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Sept. 4–6, 2015 12 YEARS STOMPING SEPTEMBER LONG WEEKEND Celebrating music and dance in a fun-filled weekend for the whole family! featuring SEPT. 4–6, 2015 IN REEDY CREEK KINOSOTA, MB GPS COORDINATES Festival Grounds - 50°55'38"N 98°56'30"W Gate Entrance - 50°55'37"N 98°57'02"W Dance Look the part with Asham’s line of dancing attire Women’s Satin Blouse and Skirt Set ....................................... $104 Women’s Crinoline ................... $94 Girl’s Satin Blouse and Skirt Set ...................................... $94 Girl’s Crinoline ........................... $59 Stretch Belts ................................ $14 Garters .......................................... $12 Complete Men's Outfit with Yoke Men’s Satin Shirt ........................ $89 Men’s Pants .................................. $99 Boy’s Satin Shirt ......................... $69 Boy’s Pants ................................... $59 Yokes .............................................. $39 Tie ................................................... $12 Sash ................................................. $14 Shoes with Taps .......................... $149 Complete Men's Outfit Ladies' Complete Cotton and Satin Set Available at Asham Dance, 700 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB and www.ashamdance.com | 1-800-267-5730 12 YEARS STOMPING CONTENTS Message from the Chairman ......................................................................4 Another Stomper Year ..................................................................................6 Trooper ................................................................................................................8 Schedule of Events ..........................................................................................10 Sagkeeng's Finest ............................................................................................15 Jerry Sereda .......................................................................................................17 The Biivver Band .............................................................................................18 Half Breed ...........................................................................................................20 Shawn Mousseau ...........................................................................................21 The Métis Sash..................................................................................................22 Asham Stompers' Charity of Choice .......................................................24 The World Jigging Championships .........................................................25 T.O.P. MECHANICAL LTD Plumbing, Heating, Electrical, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Installations Licensed Residential & Commercial Contractors Phone: 204-447-2489 STE. ROSE DU LAC, MB 2015 Asham Stomperfest | 3 Greetingsfrom the Chairman Hey folks, On behalf of the Asham Family, Asham Stomp- ers, Asham Curling Supplies Staff and all the people from Reedy Creek and Kinosota, I would like to welcome you all to our community for the 12th an- nual Asham Stomperfest. We are so happy to have you back, and it will be a great time. They have all been great but I am so excited this year. We have such a great line-up. You will be amazed at the entertain- Youment first we timers have beenare in able for a to great assemble treat. here. White Lightning has been a main house band since the fes- fixturetival here.started, They playing have beenback ourup the world as well as putting to onsome their of ownthe best shows. fiddlers And ina special thank you goes out to Shawn Mousseau, Frank- lin Mousseau, Darcy McLeod, Mike Malcolm and of course our house drummer Don Ran- ville. George Anderson has be- come a legend here, performing every year and the Campbell’s de- serve special recognition and all the other local entertainers who have provided us with such great dance music. I would also like to take this oppor- 4 | 12 Years Stomping from the Chairman Greetings Arnold Asham tunity to thank all of our wonderful volunteers. Without the volunteers this festival could never happen. Special thanks go out to Kelly and his security on horseback. And now you, the fans: Firstly we love watching you dance, we are so proud to have such great fans. At most festivals they need to pay thousands of dollars for security but here you guys are so great that we manage to get by with Brother Kelly and his crew, who do such a great job on horseback. And you know a lot of people think we should put up a big fence to make sure everyone pays. And yes, that would be nice, but I say rather than build a fence to keep people out I would rather build roads to bring people in and deal with the 98 and businesses and we will never avoid that but, like I