A Sample Festival Program from "Songs and Stories of The Voyageur"
By Genot Picor

Introduction: The Lost Spirit Brother
How I came to know The People

Three Algonquian Tales
Aupetchi: The First Robin
Animosh and Ma'iingun: Dog and Wolf
Sugaamay: The Mosquito

The Iroquoian Legend of How the Stars Came to Be
Using puppets, children play the parts of the animals who make the constellations and the Milky Way.

The Legend of the Sleeping Bear Dunes
Interactive native Sign Language

How I Came to Be Known as "P'Boon Mishaywe, The Winter Elk"
The People of the Three Fires

Music and Audience Sing Alongs
Seneca Canoe Song (Ki-oh-wa-chee-nay)

I Know A Man, His Name is Phillipe
(performed with guitar, mandolin, cittern or hand clapping and the human voice)

The Arrival of the French Brigade

French Military Commmands (Commandes Militaires Françaises)
"Volunteers" are recrited to join Soldats de marine Français.

Temptation to Break Ranks: The Belle of the Ball
Flirtatious French women are more powerful than the English or Iroquois.

II est Temps de Danser et Chacun est Bienvenu
(It's Time to Dance and Everyone is Welcome)

The Joys of Quebec
Pas de Deux Reel
The French Canadien Canoe Paddle Dance
Sweetheart's Walse

Toddlers to Seniors, and everyone in-between is encouraged to participate in old French country dancing. You can participate as much as you choose, even if you just clap your hands! We can teach up to four different dances!

Conclusion

I am Winter Elk, Son of the Wyandot Nation

Fin/Giizhtaad