{"id":26820,"date":"2026-10-02T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/?p=26820"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:29:09","slug":"mike-burns-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/fr\/mike-burns-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Burns Returns!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mike-Burns-231x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26821 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mike-Burns-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mike-Burns.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Storyteller Mike Burns returns to M\u00e9tis-sur-Mer with \u00ab\u00a0An evening of traditional Irish storytelling, like in our own kitchen long ago.\u00a0\u00bb The event is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/rendezvousdesgrandesgueules.com\/\">Rendez-vous des Grandes Gueules<\/a>, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy this interview with the performer, and we hope you&rsquo;ll join us for <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/events\/mike-burns-to-shorten-the-road\/\">his event on Friday, October 9th<\/a> at Espace M\u00e9tis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HLSL:<\/strong> <strong><em>Can you tell us a little about what audiences will see \u2013 or hear \u2013 at your show in Espace M\u00e9tis on October 9?<\/em><\/strong><br>Burns: I never know for sure what I will tell but there are always stories that are whispering \u201cTell me! Tell me!\u201d Of the hundreds of stories in my backpack, we can be sure of an evening of traditional Irish stories, some funny, some sad, some marvellous or magical. A journey to my homeland on the wings of words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>HLSL:  This isn`t your first visit to Bas-St-Laurent. What do you like about the region? Have you noticed any changes over the years?<\/em><\/strong><em><br><\/em>Burns: Nor is it my second or my third. I suppose I have been coming for nigh on thirty years and it always gladdens my heart to see old friends and new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Growing up in \u201cthe next parish to America\u201d meant that boats and the Atlantic and fishing were always part of our lives, much in common with many people of the Bas-St-Laurent and Gasp\u00e9sie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>HLSL: A little more about your background: what brought you from Ireland to Quebec?<\/em><\/strong><em><br><\/em>Burns: Not what but who &#8211; a French-Canadian woman I fell in love with in London. She never told me \u201cQui prend marie prend pays\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>HLSL:  Where did storytelling start for you? What are some of your favourite performances?<\/em><\/strong><em><br><\/em>Burns: Storytelling was part of my childhood &#8211; I never saw a television until I was 14 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bruno de La Salle performing the Odyssey, Jihad Darwish telling his Middle Eastern tales, Ben Haggarty telling Gilgamesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you mean my own performances, telling the story of the Rideau Canal, \u201cMy Grief On The Sea\u201d to 300 descendants of the survivors in Ottawa 20 years ago remains particularly memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HLSL:  Can you share a short story with us, for these times?<\/strong><em><br><\/em>Burns: In writing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re joking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I never write any of my stories and any that have been written were transcribed by somebody else<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storyteller Mike Burns returns to M\u00e9tis-sur-Mer with \u00ab\u00a0An evening of traditional Irish storytelling, like in our own kitchen long ago.\u00a0\u00bb The event is part of the Rendez-vous des Grandes Gueules, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. 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