Sound Archives | Come and Celebrate as One of Us: The History of the Fêtes du Vieux-Saint-Eustache

“Viens-t’en fêter à ma manière!” (“Come and Celebrate as One of Us!”), theme song of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache

Music played a central role in the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache. Starting in 1978, the event even had its own theme song titled Viens t’en fêter à ma […]

The Festival de la galette by Julie Ciavarella

Julie Ciavarella, an employee of Patrimoine culturel Vieux-Saint-Eustache (formerly the Corporation du Moulin Légaré) for 20 years and the organizer of the Festival de la galette, explains what […]

A love of cultural heritage by Monique Villeneuve

Monique Villeneuve was one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache from 1974 to 1976; her main role was producing material for the event. Today, her […]

The last night of the Fêtes by Louis Bricault

Louis Bricault was one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache between 1974 and 1978. Here, he talks about preparations for the fireworks display that closed […]

Shooting the film “1837” by Christian Giraldeau

Christian Giraldeau was one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache between 1974 and 1976; his main role was to create various types of content for […]

Excerpt from an interview with Donat Légaré: farmers visit the Légaré flour mill

The miller Donat Légaré (1900-1980) talks about what the farmers used to do when they came to have their grain milled. The excerpt from the interview is transcribed […]

The crowd at the Fêtes by Sylvain H. Boileau

Sylvain H. Boileau was a photographer for local newspapers in the region of Saint-Eustache in the 1970s and 1980s. He covered the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache a number […]

Shooting the film “Saint-Eustache de temps en temps” by Monique Villeneuve and Louis Bricault

Monique Villeneuve, one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache from 1974 to 1976, and Louis Bricault, an organizer of the event from 1974 to 1978, […]

Looking for fiddlers in the county by Christian Giraldeau

Christian Giraldeau was one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache between 1974 and 1976; his main role was to gather and promote various kinds of […]

Security at the Fêtes by Louis Bricault

Louis Bricault was one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache between 1974 and 1978. Here, he describes the partnership that was established with Saint-Eustache police […]

Gilbert Gardner as seen by Christian Giraldeau

Christian Giraldeau was one of the organizers of the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache between 1974 and 1976; his main role was to create various types of content for […]

The work of volunteers at the event, by Sylvain H. Boileau

Sylvain H. Boileau was a photographer for local newspapers in the region of Saint-Eustache in the 1970s and 1980s. He covered the Fêtes du Vieux Saint-Eustache a number […]