichiamole mai

[@brucecollins641]

good to see scottish traditions kept alive in canada.

[@RightSnake]

Me to!! Nice one hey!!! Cheers from Czech Republic!

[@skyhawk53]

Your sound was great, and the four of you were delightful to watch. The fun you have performing together is obvious. Good luck!

[@15azrem]

The 84 who dislike this video, have no fucking idea about how much the Celtic culture is great. Greetings from the Berber Land of Algeria !

[@Shikamarusgurl8374]

Absolutly amazing. This is so much better to watch, even as a teen for me to say this, but its nice to watch something like this, after hearing all the rap and hip hop songs, all day... and it helps to listen to while writing an essay XD

[@alonelychild]

I find that kind of dance and music lovely!

[@onudas]

wonderfull song and pretty dancers

[@philipanninos4864]

Very cool I love that kind of dancing.

[@JeBalaMusic]

simplesmente lindo...... musica que traz uma alegria para a alma..... e estas meninas então..... lindas parabens

[@dukeish2003]

great music. My Grandpappy is from Nova Scotia. God bless

[@Nox404]

awesome stuff! i love it when people keep traditions alive! support Gaelic bilingualism!

[@KerckhoveWVL]

It is GREAT!! Respect! Nice job guys!

[@brucecollins4729]

good to see the cape bretoners keepin some of the scots tradition alive.

[@johnsmith-bx4rn]

read the introduction bruce , it's directly beneath the video .We are four Bostonians who perform celtic folk music from Nova Scotia. We all have at least one parent from Nova Scotia and spent lots of time there growing up. We also embrace being from Boston and have been influenced by the rich Irish traditions of our area

[@brucecollins4729]

@@johnsmith-bx4rn when did irish stepdance reach nova scotia?

[@arichst]

Definitely one of my favorite clips. I notice that there is over one million views and it surprises me ~ I thought I had veiwed the clip that many times myself. Really fine music and I love the girls footwork. As a bonus, they are very pretty !!

[@kickingkingking]

Nice music and dance guys.Congratulations.Love from TURKEY...

[@Blogengezer]

Great sound. The instruments even love it, I can hear 'em singin'. The dancers are excellent and would drive the Pub wild. Pints all 'round!

[@froggygurl8775]

I am in awe of your talent!!!!!

[@philliplohnes3675]

You folks should check out the contra dance scene in Boston. It's all live music with jigs and reels. You would bring a different sound to it.

[@schymbros]

Great performance!