say, I think over 90 per cent ofper people cent of are people honest who and are realize honest. we There have isto definitely pay to keep a jerk Stomperfest factor in all healthy industries and it is so great for the community. I especially want to thank all the volunteers who come and work days or weeks in advance and still buy their tickets. They are the real backbone of this festival. And we are not stopping anytime soon. We just purchased lights and sound in- stead of renting every year so you know we are in for the long haul. So mark it on your calendar and bring a friend. It would be so wonderful if we could get over 3,000 fans and keep bringing in at least one big act every year. Folks, we have a ton of talent lined up for you including award-winning Trooper headlining on Saturday, a square dance competition and the World Aboriginal Square Dance Competition (with finals on Sunday), and a ton more, including worththe fireworks, the price but of admissionplease don’t alone. miss And, my offriends course, Garth the StompersGerman and and Cliff Sagkeeng’s Bishop Finestwith The performing Biivver Band every on night. Friday and Free Ride (The Beatles) on Sunday. They are It really helps us out a lot if you buy your tickets for next year now and save $40 a pair, because it helps to book next year’s headliners and wonderful perfor- mances. Like all Asham product they are Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. If for any reason you can’t make the Festival after purchasing your tickets we will gladly refund your money. No explanation necessary. Thank you in advance and enjoy the best festival in the world. 2015 Asham Stomperfest | 5 Another Stomper Year ell folks, it never ceases to amaze Right after cleaning up here last year, we drove us how much people around the for 24 hours to Remus, Michigan near Detroit and world love the Jig. did two shows in front of 13,000 people at the 41st We not only get standing ova- Wheatland Festival and I bet we were not dancing tions everywhere we go but we Walso bring tears in a lot of places to people in the ovation. So many people congratulated us on such crowd. It is amazing. afor great two minutesperformance, when but we receivedone guy inour particular first standing said I keep thanking our Ancestors at every show for he had been coming to that festival for 31 years and sharing it and passing it on to us and if you know ours was the best show he had ever seen. It is in- it please share it and pass it on. If you don’t know it, credible. And then we drove 24 hours home. Why learn it. I think my nephew Dean Davis will be holding do I do it? It’s in the blood. The next weekend we danced at the Kaleido Festival in Edmonton. Then a couple of workshops here and he is a terrific teacher. 6 | 12 Years Stomping Another Stomper Year four days later helped open the Canadian Museum nities bringing children hope by taking something of Human Rights. We even danced in a big St. Paul’s Catholic Church taking it to a world stage and displaying the wonder in Thunder Bay, Ontario, another new experience andright magic out of of the these community young dancers. like the fiddle and the Jig, right in the front with the escalating seats. It was From Belcourt, North Dakota to Winnipegosis to awesome! Big Stone Cree Nation In Alberta to Red Lake Falls And again numerous curling events – mostly Na- - tional or provincial Championships – and that is the derful Stomperfest, the Jigging just keeps getting most wonderful for me when I am able to display better.(The Old Crossing), Minnesota and back to our won our great culture with all the wonderful friends that THANK YOU STOMPERS for another great year I have met in curling all these years. and for still respecting my dance no matter what And so many schools and First Nations commu- the age difference. 2015 Asham Stomperfest | 7 Raise a littleat ASHAM Stomperfest hell 2015 8 | 12 Years Stomping PERFORMING ON Saturday, Sept. 5 – 8:00 pm t goes like this: millions of records, a couple dozen hits, a Juno Award for Band of the Year and ongoing sold-out shows across Canada. Universal Music acknowledges them as "one of Canada'sIn 2009, top Peter five sellingAssaff ofbands The Northernof all time" Light and thehailed Vancouver Trooper's Sun Ra has McGuire called andthem Brian "Canadian Smith Ias "therock Canadian heroes ofversion the first of order Mick ...Jagger the best and performing Keith Richards" band in and Canada." Joel Rubinoff of The Record wrote, " ... this frolicking, rollicking showcase for McGuire's soaring pop melodies and whimsical wordplay is arguably one of the biggest Canadian bands of all time." What makes Trooper what Canada's songwriting legacy. bums wrote, "Trooper's Hot they are is great performanc- "We're Here for a Good Shots has been one of the big-
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