The event will include dances, fiddle-playing, baked goods and prizes.
Last year's event of the French Heritage Center Committee promoted the culture and discussed need for a Heritage Center to pass history to future generations.
HOLYOKE – The French Heritage Center Committee will hold “A Québécois Dance” event of dances and music from the cultures of Quebec and France June 10.
The event will be at 1:30 p.m. at Holyoke Lodge of Elks, 250 Whitney Ave.
“We’re hoping for about 200 (people). We had one in June and we were estimating about 50 people and get got well over 200,” organizer Jacques Senecal said Tuesday.
The main part of the event will be Québécois dances geared to first-time participants. Some dances from France will also be offered, he said.
The dance caller will be Lausanne Allen, a fiddler from Vermont near the Canadian border. She has called dances for more than 20 years and will take participants through dances step by step, he said.
The event will include a French-themed basket raffle, a “Patisserie” (baked goods) and other prizes, he said.
The committee is seeking individual and business sponsors to off-set the cost of the event, especially the entertainment, he said.
Tickets are $15 a person and $10 for students. For information call (413) 519-3315 or email frenchconnectiontickets@gmail.com
Senecal said his message about the event is that one of the greatest gifts a generation can give another is customs like music, dance and language.
“Come to listen, come to dance—either way, you will be helping to keep French heritage and traditions alive,” Senecal said.