Smoketrail Singers Drum Group

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About

Smoketrail Singers are a traditional singing drum group out of Alderville First Nation and the surrounding area. Members of the drum group represent the Ojibwe, Mississauga, Dakota, and Potowatomi Nations.

The group is a family drum of fathers, sons, daughters, and grandchildren that has been singing and traveling throughout North America for 25-30 years. The group has won numerous singing/drum competitions at different celebrations across North America and is a two-time nominated Indigenous People's Choice Awards group for best traditional album and the winner of the 2011 Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for best tradition album titled "A Long Red Road". The group is happy to represent our community and Nation here for this year's Cultural Celebration out front of the Post Office in historic Downtown Port Perry.

Links

• Scugog Arts website scugogarts.ca
• Smoketrail Singers Drum Group Facebook Page facebook.com

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Scugog Arts

Scugog Arts is a creative hub: awakening, inspiring, and connecting you to all the arts. We are an arts space on Queen Street in Port Perry with Resident Artists, monthly exhibitions, and workshops for artists and visitors. Scugog Arts also organizes and hosts multi-arts cultural events, literary programs, festivals, and tours.

Scugog Arts connects the community with public art displays such as our Art You Can Sit On, a memorial to Bill Lishman, ceiling tiles for the hospital, and live theatre and music in the back lot.

Scugog Arts is funded by individual donors, Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, Vos’ Independent Grocery, Old Flame Brewery, Canadian Tire Port Perry, Central Counties Tourism, and the Canada Summer Jobs program of the Government of Canada. Fundraising efforts always focus on unique ways and various arts disciplines with engaging entertainment for supporters.